Objectives

Some individuals become trainers because they are passionate about sharing their knowledge and about helping people. Others become trainers because their employer asks them to get involved in mentoring, training, or coaching new or existing employees. Trainers also get started when they want to make some changes to their daily activities, but wish to continue contributing to a particular organization or industry.

If you are thinking about becoming a trainer, or have started doing some training already and what to know more about what will help you to become an excellent trainer, this one-day workshop will help. Designed as an exploration of the essential skills that trainers need to develop, it will get you started on the learning process in an interactive and fun environment.

Benefits

• Understand the essential background for trainers must have
• Explore how being genuine enhances training
• Identify the elements of good questions
• Understand how to apply listening skills
• Develop rapport building strategies
• Describe the essentials of presentation skills

Outline

• What makes a good trainer?
• Projecting the right image
• Being genuine
• Acting assertively vs. aggressively
• Asking the right questions to get the right answers
• Listening
• Connecting with people
• Presentation skills
• Essentials for success
• Do’s and don’ts for new trainers

Facilitator Profile

Leonard is a passionate facilitator and trainer with more than 12 years of experience in developing impactful training workshops for a wide range of audiences, including working professionals from all over the world, young people, as well as children with special needs. He specializes in providing indoor and outdoor experiential learning, Train-the-Trainer workshops and Facilitator Coaching.

He has accumulated a wide range of management portfolios and human capital development experience in different industries and is therefore able to interact and connect with different audiences. With his sincere, humorous and approachable style of training facilitation, Leonard has garnered consistently excellent feedback.

Leonard has conducted training around the Asia Pacific region for many clients, including Fortune 500 companies. Some organizations which he has facilitated training for are: Coca-Cola, Pfizer, Price Waterhouse Coopers, DBS, OCBC, Citibank, MAS, Munich Re, NUS, SingTel, CPF, CNB, Singapore Power, Transitlink, LKY School of Policy, Linde Gas and many others.

Leonard studied English Language, English Literature and Sociology at the National University of Singapore. He holds a Masters in Applied Linguistics from the National University of Singapore and the Regional English Language Centre, specializing in oral proficiency, including effective presentation techniques. He has conducted international workshops on speaking good English and effective presentation skills.

Leonard holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resource Development and Department Management, specializing in Organizational Development and Change Management.

Leonard is a firm believer of continuous learning and that one has to constantly unlearn, learn and relearn in order to maximise one’s potential.