Trainer's Tip: Counting Beans

This tip from Nikki Brun makes a simple and practical starting point for time management training.

Give each pair a bowl with (pre-measured) dried beans in it and ask them to put in a few larger objects (I use fruit). The beans spill out, and the candidates will be doing their best to pile them back in again. Then show them the trick of putting in the fruit first and the beans around them. It illustrates the point of prioritising the big stuff and fitting the smaller things around it.