Andrew Huffer is the founder of Andrew Huffer and Associates, an independent facilitation and stakeholder engagement consultancy based in Perth, WA. Since 2000 he has run more than 1,500 workshops for government agencies, industry bodies and regional organisations across Australia, and currently serves as Chair of the International Association of Facilitators (IAF) Oceania. His approach is direct and practical, helping groups work through real disagreement to reach decisions they can act on.
Harnessing Motivation – Four not-so-conventional Motivational Strategies In a previous life I delivered a course called Effective Personal Leadership. Module Six focused on motivation. During one particular program, star participant, Jenny was a no-show. She rang a few days later and half-giggling, said, “Andrew, I just couldn’t be bothered!” We […]
Last year I attended the Solutions Focus Coaching Training Programme run by Janine Waldman from the UK. I signed up because the programme promised a pragmatic approach to helping individuals and teams to achieve high performance. I flew from Perth to Melbourne to be there and wasn’t disappointed. Solutions Focus […]
Being vulnerable as a presenter isn’t easy, but it sure is effective. And if you have a gripping story to tell that brings your world into your audience’s world, you’re going to have an impact. You can read about the lead-in to this presentation and how it feels to be […]
What I learnt from spending almost $8,000 on a speakers boot-camp (and what it feels like to be naked in front of room full of strangers!) Have you also felt that you’d like to take your presentations to the next level? To walk away 100% confident that your message has […]
Simple strategies for engaging senior managers You’ve probably been engaging senior managers from a young age – you just may not have realised it at the time! Remember as a kid when there was something you really wanted? Something out of the ordinary? Like an overnight stay at a friend’s […]
How to better engage your target audience, no matter what medium you’re using to connect with them. The ‘back story’ Stick with me here, and look for the clues about how to engage your target audience. Leading up to Christmas, my wife Georgie, and I recognised that we really needed […]
The importance of knowing what’s going on around you as a facilitator Not long ago, I ran a ‘Facilitation Master Class’ for staff of a key client in Victoria. One of the topics was ‘trends and changes in facilitation.’ It was an interesting area for me to reflect on, thinking […]
This news may come as a shock! It is indeed true, I’ve signed up and am ready to run a half-marathon in Melbourne this Sunday. Why? Well it’s not a midlife crisis or alpha-male thing. Nor a throw-back to sporting glory days – these were few and far between (I […]
What 70 minutes of pain taught me about working through a BIG challenge No doubt you have a challenge that you face every day. It could be in the ‘OK I’ve just gotta deal with this’ category through to ‘what the hell was I thinking’ extreme. You may know that […]
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