Most of us have experienced a boring speaker or found ourselves wondering at the relevance of a training we were attending. Conversely when we have been engaged, enthralled and excited by a masterful presentation our minds become curious, ”how did the speaker get to be so good”.
Speaking can change minds and Training can be the most effective way of developing behaviours and skills in an organisation, however when done badly both are a waste of time and money. Download brochure.
Neuro Linguistic Programming
Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) allows us to model or understand any human experience or behaviour is constructed and then duplicate or improve upon it. With this knowledge speakers and trainers can strengthen what they do well, eliminate what doesn’t work and incorporate the best practices of the masters in the field. Think about how powerful it will be when you can compress your learning curve and to increase the value you offer to your students or clients.
Imagine stepping in front of your audience feeling confident, relaxed and focused. Picture yourself connecting with individuals, seeing eye to eye and noticing the subtle non-verbal cues that let you know just how to land your message in a way that just makes sense.
With NLP skills you can structure a speech or training in ways to facilitate accelerated learning, reduce resistance and increase buy-in because NLP teaches you how the mind and body really work. Download brochure.
Speaking and Training Skills
If you are a new or seasoned speaker, trainer, coach or lecturer then you will want to develop your skills to positively influence and audience. In the NLP for Speakers and Trainers program you will learn about:
Training State – how to overcome fear and increase confidence and focus
Training Design – how to plan your presentation to get maximum learning, engagement and application
Managing the Audience – how to influence the audience’s thinking and feeling
Unconscious Learning – how to overcome resistance and create a deeper impact
Closing the Knowing-doing gap – how to turn ideas into actions
Plus you will be personally coached to the next level in your presentation skills.
I have posted previously about public and professional speaking and this week I was training a group of young professionals in the art of presentation skills.
During the 2-days training, using video feedback, the participants were transformed from nervous to confident and from unstructured to persuasive presenters. Continue Reading »
Do you spend your week in countless and some pointless meetings?
Would you like your organisation to adopt some guiding principles for meetings?
As I was conducting a leadership retreat last week, one of the participants complained of “meeting madness” and requested that the team adopt a code of conduct for meetings. I think this is a great idea and so I have jotted down some principles that you might adopt for your team or company.
Define the ‘type’ of meeting – is it to brainstorm ideas, evaluate options, make a decision or plan execution?
Specify a start and end time – meetings do not have to go for an hour, you can start a trend by having 15,20 or 30 minute meetings.
Invite only the people who need to be there – nothing is more of a time waster than sitting in a meeting that doesn’t concern you.
Send pre-reading by email – make sure people come prepared and on time and that way meetings are more efficient.
Start all meeting on time - if you wait, you send the message that it’s not important to be on time.
No using phones or laptops – the exception is the laptop for a presentation which should be limited to 10 slides max.
Identify a Chairperson – if the team doesn’t play nice or keep to time it is important that one person has the authority to call the meeting to order.
Send action points by e-mail after the meeting – to make sure what is agreed to gets done.
Avoid Friday – consider making Friday a no meeting day and see if people have time to finish off the weeks work and get some work-life balance.
The thought provoking title “You can’t teach leadership at a seminar” highlights the need for a strategic approach to leadership development. Andrew is guaranteed to give a highly engaging, interactive an memorable presentation – so don’t miss it.
Fear is a part of our every day lives and to achieve Self Leadership we must understand and work with our fears so that they do not prevent us achieving our objectives.
Or as the bard, William Shakespeare, put it, “Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we might win, by fearing to attempt”. Continue Reading »
Most of us have experienced a boring speaker or found ourselves wondering at the relevance of a training we were attending. Conversely when we have been engaged, enthralled and excited by a masterful presentation our minds become curious, ”how did the speaker get to be so good”.
Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) allows us to model or understand any human experience or behaviour is constructed and then duplicate or improve upon it. With this knowledge speakers and trainers can strengthen what they do well, eliminate what doesn’t work and incorporate the best practices of the masters in the field. Think about how powerful it will be when you can compress your learning curve and to increase the value you offer to your students or clients.
Do you spend your week in countless and some pointless meetings?
