In addition to the group training we deliver here at Stratus, I also offer individual coaching sessions to help folk become more confident and competent when public speaking. From holding a large scale presentation seminar right through to a 60-second introductory spiel at a networking meeting, people are now realising that being able to make a great first impression in public is a vital skill – and being able to ‘Blow Your Business Trumpet’ to get your message across to potential clients…

'It's not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the most responsive to change.'  - Charles DarwinHere at Stratus, we have been considering just how much change has accelerated in the workplace, particularly as we now come blinking into the sunlight towards our post-Covid world. How has this impacted on the way our clients and other organisations manage change effectively? Let’s look at the three promises of change:Change won't go away; it will only get fasterNo matter how…

Moving training sessions from face-to-face to online has fried most Facilitator brains when it comes to designing exercises that suit the learning platform. When my team first transitioned to virtual workshops we were faced with a plethora of possible training tools to feed our delegates’ imaginations and make interaction fun:Jamboard, Zoom Poll, Quizlet, Deckhive, Padlet, Google Docs … tecchies have stepped up to the plate to provide online solutions. Yet more options don’t automatically mean better output. Just as you need to…