Icebreaker: What is My Nickname
This icebreaker is ideal for the beginning of the course to get the delegates become more comfortable with each other. It can also be used for newly formed teams as an effective team bonding activity.
Icebreaker: Ask Three Questions
This icebreaker helps delegates get to know each other better while allowing them more control over what they want to find out about others.
Training Video: Inspirational Quotes
We have created the following motivational video containing many inspiring and famous quotes that we like very much and like to share with you. You can also use the video as a training resource dur...
Reading Body Language: Sitting Positions
Humans are predictable. Magicians have taken advantage of this predictability for generations. Knowing how to read people helps you significantly in your negotiations, persuasions and overall commu...
Do You Make These 5 Training Mistakes When Delivering a Course
Some mistakes are small and irrelevant while some have bigger but yet manageable consequences. There are however some mistakes that can bring your entire training career down. These are often mista...
10 Tips for Becoming an Interesting Trainer
No one can argue that being an interesting trainer is a quality that will almost always guarantee successful training sessions. No one wants to spend a training day listening to a boring trainer. S...
8 Habits of Highly Effective Trainers
What is the secret to becoming a successful trainer? What makes a trainer stand out from the competition? Have you ever attended a course that you were so impressed by the trainer that you thought ...
Self-Analysis: Make Your Gratitude List Longer
This exercise helps delegates to become more aware of what they have and therefor appreciate where they are and how they are living. In our quest to become better and grow, we sometimes forget what...
Sales Exercise: Sales Pitch With FAB
In this exercise, delegates practice delivering a quick sales pitch. The structure of the pitch is based on the FAB methodology; Features, Advantages and Benefits. Most people miss the advantage an...
Personal Impact Exercise: This is Me
Use this exercise to get delegates describe themselves as they like and showcase it to others. There is a lot you can learn when people have to state something about themselves. The choice of words...
Non-Verbal Awareness Exercise: Use Your Senses
The purpose of this activity is to help delegates examine their non-verbal and non-visual senses and build their confidence in sensing and reading others. It demonstrates the power of people's cons...
Formulate Your Sentences Using Effective Assertiveness Skills
Being assertive is not just about expressing your rights; it is also about increasing the efficiency of your communication with others. There are a number of ways you can express yourself to achiev...
Giving Feedback Exercise: Improve Your Self-Awareness
This is a simple exercise that anyone can use to measure his self-awareness. Simply think about answering a series of questions and through that become more aware of how you feel and how others fee...
Presentation Skills Exercise: Tell a Story
Good presentation skills and public speaking require multitude of skills; creativity, storytelling, creative slide design, engaging attitude, emotional content, effective non-verbal gestures and so...
Personal Impact Exercise: Make a Perfect Pitch
In our competitive world, we need to present ourselves as best as we can to stand out from the crowd. Suppose someone asks you what you do? What would you say? Suppose you have about 30 seconds to ...
Communication Exercise: Do You Trust Others?
We all have different levels of trust in different situations. Sometimes the variation is not much and sometimes it is too high. We seem to be defensive and on guard while others feel comfortable. ...
Leadership Skills Exercise: How Controlling Are You?
Some leaders seem to be too controlling. They want to exert their power and position on others to get them do what they want. On the other hand, some leaders seem to understand others and are much ...
Motivation Exercise: My Heroes
Research shows that people with specific and defined goals are more likely to succeed in life than those without. One of the great ways to find these goals is to get inspired by your favourite hero...
