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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.

Zoe Cooper-Sharan

News Corp

During the development stages (pre-event), Lisa and Rob were very responsive and helpful with your suggestions on how to make the event impactful. The script for the teach piece was very informative and fun. The actors did a great job considering they didn’t have a lot of time prepare. The preparation of the players, both before arrival and the Sunday prep day, was very good. All of the players brought high energy and a desire to really understand our culture, work processes and the characters. During the event – we received very positive comments from all groups on how well prepared the players were and the realism they brought to the practice sessions.

Shell Leadership Forum USA

Sara was scrupulous in her preparation and highly professional in her work with us. She added excellent value to the role plays and demonstrated flexibility with the characters and scenarios. Our clinets were very happy with her work.

Gregory Evans

Nous Group - Workplace Victoria

Whitelion has been generously supported by Peers and Players over 9 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 an authenticity to their engagement and communications.

Mark Watt

CEO - Whitelion

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.

Matt Dean

Founder - Byrne Dean UK

We have been working with Peers and Players since 2013 and have found them to be professional, helpful, proactive and absolutely reliable on every project. Lisa’s team of actors in Singapore are fantastic, they have always received positive feedback from our clients. They are a pleasure to work with!

Magnus Eden

Project co-ordinator, Interact UK

Lisa and her band of actors are brilliant. They create the right team of actors for the right situation. And then they deliver. Every time! If we ever use actors as part of any engagement we always use Peers and Players. Great level actors/facilitators. Highly recommend their services.

Dan Umphray

CEO – Lead Positive Consulting

Overall, the involvement of the actors enhances the credibility of the role plays and improves the learning experience for the participants. These L&D programs are among KPMG’s most popular programs and in post course evaluations many participants comment that the inclusion of actors is highly beneficial in creating a ‘real-life’ feeling to the exercises.

Learning and Development, HR Manager - KPMG Australia

Peers and Players have been our consistent provider of actors 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. ... We continue to appreciate our ongoing partnership with Peers and Players are very happy to recommend them.

Organizational psychologist – SHL Australia

I worked with Lisa for close to two years during my time at Splunk. We took on Peers & Players as a new client to assist with the delivery of our live learning sessions. Lisa was very well versed in this area and made it seamless to implement at Splunk. Lisa and the actors provided valuable feedback to our content experts during the design phase of building new topics. I was so impressed with the actors from all over the globe. The actors always showed up on time and were prepared with the materials and ready to go. Lisa does a very good job of preparing all of the actor notes and working with them until it's perfect. One of our biggest accomplishments partnering together was the execution of the sessions in Japanese. Everything was so well received by Splunk employees and managers, we received rave reviews on surveys.

Megan Ainsworth

Program Manager – Splunk USA

I have had the privilege of working with Lisa for over 20 years. She always produces high quality work and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to her work and her business. She brings projects alive and has had a significant and positive impact on thousands of people across the employee life cycle from graduates to C-Suite. It has been a pleasure to work with Lisa over the years and I look forward to our continuing association for the next 20 years.

Brian Langsworth

Business and Performance Psychologist

I used Lisa over a series of weeks to train a group of high level corporates in presentation skills of some very difficult market sensitive information. She was brilliant at gaining their trust and putting them at ease. They ended up looking like pros delivering a complex 2.5hr on stage presentation masterfully - with and without prompt screens. The skills she taught them will be assets for the rest of their professional lives. She is a joy to work with. Totally professional and at ease in any business environment.

Kaama Joy

Founder - Architect of Reinvention

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.

Jackie Paytas

HR Director – CRLA California USA

We love to collaborate with Peers & Players! Their actors are so talented, and they have been so flexible – there’s nothing they can’t do. The role-playing and coaching services they provide for our leadership community has made a big impact on our leader community.

Virginie McGlaughlin

HR Program Delivery manager – Cisco Global

Overall, the involvement of the actors enhances the credibility of the role plays and improves the learning experience for participants. These L&D programs are among KPMG’s most popular programs and in post course evaluations many participants comment that the inclusion of actors is highly beneficial in creating a ‘real life’ feeling to the exercises.

L&D Project Manager – KPMG

We all know that new employee onboarding in a virtual world is a challenge. Peers & Players has done a phenomenal job helping us to break that virtual barrier through improv. Our emerging talent spend time during their first day learning to let go of the anxiety that comes from being on camera and practice connecting with their colleagues in a fun, low-stakes, "yes, and.." mindset.

Onboarding L&D Specialist – Cisco Global

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

Assistant to CEO – Engineering and Technology USA

It was great to have experienced, external actors who could coach our leaders, without any internally preconceived biases, on fundamental skills that build both connection and content during difficult feedback or performance coaching conversations.

Andrew Simons

L&D Leadership Manager – CitizenM

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