Acting with you to communicate successfully
This newsletter really should come with a soundtrack from Robbie Williams of Let Me Entertain you! As you know, many of the trainers at Partners With You are actors so you’d expect a little razzamatazz to creep into our lives now and again, but this autumn we’ve really excelled ourselves.
Director Neil Roberts has been starring in a new Disney series called Life Bites on Disney Channel UK and our featured workshop leader Kieron Smith is helping the festive season glitter by directing the panto at Greenwich and organising the firework display at Legoland. Other workshop leaders have been busy: Paul Ryan is in Mama Mia in the West End and Simon Nock has just finished filming Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince.
This issue of our newsletter is all about how best to communicate successfully and with the economic climate being as volatile as it is, now is the time to make sure that we are all performing at the top of our game.
Disney's Life Bites
Successful communication isn’t something that will only benefit your performance at work. The skills and tips you learn on one of our workshops will also help you at home.
Patricia Singleton of Barclays Bank PLC says “I have certainly found the change in attitude that Partners With You training has provided me with has been invaluable both at home with the family and at work. In particular...
read more...
Stop press
Neil Roberts has just joined the board of the London HR Connection (LHRC). LHRC is one of the leading human resources networks in London which inspires, informs and challenges its members who...
read more...
Successful Communication Case Studies
Successful communication is a skill which everyone who works with other people can benefit from. Here’s how two of our clients from very different industries have benefited from their training sessions with us:
 |
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. wants to create a culture of no boundaries and to have an open and collaborative environment. Andrew Bowen, interim UK Training Manager, of Warner Bros. says, “I think it’s important to build people’s confidence so that they realise they can speak up and be assertive in expressing their opinions, needs and expectations in order to do their job well.”
read more... |
 |
Quintiles & Innovex
Quintiles & Innovex are an outsourcing provider to the pharmaceutical industry. They are a global leader in pharmaceutical services offering product development and commercialisation services. |
Kevin England, Associate Director, Management Development (Europe) explains, “In our business, it’s important for our staff to refine their communication skills, build confidence and portray competence in all areas of their work to ensure they are perceived positively by our customers.” read more... |
|
 |
|
 |
Profile – Kieron Smith |
|
 |
 |
It’s nearly Christmas and for those of you with families, you may be surprised that one of our trainers, Kieron Smith, may have had a hand in delighting your kids. |
Not only is Kieron a professional actor and workshop leader with us, but he’s also directing the pantomime in Greenwich this year (Jack and the Beanstalk if you’re thinking of visiting) and he’s written the script for the Star Wars firework display at Legoland.
read more... |
|
 |
|
 |
|
7 Successful Presentation tips
from Kieron |
|
What, when, why:
Many of us find it really hard to ask for something assertively.
This may be because we were bought up to believe it is rude to ask for what we want or we think somehow others have a crystal ball and will know how to please us.
The best way to ask for what you want is to ask directly with the appropriate tone of voice and volume together with assertive body language: so remember to state:
- What you want
- When you want it
- Why you want it
We are constantly being told by our clients that using this technique above all others has gained them respect both at work and at home.
Just say no:
You have a right to say no and by not saying no when you mean it, you are in effect saying that you are less important than the other person. It is necessary that when you say no, you say...
read more....
|
|
 |
|
|
 |
Forthcoming public courses 2009 |
|
 |
If your appetite has been whetted to try us out, why not come on one of our public courses?
read more... |
|
|
|
