Shirley Taylor has established herself as a leading authority in modern business writing and communication skills. She is the author of six successful books on communication skills, including the international bestseller, Model Business Letters, E-mails and Other Business Documents, which is now in its sixth edition, having sold almost half a million copies worldwide.
Shirley was born in the UK, and has lived and worked in Singapore, Bahrain and Canada. She has over 20 years of experience in teaching and training. After making Singapore her home in 2002, Shirley established her own company in 2007. ST Training Solutions Pte Ltd has quickly become highly regarded for providing a wide range of quality training programmes conducted by first-class trainers. The popularity of STTS workshops, and the keen desire of participants to learn more, is what originally led to this Success Skills series of books, which will prove an exciting supplement for those who are keen to develop their knowledge and skills.
Shirley conducts her own popular workshops on business writing and e-mail, as well as communication and secretarial skills. She puts a lot of passion and energy into her workshops to make sure they are entertaining, practical, informative, and a lot of fun.
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Alison Lester, Director of AJ Lester Communication Training and an associate trainer with ST Training Solutions, has been specialising in developing communication, presentation and creativity training for clients in Asia and Europe since 1999.
Born in the United States, Alison draws much of her approach to communication skills training from her experience living, studying, and working in countries as diverse as the UK, China, Italy, Japan, France, and Singapore, stressing openness, clarity and flexibility.
Alison also employs her training as an improvisational comedian in her workshops and coaching sessions, to keep things interesting and entertaining and also to help participants gain greater confidence in their own ideas and greater facility in accessing them on the spot.
Alison also writes fiction, and her collection of short stories, Locked Out: Stories Far from Home, was published in Singapore in 2006.
Heather Hansen has helped hundreds of people, from warehouse workers to C-suite executives, advance their careers through improved communication skills and greater self-confidence. With degrees in international communication and languages, as well as advanced studies in training and development, she has been providing communication training in Singapore since 2006. She is a recognised authority on proper pronunciation, English language use, public speaking and interpersonal skills.
This is Heather's first book. It presents her winning approach to interpersonal communication, which is deeply rooted in a firm belief in lifelong learning, a conviction that 'being yourself' is the best place to start building people skills and a commitment to bringing out the very best in every individual.
Heather believes that all learning should be fun, personalised and practical. Her clear, no-nonsense writing style captures much of the energy that has made her so sought after as a speaker and trainer.
Pang Li Kin AICI CIP is internationally recognised as a Certified Image Professional (CIP) by the Association of Image Consultants International (AICI). As one of the leading professionals in Singapore, Li Kin is a driving force behind the development of the image industry in the region. She serves as Vice President/President Elect on the 2009-2011 AICI South Asia-Singapore Chapter Board. Li Kin is also an appointed Success Coach with AICI globally, and is committed to helping aspiring image consultants grow their businesses across the world.
In recognition of her achievements in the industry, Li Kin received the coveted AICI Rising Star Award in 2008 and the Chapter Member of the Year Award in 2009. She started her Singapore company Potenxia Unlimited in 2002, helping individuals and companies develop their potential through their appearance, communication and interpersonal skills. Prior to that, Li Kin has had about 20 years of experience in business development, client servicing, leadership, as well as training and development. Her global experience spans 20 countries worldwide, having worked and trained with multi-national corporations across various industries including banking and finance, IT, manufacturing, telecommunications, petrochemical, retail, consumer goods, and the public sector.
Li Kin is a passionate speaker, trainer and facilitator who enjoys people, and customises each programme to her client's needs. She is trained by Image Master Lynne Marks, AICI CIM (London Image Institute, USA), and in the Colour Me a Season(C) System. She is also a qualified administrator of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI (R) ) and holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences (Hons) degree (Universityh of Singapore) and a Masters of Social Planning & Development (University of Queensland).
For more information about Li Kin, visit www.potenxia.com.
Li Kin conducts workshops regularly with ST Training Solutions. For more details visit www.shirleytaylortraining.com/workshops.html.
Nishant Kasibhatla is a trainer, speaker and the director of Memory Vision Pte Ltd in Singapore. He is a World Record Holder and the only Grand Master of Memory and International Master of Memory in Singapore.
A popular speaker with over 14 years' experience in conducting training in areas such as Peak Mental Performance, Learning to Learn, Information and Memory Management, Speed-reading, Motivation and Success, Nishant has worked with many multinational companies, schools, students and individuals from all walks of life, in nine countries across four continents. In his speeches and workshops, Nishant has empowered thousands of people, helping them challenge their limiting beliefs and achieve greater heights of effectiveness.
Besides this book, Nishant has also authored Instant Memory Improvement, one of the most comprehensive and best-selling books on memory techniques, and has compiled two Audio CDs: 11 Easy Ways to Become A Top Student, and 11 Easy Ways to Develop A Positive Mindset, Manage Time Effectively and Remember Things Easily. He has also written columns on memory improvement in various local publications, and has been featured on radio, television, magazines and newspapers in many different countries.
Some of Nishant's major achievements in the field of memory are:
- Memorising a 1,944-digit number
- Memorising a 1,200-digit binary number
- Memorising the sequence of 7 decks (364 cards) of shuffled playing cards
- Memorising the sequence of a deck of playing cards in one minute 50 seconds
- Becoming the best Asian memoriser at the World Memory Championship 2003
For more information about Nishant and his workshops, and to sign up for his free monthly newsletter, visit www.nishantkasibhatla.com.
Nishant conducts workshops regularly with ST Training Solutions. For more details visit www.shirleytaylortraining.com/workshops.html.
David Goldwich is a professional speaker and trainer specialising in the area of persuasive communication, including negotiation, influence and persuasion, assertiveness, conflict management, and storytelling in business. David has MBA and JD degrees and practised law in the United States for over a decade, arguing before judges and advocating before government and community bodies. David is trained as a mediator and has experience managing a small business.
Recognising that lawyers perpetuate rather than solve problems, David began training to help people perform better, both on the job and off. David's use of stories, his sense of humour, wealth of experience, and his passion, enable him to deliver breakthrough changes at all levels of the organisation.
David is author of the book Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?: Lessons in Effective Communication. He has also published a collection of humourous essays entitled Getting Into Singapore: A Guide for Expats and Kaypoh Singaporeans. He has written numerous articles on business and communication issues, and is a frequent guest on radio shows.
Born and raised in Miami, Florida, USA, David has been living in Singapore and working throughout Asia since 1999.
Tremaine Du Preez is a leadership coach and head of learning and development for The Leadership Consultancy, a boutique coaching and training consultancy based in Singapore.
Originally from Cape Town, South Africa, she has developed an approach to leadership and human capital development that fuses the best of Eastern, Western and African ideas. She is a sought after trainer and speaker in strategic management, emotional intelligence and critical thinking, and offers a rich depth of knowledge in these areas. After 13 years as a stage actress, Tremaine is skilled at breathing life into management topics, and she is known to be a lively speaker on serious subjects.
Participants who attend her workshops on critical thinking continually inspire her to find new, and fun, ways of making academic and high level ideas as accessible as possible. She firmly believes that everyone should benefit from the research and advances in mankind's understanding of how to use our minds to their full potential.
Tremaine has a master's degree in Financial Economics from the University of London, a Bachelor of Commerce in Informatics and is certified in Neuro-Semantics. She has lived in Asia for seven years, and works throughout the region helping senior executives, government officials and other leaders develop their leadership, problem solving and decision making skills.
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