Our Facilitators Approach

Our consultants are all experienced facilitators, who have their own individual style. However, one of the reasons why they join us is that they agree with our philosophy on how to deliver effective training & development.

Our overall approach is activity based, which means that our consultants training style is facilitative, not prescriptive. They adopt the following structure:

(1) INFORM

Our consultant provides a short, focused input session to introduce a new skill, concept or an idea.

(2) ACTIVITY

Participants complete some form of activity to practically apply the skills from the inform.

(3) REVIEW

The results are reviewed, and the consultant facilitates a discussion on the key learning points and agreement is made on plans to transfer the learning into the workplace. "Back to work" messages are reinforced.

Our consultants create a dynamic learning environment, by placing emphasis on learning by doing. Their constant reinforcement of skill input and application practice aids participant understanding and therefore implementation.

We believe it is vital to create a fun, challenging, but non-threatening learning environment, where individuals are encouraged to actively participate. This enables participants to take responsibility and ownership for their personal development and creates a team-working ethic through active involvement in syndicate activities and discussion groups.

Our principles

Whilst all our consultants are experienced training & development professionals, with their own individual style, everybody in our team works to a common set of principles:

• The importance of understanding the clients business, so that the development can be totally focused to supporting their goals.
• Acting as a facilitator, rather than prescribing
• Being flexible whilst ensuring that the objectives are fully realised
• Taking responsibility for making the development work, not just taking a delivery role
• Being innovative and creative in demonstrating how principles can be applied
• Making training & development fun as well as demanding
• The importance of making a difference