Posts Tagged ‘Training’


Top 10 Tips For Developing Communication

August 3rd, 2009 by Fran Berry

So how do you go about improving communication skills in your organisation?

In our previous post on the importance of communication, we talked about why we believe developing communication skills in your organisation is not only important, but crucial.

Here are our top 10 tips for implementing a communication skill development program in your organisation:

  1. Make organisational communication some one’s responsibility! If someone has a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) linked to improving communication then it will receive the attention it demands.
  2. Find the people in your organisation who are passionate about communication and give them a role to play.
  3. The majority of communication occurs out of habit and changing habits requires sustained pressure over time before it will deliver a return on investment. Avoid quick fix solutions  that become ‘fad’ training and implement solutions that will permanently change the communication DNA of your organisation (often referred to as ‘the way we do things here’.)

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The Importance Of Games In Training

June 28th, 2009 by Fran Berry

Tell me and I’ll forget. Show me and I’ll remember.
Involve me and I’ll understand.
– Confucius

crosswordRemember when you were in school? Did you learn the most from the interminable desk-bound subjects you had no interest in and where the teacher droned on and on, or the hands-on subjects and field trips that involved all the senses?

How many of us learned more about handling money from playing ‘shops’ or Monopoly than we ever did from a maths book.

Games are multi-sensory and offer something for everyone irrespective of a person’s learning style. Most of all, games are fun.

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