Dylan Forbes

B.Sc. Psych (Hon.), Pr. AINLP

Dylan Forbes is widely travelled and combines a high level of interpersonal and presentation skills with strong analytical ability and a range of technical skills. Assisting on Leaderskill courses after finishing high school, he went on to graduate in psychology, becoming consultant and director with the company. His professional skills cover the areas of:

• Start-up Mega Planning: co-developer of Leaderskill Group’s program aimed at fast-tracking business into sustainable practice that will ensure the wellbeing of future generations.
  
  He co-presented a paper on Planning the Future with Shared Values at the 2003 Conference of the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI Sydney) and is co-author of Start-up Mega Planning, published in ISPI's Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2005
  
  
• Facilitating Cross-functional Teams : Dylan extended Leaderskill's methods of facilitation based on the practices of Positive Psychology and Appreciative Inquiry (AI)
  
  
• Training: His teaching methods include experiential and self-directed learning, role-play, one-to-one coaching, small study-groups, lecture and slide presentations, educational tours and creative learning techniques
  
  
• Counselling: training over many years in listening, mediation and problem solving skills, with practical experience in both professional and informal contexts – active listening, assertiveness, communication and conflict resolution. Accredited Practitioner in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)
  
  
• Communication: published editor, skilled in customer service, sales, and development of marketing material. Special skill in sifting through loosely defined and ambiguous situations to reach an accurate assessment of needs
  
  
• Surveys: developing and advising on surveys for Leaderskill's clients including: Change Skills, Interpersonal Skills, Teamwork, Competency Assessment, Climate, and Trust
  
  
• Research: preparation of clear and powerful reports, with statistical analysis
  
  
• Computing: website design and the Internet
  
  
• Other languages: Spanish and German.
  

Professional Training

The highlights of Dylan's training have been:

• Strategic Planning and Needs Assessment trainings with Professor Roger Kaufman, 1992 & 1999, 2000
  
  
• Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) - Practitioner, completed 1999
  
  
• 360 Facilitated^®: Accredited Facilitator for this 360 degree feedback process of management development since its inception. 1995
  
  
• Facilitative Leadership and Teamskills : Accredited Trainer – program for managers and leaders to develop communication and Win-Win conflict resolution skills. With Leaderskill from 1988
  
  
• RSA/Cambridge Certificate of TEFLA, an intensive structured program to teach English as a foreign language, UK, 1993.