Michele Keighley (Director/Senior Trainer)
Michele has been involved in training since 1982, first with the military
as a WO2 trainer, and then with civilian organisations. Michele holds
Cert IV in Workplace Assessment and Training and has her certification as
a Conflict Dynamics Profiler. Her experience ranges from leadership,
communication and management skills to self-development and
Communication Coaching. Michele is passionate about personal
development, especially for women in leadership roles. Michele is a
member of Connectworking and the Institute for Learning Practitioners.
For the past five years Michele has been involved in designing training courses for specific needs within Toastmasters Brisbane and has completed a number of communication courses for Brisbane based companies.
She has been a keynote speaker at conferences and has undertaken several speaking engagements for community and business organisations, and was a volunteer trainer with the Training Information Programme for the Department of Veterans' Affairs.
Trish Springsteen (Director/Senior Trainer)
Trish has been involved in training since 1993. She has a BBus (Health
Administration) and holds Cert IV in Workplace Assessment and Training and
has accreditation as an Extended Disc Practitioner. Trish is experienced in
leadership, management communication, business skills and
Communication Coaching. Her passion is women and communication,
gender communication and personal development. She has been actively
involved in designing training courses for Toastmasters Brisbane and
corporations for the last 10 years. Trish is a member of Women's Network
Australia, Connectworking and the Institute for Learning Practitioners.
Trish has been a keynote speaker at conferences, an MC at community events and weddings and undertaken speaking engagements to community and business organisations.
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Developing excellent communication skills is absolutely essential to effective leadership. ...If a leader can't get a message across clearly and motivate others to act on it, then having a message doesn't even matter."— Gilbert Amelio : President and CEO of National Semiconductor Corp.
If effective communication is important to your company - why not ask about a one-day workshop for your staff, You will be amazed at the improvement that just one day's training can bring, not just to your leaders, but to all your staff. Or if you want more practical work, why not look at our Extended Workshop option.
Don't wait until misunderstandings cause loss of money, time and reputation; take action NOW!
29 July 2011 - A Route Map for Success
"So the first task in creating that stunning presentation is to be absolutely clear what you want to achieve at the end. Is the presentation designed to sell the product? Then if you do not generate a sale, no matter how colourful and startling the PowerPoint production is, you would have failed to meet your objectivebate"
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