Staff Work Institute

Staff Instincts Course (1 day)

Relevant to navigating, handling, and managing expectations of bosses.
Very good reminder and suggestions to be a good and useful staffer
Trainer understands the works of the public service based on his previous work experiences and is able to draw on that to provide relevant examples for us to relate to during the programme

Staff Writing Course (2 days)

Good course on drafting emails, notes, papers and minutes of meeting. Very relevant at work.
Very useful techniques and skills that can be applied to work.
Stanley is a very knowledgeable and engaging trainer. I enjoyed the course and learnt new skills.

Staff Writing Course (3 days)

Delivery of the course by the trainer was great. Duration was optimal too.
Very practical tips and techniques that work, based on this past experience. Appreciate his candid and insightful sharing on how the bosses think.
Practical use cases, relatable examples. Relevant tips and tricks that can be applied in daily work.

Staff Writing Course (3 days)

Trainer made the course interesting. Was able to keep myself awake throughout the course. And provided lots of examples to understand better.
Awesome work Stanley! :) Keep on going and stay awesome! Thank you for the course, I really learnt a lot and enjoyed myself
Trainer is well versed, tactful and witty. I am very impressed.

Minutes Writing Course (1 day)

The trainer is very experienced and we should invite him for 2-days training. It is quite rushed.
Identified my weaknesses and helped me to develop and improve
Learnt how to write even better minutes

Staff Work Course (4 days)

I feel that Stanley not only talked about, but was also able to show the amount of thought a staff officer puts into his work. He constantly thinks about the questions we ask him and consistently tries to improve his answers to us until a point where he is satisfied that the answer given is the best he knows of. It really opens my eyes to what excellence looks like in real life.
Stanley was an extraordinary and inspiring trainer. He made it a point to ensure that all of us understand the concepts and reason behind each decision that we make while staffing.
I will be able to better support my supervisor and serve my organisation by applying the techniques learnt. Having been involved in meetings and discussions, I realised that I have not been staffing my supervisors efficiently. Some important skills that I have taken away from the 4 days course are higher level thinking, report and proposal writing as well as effective minutes taking. As the instructor Stanley says, the end of the 4 days course is only the start. Only by constantly apply what I have learnt, then can I continue to improve and get better.

Staff Work Course (4 days)

The instructor is very effective in keeping the class interested and helping the class process information. The examples that were regularly provided were very helpful in helping to break potential monotony. The regular exercises were also very helpful in helping us process the information (as opposed to spending four days of absorbing information without any opportunity to apply it. It would probably be much harder to retain the information in such a situation).
The case studies were extremely interesting and the personal anecdotes were also realistic examples which aided efficient learning. It was enjoyable.
Excellent session with relevant anecdotes that held the class’s attention. Wish a little more time could be spent on this session.

Staff Instincts Course (1 day)

This is one of the best courses that I have attended so far. Thanks to the trainer for sharing his work experience!
Good relevance to work. Will recommend to others.
Perhaps the trainer can talk just a little slower - there are good learning points from the examples Stanley shared which staff might want to jot down. Other than that, i appreciated that Stanley manages the class's expectations superbly - telling us what's covered and not covered in the class and by NOT doing what most trainers do (ice-breaker, getting class to present for the sake of it when points are repeated), clearly demonstrating that time is a resource which should not be wasted. I also like that the content is more practical (esp with his examples and scenarios) instead of theoretical. He also remembers our names by heart, without name placards! Materials are also well thought through and coherent.

Staff Instincts Course (1 day)

Relevant and useful, gives a different perspective to staffing work, and what it takes to be a good staffing officer.
Lots of personal examples to share to put things into perspective. use of scenarios for us to think about and apply what we have learnt was useful too.
I found the learning points relevant to my job and I would definitely try to apply them at work.

Staff Writing Course (1 day)

The course was really fun, relevant, and I learnt things that I wouldn't have noticed if not for the course. 1 day seemed a little too short given the interesting content. It would be good to have a more advanced version of the course available.
A well-planned course.

Staff Writing Course (2 days)

Trainer is very knowledgeable and his examples are really good for us to follow and see how we can write better.
Concise yet thorough. Clarity of points. Good exercises to reiterate points and practise what has been shared.
Debriefs the exercises very clearly and logically. Uses good examples to illustrate points.

Staff Writing Course (2 days)

In our organisation, we have a lot of writing and we usually have problems regarding the flow and the structure. In this course, he explained in detail how to write and how is the boss mindset. Now I believe I can write a better paper after this course.
Highly recommended to continue this course as it is very relevant and helpful to our work.
Stanley is one of the best trainers this organisation has engaged. The materials given are easy to understand and relevant to our context. He is able to hold our attention even though it is a lecture-style training (I learnt more from him than other group work training). Better if he can tell us the time breaks will be given - I missed some parts cos really have to go toilet.

Staff Writing Course (3 days)

The staff writing lesson corrected my current paper writing. There are many ways to structure my paper better and improve the flow of the information in the paper.
The trainer is very knowledgeable and able to provide examples that we can relate to, which makes us understand the ideas more easily. Thank you!

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