Most training leaves people with a bunch of theories which don't stick! Practicing effective communication skills with a coach leads to team happiness and productivity at work.
Trainers have relied on us to support experiential learning globally since 1998.
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Why choose
Peers and Players?
Our Approach
Drama based training is interactive and lifts theory off the page.
We teach people to communicate effectively at work, with practical coaching, focused on:
- Empathy and Relationships
- Connection and Collaboration
- Giving and Receiving Feedback
- Vocal empowerment
- Non-verbal communication
- Preparation and Practice
- Outcomes and Objectives
- Diversity and Inclusion Training
- Powerful Presenting skills
- Team building
- Facilitation Tools
Our worldwide team of corporate actors are experts in impact and presence, with business experience and coaching skills.
The Challenge
Poor communication skills lead to a lack of employee engagement.
Most staff training doesn’t bring lasting change to how people communicate, so they feel disengaged.
Lack of preparation can lead to confusion, mixed messages and undesirable behavior.
Poor leadership has a trickle down effect: creating a lack of trust and collaboration among team members.
Practicing how to lead with vulnerability and courage creates strong leaders who empower their staff and make their stories matter.
Inspired managers benefit from knowing how to communicate clearly, empowering their teams, face to face or in virtual meetings.
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Benefits of Drama Based Training
Staff Retention
Happier teams make for increased loyalty and commitment. People who feel trusted contribute more.
More Value
Companies that offer comprehensive training programs gain 218% higher income per employee.
Client Satisfaction
Knowing how to understand your clients needs and ‘speak their language’ invites loyalty.
Team Collaboration
Shared experiential learning creates a bond, fostering support and collaboration among team members.
Courageous Staff
When people feel safe to approach difficult situations there is trust and engagement across the business.
Inspired Leaders
Leaders who model honesty and vulnerability create a culture of respect and support.
Explore Our Trainings
In person or virtually, our diverse team of actors will enact challenging scenarios as subordinates, senior managers, partners and customers.
Participants describe their current problematic work place situation, act it out with a corporate actor and receive valuable coaching and peer support.
Mastery of storytelling with physical and vocal skills empowers the presenter while facilitation tools enable the audience to feel understood.
Virtual interactions are intimate and focused, providing a confidential setting to practice rapport, listening, and influencing skills.
Conference entertainment and learning. Performing case-studies, actors demonstrate ‘ineffective’ vs ‘effective’ behavior with audience interaction.
We can provide part or all of your production; cast actors, shoot, edit and deliver training videos with your message professionally delivered.
What Our Clients Are Saying
Matt Dean
Byrne Dean
We have used the Peers and Players New York team since 2012...Without doubt the New York team is the highest quality that we have worked with. There have been three or four regular players throughout the time we’ve worked together. These individuals are in my view exceptional actor-facilitators. It is about far more than just being able to act. They are all very intelligent people, able to respond to questions credibly and to give very insightful feedback. There is real bench strength too. I think we have worked with eight or nine individual actors, each one of which has been high quality.
Administratively too, it’s very difficult to fault the service. We have become very reliant on the team and have no difficulty recommending them highly. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have further questions.
Zoe Cooper-Sharan
News Corp
Peers and players are the perfect balance of having access to high quality actors and the corporate savviness to understand the business objectives behind the project.
I have engaged Peers and players at both Samsung and News Corp for both sales capability and leadership programs.
Getting the provider right is critical in my role. Our screening process was robust and other providers did not compare.
The actors exceeded expectations in all workshops they participated in which allowed us to deliver business outcomes that both exceeded expectations and reinforced the use of actors delivered solid return on investing in Peers and Player’s services.
Mark Watt
Whitelion Australia
Whitelion has been generously supported by Peers and Players over the past nine years to bring to life our national fundraising event ‘Bail Out’ in NSW, S.A and TAS. Whilst being a very fun and theatrical experience, the Whitelion Bail Out has a serious side to it and that is conveying the importance of the work we do with at risk youth. This is done through storytelling and the portrayal of key characters that are an integral part of the Bail Out event. The Peers and Players actors that we have used for this national event have excelled at portraying key characters and engaging our audiences. We look forward to welcoming back the experienced and highly professional actors as prisoners, wardens, police officers and legal staff at next year’s event and highly recommend them to any organisation looking to bring an authenticity to their engagement and communications.
Virginie McLaughlin
Cisco
We love to collaborate with Peers & Players! Their actors are so talented, and they have been so flexible - there's nothing they can't do. The role-playing and coaching services they provide for our leadership training has made a big impact on our leader community.
Jacki Paytas
CRLA
From the moment I began speaking with Lisa I felt the clear focus on ensuring our situation – a sensitive culture issue - was clearly understood to develop an exercise that would be believable and valuable. By both Lisa and the actors, I was continually asked questions, and provided recommendations, to ensure this objective. The professionalism and attention to detail was evident throughout the development and execution of the exercise. This included the willingness to create a unique program to fit our size, issue, and employee base. After the exercise, feedback from the participants was outstanding; several stating it was the best training experience in our organization’s 51-year history. If you are looking for a unique yet powerful way to approach an organizational issue I can’t more enthusiastically recommend
Peers and Players.
Vanessa Costa
Eat Well Global
We so appreciated the professionalism of the actors and how unique of an experience this was for our team. We received positive feedback from them on the session and feel we were successful in equipping our team to handle conversations where they can appropriately communicate our core capabilities with a number of different stakeholders. Thank you to you and your team!
Graziele Viana
VG Project Group
Dynamic training, easy to follow to a high standard, the employees really liked it, and have already asked me if we will have others with you.