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In these uncertain times, it’s easy for anxiety to take hold, leaving us feeling overwhelmed, anxious and sometimes even paralyzed. Our amygdala takes over and we can get stuck in a pattern of fight, flight or freeze. When fear sets in, we often breathe shallowly, or even forget to breathe, heightening our anxiety and stopping […]

  The ability of communication skills clearly is the basis of successful team-work, and this is the key to making life easier, more pleasant and ultimately, more productive. whether in our personal or professional lives. One powerful way of learning to be effective in challenging conversations is role-play. By simulating conversations which are based on […]

Extemporaneous, by definition, means “spoken without preparation; impromptu.” For many, the idea of having to deliver a speech or presentation without extensive preparation can be even more daunting than speaking when they have hours, or even days to prepare. You can’t always prepare the speech, practice and hone it, but you can practice the skills […]

Albert Mehrabian is an American Psychologist known for his work on verbal and nonverbal communication. In 1967, he published 2 studies dealing with positive and negative emotions experienced via 3 channels of human communication. What he discovered still causes controversy.

No wonder modern L&D professionals are asking for corporate tainings with role play actors to add impact to soft skills training and get a competitive edge. Most training is theoretical and doesn’t stick! Companies that deploy professional actors for corporate role play in assessment and development courses claim that the benefits are huge. Roleplay actors […]

Play is possibly the most potent tool used by educators. Can role play be a useful tool in workplace training? Yes! Not the traditional: get two people to sit opposite each other and pretend to be in a situation while everyone one else watches (a sure way to kill off any sense of playfulness).

Have you wondered how to gain greater impact when communicating? Simply changing what you do with your body can help you experience different feelings. This goes against what most people think about cause and effect in human communication. Discover how role play exercises could give you more impact.

Role play is possibly one of the most controversial methods used in business training. So why should you even bother trying role play as a business training method? Anything we do well in life has come from practicing it, and that’s where role play becomes a powerful teaching tool.

Status is an instinctive form of body language. It is fundamentally a defense mechanism. When you play high status, you are sending out the message, “don’t mess with me because I bite”. When you play low status, you are sending out the message, “don’t mess with me because I’m really not worth the effort.”

Public speaking or jumping out of a plane… which would you prefer to do? Given a choice, there are a lot of people out there who’d rather jump out of a plane (some of those without a parachute) than speak in front of others. Here are 4 tips to help you overcome your fear of public speaking.

The world has gone a little crazy during the outbreak of COVID19, with toilet paper panic buying, unstable stock markets, seminars being cancelled, and the world economy taking a hit. As a result, we are advised to stay at home. That’s only a temporary solution.

George Bernard Shaw once said that “The single biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” So what can we do to make sure the feedback conversations we have are meaningful and positive? Here are three tips.