Dr. Ehsan Honary is a versatile freelance TAP-certified trainer who works with corporations to provide training in personal effectiveness skills for the workplace. Ehsan has more than 10 years of experience in the IT industry and is an accomplished public speaker. His extensive knowledge on human psychology, corporate business, productivity, team leading and software design puts him in a unique position to train individuals to become more efficient at what they do through state-of-the-art training programs. His expertise in IT industry makes him an ideal candidate for training in technical environments where familiarity with the context is greatly appreciated by the delegates.

Ehsan provides courses on Soft Skills and Personal Development. He uses the latest learning methodologies such as Accelerated Learning in his courses to get maximum effect. He is an avid developer of training course content and his materials are always well received.

Personal development covers a large area. Courses within personal development are inter-related and custom courses can be provided based on client's needs. He carries out extensive research on these topics and is very passionate to provide the latest breakthroughs in his courses.

The following are a representative sample of courses he has produced and delivered in the past:

• Leadership Skills
• Time management
• Information Overload
• Presentation Skills
• Technical Team Leading
• Customer Service Skills
• Project Management
• Client Management
• Influence, Persuasion & Creativity
• Communication Skills

Past clients include:

• Yell Group
• European Space Agency (ESTEC in Netherlands)
• University of Southampton
• Cranfield University
• Plymouth Chamber of Commerce
• Tamar Housing Society
• South West Shopfitters Ltd.
• SciSys UK
• Blackfriars Contract Division
• Qioptic Ltd.
• First Devon & Cornwall
• GHQ Training Ltd.
• Fire Crest Fire Protection

He is also an advocate of mind mapping techniques used for research and training. In his experience, many delegates are still unfamiliar with this technique and can benefit greatly from applying it to their everyday problems. Almost any delegate who is introduced to this technique is amazed by its power.

His interest in psychology and diplomacy has led him to write a book on the use of such techniques in games such as Risk. The book (“Total Diplomacy”) is currently on sale from Amazon.

For more details, CV and possible opportunities please contact him at ehonary@hotmail.com

"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime; develop teachers of fishermen and you lift all society."

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People’s expertise on various topics are spread out with a normal distribution across all companies. How does a business survive in such a competitive market? While hiring the best minds available can be a way to a successful business, it certainly has its disadvantages. Discovering and employing experts in the right field for the business not only needs time and money but also there is no guarantee that staff would stay committed to the business once they are hired.

Training staff and creating a well-functioning team is the essence of success. Creating energetic and motivated staff who have a common professional goal and enjoy what they do is the basis for any successful business. Training is used to teach employers and employees about subjects hardly mentioned in standard education. These include the art of communication and interaction, the ability to recognise different personalities, thinking win-win, being proactive and taking responsibility, being goal orientated and many other useful social and psychological techniques. Learning about such methods and the chance to practice them in training sessions enables staff to gain the knowledge and confidence to apply them to real world problems and therefore increases their productivity and output. Training can also introduce professionals to the use of technology which can increase their ability to deal with problems such as information overload and time management.

The following is true for everyone:

"Any amount of time and resource spent on improving your personal abilities and efficiency is an investment you cannot afford to ignore."