Charles Hamilton enjoyed a distinguished background in Opera and Theatre. After nine years at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, as the Resident Associate Producer, he directed internationally. His productions have included two 'world premiers' and a filmed version of Il Trovatore at the Orange Festival. He was awarded a Churchill Fellowship.In 1995 he formed Charles Hamilton Associates as a Management Training Consultancy to bring many of the unique skills and techniques he developed in the theatre to the international business world. Charles Hamilton Associates now offers popular and successful workshops on Communication & Presentation Skills, Sales Coaching, Team Building, Managing Change, Interview Techniques, Leadership and Personal Development.Some of CHA's past & present clients include: Active 24 nl; Aggregate Industries; Arthur Andersen; Barclay’s Bank; BT Global Services; Canada Life; Carillion plc; Compuware nl; Deutsche Bank; Equant Network Services nl; Ernst & Young; Hagemeyer NV; IPC Magazines; Jarvis Railtrack; Legal & General; Linxtelecom; Makers Ltd.; Numico Research nl; Orange nl; O2 nl; Pettifer Group; R & D Media Holding; Robson Rhodes Consulting; Sainsbury; Schal; Snow nl; Sybase; Tarmac Construction International; Tarmac Quarry Products; Telfort/KPN nl; Total Oil; Versatel NL & BE. and Wacker Chemicals Ltd.Specialties: Delegates are empowered to increase their influencing abilities and overcome their own fears and apprehensions that block their ability to connect and communicate well with others in meetings, presentations, public speaking, interviews and sales and establish a trust. They learn techniques in the form of a series of practical exercises to improve negotiating and self-marketing skills thereby enhancing their presence, personal presentation and their communication abilities.