Looking for Professional Training?

I specialise in putting together custom training programs for businesses. If you are not sure about what it is that you need then please contact me to discuss the problems that you are experiencing and I will put together a training package to meet your needs. Have a look down below to see some of the areas that may be useful to you.

Subjects That I Am Proficient In

Some people wonder how I can have expertise in such a wide range of subjects. Well for me they are all related. As well as being a presenter and trainer I am also a business coach. Simply put, I need to know about all these areas. I develop my own training materials and course outlines which also means that I am contimuously learning and refining my materials and approach to delivery. My golden rule is always to know far more about any subject than the level to which I train. That means I am always able to answer questions and tailor the material to meet the needs of the audience.

And let's be honest, we expect our leaders and managers to know all this stuff, so why would you want to hire a trainer that only knows some of it? A trainer today not only needs expert level knowledge, but also how that knowledge fits in with other tools and models. There isn't one model that works for everyone, so you need to ensure that you hire someone that is flexible.

I have several 100 gigabytes of training materials on my harddrive. As you can imagine I also do a lot of research in my subject areas. The result is that I can quite easily bring knowledge from one area into another as appropriate. The video above combines NLP, Leadership, Self Belief, Networking Skills, and Influence Techniques. If you missed them, watch again and see how I capture an audience using enrolment techniques, stories, metaphors, stage anchoring, tonal anchoring and Satir archetypes.

Using my unique mix of NLP and business skills I have developed and delivered training in all of the following areas:

Leadership Development

Leadership Means many things to many people. However, the list below provides the basic fundamentals.

  • Self Awareness
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Strategic Analysis and Visioning
  • Mental Toughness
  • Effective Influence
  • Confidence & Self Belief
  • Understanding People
  • Developing Teams
  • Coaching skills

Management Skills

Management is different to Leadership. As a manager you are responsible for ensuring that the systems, processes and people are all acting and working as they should. This requires a different skill set.

  • Staff Training
  • Change Management
  • Systems Thinking
  • Resource Allocation
  • Project Management
  • Process Management
  • Performance Management
  • Problem Solving
  • Creative Management

People Skills

Both Leadership and management mean getting things accomplished through people. Here are some more specialised areas that you may find useful:

  • Personality and Behavioural Profiling
  • Communications
    • Transactional analysis
    • Active Listening
    • Milton Model and Meta Model
  • Motivation
  • Effective Negotiations
  • Influence Techniques
  • Presentation Skills

Team Development

There is more to team development than just sticking a group of people together. As well as the Leadership, Management and People skills, the following are aslo very useful:

  • Understanding Team Dynamics
  • Creating a shared reality and purpose
  • Team roles and their development
  • Environmental leadership
  • Action Oriented Leadership
  • Delegation and skills assessment

Business Skills

Having the above skill set is not enough if you are running a business. You also need to get trained in the following:

  • Sales
  • Marketing
  • Business Accumen

It seems like a lot - but don't we expect our managers to know all this? If so then shouldn't you use a trainer that can match the training to what they already know?

To get in contact with me use the contact menu button at the top of the page. I look forward to hearing from you.

Eric Sutherland