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Client Reviews

BYRNE DEAN

Matt 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.'

NEWS CORP

Zoe Cooper-Sharan

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.

WHITELION AUSTRALIA

Mark Watt

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 authenticity to their engagement and communications.

CRLA

Jacki Paytas

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.

Our company's CEO was looking for unique leadership training with his senior executive team - Peers and Players fit the bill! The group of about 25 was not told in advance, and were therefore challenged in the moment to think outside the box. Storytelling was a key theme the day's exercises, and how to connect with different audiences. The group had fun, were equally engaged and stretched (literally and figuratively), and continue to weave 'storytelling' into their communications throughout the world-wide organization. Thank you Lisa and team!

KPMG

Learning and Development

With 300 partners and 4,000 people delivering services from 14 offices, KPMG is a leading provider of Audit, Tax and Advisory services in Australia. Since 1998 Peers and Players has been providing professional actors to play roles in simulated meetings as part of KPMG’s Learning and Development programmes. As part of the training the actors also provide feedback to participants they interact with. Feedback from KPMG confirms staff find this programme rewarding and enjoyable. Further, that the realism added by using professional actors is of significant benefit to their training and development.

SHL

Sarah Kearney, Managing Director

SHL is a global leader in objective assessment and people performance. Operating in over 40 countries with a global client base of over 5,500. SHL Australia is a premium player in the HR industry and is extremely selective with organizations they partner with in order to maintain their reputation for outstanding service. Peers and Players have been our consistent provider of actors to SHL and many of their global and government clients since 1998. All of our clients have been extremely impressed by the professionalism, consistency and realism of the actors involved. They are always credible in the corporate environment, and we have found them to be reliable, flexible and committed to their work. They have a thorough understanding of assessment and development processes, and provide a positive and appropriately challenging experience for participants of all levels. Peers and Players always provide appropriate actors for the individual requirements of our clients, whatever the age, gender and number of actors we request, and we have come to rely on them to partner with us in processes aimed at participants of all levels.

APSC

Australian Public Service Commission

Peers and Players performs a variety of roles in a range of set scenarios – from subordinates and managers to politicians, community stakeholders, and more. An awareness of the key performance indicators, as well as our performance and real life experience, gives us credibility and provides a consistently challenging, yet supportive, learning environment for all participants. Peers and Players are proud to have been supplying the APSC with role-players for more than fifteen years. "The Australian Public Service Commission (APSC) Career Development Assessment Centre (CDAC) is designed for high performing EL 2 employees who demonstrate genuine potential for fast tracking into the Senior Executive Service (SES). Using role-players supplied by Peers and Players, CDAC assesses future SES leaders from within the APS, providing these EL 2 employees the opportunity to evaluate and identify core leadership capabilities through a series of challenging workplace scenarios. Role-players are given a detailed brief for each character containing information about their role, status, the current problematic situation, the context, expected ramifications of their actions and so forth.All of our clients have been extremely impressed by the professionalism, consistency and realism of the actors involved. They are always credible in the corporate environment, and we have found them to be reliable, flexible and committed to their work. They have a thorough understanding of assessment and development processes, and provide a positive and appropriately challenging experience for participants of all levels. Peers and Players always provide appropriate actors for the individual requirements of our clients, whatever the age, gender and number of actors we request, and we have come to rely on them to partner with us in processes aimed at participants of all levels.