The main news this morning: Wales' heroic efforts at the Euros came to end last night with a 2-0 defeat to Portugal. I'm feeling a little sad this morning but what a great effort in getting to the semi-final.
Anyway there'll be more great stuff on influence skills this morning as we head into day 3. You can read all about the first 2 days by following the links below
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16:30 That's it for today lots of laughter and discussion about the roles being taken on for tomorrow's activity.
16:15 Finishing the day with prep for tomorrow's activity.
16:00 Chapter 6 - Multiple Perspectives
15:40 - Start again with practice on Aikido talk. I think this will be fun. No buts. No buts. Did you see what I did there?
15:20 Coffee time - double espresso for me.
15:00 We're onto Aikido talk - being in harmony with your opponent.
14:55 Discussing the difference between pushy and arrogant.
14:35: More fun with the MAD team. Looking at and discussing challenging behaviour videos
14:15 Real life stories around how Parmjit deals with difficult behaviours
13:55 Political intelligence is the next discussion
13:30 Interesting discussion around the trusted employee video. With lots of real life examples
12:30 Lunch
12:05 Power videos examples of the different types of power in action
11:45 Chapter 5 Power and Politics - are you politically savvy?
11:30 Debrief of the exercise, then a discussion on avoiding the potential influence traps.
11:00 This is really good activity. The class seem to enjoy the role play
10:30 Interesting activity applying some of the techniques developed this week.
10:15 Coffee Break
09:55 Interesting chat about language and whether your are more left or right brain.
09:30 Interesting discussion about left and right handed people.
09:20 Most of the class have entered the competition. Parm going over the last big exercise which will be tomorrow morning.
09:05 Parmjit going over the options for the course exam and class competition. Some great prizes on offer
09:00 And we're off - what do we remember from yesterday.
08:55 Seen a lot of my English chums today, most I haven't seen all week. Yet today they come and find me.
08:30 All setup and ready to go for Day 3
