If you spend five minutes searching for communication training companies, you will be met with a deluge of promises. You’ll see slogans about “unlocking potential,” “breaking down silos,” and “mastering the art of the pitch.” For an L&D professional tasked with selecting a vendor, the options can feel indistinguishable. However, as someone who has sat […]
By Lisa Peers, Founder of Peers and Players We have noticed a recurring trend in boardrooms and training sessions across the globe. It begins when a trainer says, “Now, find a partner for some roleplay.” Within seconds, the collective energy of the room plummets. I see the eyes roll, the nervous fidgeting, and the visible […]
People keep asking what I think about using AI avatars for roleplay in difficult conversation training, and I usually respond with a question first: do you want leaders in your company who are adaptable, resilient and empathetic, or leaders who can simply deliver a well-structured sentence under controlled conditions?
Headquartered in San Jose, California, Cisco has operations spanning the Americas, EMEA, and the Asia-Pacific, Japan, and China (APJC) regions. And Peers and Players has professional actor/coaches in all those regions, so we were a perfect fit to roll out organization wide standards, with an understanding of unique cultural norms. Providing the delicate balance of practice and useful coaching on…
Role play is possibly one of the most controversial methods used in business training for one simple reason. Most people hate it! There are several reasons for this: People generally don’t like being singled out to do something in front of their peers that they have no training or inclination towards (understandable). Universally there are […]
Have you ever wondered how to gain greater impact when communicating to others? Try this role play exercise with a friend: Stand opposite each other, shake hands and say “hello”. Now try it again and this time do something different with your eye contact. In one instance, maintain eye contact with your partner while you […]
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