Like a good book, a great workshop needs a well-considered opening and a fulfilling ending. How we open and close can have great impact upon the success of the workshop, how well objectives are achieved and the effectiveness of the lessons taken away. I was very impressed by a discussion started by Dr. Preeti Vats [...]

It’s the end of the last day and you hand out the evaluation sheets – often apologetically. You know the delegates are groaning inwardly – the session over, they just want to go home. So why are we doing it? Often is a directive from your client – they have targets to meet in terms [...]

Don’t miss out on the three for four offer – you can now buy one of each of the four sets, Business Plan, Marketing Plan, Export Plan and Digital Strategy for the price of only three packs.

When I’m facilitating in a workshop or group situation and using card sorting techniques, after briefing the group I simply place the pack in the centre of the table and stand back. What happens next is always very revealing. Just remember for a minute Tuckman’s four-stage model: Forming Storming Norming Performing The first stage is [...]

We launched Plan-too cards, initially as a self-help tool for SMEs, though the initial concept grew out of training and coaching sessions. It did not take long for fellow trainers, coaches and mentors to say, ‘Hey, I could use those cards’. So here is a place you too can get your hands on the cards, [...]