Symonds Training Latest Blog Posts | Corporate and Personal Skills

Free Unconscious Bias, Diversity & Equality Group Training Activity

Use this FREE training activity for trainers, when teaching unconscious bias awareness and diversity training. Use this activity in your training.

Managing Different Generations in the Workplace Training Course Materials

Train managers on how to manage, engage and motivate different generations in the workplace and the importance of generational diversity at work.

Mindfulness at Work (for Busy People) Training Materials: Short Course

Training materials providing all you need, as a trainer, to teach a short course on practical mindfulness in the workplace and for busy people.

Environmental Awareness in the Workplace Training Course Materials for Trainers

Training materials for trainers to teach environmental awareness in the workplace.

How to Use Meetup.com to Provide Training Workshops as a Freelance Trainer

Meetup.com is a brilliant tool for freelance trainers to find students, to market your own courses and to take payments. Learn how to use meetup.com as a teacher trainer.

Environmental Awareness Issues Training Activity

A FREE training activity if you are teaching anything to do with the environment in the workplace. Also, a great icebreaker and group activity.

Managing Staff Absence in the Workplace Training Course Materials

Absence management is always an important issue to tackle for any company. These materials are designed to teach how to deal with and prevent absenteeism and presenteeism.

How to Solve the Absenteeism and Presenteeism Issues at Work & Solutions

If you manage a team or employees, then understanding positive presenteeism and solutions for absenteeism can be useful .

How to Lead Effective Virtual Team Meetings

Here are some tips on how to make leading effective virtual team meetings possible.

12 Best Places to Find Freelance & Corporate Trainer Jobs

Looking for a job or work as a corporate trainer of freelance trainer? Learn about 12 great places to start looking!

Active Listening Training Activity Exercise

Use this free Active Listening activity in workshops that teach communication skills, team building and management skills. Free-to-use activity.

Trainers Corner Interview | with Dr George Jennings

Dr George Jennings has over 15 years’ experience as a freelance and corporate trainer, in addition to being a martial arts teacher and practitioner, and also a university lecturer. George has taught in various countries.

Managing the Return to Work Process Training Course Materials

Teach managers how to implement a good return to work process, so they can support staff returning to work after a long absence.

Dr Valeria Lo Iacono – Trainer Profiles Series

In the second of our interview series, we introduce the founder of Symonds Training & Research.
Valeria has taught at several UK universities, before starting her own training company.

Time Prioritization Game Activity and Team-Building Ice-Breaker

Use this FREE Time management activity game in your Time management workshops and as a freelance trainer.

Best Resources for Trainers and Training Course Designers

Find some of the best resources that you can use as a freelance trainer or corporate trainer, including to make courseware.

How to Write the Best Qualitative Market Research Questions to Ask Clients or Customers

Are you wondering how to write or create great qualitative market research questions that you can ask clients or customers to learn about your product?

Free Training Games: Designing Market Research Questions Activity

This FREE to use activity teaches your students how to correctly design qualitative market research questions.

Ide O’Connell – Trainer Profiles Series

This time we interview Ide O’Connell who is from Ireland but based in Seoul, South Korea.

Why Successful Onboarding of New Hire Employees and Staff Is So Important

Run a HR department or company? Interested to greatly improve staff retention? Then you will want to understand Onboarding!

How To Improve Your Digital Wellness and Training Opportunities

Learn about managing digital wellness and how you can use this for providing digital wellness training as a course.

What are Interpersonal Skills?

Ever wondered exactly what interpersonal skills are and why they are important? Here we explain all you need to know and we provide examples of courses in this topic area.

Free Mindfulness Training Activity: The Positive Vibes Icebreaker

A FREE to use icebreaker ideal for workshops such as mindfulness and confidence. View our ‘Positive Vibes’ icebreaker activity.

Conflict Management Training Activities & Ice Breakers for Adults

Conflict management and resolution can be highly effective in improving productivity in the workplace. Here we give you some activities to include in your training for this topic area.