Announcements

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

"Find Your Flair - Turning your Work into a Work of Art"

Jason Jay

"Find Your Flair" - Turning Your Work into a Work of Art

Jason Jay is a former champion flair bartender (think Tom Cruise in Cocktail) that
literally knows how to shake things up!  
 
Starting his own training & consultancy practice in 1997, Jason went on to be
awarded the Contribution to the Industry Award at the 2007 Australian Bar Awards
and is now widely recognised as one of Australians top industry consultants.
 
Jason Jay believes that the key to changing any industry is the same; create an
environment where people are inspired to volunteer their best efforts. He now
speaks to a range of different industries that are looking to motivate a higher level of performance from their people.
 
A powerful and entertaining insight into the science of optimal experience ‐ or Flow
 
Jason Jay infuses cocktail mixing with psychology to demonstrate that it not so much what you do – but how you do it that really counts. He explores what it takes to feel connected, engaged and enthused about both your work and life.

At the end of the session participants will learn...

*  The Leisure Trap – how work actually holds key to happiness
*  The Flair Zone Formula and how to use it to find a better balance
*  The 3 Modalities of Awakened Doing

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

"The Many Parts of You - Understanding Puzzling Behaviour"

Jan Sky

This presentation will introduce you to a unique mapping tool called ESI®.  Jan Sky will discuss how our personalities are made up of many different parts or states, and how whichever state is 'executive' at any given time consumes our thinking and affects the behaviour we display.

The ESI® Mapping Tool works to reveal all parts, supportive and unsupportive, associated with a client’s intended outcome. In doing so, we are able to identify those states inhibiting change working towards a more appropriate ‘executive’ state - in effect, changing our behaviour.

ESI® is a simplistic yet powerful process which has been used extensively within the corporate environment with excellent results and has been proven to motivate behaviour change. It is also excellent for motivating teams through ‘tough times’ by accelerating team success.

Today you will learn how to:

 *  Gain an understanding of a better way of looking at yourself
 *  Identify your own inhibiting states
 *  Make changes that support your success
 *  View your world from a different space

About Jan Sky
Dip CS, DipCH RMASCH

Jan Sky is the developer of the ESI® Mapping Tool and author of the book “The Many Parts of You”. Jan Sky is a Corporate Training, Counsellor and Clinical Hypnotherapist.

Just returned from Helsinki, Finland where she was sponsored by Finish NLP Society to train the Fins in the ESI process!

She is in the business of creating a difference to the workplace! With over 25 years of experience, she specializes in the area of leadership and people development to those organisations who want to create an environment of high performing people.

Jan conducts Leadership training and executive coaching as well as running a private practice as a Counsellor and Clinical Hypnotherapist. Her clients range from senior executives to in-mates in jail.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

"Improving Your Communication - Aligning Concentric Rings"

Scott Stein—Pathfinder

One of the biggest opportunities in small business is communicating in a way that gets all staff going in the same direction—and working together.  With uncertainty in the marketplace, it is critical that a manager or small business owner quickly identifies the most effective way to motivate their people—and talk in their language.

This is an interactive workshop that allows small business owners and managers to become aware of their Concentric Rings—and using the DiSC Communication Model to identify their natural communication pattern, especially when under pressure.  

It provides you with an increased understanding of yourself—and how to motivate others more effectively to achieve better results (at work and home!).  

You Will Learn:
• How to identify Concentric Rings and what motivates others
• Understanding your Natural Patterns of Communication
• Strategies to Motivate & Align Others
• The Delegation Model:  4 Levels to Increased Productivity

As The Pathfinder, Scott blends his native American heritage and training to leverage ancient wisdom with modern strategy (his great grandmother was full-blooded Cherokee Indian).  He is known for his ability to work both collectively and one on one mentoring having delivered over 2,000 successful training and coaching sessions over the past 20 years.  Clients include large multinationals, Australian companies and leading small businesses looking for an edge including Westpac, Hyundai, GE, and numerous others.

Drawing on his Masters Degree with a thesis in Communication, Scott believes that many people have never been given the adequate foundation to effectively motivate and manage other people.  He also believes that with a few simple tools and an increased awareness, a business owner can significantly lift productivity and performance with their people.

Staying true to his belief and training in “folding time,” Scott currently owns 3 businesses, is a Director for the business cooperative Thought Leaders, and is a board member of the charity Hands Across the Water Australia.  He is also currently writing a book on Business Partnerships to assist those con

Wednesday, October 07, 2009

"Hunting Brand New Customers"

Glenn Guilfoyle

How to maximise your effort in finding and converting.

Outcomes = Learn the theory of best practice prospecting; experience the types of tools and models in use these days; receive a framework to assist in the personal implementation of things learned on the day

About Glenn

Glenn is the founder and principal of The Next Level. He is a salesman and a scientist.....all in one. With a B.App.Sci and an M.B.A, he has spent 20 years in a variety of sales and marketing management roles. Overlapping some of this time is 10 years in business process re-engineering across a range of industries. He was the Chairman of the Board of a small Melbourne based enterprise for 4 years, and has also spent five years as owner and director of specialist consulting firms, including The Next Level. Glenn has spent many years consulting to international businesses as well as to some of Australia's best run companies such as: Westfield, Pfizer, Pacific National, Minter Ellison, Ansell, Visy, Australian Unity, Alphapharm, Australia Post, Coffey International and many more.

Thursday, October 01, 2009

"Firing up your PowerPoint®: 10 Immutable Laws for Effective Business Presentations"

Lee Featherby

Its impossible to run a business these days and not have to give a presentation using PowerPoint or similar.  Unfortunately, most result in “Death By PowerPoint” because knowing how to create an effective presentation goes well beyond knowing how to use the software. 

In this presentation you will hear the 10 most important rules for good presentation development from the founder of Australia’s first and leading presentation design house.  You will gain insights that will bring a new level of clarity and effectiveness to you presentation that both you and your audience will appreciate.

3 key outcomes from the presentation

1. The importance of being clear about what you want to achieve before you start your presentation.
2. How to communicate difficult and complex ideas with clarity.
3. How to gain more business from your presentations

About Lee

Lee Featherby’s association with presentation development dates back to 1981, when he worked on a  nine-slide projector trade presentation for Cadbury Schweppes. Since then, Lee has worked on an extensive range of presentations in a variety of formats, from old-fashioned slides to full-scale video and PowerPoint productions. He has created presentations on subjects as diverse as the pathophysiology of the gastrointestinal tract, motivational rallies for over 2,500 participants as well as a huge range of business and sales related presentations.

In addition, Lee is a trained presenter and lecturer and has worked as a salesman, marketing manager, TV producer and company director. This broad experience has given him great insight into the business and educational needs of individuals and companies. As a highly regarded professional speaker, Lee has a profound understanding of everything required to deliver an outstanding presentation. He has dedicated a great deal of time to the study of presentation design and structure using slideware, as well as the e-learning process, and specialises in slide design and how to craft a presentation using solid structure and strategy.