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Why Practex? 03

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Programs 04

Wallbreakers 04

Gamechangers 06

Playmakers 08

Time Traps 10

Mind Mapping For Business 13

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Learning Receptiveness Profile-LRP 16

12 Emotional Intelligence Competencies Profile 18

Assessment

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LRP™ Toolkid 20

Mind Mapping For Kids 21

Practex Education

Practex Kids

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LRP™ Toolbox 23

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Practex Management Consulting is the first firm focusing on delivering soft skills programs in

a simulation format converting the intangible into tangible delivered with the highest quality

standards.

We have been successfully providing our clients with very professional and interactive training

solutions, as well as with the neuroscience-based assessment tools.

Our training programs have attracted thousands of participants from many different

organizations from different industries like Oil & Gas, Government, Construction, Banking,

Media and our client base is steadily growing.

Practex has established itself as a leader in the field of soft skills simulations by developing its

own simulations as well as acquiring the best simulations from the world. We’re changing the

way soft skills are being taught, by creating board simulations, tools, and content to equip the

participants with the needed skills that will make a difference at their work.

Our VisionTo become one of the Top Ten simulation-based training companies in the region by 2024.

Our MissionTo develop & acquire simulations for soft skills courses to maximize the learning & the ROI

to our customers.

Our ValuesInnovation: applying new solutions and tools that meet market needs.

Excellence: continuous pursuit of differentiation in our quality, to offer the best practices to

our customers.

Influence: committed to deliver a memorable content.

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Why Practex?

Wallbreakers™ is a tool used to train implementation of organisational change. It is about

transforming resistance towards change into understanding, acceptance and support.

Most large change processes involve frustration, resistance, and reduced productivity. This is

a natural part of all change processes. Whether a change process is off to a successful start,

implementation, and anchoring depends on how well managers deal with the human

dimension of the change processes.

Most large change processes involve frustration, resistance, and reduced productivity. This is

a natural part of all change processes. Whether a change process is off to a successful start,

implementation, and anchoring depends on how well managers deal with the human

dimension of the change processes.

PRACTISING CHANGE LEADERSHIPWallbreakers is a captivating simulation of a change process, which offers managers a safe

forum in which they can try out difficult leadership skills. Wallbreakers focuses on how to

motivate employees to take part in the desired change, and how different phases of change

processes require different forms of leadership.

Wallbreakers uses game dynamics and is build around a specific business case. Participants

work in groups of three to six. Each group has to navigate a team of fictitious employees

through a change process in three phases. The groups work on change intensity, prioritising

of resources and handling various personality types and individual needs among employees.

THEORYWallbreakers is based on a series of recognized theories on personality types, management,

organizational culture, and change processes, including MBTI/JTI, Edgar Schein, John

Kotter, Rick Maurer and Daniel Goleman.

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APPLICATIONFor managers, project managers and employees involved in change processes.

As part of leadership development programmes.

In major changes processes - implementation of LEAN.

FACTS• A set can be used by 8-24 people.

• Several sets can be used simultaneously.

• Takes 1- 1½ days to complete.

• Can be facilitated by Practex or by your staff certified by Practex.

• Available in English, French, Danish and Swedish.

• Additional exercises can be tailored to meet your organizations needs.

EFFECTS• Creates a common frame of reference for those working with change and resistance.

• Increased reflection among managers on their own leadership style in change processes.

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GAMECHANGERS™

Gamechangers is a leadership simulation about

strategy execution in large organizations. It

focuses on how to engage stakeholders in

carrying out a strategic initiative throughout the

organization.

MUST WIN BATTLESImplementing LEAN, deploying sustainability, or creating a new sales platform can be right

choices for a company. However, they might still fail to be executed. Studies show that the

initiatives fail on the softer side of management. Strategic initiatives that span the whole

organization are frequently so comprehensive that they fundamentally change how work is

done. They can also change the benchmarks used to navigate in other departments. The

personal impact of strategic initiatives can be huge. Executing a strategic initiative requires a

leader that can create coalitions and builds trust in the strategy, in the future and in the

leader’s own competence.

A FIRM AND FLEXIBLE DRIVE

In Gamechangers you learn that your prior experience will not necessarily provide a smooth

ride for you. There is a paradox between planning and action: You have to analyse the

situation, but need to get going.

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You have to know what is happening in the organization, and adjust to, build

on, ignore or end other initiatives. You have to create results in order to build a

strong coalition, and you need a coalition to create results. You have to be

firm; on the other hand inflexibility can alienate core stakeholders. You have to

involve companywide resources in development, but still stay true to the vision

of the initiative. Relationships do matter.

In Gamechangers you learn that your prior experience will not necessarily

provide a smooth ride for you. There is a paradox between planning and

action: You have to analyse the situation, but need to get going. You have to

know what is happening in the organization, and adjust to, build on, ignore or

end other initiatives. You have to create results in order to build a strong

coalition, and you need a coalition to create results. You have to be firm; on

the other hand inflexibility can alienate core stakeholders. You have to involve

companywide resources in development, but still stay true to the vision of the

initiative. Relationships do matter.

THE GAMEThe participants are given the responsibility to implement a strategic change in

a fictitious organization. They have to engage colleagues with different motives

and KPI’s to work in the interest of the strategy. Throughout the game their

abilities to create results and a strong coalition are measured.

The first part of the game focuses on building and utilizing networks within the

organization. The participants do this by communicating and engaging with

the important stakeholders. The second part focuses on realising the benefits

of the initiative, maintaining momentum and integrating the initiative into the

systems and daily life of the organization.

THE THEORY Gamechangers is based on acknowledged theories and models for

negotiation, conflict resolution, influence styles and change leadership.

Amongst these are theories by Richard Shell, Thomas-Kilmann, John Kotter

and Stephen Bungay.

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PLAYMAKERS™Playmakers is a simulation focusing on the leadership aspects of project management. It

challenges the participants’ ability to handle all the different aspects of project leadership,

including the ability to lead a project team as well as being aware of and act on all the different

interests presented by different stakeholders. The simulation is about project leadership

rather than project management.

PROJECT LEADERSHIP WITH MANY PHASESProject management is not only about planning and budgeting. Projects often change

character over time and many different stakeholders are involved in the course of the project.

Often steering committees define goals and visions for the project while other stakeholders –

either internal or external - have other agendas that might influence the project. Both external

stakeholders and internal team dynamics must be handled. Project leadership has many

different phases that the project manager must deal with. For many this is a difficult task.

Playmakers trains and teaches participants in the task of leading people: project team

members, steering committees, and others that might influence the course of the project.

The simulation focuses on leading individuals as well as groups.

It focuses on motivation and conflict management as well as communication and negotiation.

Playmakers offers the participants a safe forum where they can try out difficult leadership

tasks, and learn with and from each other.

THE SIMULATIONPlaymakers is based upon a concrete case that defines the setting. During three phases of

the simulation, participants are challenged to lead a concrete project that changes character

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as they play. Unforeseen difficulties arise, and goals and visions are changed.

The participants must relate to the long-term goals of the project as well as the

crises that inevitably arise. The participants work in teams to ensure

knowledge sharing and joint learning. The simulation supports participants in

the ability to analyse, recognize and handle organisational, group-based, and

individual dilemmas within project leadership.

FACTS ABOUT PLAYMAKERS• Playmakers is for organizations and companies that want to train project

managers and steering committee members in the art of running a project

successfully.

• One set of Playmakers can be used by 3-5 participants.�It is possible to use

more than one set of Playmakers during the same training course of e.g.

20-80 participants.

• The duration of the simulation is 4-6 hours.

• Playmakers can be used as a training course in itself, or it can be an integral

part of a course on project management.

• Playmakers is based on a number of accepted project models and theories

among those are Daniel Goleman, J.R. Katzenbach and Bruce W.

Tuckman.

• Playmakers can be facilitated either by consultants from Workz or by internal

consultants following a certification course.

• Playmakers is available in English and Danish.

• Playmakers is used by numerous organizations including Danfoss, ISS,

Novo Nordisk and on various Mater programmes at Copenhagen Business

School.

• ”Playmakers gives a fantastic insight into the many different aspects that

demand consideration in a big company – both on a political and a personal

level - to ensure optimal performance. The simulation offered us a great

platform for common understanding about what good project management

is to us –the way we do it.”

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• Intrapersonal Competencies.• Emotional Self-Awareness.• Accurate Self-Assessment.• Self-Confidence.• Self-Control.• Adaptability.• Self-Motivation.

• Empathy.• Service Orientation.• Organizational Awareness.• Interpersonal Communication.• Team Functioning.• Servant Leadership.

Time Traps

Course overviewMost of us have, at one time or another, felt daunted and overwhelmed by the number of

tasks and commitments that have been pushed in our direction. The key to tackling these

situations is effective time management.

Why Time Traps Board Simulation?Time Traps Simulation allows employees to apply newly acquired knowledge in a realistic

simulated business environment. As they make realistic business decisions and see the

results of their actions, important business principles become a part of their natural thinking.

They become so used to making the right decision that it becomes second nature to them.

This allows the individual to move from .me awareness to .me management competency, and

then on to mastery of the key skills involved.

OutlineSetting Goals

Goal setting is critical to effective .me management strategies. It's also an important life skill

that many people never learn how to do properly. Goal setting can be used in every single

area life, and it's the first step in using your .me in the way you want to use it.

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• Understanding of the competencies necessary to be well, happy and successful in life and work.• A blue-print to develop 6 intrapersonal and 6 interpersonal competencies that determines a

• Personal impact in society & the workplace.• Establish strong social bonds with others.• Accurate self-awareness & understanding.• Accurate social awareness.• Self-management competence.• Interpersonal & social skills.• Self-motivation.• Interpersonal communication skills.

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Prioritizing

Effective prioritizing is the lynchpin of good .me management. In this module we focus on

tools and strategies that help you to distinguish between the urgent and the important; to do

the things that really matter rather than the things that the things that scream the loudest; to

concentrate on being effective, not just efficient.

Planning

The next step in successful time management is being consistently productive each day. To

do this, you need to have a daily plan, not just a to-do list, and you need to commit to using

your plan so you stay focused on your priorities.

Tackling procrastination

The ability to overcome procrastination and tackle the important actions that have the biggest

positive impact on life is a hallmark of the most successful people. In this module we discuss

ways in which you can motivate yourself to get moving on even the toughest of tasks.

Organizing

In order to be productive each day, you must create an appropriate environment. By

eliminating clutter, setting up an effective filing system, gathering essential tools and

managing workflow, you'll be well on your way to greater productivity and less stress!

Methodology1- Brief: Provide the mission/task overview

Introduce the mission or task in a high-level overview

Brief the participant on the details of the task at hand.

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2- Model: Show the participant the expected behavior.

3- Experience: Let participants experience it first hand Participant performance is assessed

in real-time.

4- Debrief: Review participant performance.

5- Repeat: Simulation through remaining rounds to ensure the maximum learning.

ToolsThe Time Traps Board Simulation consists of:

• iPad Application.

• Coins.

• Tubes.

• Board.

Who Should Attend?Staff



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Mind Mapping For Business

“Mind Mapping is contagious because it works. It

has helped businesspeople clearly perceive what

was essential, discriminating it from the noise”.

What is a Mind Map?

A Mind Map is a thinking technique that can be used to generate, visualize, structure and

classify ideas. It mirrors the way our brains are designed to think and memorize information.

Referred to as the ‘Swiss army knife of the brain’ , using Mind Maps has helped millions

unlock their creative potential, improve memory and take notes more effectively. It is a tool

that is easy to learn and apply with multiple applications for business, personal or

educational situations.

Mind Map concept was invented by Tony Buzan in the late 1960s whilst studying

psychology at university.

All of his knowledge and research was combined together to form what has become the

‘ultimate thinking tool’ – the Mind Map.

The concept of Mind Mapping keeps growing in importance. Today there are more than

500,000,000 Mind Maps images on the Internet.

Masanori Kanda

Leading Japanese Entrepreneur

Tony Buzan



• Understand How Your Brain Thinks• Understanding Your Thinking Mode:

• Understand Mind Maps Concept.

• Use Mind Maps for:

• Introduction to iMindMap Software• Understand

• How to develop any memory system.• How to improve time management. • How to present, how to write. • How to help other people learn and remember.• How to continually provide value, increase sales and build stronger ties with your

• How to enhance the effectiveness of every new encounter (proposals,

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Some of the big companies and institutes that use Mind Maps: Disney, NASA, Honeywell,

P&G, XEROX, ExxonMobil, DHL, Pfizer, General Electric, Michelin, Boeing, Pepsico, Volvo,

Unilever, BBC, Barclays, etc...

The Two Days Advance Mind Map course will

cover the following:

• Understand How Your Brain Thinks• Understanding Your Thinking Mode: o Generative Thinking.

o Reactive Thinking.

o Analytical Thinking.

o Selective Thinking.

o Proactive Thinking.


• Use Mind Maps for: o Being Better Organized and Time Management.

o Negotiation.

o Effective Presentations.

o Ideas Generation and Innovation.

o Strategic Thinking (Brain Storming, PESTEL, Porter 5 Forces, Marketing Mix 7Ps,

SWOT Analysis).

• Introduction to iMindMap Software• Understand

• How to develop any memory system.• How to improve time management. • How to present, how to write. • How to help other people learn and remember.• How to continually provide value, increase sales and build stronger ties with your


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• Understand How Your Brain Thinks• Understanding Your Thinking Mode:


• Use Mind Maps for:

• Introduction to iMindMap Software• Understand “The Most Important Graph in the World”

This is the graph that inspired Tony Buzan to develop Mind Maps.

This graph as well being a graph of memory during learning, is a graph on:

• How to develop any memory system.• How to improve time management. • How to present, how to write. • How to help other people learn and remember.• How to continually provide value, increase sales and build stronger ties with your customers.

• How to enhance the effectiveness of every new encounter (proposals, negotiations, service or support).

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Learning Receptiveness Profile-LRP

Discover your amazing Neurological Design

Neuro-Link’s assessments provide validated and highly reliable information which can help

people understand themselves and others better and make informed decisions about

optimising their brain performance, developing themselves and becoming the best they can

be.University of Stellenbosch is an educational institution that uses Neuro-Link’s brain profiles

to optimize students’ brain performance and learning results.

What is the brain profile assessment?Our brain profile assessments are called Learning Receptiveness Profiles™. It is not a

psychometric test. The LRP™ brain profile assessment indicates a person’s unique

neurological wiring.

In this profile of a person’s brain preferences and its various regions, we have simplified

neuroscience to avoid being too technical, but we have also been conscious not to

over-simplify, because the brain is a web-like structure of neurons which form complex

assemblies of brain cells which make up a person’s brain regions. This brain profile is a

neuroscientific, multi-dimensional assessment that identifies 6 drivers that can be enhanced

for optimum brain performance and 7 different neurological learning styles. It provides

validated and highly reliable information which can help people and organizations make

informed decisions about future development, subject choices and career choices.



• Improve your mental performance.• Accurately understand your potential. • Identify drivers that will optimize your potential.• Understand your 7 different learning styles.• Make informed subject, career and job choices.• Identify potential areas of human error.• Understand your team/family.• Manage yourself more effectively.• Manage others more effectively.• Understand your unique communication style.• Strengthen your self-esteem.• Understand other.



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This assessment will help you to:• Improve your mental performance.• Accurately understand your potential. • Identify drivers that will optimize your potential.• Understand your 7 different learning styles.• Make informed subject, career and job choices.• Identify potential areas of human error.• Understand your team/family.• Manage yourself more effectively.• Manage others more effectively.• Understand your unique communication style.• Strengthen your self-esteem.• Understand other.



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12 Emotional Intelligence Competencies ProfileThis profile measures your competence on twelve different emotional intelligence

competencies The 12 Emotional Intelligence Competencies Profile is a practical assessment

to determine how skilled a person is in terms of emotional intelligence. This profile also offers

suggestions on how emotional intelligence can be developed further. It is an excellent tool for

people to identify how they can develop themselves further and enhance their success

factors as professionals, leaders and in their personal lives.

It assesses the following 12 Emotional Intelligence

Competencies:• Intrapersonal Competencies.• Emotional Self-Awareness.• Accurate Self-Assessment.• Self-Confidence.• Self-Control.• Adaptability.• Self-Motivation.

Interpersonal Competencies:• Empathy.• Service Orientation.• Organizational Awareness.• Interpersonal Communication.• Team Functioning.• Servant Leadership.



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Benefits of this profile:• Understanding of the competencies necessary to be well, happy and successful in life and work.• A blue-print to develop 6 intrapersonal and 6 interpersonal competencies that determines a

person’s success and effectiveness in life.


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LRP™ Toolkid

Children aged 6 to 9. Neuro-Link compiles a Learning Readiness Profile for children ages 6-9

to determine how ready they are for formal learning. It is a brain-based assessment tool to

determine the neurological wiring of a child, discovering how uniquely they process

information, in which mode they prefer to learn, their emotional readiness for learning and it

also indicates areas for further development.

The LRP™ Toolkid measures the following aspects

of learning readiness:

• Brain fitness.• Left-right brain hemisphere dominance.• Expressive receptive preference.• Four quadrants. • Information processing style.• Sensory preference.• Emotional readiness.



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Mind Mapping For Kids

“You stand over a 99% chance that your brain has

been in a ‘non-creativity’ prison from the

time you started school to you being here”.


classify ideas. The process, in essence, stimulates creativity and thought, unlocking the

potential of your brain.

Mind Mapping was invented by Tony Buzan in the late 1960s whilst studying psychology at

university.Whilst revising he started to realize that his linear notes were just not effective.

From this the concept of Mind Maps grew, not just for revising but for creativity, organization,

education and planning.


480,000,000 Mind Maps images on the internet.

Tony Buzan



• Activate your whole brain.• Allow you to focus on the subject.• Demonstrate connections between isolated pieces of information.• Give a clear picture of both the details and the big picture.• Be more creative.• Make your problem solving and decision making more efficient and creative.• Improve your recall.

• Remember better.• Come out with brilliant ideas.• Save time.• Get better grades.• Organize thinking.• Better prepare for tests and assignments.

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“Mind Mapping is contagious because it

works. It has helped business people

clearly perceive what was essential,

discriminating it from the noise” Massanori

Kanda Leading Entrepreneur

Massanori Kanda

Leading Entrepreneur



What Mind Maps Can Do For You?

• Activate your whole brain.• Allow you to focus on the subject.• Demonstrate connections between isolated pieces of information.• Give a clear picture of both the details and the big picture.• Be more creative.• Make your problem solving and decision making more efficient and creative.• Improve your recall.

What Mind Maps Can Do for Students?

• Remember better.• Come out with brilliant ideas.• Save time.• Get better grades.• Organize thinking.• Better prepare for tests and assignments.

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LRP™ Toolbox

For children and students aged 10 and older. Neuro-Link compiles Learning Receptiveness

Profiles of students age 10 and up to determine their learning receptivity. The LRP™ Toolbox is

a brain-based assessment tool to discover how uniquely learners process information, how

skilled they are at learning, in which mode they prefer to learn and think, which strengths they

have in the learning situation, what their intelligence preferences are and it also indicates areas

for further development. It is a powerful tool to develop and polish their unique talents and

potential and prepare them for a purposeful future.

The LRP™ Toolbox measures the following aspects

of learning receptiveness:

• Brain fitness.• Left-right brain hemisphere dominance.• Expressive receptive preference.• Four quadrants.• Rational/emotional preference.• Information processing style.• Sensory preferences.• Ten intelligence preferences.• Mental approach to learning.• Learning skills.• Impact of the environment on learning.• Brain food.



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Mind Mapping For Education

“You stand over a 99% chance that your brain has

been in a ‘non-creativity’ prison from the time you

started school to you being here”.


classify ideas. The process, in essence, stimulates creativity and thought, unlocking the

potential of your brain.

Mind Mapping was invented by Tony Buzan in the late 1960s whilst studying psychology at

university.Whilst revising he started to realize that his linear notes were just not effective.

From this the concept of Mind Maps grew, not just for revising but for creativity, organization,

education and planning.


480,000,000 Mind Maps images on the internet.

What Mind Maps Can Do For You?

• Activate your whole brain.• Allow you to focus on the subject.• Demonstrate connections between isolated pieces of information.



• Give a clear picture of both the details and the big picture.• Be more creative.• Make your problem solving and decision making more efficient and creative.• Improve your recall.

• Lesson preparation.• Deliverig lessongs.• Curriculum planning.• Creating handouts.• Encouraging discussions.• Student assessment.• Self evaluation.• Introduction to iMindMap Software.• Understand

• How to develop any memory system.• How to improve time management. • How to present, how to write. • How to help other people learn and remember. • How to continually provide value, increase sales and build stronger ties with your


Tony Buzan

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• Activate your whole brain.• Allow you to focus on the subject.• Demonstrate connections between isolated pieces of information.



“Mind Mapping is contagious because it

works. It has helped business people

clearly perceive what was essential,

discriminating it from the noise” Massanori

Kanda Leading Entrepreneur

Massanori Kanda

Leading Entrepreneur

• Give a clear picture of both the details and the big picture.• Be more creative.• Make your problem solving and decision making more efficient and creative.• Improve your recall.

What Mind Maps Can Do for Teachers?

• Lesson preparation.• Deliverig lessongs.• Curriculum planning.• Creating handouts.• Encouraging discussions.• Student assessment.• Self evaluation.• Introduction to iMindMap Software.• Understand “The Most Important Graph in the World”.

This is the graph that inspired Tony Buzan to develop Mind Maps.

This graph as well being a graph of memory during learning, is a graph on:

• How to develop any memory system.• How to improve time management. • How to present, how to write. • How to help other people learn and remember. • How to continually provide value, increase sales and build stronger ties with your customers.

• How to enhance the effectiveness of every new encounter (proposals, negotiations, service or support).

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