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Why Leadership Skills Training Fails and How to avoid it?

Not everyone in the world is fortunate enough to be able to attend high quality leadership training programs. This is an absolutely interesting kind of leadership skills training and quite often in life, it is also the kind of leadership training program that anyone who has a keen interest in any kind of self-development ends up doing anyway. The first step of this self-development approach is to identify leaders who you can relate to and more importantly ensure that they are the kind of leaders you actually want to become. These could be people from you work place, your superiors, your clients, the CEO of some company that you admire, etc. The leader who you identify could either be a person you know in real life or even someone who you just know of.

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The Impact of Grooming On Your Professional Life - Bodhih Training

Proper grooming and professional appearance are important to gain not just positive impression but also respect in the workplace. First impressions matter and the way you look and carry yourself create impact on people you get along with in the work setting.

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The effect of motivation on individual and team performance.

Motivation is the desire to do things and the drive towards a goal. It includes external and internal factors to keep people consistently interested and committed to a task, responsibility or subject, or to put effort to achieve an objective.

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Games are an effective way to introduce issues of cultural awareness and intercultural communications to any audience. Below are a couple of role plays that one can adopt to invoke cultural sensitivity amongst participants in a fun way.

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Differently- Abled People In Corporate Spaces - Bodhih Training

Individuals with handicap are not disabled but rather Differently Abled as they are blessed with some extraordinary abilities. There are various inspiring identities who have fulfilled and beat their incapacity. Celebrated personalities like Sudha Chandran, a world renowned established artist got her leg amputated.

Differently- Abled People In Corporate Spaces

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Global Corporate Etiquette - Bodhih Training Solutions Pvt Ltd

Etiquettes are cultural guidelines for what is appropriate or inappropriate, right or wrong. Global corporate etiquette refers to the common structure that is adapted by a majority of countries and cultures.

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Are People Learning When You Train? - Bodhih Training Solutions Pvt Ltd

People learn to solve their current issues. Make sure that the topic of the training is directly relevant to the participants’ current situation. You need to understand what they are looking for what types of solutions and what types of problems.

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Importance of Continuous Learning - Bodhih Training Solutions Pvt Ltd

In today's fast-paced business world, no one's going to give you permission to engage in continuous learning which is a strategy that is essential to one’s success. You must take the initiative yourself. Most people subscribe to the “inoculation” theory of education — “I got my degree or diploma and now I don’t have to learn anymore.”

In today’s fast-paced business world, no one’s going to give you permission to engage in continuous learning which is a strategy that is essential to one’s success. You must take the initiative yourself. Most people subscribe to the “inoculation” theory of education — “I got my degree or diploma and now I don’t have to learn anymore.” Not only is this attitude out of step with successful living, these days it may be downright dangerous. Accelerating change in nearly every area of human endeavour is making current knowledge obsolete at a faster pace than ever before. Gone are the days of the artisan, where one could learn a craft and utilize it for a lifetime, with little or no change.

To grow in our jobs and our family lives it  requires that we keep on growing and learning, long after our formal schooling is done. The more we’re able to know and the more skills we acquire, the more value we can offer to our employers, friends and families. Continuous learning means we’re keeping the “raw material pile” of our brain freshly stocked, which enables us to come up with better ideas and innovations which every business needs today. New ideas and solutions are a primary way you can add value to your job and therefore increase your success.

Your ability to expand your mind and strive for continuous learning is critical to your success. By dedicating yourself to learning, you can get ahead in every aspect of your life. All it takes is Commitment. The most successful people read an average of 2-3 hours per day. They belong to organizations that encourage learning the most current information and share ideas. For people dedicated to continuous learning, it means that they attend annual conventions and go to every session available that has new insights that can help them to be more effective in getting the results for which they are responsible.

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Giving and Receiving Feedback - Leadership Training

Bodhih’s Giving and Receiving Feedback program has been developed to provide an overview of frameworks and techniques that promote the interchange of positive and constructive feedback.

In life as much as in work, it’s important to know how to provide feedback to others, effectively and constructively without causing offence. One of the most valuable contributions anyone can make to another person’s learning is constructive comment. Whether each one of us has the capacity to provide useful information to other people that will help them to learn more effectively.

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Voice and Accent Neutralization - Communication Training

As the worldwide commercial center extends another branch of English learning identified with ESL has turned out to be extremely captivating. This field is frequently called Accent Neutralization. The fundamental motivation behind accent neutralization is to help proficient English speakers talk with a more North American or British accent.

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Team Building - Behavioural Skills | Bodhih Training

A team is a group of people working towards a common goal. 'Team Building' is the process of enabling that group of people to reach their goal the stages involved in team building are to clarify the team goals, to identify those issues which inhibit the team from reaching their goals, to address those issues and remove the inhibitors and enable the goals to be achieved.

A team is a group of people working towards a common goal. ‘Team Building‘ is the process of enabling that group of people to reach their goal the stages involved in team building are to clarify the team goals, to identify those issues which inhibit the team from reaching their goals, to address those issues and remove the inhibitors and enable the goals to be achieved.

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Clear communication is essential for productivity and effective decision-making. Business Communication skills are critical needs in this modern era of globalization and cut-throat competition.

Clear communication is essential for productivity and effective decision-making. Business Communication skills are critical needs in this modern era of globalization and cut-throat competition. An employee that has competency in business communication skills is likely to be able to climb up the career ladder effortlessly.

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Any individual who envisions interviewing is the simple act of asking questions to someone to gain information has squandered the most important point. It is in fact a critical process in both the acquisition of new talent and the promotion of existing staff. It is in fact the investigation concerning all they are and all they say. In today’s employment world, it is more important than ever to have strong interviewing skills.  A skilled interviewer who makes the candidate comfortable will gain valuable information about the person and present a positive image of their company, improving the odds of the best candidate being hired. While job seekers may feel like the pressure is all on them during an interview, those hosting the interview also bear some responsibility for the success of the discussion. Interviewing skills is the need of the hour for businesses to hire the right talent and be able to maximize their capabilities. Interviewing skills today is more an added advantage for the recruiter rather than the candidate coming for the interview.

As the financial health of our organization and the careful screening of potential employees who can and will give their best effort becomes increasingly important, it is imperative that you have to prepare your staff to perform the highest quality interviews possible. Participants will learn to implement consistent face-to-face interviews that allow the organization to make the right selection more accurately.

This highly interactive and practice driven workshop has a reputation for delivering everything a supervisor or manager needs to know before they make the final hiring decision. It is a bottom line booster.

Bodhih’s workshop on interviewing skills features a special step-by-step process where participants will walk through and learn the entire process of recruitment – planning, interviewing and hiring the right person for the right job.

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The impact of critical thinking to the critical decisions at workplace.

Critical thinking is a process where multiple angles of a situation are considered while responding to a problem. It consists of a careful analysis, application and evaluation of information before taking action.

Critical thinking is a process where multiple angles of a situation are considered while responding to a problem. It consists of a careful analysis, application and evaluation of information before taking action.

A work environment should consider a number of factors that require a careful audit on how to make things better, recognize the reasons for error and take immediate corrective actions. Below are some of the work situations that require critical thinking:

1)  Time Keeping: In today’s hectic work environment, one easily misses out on accessing important information and making critical decisions to success. Important information that requires our notice gets piled up in the inbox and meeting after meeting demands our precious time. People often mistake activity for real progress. One should deeply understand the challenges that become a barrier to efficient working and decision making. Below mentioned are some ways that provide  proven strategies to problem solving:

a) Doing homework and sharing it: Citing the reasons to addressing some tasks on priority and addressing the consequences of delaying them will form the basis for making a strong case. This will clearly explain the pro’s and con’s of the decision at hand. b) Using data to drive decisions: A decision should always be supported with adequate facts and data instead of estimation or guesswork. Lead time can be added to decision cycles to accommodate data capture and trending. We can challenge decisions that materialize without supporting data.

2)  Compliance: A service or product quality is gauged by its quality standards. The service information is analysed for validity and relevance and confirm that it is in compliance with the set standards.  The information at hand will not entertain or rely on assumptions.

3)  Conflict Resolution: Critical thinking looks at a conflict from different viewpoints to get into the root cause. It also considers empathy and self-reflection to analyse the behaviour that has resulted in conflict. Resolving a conflict at workplace requires a critical thinking to find a solution that respects each colleague’s position to arrive at a fair decision.

The knowledge of critical analysis and decision making skills will make a stronger employee and a smarter decision-maker.

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Need For Corporate Training

Organizations have realised that training their employees persistently is the key to excel. Corporate trainers prefer topics such as communication skills, business etiquette, public speaking, presentation skills, and other job-specific functional skills. There is a great need to improve the employees currently and training them is the straightforward answer. Trainers need to possess a natural ease to deliver with confidence while addressing the audience with conviction, create training material relevant to the audience, spontaneity to respond to difficult situations with ease, a good sense of humour, loads of enthusiasm and expertise in the subject matter that is being presented. Conducting training sessions to the participants is only one part of the job, there are many hours of planning and organizing that enable the training sessions to take place and determine their success. Most good trainers also possess indefinable charm that creates magic in a training forum leaving a lasting impact.

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The ‘Social’ Face of Training

I recently read an article about professions that man has pursued over the ages. I can’t say that I was surprised to see that training figured in the list. Or should I say it’s more popular variant- teaching. The need to learn more about the world around us and pass that knowledge along to others is a basic human urge. Training fulfils the need for both human contact and the quest for knowledge. Training has manifested itself in several forms over time and has evolved into what we recognise as training today.

Despite the fact that training is an age old profession, there is no denying that modern age training has a completely different look and feel. One major point of differentiation being the use of technology and social media. As an organisation, we strongly believe that social media is here to stay and that its presence and usage will only increase in the years to come.

We are surprised to see the number of trainers who are still resistant to the use of social media and technology and continue to believe that the age old methods will continue to work. These trainers range from those who are extremely well received in the market to those who are barely known. Let’s look at some of the reasons why a trainer or an independent consultant should tap into the potential of technology and social media.

Who would have thought it possible that people living in different continents could be trained simultaneously , that it was possible to have podcasts and webcasts and that millions of people could hear it at the same point in time. It is inconceivable today that one could train without the use of basic training gear. Even the most of novice of trainers today needs to be familiar with the use of training aids and equipment. The use of even mundane training equipment like the projector has greatly enhanced the quality of training and allowed trainings to become more visual and eventually more effective. No one can deny that it is light years more convenient than using the OHP and preparing material using the OHP sheets. The black board does not even figure in the same league.

However, even the staunchest of technology supporters could not have predicted the extent to which training and trainers will be helped by the use of social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. It takes a few seconds today to let people know about the trainings that you have conducted and even post pictures and videos as the training is happening. If you are seriously considering entering the field of training, posting your demo video on Facebook coupled with updating your profile and information on Linkedin could go a long way in helping you get your foot in the door. You will have to agree that it has reduced the amount of work and effort that one needed to put in order to get a start. The thought of knocking on doors , waiting in office lobbies, getting appointments and getting past personal secretaries and front office personnel is enough to put the fear of God in many and steer them away from ever making the attempt.

The life of young and aspiring trainers has become way easier, thanks to social media. Those that learn to leverage the power and potential of these platforms can be seen and heard by a lot more people than possible before. It is enough to dramatically change the life of a trainer and make the ordinary seem a whole lot better. Can you fathom the use of these platforms in the hands of powerful teachers and trainers like Gandhi and Christ?

This week we focus on how the use of technology and social media has made your life better. Do you use social media on a regular basis and if so how? How do you use technology to market your trainings and get word out there? And more importantly, do you

even believe that there is a place for social media and technology in training?

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Certification Requirements

Training certifications affirm that the holder has an adequate grasp of essential fundamentals at a certain acceptable level. A certification programme equips you with the basic knowledge of how to make presentations effectively, design training courses, conduct a training need analysis, set objectives for a training programme, to deliver training effectively and evaluate the effectiveness of training. It is a great starting point for those relatively new to the field. Corporate training is an elusive art. There is no checklist to follow in order to excel in this profession. You need tremendous confidence in your level of expertise and also in your ability to entertain and educate an audience and make them think. The educational requirements to become a corporate trainer are not completely clear cut and may vary. In most cases you will be expected to have attained a bachelor degree in a relevant subject. Sometimes employers look for a master degree for higher level corporate trainers. For many employers first hand professional experience is just as important as qualifications. Consider trying to get a job as a training assistant or human resources assistant. These positions are less likely to require a degree and will give you invaluable experience.