November 1, 2003



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Entelechy's Newsletter for Trainers, Managers, HR Professionals and Others Responsible for the Performance of Others.

MENTAL AGILITY DEMONSTRATION

When conducting a training class, do you have trouble keeping the group together? Do some participants seem to get themselves - and those around them - into a state of confusion because they won't read or follow directions?

Try this activity at the beginning of your next training. Hand out the following questions on a sheet of paper. Tell participants to "keep the paper face down until told to begin; this is a timed exercise."


When ready, tell participants to turn the paper over and begin - making sure to follow all the instructions to the letter.

Some people will follow the first instruction ("read all of the instructions first") and find out that they are not to follow ANY of the instructions except for the last two. Many others - including those who habitually don't follow instructions or try to work ahead - will follow each instruction before finding out that they were not supposed to.

You can then make your points about how important it is to follow instructions.

Mental Agility Demonstration

  1. Please read all directions before proceeding.

  2. Speed counts.

  3. Write your first name in the upper left hand corner of this paper.

  4. Write your last name in the upper right hand corner of this paper.

  5. Draw a 1 inch SQUARE here:

  6. Inside the square, draw a CIRCLE whose sides touch the sides of the square.

  7. Yell out the RADIUS of the circle.

  8. In this statement, count the number of vowels, including "y"; write the number here______.

  9. What is the square root of 16? ____________

  10. What is the smallest prime number?___________

  11. How many days are there in December?______

  12. When you've gotten this far, yell "I'm almost finished!"

  13. Multiply 1x2x3x4x5=__________________

  14. Divide 3200 by 32 = ________________

  15. Which of the above statements has the word "touch" in it?_______________

  16. How many sides are there in a pentagon?___________________

  17. Who won the 2003 World Series?___________________

  18. How many total letters in your first AND last name?__________________

  19. Say "Only two left."

  20. Only do the first three instructions and then watch the fun.

  21. Try not to laugh.

(This information comes from Delivering High Performance Training and Delivering for Results, modules in Entelechy's High Performance Training and High Impact Training programs. See http://unlockit.com/HPT.htm  for more information.)
 

IT'S ABOUT THE CONTENT

As the economy is slowly turning the corner, many beleaguered training departments are being asked to create new and exciting training programs to help their company implement a new sales strategy, renew their customer service focus, or position a new product or service.

At the same time, the size of the typical training department has shrunk over the past two years with budgets that are all but non-existent. The slogan over the top of your desk is worn but still applicable: 

"We have done so much with so little for so long that we are capable of doing anything with nothing immediately."

With Entelechy, the last part of that slogan IS accurate!

Entelechy has over 40 modules that you can use as the basis for your new customer service, management, sales, and trainer training. You get complete SOURCE files - Participant Guide, Facilitator Guide, presentation, handouts, job aids, and more - for you to modify, distribute, and use within your company or organization without paying another fee EVER!

How much time do you spend searching the web for training content? How many seminars do you attend to find relevant material and activities? How many books do you read to synthesize the best models and explanations?

The price for the modules begins at $219. That's:

  • Six hours of web searching

  • The cost of attending a single seminar

  • The purchase of five books


Each module is created by trainers for trainers (these are the same source files Entelechy uses when it customizes training for its clients). You get comprehensive facilitator notes, engaging activities and participant materials, and practical job aids. Whether you use the content to create your own company training university, or extract the content to use in WBT or a newsletter, the information is made for you, the trainer.

You can download the source files immediately and begin your customization or training tomorrow! And you can buy with confidence with our 30-day no-questions-asked refund policy: if you are not satisfied with your purchase, simply notify us within 30 days for a complete refund.

Don't waste your valuable time researching content. Let Entelechy's customizable training programs form the basis for your next training project. Check out the modules at:

High Performance Management: http://unlockit.com/HPM.htm 
High Performance Sales: http://unlockit.com/HPS.htm  
High Performance Customer Service: http://unlockit.com/HPCS.htm  
High Performance Training: http://unlockit.com/HPT.htm  

Or download our complete catalog of modules and other training products at http://unlockit.com/catalog.htm.

Note: If you are a consultant who customizes training for clients, contact us to discuss our consultant/distributor plan to save you even MORE time money!

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Terence Traut, President of Entelechy "unlocking potential"
ttraut@unlockit.com  
phone: 603-424-1237
fax: 603-424-6361
http://www.unlockit.com