Who
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as reports and pictures from courses, so do check back regularly and feel free
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Goodwill
Training
team members are profiled below, or follow the links below for various features and
articles.
For
details of courses available see What do G.T.A.
offer.
For
recent thoughts and a chance to contribute, visit our weblog.
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Who are
Goodwill Training?
Individually we are
successful and respected professionals with a broad base of industrial,
commercial, public service and academic experience and a wide range of clients. Together
we form a dynamic, effective team with complementary skills and styles.
Our values are about
individuals having worth and ability, which if constructively developed and
effectively harnessed can enhance personal career satisfaction and corporate
success.
Formed
in 1989 and incorporated in 2004, Goodwill Training are proud of what they have achieved, but
are still looking forward to find new ways of helping clients, combining the
best traditional training with new and exciting learning events and methodologies.
Some of our team are
introduced below, more will follow when they overcome their shyness!
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Why Use
Goodwill Training?
Goodwill Training are a team of training and
development specialists, who combine the best of traditional techniques
with the latest ideas in the field of learning and development, including
accelerated and blended learning.
We will help your leaders, managers,
individuals and teams to become more effective, motivated, confident and
liberated, so that they can contribute more to your organisation.
We do this by designing and facilitating
innovative, enjoyable and challenging learning events. People are
encouraged to examine their experiences and behaviour, and to learn from
these. They then decide how to improve and commit to action.
Goodwill Training are a Yorkshire based company, small
enough to care and provide a prompt, personal and genuinely bespoke
service, but big enough to make a real difference.
Do you want your
training to be fun?
Do you want your
training to be serious?
Do you want your
training to be effective?
Do you want your
training to produce lasting results?
Have it all with
Goodwill Training
Our training is
enjoyable and focussed.
Our training is
memorable and sticks.
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Learn
Through Experience - What does that mean?
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More Effective
Networking |
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Setting Goals to
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Clearer
Communication |
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Personal
Impact - Look Good Feel Good |
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Stress Soothers |
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Positive You - Feel
Confident and Positive |
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Handbags at 9 a.m. - Office Politics for
Women |
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Time
Savers |
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I
told you so! Many years ago I visited this place, but nobody ever
believes that it exists: Woodhenge. |
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Burley-in
Wharfedale, where I live remembers the "Pudding Tree" where
up until 1787 a feast was held where a great pudding consisting of thirty
stones of flour with like amounts of fruit was boiled, sold and eaten
under the great Elm Tree. |
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The
BBC is collaborating with Cambridge University on personality
testing for an upcoming documentary. More information and a chance to
participate here. |
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People
who hide the fact that they practice witchcraft (or, in
more formal language, espouse the Wiccan faith) are said to be
"in the broom closet". |
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Steve
has been appointed coach of Otley
Knights, the second XV at Otley RUFC. |
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The
Goodwill Training Team
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Founder and
Managing Director, Steve Goodwill has been a trainer and consultant for
over twenty years, specialising in the development of interpersonal skills such as Leadership,
Influencing, Team Working, Negotiations and Problem Solving. Stephen has worked with all levels of Management from Board members to
Supervisors and with front line operators. He
has worked with a variety of companies and with the NHS and other public
organisations, in the UK, Europe and the Far East. His career has included
commissioned service in the Royal Marines, Development Training, Systems
Consultancy and Operations Management. Stephen has developed a number of long
term modular programmes with some major organisations, where the "little
and often" approach to learning has proved very effective. He is particularly interested in the
effective and ethical uses of the outdoors in development training and has
written two books on the subject. In his spare time he enjoys family time,
outdoor activities and coaching junior rugby. He
is listed on or contributes to the following networking sites:
Trainerbase
Facebook
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which psychological types prefer the same
newspaper or outdoor activity
as you or review the top 40 rock guitar solos of all time!
Alternative
& Lighthearted views of Psychological Type:
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Director and Company Secretary, Anne
Goodwill has worked in the insurance industry, in an architect's
practice, and in state and public schools, she is a qualified secretary
and classroom assistant. Anne manages the office, prepares course material
and organises the catering for some of our more adventurous team
programmes. Anne is naturally creative and brings this talent to the team
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Fascinating
facts/ amusing pictures! |
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Associate, Pete March is our
principal provider of outdoor expertise. A highly qualified canoeist and
archer, he brings a wealth of experience in outdoor pursuits and managing
his own business. His interests provide excellent opportunities to assist
business leaders in developing their coaching skills. Pete is an
innovative exercise designer and accomplished group facilitator.
Associate,
Paula Potter spent a number of years working within the NHS,
latterly as Head of Organisation, Leadership and Management Development in
Staffordshire. Prior to that she was Project Director for the National
Leadership centre. With a wealth of experience setting up and running
nationally recognised programmes for health professionals, Paula has
particular expertise in psychometrics, facilitation, coaching and project
management. In her leisure time Paula is a keen organic gardener and
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Companies would do well to remember the England
cricket team's drubbing Down Under when filling leadership roles and maintaining
performance, argues David Bolchover
How
laughter aids learning
and play fosters innovation.new
Reports and pictures
from recent
courses.
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Associate,
Andie Brazewell has worked with VSO in Tanzania, where he was Project
Manager designing and developing vocational courses and renovating the
national vocational training centre. Prior to this, he was Centre Manager
for a management training company and then Training Manager for a company
organising overseas research programmes. He has a keen interest in
developing the use of real projects for training purposes. He is also a
keen scuba diver, para-glider and mountaineer.
Associate, Bill Krouwel runs his
own training organisation and has extensive experience of development
training and using the outdoors, particularly in Eastern Europe. He and Steve have collaborated for many
years on courses, magazine articles and two books. He is particularly proud
of and known for his thoughtful and innovative approach to learning and
development. He firmly believes that delegate-generated learning is more
powerful, and more useful to the individual and the organisation, than
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others have said - comments and compliments. Feedback
Otley
RUFC Colts (U19s) photos, statistics and match
reports My recommended reads...
 
For an amusing and anarchic view of corporate life,
visit Dilbert.
Or
Click here
for an interesting brain teaser!
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Associate, Allie Goodwill is a
primary school assistant head teacher, language consultant, and an expedition leader for the Yorkshire Schools
Exploration Society, with whom she has led expeditions to
the Grand Canyon, Tibet, the Karakoram and Tien Shan mountains and, most recently to Mongolia! More used to working with infants and teenagers,
Allie
relishes the different challenge of, and brings a different perspective to,
her facilitation work with adult managers.
 
 
Currently studying at Northumbria
University, Sarah Goodwill is already taking a strong interest
in Goodwill Training. She has provided support on some courses, and
contributed significantly to marketing initiatives. A former national
champion and now a qualified judge and coach in Rhythmic Gymnastics and a
netball coach, Sarah is active in the Student's Union and runs sports
classes for schools in her spare time. |
We use outdoor
activities to complement some of our development training programmes and these
are designed to enhance the learning processes. We do not normally provide them
for individuals or groups to "have a go." However, we do
have a number of trusted associates who can provide just such a service,
providing safe and professional outdoor events. Call us for recommendations. For
example, if you would like an experienced mountaineer to guide you on a hill
walk or to learn or hone your navigation skills, we strongly and confidently
recommend Paul Shorrock at Hillcraft.
IT
Training is not something we provide, but we recommend the services of Hall
Training, who deliver some of the best e-learning we have tried. They
provide structured and certificated programmes, which manage to incorporate some
of the best practices of tutor facilitated training with practical, on-line
modules.
H&S
- Health and Safety Training is another area outside our range, but we have
found a small, experienced and very flexible organisation who
offer an excellent service - call Kevin Nunns at HS
Dept.
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