| Working Voices - Presentation skills, | | | | to think on your feet and the greater your |
| Communication skills, Interpersonal skills Working | | | | confidence. Think about it - then think about your |
| Voices teaches interpersonal communication skills. | | | | performance at meetings or when you make |
| Everything from Presentation Skills to Leadership | | | | presentations. We teach brain-training strategies |
| Development, Voice Coaching, Writing Skills, | | | | that will give you the memory you want.o Total |
| Image Management, Cultural Diversity and | | | | Recallo Power-up Your Memoryo Memories Are |
| Memory Techniques. You'll learn more about our | | | | Made Of This |
| courses in a moment. | | | | About our people |
| Our USP is:o our content (relevant, up-to-date, | | | | Nick Smallman is founder and Managing Director of |
| PRACTICAL)o our style (high energy, high | | | | Working Voices. He combined a classical acting and |
| interactivity, FUN)o our people (expert, | | | | business career until asked to set up the |
| experienced, EFFECTIVE). | | | | company specifically to meet the interpersonal |
| Established in 1998, Working Voices delivers | | | | communication needs of the UK and overseas |
| courses in the UK and abroad and engages a | | | | banking communities. Since then the client base |
| hand-picked team of trainers to meet the needs | | | | has widened year-on-year and now includes the |
| of a client list that includes some of the world's | | | | legal, media, fashion, distribution and |
| most prestigious companies. You'll learn more | | | | pharmaceutical sectors. Nick trains in a variety of |
| about our people in a moment too. | | | | disciplines both in the UK and abroad (Europe, |
| About our courses | | | | USA, China and Russia, principally) and is a |
| If you've been on a course that was dull or | | | | sought-after motivational speaker. |
| uninformative; if delegates left it ill-equipped to put | | | | Our trainers are expert and experienced; |
| the fundamentals into practice from that moment | | | | motivators as well as educators; high scorer's |
| forward - the "takeaways" as we call them - then | | | | against client feedback. |
| the course was NOT one of ours. Groups, | | | | John Mabberley: A city Banker for 30 years, |
| seminars, one-to-ones: here's what we teach. | | | | John's enthusiastic and motivational style has given |
| Presentation Skills | | | | him a great track record for team and confidence |
| Presenting ourselves, our company, our case. It's | | | | building. John specialises in delivering all of our |
| what we're all doing all of the time. This | | | | Presentation Skills courses except Anger |
| comprehensive suite of courses is about doing | | | | Management and Assertiveness Training. |
| these things properly and confidently - and getting | | | | JC Mac: Chevron, Citigroup, EMI Music, BP/Amoco, |
| the results we want.o Presentingo Pitching Skillso | | | | Orange, Universal and the British Museum are just |
| Body Languageo Anger Managemento | | | | a handful of the major corporates which have |
| Assertiveness Trainingo Essential Communication | | | | benefited from JC Mac's holistic approach to |
| Skills | | | | Leadership Training. He handles all our Leadership |
| Leadership Development | | | | Development courses and is in demand both in |
| Working Voices' leadership development | | | | the UK and abroad. |
| programmes focus on your managers - the | | | | Paul Hill: A graduate of English from Cambridge |
| people who hold the key to making your business | | | | University, Paul is a trained actor and highly |
| successful and profitable. Ours is a suite of | | | | qualified voice coach. His Voice Coaching courses |
| UNIQUE and proven one-to-one coaching | | | | are a favourite with our global-company clients |
| techniques and team-building exercises.o | | | | but he's also part of the Presentation Skills team, |
| One-to-one Leadership Programmeso The Chi * | | | | delivering all courses except Anger Management |
| of Successo Leadership Unpluggedo Coach the | | | | and Assertiveness Training. |
| Coach | | | | Kate McGoldrick: Kate's background in radio and |
| ( * The circulating life force whose existence and | | | | print journalism and the theatre -and an |
| properties are the basis of much of Chinese | | | | infectiously enthusiastic style - mean her Writing |
| philosophy and medicine.) | | | | Skills courses are in constant demand. She also |
| Voice Coaching | | | | delivers the Presentation Skills suite including Anger |
| Your voice says masses about you, face-to-face, | | | | Management and Assertiveness Training. |
| on the phone or by voicemail. It might say good | | | | Sara Hollamby: Sara's combined careers in the |
| humour, energy, gravitas. It might say dull, | | | | fashion industry and presenting on TV have |
| uninterested, impatient. And, of course, it might | | | | spanned 27 years and made her a seasoned and |
| say nothing at all if it is unclear or unintelligible. | | | | popular group and auditorium speaker. She takes |
| These courses deal with all the pitfalls.o The | | | | all our Image Management courses, which, just |
| Perfect Voicemailo Speaking English Clearly for | | | | like the rest of our portfolio, are available |
| Businesso Making The Most Of Your Voice | | | | "one-to-one" as well. |
| Writing Skills | | | | Jo Rice: Author of over 50 books including "How |
| Today's business writers write for the screen - | | | | to do Business in Japan", multi-lingual Jo lived and |
| and good screen-writing requires a new set of | | | | worked in the Far East for many years and is |
| skills. We show you how to make your writing | | | | now a leading expert in all - ALL - aspects of |
| "screen-friendly": easy to scan, easy to grasp, | | | | cultural diversity training. He delivers our Diversity |
| easy to action, easy to archive.o Effective | | | | Training courses - as much abroad as in the UK. |
| Business Writingo Effective Report Writingo | | | | Paul Mabberley: Paul acquired his grasp of the art |
| Writing Effective Emails | | | | of presenting via, at one end of the spectrum, |
| Image Management | | | | the UK's creative design sector, and, at the other, |
| Look the best you can, every day. The clothes | | | | university guest lectureships. He coaches our |
| you wear, the way you wear them, the colours | | | | Presentation Skills courses (except Anger |
| you choose. Savvy women realise that it's part of | | | | Management and Assertiveness Training), as well |
| their workplace weaponry. Savvy men realise | | | | as Memory Techniques. |
| that good grooming is a perfectly legitimate "male | | | | Genevieve Grant: Born in the USA, Genevieve |
| thing". We'll show how looking good is easy.o | | | | came to London for post-graduate studies, and |
| Visual Impact in the Workplaceo Exclusive | | | | stayed. Her background has a wide span - political |
| Personal Image Dayo Image Managemento | | | | activist to charity organiser - and she brings the |
| Cultural Diversity | | | | technique she's gained to our Presentation Skills |
| No two people or businesses are the same. Our | | | | courses (excluding Anger Management and |
| cultural diversity courses highlight how diversity | | | | Assertiveness Training). |
| within and outside your organisation can create | | | | About our clients |
| opportunity and not division, when it is handled and | | | | Here are just a few of them. Channel 4; HSBC |
| managed properly.o Communicating Across | | | | Group; Barclays Group; Deutsche Bank; Lovells, |
| Cultureso Cultural Awarenesso Embracing | | | | Credit Suisse; BAFTA; Swarovski; Morgan Stanley. |
| Diversity | | | | With or without the 50 others, we believe these |
| Memory Techniques | | | | names speak volumes about the quality of our |
| The better your memory, the greater your ability | | | | client base. |