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Presentation tips from potential Prime Ministers

Presentation tips from potential Prime Ministers

Dinah Vincent

23 September 2020

You may not have learned anything new about New Zealand's potential Prime Ministers from the debate last night, but we can learn from them as presen...

What does the future hold?

What does the future hold?

Hilary Bryan

18 August 2020

Done right, scenario planning isn't a future planning exercise that's then forgotten; it shapes what we're doing today.

Negotiate, but forget getting to yes

Negotiate, but forget getting to yes

Hilary Bryan

28 July 2020

I've always been fascinated by hostage situations, and thought we must have a lot to learn from hostage negotiators. Then, I've thought -...

Think creatively

Think creatively

Hilary Bryan

26 June 2020

Join us for a short and sharp session to get to grips with practical creative thinking techniques that work.

Tick box past unconscious bias

Tick box past unconscious bias

Dinah Vincent

1 September 2020

Is it possible to overcome unconscious bias with a checklist?

Yesterday's news, today's agility

Yesterday's news, today's agility

Kristen Gyorgak

16 August 2020

Tuesday night's press conference was an exemplar in many ways. Leaders and organisations should be taking notes on how clear, compassionate, and con...

Only the lonely

Only the lonely

Hilary Bryan

14 July 2020

We're emerging or have emerged from lockdown. Some people are championing working from home. Personally, I was at home in a crisis trying...

Enjoy: #OneWord to support resilience

Enjoy: #OneWord to support resilience

Dinah Vincent

12 June 2020

Back in January, when I thought I already knew how to wash my hands properly, I chose 'enjoy' as my #oneword for 2020.

Our Brains & Bias

Our Brains & Bias

Hilary Bryan, Dinah Vincent, and Kristen Gyorgak

28 August 2020

We're looking at the neuroscience of bias, and delving into how our perceptions of people and situations can lead to bias.

We get the why, focus on the how

We get the why, focus on the how

Kristen Gyorgak

7 August 2020

Our brains work from the inside of the circle out: first we feel, then we do. Our brain primarily runs on emotion—we rationalise things after the fa...

Consistency: My #OneWord for 2020

Consistency: My #OneWord for 2020

Kristen Gyorgak

6 July 2020

At the beginning of the year, The Training Practice joined the #OneWord365 challenge: find one word that will help you set the tone for 2...

Our most powerful weapon

Our most powerful weapon

Kristen Gyorgak

9 June 2020

Thomas Paine, a 1700s political activist in the US, famously said, the pen is mightier than the sword. That's because words change the wo...

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