Articles by Mark
HRDaily - Why Most Employees Don't Learn (and Why They Should)
MSN Money - The Law of Forced Efficiency
MSN Money - Social Media Can Make or Break Your Business
FlyingSolo - Lessons from the School of Hard Knocks
FlyingSolo - Why You Should Document Procedures
FlyingSolo - Seven Steps to Turn Learning in to Earning
GradConnection - How to Make the Right Career Choice
“The programmes Mark has run for me through Excelerated Performance International have been extremely well received and valued by the participants. His approach is thorough and professional based on a detailed understanding of the subject and, at the same time, the delivery is highly engaging; This, combined with an unusual level of follow-up, makes the learning very "sticky" and great value. Top qualities: Personable , Good Value , Creative”
Peter Spinney - Head of Global Talent Management at ISS International
"Far and away the best training course I have been on. Delivery was top notch with easy going but highly informative nature. Many new techniques introduced in a constructive logical manner." - Steve Walker
Who specifically do you work with?
Do you run courses for the public as well as for organisations?
Do you provide any free articles or information?
What Results Have You Achieved?
How Do We Develop Our People With a Modest Training Budget?
What if We Already Use Other Consultants and Providers?
We Don't Have the Need or Urgency!
Who specifically do you work with?
I've worked with everyone from students, MBA students, PhD students, graduates, middle managers through to senior management and Directors to help them in their role as 'learner'. I've also worked with educators, business trainers, University tutors and lecturers, teachers, facilitators and team leaders to help them in their role as 'educator'. Most importantly I try to work with people who feel they're in the right line of work and are driven to perform well in their career more easily.
Do you run courses for the public as well as for organisations?
Occasionally. Contact me to tell us where you are, what you're looking for, and how many people you'd like this for.
Do you provide any free articles or information?
Yes - there are plenty on this site, on my blogs, and on my various others sites. Plus you can join in my discussions on Linkedin or follow me on Twitter for plenty more up to date and useful stuff, or if you just want a chat. No excuses!
What Results Have You Achieved?
I've obtained excellent results working with medium businesses and top corporates including Macquarie Bank Australia, National Grid UK, ISS International, QR (Queensland Rail), The University of Sydney and The University of Warwick to name a few. There are testimonials from these clients and more throughout this site and also here.
How Do We Develop Our People With a Modest Training Budget
Lack of budget should not stop you speaking to me. I can make myself affordable for your budget, and still deliver information and ideas that will save you a lot more money. I can also suggest ways for you to save money on my fee.
What if We Already Use Other Consultants and Providers
And my work will help you get so much more from them. I'll help your budget spent on other providers go so much further, and I'll help you get a much higher ROI on their input (providing they deliver!)
We Don't Have the Need or Urgency!
...yet. The thing is, you probably do but may not realise what your competition are up to. You'll know things are changing so fast in business right now. Change is fast, and so your people are always new to something. Beginners in any important area must get up to speed fast to be competitive. Those who get there fastest and most effectively have the edge. It might be what knocks your organisation back relative to your competitors. Your learning and performance situation IS urgent, right now. Fast learners can 'learn' (and then apply/perform) their way out of a bad situation into a good one. What is most urgent to you right now? Next ask what needs to be learned and put into action in order to deal with this. What if it could be learned and applied faster and more effectively? The time to make that possible, is right now.
The other thing to keep in mind is that as their employer, it's your obligation to help your people learn how to grow and deliver more value so that they can earn more rewards that are important to them personally (not necessarily money). If you don't fulfill this obligation, they will leave you for another organisation. Unless you're doing that now - helping them learn how to get what they want through their work - they probably already have one eye open on other job offers. That's urgent and important to deal with.
