11Apr

Presentation Skills

“There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave.  The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.”

Dale Carnegie  

Consider the following questions:

1. Do you get nervous at the thought of presenting in public?

2. Have you ever been tongue-tied when pitching your ideas?

3. Are you unsure of how to structure a good presentation?

4. Are you sick of ‘death by Powerpoint’ and want to deliver impact and meaning with your presentation?

If you answered Yes to any of the questions above, then this is the Business Skill Workshop for you! Presenting in front of a group is one of the most daunting experiences a leader or manager can undertake, yet it is one of the most commonly used methods of communication in the business world. This course is for everyone who wants to improve their presentation skills.

Participant numbers are usually limited to no more than eight to allow time for individual guidance and help from the experienced Kameleons facilitator. Constructive feedback plays a vital role in achieving the outcomes of this Business Skills Workshop. Feedback is delivered honestly and carefully throughout the multiple presentation sessions, with previous participants sighting this as aspect of the course as a vital tool in developing their confidence, enthusiasm and presentation skill.

By the end of this workshop you will be able to:

  • Use the knowledge and skills required to make a presentation that gets the message across in an interesting and dynamic way  
  • Know how to conquer nerves, capture an audience, and get them on your side.  
  • This course will take you step-by-step through the stages of making successful presentations whether your purpose is to inform, persuade, or win more business.  

Course Content  

  • Effective Communication In Presentations
  • The Essentials Of An Effective Presentation
  • Creating The Presentation
  • The Beginning, The Middle & The End
  • Developing Aims & Objectives
  • Idea Generation
  • Strategies To Organize Your Talk
  • The Use Of Questions In Presentations
  • Use Of Visual Aids
  • Preparation Of The Venue
  • Preparing Yourself For The Presentation
  • The Challenging Audience
  • Develop Your Own Style B
  • Transfer Of Learning To The Workplace
  • Participant Presentations With Facilitator Feedback

Practical work will include: Short presentations from each participant. Pre-course work is mandatory for this training, as there is restricted time to prepare the presentations during the workshop.

Designed for: Anyone required to deliver a presentation or training course to staff that has to deliver impact and meaning.

Duration: 1 dayBooking: To book a Presentation Skills workshop for your team members or supervisors, call our helpful and experienced staff on 0409 627 270 or click on the link below.

11Apr

Leading & Adapting to Change

“If you don’t like something, change it; if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it.”

Mary Engelbreit

In the fast-paced world of technology in which we live, change is common place. With all of the change that takes place in our daily lives, we could assume that everyone adapts to change readily and easily. Anyone who has been involved in a change process knows differently! This 1-day workshop provides you with the skills to adapt to changing situations and help your team to do the same.

By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:

  • Identify qualities associated with change readiness
  • Examine your own level of change readiness and plan for further developing your capacity to deal with change 
  • Know how to cope, and help others to cope, with organisational change
  • Describe the four stages of the reaction to change cycle
    • denial
    • resistance
    • adaptation/exploration
    • commitment/involvement 
  • List four common motives for resistance to change and discuss tips for overcoming each 
  • Tips for creating positive change
  • List four keys for generating motivation for change
  • Discuss how to use these motivators to increase the impetus for positive change
  • Help your team develop an attraction to change
  • Plan how you will support the change process in their own department or organisation

“Things do not change; we change.”

Henry David Thoreau

 

Suitable for: Leaders, managers and participants involved in a change process.

Duration: 1 day

Bonus: Book three or more participants on the workshop and we will include a one-hour follow up coaching session free, conducted in-house or via teleconference, to help participants integrate new learning into the workplace and ensure further retention of workshop

Booking: To book a Leading & Adapting to Change workshop for your team members, Managers or workplace, call our helpful and experienced staff on 0409 627 270, or click on the link below.

11Apr

Coaching for Success

“You get the best effort from others not by lighting a fire beneath them, but by building a fire within.” 

Bob Nelson

Coaching staff has become one of the most critical elements of competence of any leader / manager. Without committed coaches that recognize and develop people to their full potential in others, businesses will not achieve their  visions and. The ‘Coaching for Success’ workshop will help you bring out the best in your people by supporting you in creating a coaching culture that delivers bottom-line value to your organisation and the individuals working within it. At the completion of Coaching for Success you will be able to: 

  • Explain the role of an effective coach as well as the coaching process
  • Define the qualities and the 5 main activities of an effective coach 
  • Build a coaching foundation 
  • Explain the 5 elements of coaching and the STEER method 
  • Motivate people by identifiying their individual coaching preferences 
  • Walk through the coaching process through active learning 
  • Communicate expectations and goals and evaluate performance 
  • Use appropriate verbal and non-verbal communication methods and effective questioning technique 
  • Conduct face-to-face meetings and debriefs

 Designed for: Managers and supervisors required to coach their employees for optimal performance Duration: 1 dayBooking: To book a Coaching for Success workshop for your team members, supervisors or workplace coaches, call our helpful and experienced staff on 0409 627 270 or click on the link below.

07Apr

Planning and Decision Making

‘Good plans shape good decisions. That’s why good planning helps to make elusive dreams come true.’

Lester R. Bittel

In recent years, it has become apparent that the ability for managers and leaders to make tough decisions is waning. Decisions based on logical assumptions using the best information available is a skill that all managers should master. This course challenges leaders and managers in an experiential environment to make , test and apply decisions with a real team, as well as test the consequences of actions on task, team and individual.

By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:

  • Identify current level of effectiveness in problem solving,
  • Identify strategies for more effective problem solving,
  • Implement problem solving strategies for addressing development areas,
  • Explain the types of decision making strategies that we can apply,
  • Apply a model for decision making as a leader,
  • Implement actions plans for making decisions during experiential activities,
  • Implement actions plans during complex activities balancing the needs of task, team and individual, and
  • Apply lessons learnt in experiential activities to workplace scenarios.

Suitable for: Leaders, managers and participants involved in a change process.

Duration: 1 day

Booking: To book a Planning & Decision Making workshop for your team members, Managers or workplace, call our helpful and experienced staff on 0409 627 270 or click on the link below.

Bonus! Book three or more participants on the workshop and we will include a one-hour follow up coaching session free, conducted in-house or via teleconference, to help participants integrate new learning into the workplace and ensure further retention of workshop. 

07Apr

Train the Trainer

Does the  thought of presenting a training session to peers or senior managers fill you with dread?

Do you want to do more than just flick through a Powerpoint presentation? Wonder how you can make your presentation more dynamic and get people interested and engaged? Presenting your ideas in front of others doesn’t need to be so difficult! This highly interactive training course (in either 2 or 3-day format) is designed to prepare you for the design, delivery and evaluation of a training session of your choice. Tailored developmental feedback and opportunities to workshop live presentations ensure that you by the end of this course you will grow in competence and confidence when delivering presentations.

By the end of the 2-day course, you will be able to:

  • Apply adult learning principles to the development of a learning plan,
  • Prepare a learning plan,
  • Adapt learning plans to meet learner needs and the learning context,
  • Prepare learning resources that aid training,
  • Display effective instructional attributes when facilitating,
  • Deliver and facilitate a training session, and
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of a training session.

By the end of the 3-day course, you will be able to:

  • Hone your skills further, as each section of the training session is evaluated to provide maximum interaction from participants and detailed feedback from skilled training coaches.
  • You will exude confidence will your interactive, polished and tailored presentation!

 

Suitable for: Anyone required to design or deliver a presentation or training course in front of others.

Duration: 2 or 3 days

Bonus: Book three or more participants on the workshop and we will include a one-hour follow up coaching session free, conducted in-house or via teleconference, to help participants integrate new learning into the workplace and ensure further retention of workshop.

Booking: To book a 2- or 3-day Train the Trainer workshop for your team members, Managers or workplace, call our helpful and experienced staff on 0409 627 270 or click on the link below.

18Mar

Maximising Team Potential

“Not finance. Not strategy. Not technology. It is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and so rare.”

Patrick Lencioni, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Teamwork doesn’t just happen. A successful team requires commitment, hard work, openness and honesty. In this regard, the skills that are present in a successful team are not dissimilar to those required for a successful relationship. In both, the expectations, desires and needs of the members will change over time due to increased knowledge, experience and changing circumstances. Successful team have the skills to adapt to these changing circumstances and continue to flourish.

Maximising Team Potential is a powerful two-day workshop based on the best-selling book ‘The Five Dysfunctions of a Team’ by Patrick Lencioni. The workshop focusses on overcoming teamwork inhibitors and working towards sustainable team cohesiveness. Thousands of articles and books have been written on building an effective team, and the skills required to lead one. With each theory, idea or concept presented, one consistent theme is present.

A successful team, with its commitment, honesty, hard work and passion, will provide a lasting competitive advantage for a business. If you need your team to exceed expectations, Maximising Team Potential will provide you with the skills, knowledge and most importantly, the lasting behaviours to develop and maintain a successful team.

This workshop explores:

Are we are team or are we a group of individuals?

  • Working with individual differences 
  • Preventing Underachievement 
  • Understanding and overcoming the 5 dysfunctions:
    • Absence of Trust
    • Fear of Conflict 
    • Lack of Commitment 
    • Avoidance of Accountability 
    • Inattention of Result 
  • Honestly appraise the team’s strengths and areas for development 
  • Focusing on priorities by clarifying the areas that require the greatest attention
  • Map a process for future team development

Suitable for: Established teams facing major new challenges; such as a change of team members, leadership or strategy direction. It has also been successfully implemented by teams facing crisis, internal turmoil or seeking to further challenge behaviours for superior team performance.

Duration: 2 days

Booking: To book your team, Managers or workplace on the challenging Maximising Team Potential workshop, call our helpful and experienced staff on 0409 627 270 or click on the link below.