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Developing Personal Presence

• I have turned a page and started a new chapter.  The plot is still exciting but now I have an even better grasp of the language. - Developing Personal Presence
• I came with an open mind and boy do you need to!  However this has been the best and most useful course I think I have ever attended. - Developing Personal Presence
• The visible tranformation and progress in everyone, was extremely inspiring and encouraging.  I will take these skills with me everywhere I go. - Developing Personal Presence
• All trainers very talented. Very skilled at bringing out best in people.  Challenging exercises but done in very un-intimidating manner.  Thank you. - Developing Personal Presence
• Thank you to the trainers.  I found them really inspirational and learnt a lot from them.  They have an uncanny knack of saying/pushing people to that point of self revelation. - Developing Personal Presence

Influencing with Integrity - Power of Communication

• The openness and involvement of the other delegates was both supporting and encouraging.  It was a real pleasure to work with them and I wish them every success for the future. - Influencing with Integrity
• Ended up doing things I never thought I would do, and surprisingly they worked and opened up a lot of behaviours I wasn’t aware of. - Influencing with Integrity
• Really useful and I’m taking away practical exercises that will assist with my development needs. - Influencing with Integrity
• Took this further than I expected and got to the root causes of behaviours. - Influencing with Integrity
• I thoroughly enjoyed this course – although challenging at times it has provided a safe and stimulating opportunity for me to learn some important skills. - Influencing with Integrity
• Learning about my inner critic, plus having learnt techniques that are really applicable to everyday life.  I’ve learnt tools I can take away. - Influencing with Integrity
• Sharing experiences and scenarios and reinforcing the theory with actual examples. - Influencing with Integrity
  

Increasing your Personal Impact

• Organisation was invisible and therefore successful during the day of the course.  The information provided before the day of the course was targeted very well and told me exactly what I needed to know.  - Increasing your Personal Impact
• Well organised and developed throughout the day.  Skilled leadership that included everyone.  Small group good but not too small to stop social dynamics. - Increasing your Personal Impact
• I never realised that posture and breathing exercises would (or could) make such a difference to confidence. - Increasing your Personal Impact
• Initially expected it to be just about communications but it actually taught me about being more aware of myself and my environment. - Increasing your Personal Impact
• Great trainer – personalised the course for the team and helped draw out people’s hidden strengths. - Increasing your Personal Impact
• Excellent in terms of activities, involvement and understanding. - Increasing your Personal Impact
• I usually think most training courses could be delivered in half the time but I found the whole course entertaining and worthwhile. - Increasing your Personal Impact
  

Management Skills - Inspiring & Motivation People

• Made me understand my own behaviour more and what I can do to make it better. - Management Skills
• Enjoyed the course very much.  It made me think a lot and also gave me tools for improvement. - Management Skills
• Some really thought provoking ideas on how I can improve how I come across by fairly simple changes. - Management Skills
• Obviously well thought through and based on sound learning and executed by an inspiring trainer. -Management Skills
• It exceeded my expectations as I didn't really think it would be appropriate to me beforehand. - Management Skills
  

Gaining Buy-in - Selling Ideas

• Magnificent. Exceptionally useful tools, delivered in an absolutely convincing, dynamic manner by a true professional. - Gaining Buy-in
• Course provided good strategies for me to implement to improve my communication and be aware of my bad communication. - Gaining Buy-in
• Approached with an open mind (as I think I tried to do) this course, delivered by the trainer, can have (and did have) a profound effect. Thank you again. - Gaining Buy-in
• I feel more equipped to deal with communication issues – and have a better understanding of myself and others. - Gaining Buy-in
• Great team, safe environment, excellent trainer. - Gaining Buy-in
• I feel more equipped to deal with communication issues – and have a better understanding of myself and others. - Gaining Buy-in
  

Working Creatively Together - Imaginative Teamwork 

• Most do it but recognising when to feed my ideas to a group and how to manage it – recognising other people’s values. - Working Creatively Together
• Using the learning in different situations. Using different aids for encouraging creativity. - Working Creatively Together
• Really helpful tips to take away from the course. Very interesting looking at the ways to be creative, the thinking state and how to work with others. - Working Creatively Together

Presentation Skills

• Excellent day – instilled confidence and really useful suggestions on improving presentation impact. - Presentation Skills
• Highly practical content was particularly valuable. The ability to practise and discuss performances was invaluable. - Presentation Skills
• Lots of personal attention and constructive dialogue. - Presentation Skills
• Great amount of tips, stories and exercises that were all very useful and inspiring! - Presentation Skills