All of our Courses and Workshops
Illumine Training provides management and personal skills development, focused on developing better brains for better business®.
The unique portfolio of high quality, high impact training, builds skills in Six inter-related areas:
- Management & Leadership Essentials - The essential skills required to be a successful manager and leader.
- Learn, Absorb & Understand - Learn more efficiently, take better notes, think and plan effectively and be well informed.
- Write, Speak & Influence - Make a positive impression, be remembered, build relationships and influence effectively - in every interaction.
- Creative Thinking & Innovation - Generate new perspectives and ideas, solve real problems and enhance decision making and team working.
- Meetings, Facilitation & Coaching - Enhance group participation, share knowledge and run productive meetings that make good use of everyone's skills and experience.
- Engagement & Personal Balance - Enhance engagement and motivation, reduce stress levels and improve performance.
The range of courses and workshops has been developed to contribute significantly to organisations' management and personal development agendas - with a strong focus on high levels of skills transfer and a wide variety of flexible delivery options.
All of our training is available as an in-house course. This is a more cost effective option if you are looking to train a team or group of individuals from across the organisation. Options for tailoring are available. Find out more about in-house courses here. Alternatively our most popular courses are delivered as public workshops in London.
Management & Leadership Essentials
- Essential Management Skills - Develop the essential skills needed to become a successful manager - ideal for those preparing for, or new to management. (In-House Course/Coaching)
- From Competent Manager to Effective Leader - For good managers who want to become effective leaders. (In-House Course/Coaching)
- Building High Performing Teams - Foster collaboration, build cohesive teams and resolve conflict effectively and for the benefit of all team members. (In-House Course/Coaching)
- Passionate Leadership - Leading WITH passion and FOR passion. (In-House Course/Coaching)
- Effective Change Management - Foster collaboration, build cohesive teams and resolve conflict effectively and for the benefit of all team members. (In-House Course/Coaching)
- 90 Minute Sessions (various subjects) - 90 minute bite size learning experiences that allow attendees to gain a rapid and practical overview of the subject. FIT Sessions will maximise your training coverage by delivering practical tips, hints, tools and techniques. (In-House Course)
Learn, Absorb & Understand
- Advanced Thinking and Learning - Mind Mapping, Speed Reading and Memory - The complete workshop to master information using Mind Mapping, speed Reading and Memory Techniques. (Public Workshop/In-House Course/Coaching)
- Effective Speed Reading™ - Designed exclusively for Illumine by the author of The Extraordinary Reader. This course helps you to quickly power your way through books, briefings, reports, emails - essential to be effective in business today. (Public Workshop/In-House Course/Coaching)
- Mind Mapping for Business - Takes Tony Buzan's widely recognised technique for effective thinking and learning, and shows you how to apply it and benefit from it, in the business environment. (Public Workshop/In-House Course/Coaching)
- Mind Mapping for Education - Mind Mapping for Education will greatly enhance your teaching skills, benefiting you – and your pupils! (In-House Course)
- Mind Mapping Webinar (Online Live Session) - A great way to train groups and teams in-house. (In-House Course)
- Mind Mapping Mastery (E-learning Course) - (Online)
- Becoming a Mind Mapping Trainer
- Improve Your Memory - Practical strategies for boosting your memory which you can apply anywhere. (Public Workshop/In-House Course/Coaching)
- Accelerated Learning for Trainers - Dramatically increase the effectiveness of your training delivery. (In-House Course)
- 90 Minute Sessions (various subjects) - 90 minute bite size learning experiences that allow attendees to gain a rapid and practical overview of the subject. FIT Sessions will maximise your training coverage by delivering practical tips, hints, tools and techniques. (In-House Course)
Write, Speak & Influence
- Think on Your Feet® (verbal communication skills) - The globally acclaimed 2 day workshop to help you explain complex ideas clearly, get to the point, have more impact and be remembered. (Public Workshop/In-House Course/Coaching)
- Powerful Presentations - develop your skills as a confident and powerful presenter, able to develop and sustain audience rapport and use the skills required to communicate in a memorable influential manner. (In-House Course/Coaching)
- Writing Dynamics™ (written communication skills) - Write with authority, impact and do it faster. (Public Workshop/In-House Course/Coaching)
- Grammar on the Rocks™ - This intensive ½ day refresher focuses on what you must know about grammar. You don't need to know everything, but you do need to know which grammatical rocks may sink you. (In-House Course/Coaching)
- Effective Communications with NLP - This programme incorporates tools and ideas used in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and explores ways of communicating that make a real difference. (In-House Course/Coaching)
- Better Business Relationships - Colleagues and Stakeholders™ - Building trust-based relationships with other people is vital for long-term success. (In-House Course/Coaching)
- 90 Minute Sessions (various subjects) - 90 minute bite size learning experiences that allow attendees to gain a rapid and practical overview of the subject. FIT Sessions will maximise your training coverage by delivering practical tips, hints, tools and techniques. (In-House Course)
Creative Thinking & Innovation
- Creativity for Logical Thinkers - The practical way to develop competitive advantage through creativity. It covers a broad range of useable creative techniques that you can apply in your workplace. (Public Workshop/In-House Course/Coaching)
- Generating Ideas - Our ½ day introduction to the creative process. (In-House Course/Coaching)
- De Bono's Six Thinking Hats® - Collaborative thinking for more effective meetings. (Public Workshop/In-House Course/Coaching)
- De Bono's Lateral Thinking™ - Find a solution to a stubborn problem through unorthodox methods that would normally be ignored by logical thinking. (In-House Course/Coaching)
- 90 Minute Sessions (various subjects) - 90 minute bite size learning experiences that allow attendees to gain a rapid and practical overview of the subject. FIT Sessions will maximise your training coverage by delivering practical tips, hints, tools and techniques. (In-House Course)
Meetings, Facilitation & Coaching
- Facilitation and Meeting Skills - Handling diverse and sometimes difficult groups can be challenging and taxing. That’s why having a range of facilitation skills and meeting techniques and exercises will increase your confidence and the impact of these sessions. (In-House Course/Coaching)
- RapidConsensus™ (facilitating major meetings and decisions) - Faster, better decision making; decisions people feel they own; meetings people enjoy attending; make use of ALL the attendees' knowledge and viewpoints. (Public Workshop/In-House Course/Coaching)
- High Performance Coaching - Learn how to coach others effectively. (Public Workshop/In-House Course/Coaching)
Engagement & Personal Balance
- Stress Management - This course was development and is delivered by one of UK's leading authorities on the causes and effective management of stress. (Public Workshop/In-House Course/Coaching)
- PassionWorks!™ (enhance staff motivation and engagement) - Understand and enhance staff engagement and motivation. A vital weapon in the war for talent. (In-House Course/Coaching)
- Energy and Well-being - Practical tips to enhance health and well-being. (In-House Course/Coaching)
- The Rapid Team Building Programme - Learning and team building to enhance productivity, creativity, reduce-conflict and develop team working skills. (In-House Course/Coaching)
- Effective Time Management - Practical strategies, tools and techniques to help manage time pro-actively. (In-House Course/Coaching)
- The Balancing Act (Work/life balance workshop) - This session takes participants through a process to re-evaluate their lives and develop strategies that enable them to focus on what matters most at work and at home. (In-House Course/Coaching)
- Emotional Intelligence - This session gives participants simple and practical models to become emotionally intelligent. (In-House Course/Coaching)
- The Power of Positive Thinking - Consider the business consequences of negative thinking and learn the methodology to develop positive practices that can be achieved in the flick of a mental switch. (In-House Course/Coaching)
- 90 Minute Sessions (various subjects) - 90 minute bite size learning experiences that allow attendees to gain a rapid and practical overview of the subject. FIT Sessions will maximise your training coverage by delivering practical tips, hints, tools and techniques. (In-House Course)



