Whilst most of our programmes follow the traditional, tried-and-tested, highly effective, one- or two-day training course format some of them are, well, just a little different. We highlight them here:

Impact!

Less is more! These half-day sessions are designed to have a high impact level, sending people back to their work with renewed energy and enthusiasm, eager to put their newly-acquired knowledge or skills to the test.

These sessions are wonderfully flexible and can therefore be very time- and cost-effective. Run two sessions in a single day to put two different teams through them. Follow up a morning session with one-to-one tuition. Have two different sessions on the same day. Or build them into a programme of your own. But whatever you do, have fun with them!

20 ways to liven up your meeting
We all rely heavily on meetings to communicate with one another, resolve problems, share ideas, negotiate deals – but when they don’t work, they can be worse than useless. This half-day ‘Impact!’ workshop will help you put more life into your meetings, so that everyone gets more out of them.

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How to design a powerful presentation using PowerPoint
Most people think they know how to use PowerPoint. But too many people still have great slides yet spoil their presentation by not structuring it properly to begin with – and others could achieve vastly better results if they only knew how to use more than a few basic PowerPoint functions.

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Meetings and how to run them
The average employee spends almost six hours each week in meetings and 69% of those meetings are unproductive. How much time is being wasted in your organisation as a result of poorly-managed meetings? And how little time it would take to put it right! This ‘Impact!’ programme shows the way.

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20 ways to liven up your training course
This session is packed full of useful ice-breakers and other tips and presented by an expert trainer who most definitely practises what he preaches!

Other ‘Impact!’ sessions also available include:

• HR ‘lunch and learn’
• Natural state management
• Networking skills
• Results coaching in sixty seconds
• Results-focused emotional intelligence
• Sedona method
• Understanding features and benefits: sales skills for technical staff
• Writing telephone sales scripts

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Performance improvement workshops

Yes, all training is focused on improving performance, but these programmes go that bit further. They are an opportunity to get advice from an expert, to review the effectiveness of a team, to resolve difficulties on a current project, to develop best practice, to inspire and motivate.

Professional HR
This workshop-led approach is an ideal method for identifying the steps needed to bring all members of the HR team up to the same level of peak performance. It is also a very cost-effective way of arriving at the identification and resolution of performance issues without engaging expensive consultants.

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Professional procurement
The proportion of an organisation’s total costs which flows through to suppliers is significant, and demands that approaches to managing this expenditure are in line with best commercial practice. This workshop-led approach focuses on how to ensure that your expenditure is fully under control and all savings opportunities are realised. It is an ideal method for identifying the steps needed to bring all members of the purchasing / procurement team up to the same level of peak performance, in line with best practice.

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Project team workshop
A Project Team Workshop brings together selected representatives of a live project (eg, the client, project team members, suppliers, resource providers, sponsors, etc) in order to review a specific project and put in place the vital task and team requirements for a successful project outcome.

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Tender review workshop
This workshop is intended to help suppliers who have received a specific tender which they believe they may wish to bid for. Within the period of the one- or two-day workshop, depending on the size and complexity of the specific tender, you will :

• Determine whether the opportunity is indeed one worth pursuing and investing in
• Determine whether the opportunity is indeed one worth pursuing and investing in
• Establish a winning, bidding / negotiation strategy which reflects your bargaining position within the particular market and with that specific customer
• Enter a tender negotiation with your ‘eyes open’ and prepared, aware of all the potential opportunities and risks

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The sales accelerator masterclass
This performance improvement workshop will help you develop and manage a high-productivity sales team. You will be shown advanced techniques to guide your team to sell high-value, complex solutions to increasingly discerning and sophisticated customers – both new and existing – more effectively.

Performance improvement workshops can also be delivered in the areas of health and safety, facilities management and customer service. Please call for details.

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PROPA™

A new approach to health and safety training and consultancy, combining the two in a powerful programme that aims to deliver a minimum 5:1 return on investment as well as a variety of other benefits.

Qualifications

If you are looking for certificated training programmes, please note that we offer approved training programmes leading to qualifications from:

• CIEH (Chartered Institute of Environmental Health)
• ILM (Institute of Leadership and Management)
• IOSH (Institute of Occupational Safety and Health)
• PRINCE2 (leading project management qualifications)
• RIPH (Royal Institute of Public Health)

If you are interested in training programmes leading to certificates from other awarding bodies please call us to find out how we can help.