Building High Performing People
Empowering Teams Through Effective Communication
Team members should possess the necessary skills and knowledge to contribute effectively. Discover the skills and talent each can contribute effectively through the 8 steps to building your team.
The Benefits of Team Building
- A Core Component of Work Life
- Improves Communication
- Boosts Morale
- Increases Trust
- Encourages Creativity
Understand the 7 C’s of Team building!

The Toolbox
The Toolbox - The 8 Essential Skills including the unique use of pace, designed and developed by LDS
The Strategy
The Strategy for Planning and Preparation - offering a first-rate route to cutting down on
preparation time and creating impact on delivery.
Advanced Public Speaking
Aimed at top professionals who speak to larger groups of people ~ Includes microphone technique, use of autocue. Both platform and floor presentations
Mentoring
People have the opportunity to talk things through and address their challenges.
- 3 hr sessions
Running an
effective meeting
No more time wasting, get the job done, control the timing, work on decision making and moving forward, from the chair to the minutes, the formal approach produces results.
Working with the Media
Run by a BBC broadcaster and National Press Journalist. This course is a highly practical, interactive course of media training for staff at all Levels

What are the media looking for?
Delivering your message to suit their requirements...
The art of the sound bite the pitfalls of over complication dealing with difficult or controversial questions
the importance of appropriate, jargon free language balancing the factual with the emotional
and much more ...
A day with
Trevor Barnes puts you in the driving seat with the media...
Using the Media to your Advantage
Course with Trevor Barnes - BBC & National Press
The Medium of Radio and demands of Television
Why is this important now?
- When you know how to communicate in an outstanding way, achieving what you set out to do is far simpler
- You outshine your competition simply by being yourself as the skills you learn add to your natural style
- When you talk, people really stop and listen as the way you do it will captivate their attention in a whole new way
- Learning the techniques that Lorna has designed, developed and created will enable you to capture the attention and hold the listening audience and keep them mesmerised by your information and messages
- Effective communication is an art, what Lorna does is give you the skills to master this art, the proof is in your results and, the reviews from her clients show this in action

I can’t recall another development session that has felt so immediately useful and impactful. I will continue to practice the methods you have taught us.
Louise Pidgen
University of Derby – Deputy Dean,
College of Engineering and Technology
Communicate with Gravitas
Learn the effective and demonstrable skills and techniques from a global leader in communication and presentation. Over 100,000 people have excelled in communication as a result of training/coaching with Lorna. You could be one of those people today

