We help our clients to achieve more through better thinking and communication skills. We offer three services:
- facilitation of groups in Strategic Thinking, Problem Solving, Creativity & Innovation;
- training of groups in Strategic Thinking, Creativity & Innovation, Results-Based Writing and Results-Based Presenting;
- 1:1 coaching in Results-Based Communication (written & spoken), problem solving, decision making, time & choice management, CV & Interview Skills.
Is your present situation less than ideal? Do you need to plan for the future? Have you or your organisation been blind-sided by the unexpected? Then you want to know how to move From Thinking Habits to Strategic Thinking. Learn how your habitual thinking patterns have been holding you back and how to start thinking strategically. This is the thinking you need to do before you get "busy" with cost-benefit analyses, decisions, plans and implementation.
Is your organisation, department or team stagnating? Are you losing ground to your competitors? Do you need an innovative solution in order to survive and prosper? Then Creativity & Innovation is the workshop you want. Learn the personal and organisational habits that hinder creativity - and how to move beyond them.
Do you need to accomplish something by speaking to a group of people? Not sure what to say or how to prepare? Worried about inflicting "Death by PowerPoint"? Feeling nervous? Concerned that you won't be understood because of an accent? Afraid of the question period? Then Results-Based Presenting: Design & Delivery is what you need.
Do writing memos, papers, proposals, recommendations or lengthy reports form part of your day-to-day activities? Do people ignore what you write? Would writing more clearly, concisely and persuasively be useful? Wish the whole process was easier? Then Results-Based Writing: Style, Structure & Significance is the workshop you want. You'll learn how to make your message shorter and more effective.
The group trainings are interactive, exercise-based and use work-related issues and subjects. For example, in the Presenting workshops, participants give work-related presentations and receive feedback on these. We don't practise with "presentations" concerning hobbies, holidays, sports or politics, because these are unrealistic. Who has problems talking about their hobbies or holidays?
In addition to the group trainings, individual coaching sessions can be arranged.
The founder, Dr. Ted VanderNoot, has 10 years lecturing and research experience within the UK university system and over 9 years in the private sector, running workshops in the UK, France and Germany. Knowing the demands placed upon staff today, his aim is to provide them with useful skills that will increase their effectiveness and efficiency.
