By Lisa Peers, Founder of Peers and Players In my four decades as an actor and over twenty-five years as a corporate facilitator, I have noticed a recurring trend in boardrooms and training centers across the globe. It begins when a trainer says, “Now, find a partner for some roleplay.” Within seconds, the collective energy […]
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…
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 […]
On average, 4 million Americans were quitting their jobs each month in 2022! Sure, things have picked up again since covid, but this trend is not limited to the United States alone. The pandemic, remote work and self-reflection led people to re-evaluate their priorities at work, and their life as a whole. The Microsoft Work […]
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