Training and Development
Leaders need to create a menu of ‘meaning-making’ activities
Dave Ulrich, Professor at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan and partner at the RBL Group discusses the value of an ‘abundant’ organisation.
Action-reflection-learning
A new training technique emerges in India Inc
When expats alight...
Expats working in India share their transition tales
A grey area in training?
Do senior employees need training?
“The MICE race is here to stay”
An interview with Natasha Tomé, executive director of marketing, Sands China Ltd
The corporate classroom
Despite having years of experience that helped earn the position of a senior executive, some consider it important to retreat back to the basics
The corporate polymaths
Organisations today are encouraging employees to work on multiple areas, in a quest to build cross-functional capabilities. The adage, ‘Jack of all trades, master of none’, may no longer have a...
The “art” of teamwork
Fostering teamwork through different forms of art is fast catching on as a trend in India Inc.
The corporate school
Companies today are increasingly introducing executive education initiatives to increase the knowledge-base and enhance the skill-set of their employees.
Helping companies go 'green'
Green training is a concept that is fast catching up in the professional world today.
Identifying training objectives
Companies that determine the success of a training activity by the number of its participants are bound to be disappointed. Does India Inc harbour a redundant approach towards training?
e-learning gains momentum
Today, e-learning is gaining momentum as an effective employee training tool with boring classroom sessions making their way out.
The training game
While conducting training sessions, a vital question is: how much information is too much?
Get ready for peer-to-peer training
What better way is there to learn than from other’s mistakes? Experts talk about peer-to-peer training, a trend that is fast catching on.
Trained to perfection?
Are high-performing individuals resistant to training and development programmes with the excuse of knowing enough already?
The Just-in-time training
Training methods are also evolving and adapting to the instantaneity of developments today.
Unlearn to learn
When people with diverse experiences and backgrounds bring their different perspectives to the table, shared learning emerges. At this stage, many lessons are learnt and many “unlearnt”! How important...
Cross-cultural training takes a new high
Organisations, in an endeavour to address the need of the growing expat population, are introducing cross-cultural training programmes to make them accustomed to the new work environment.
The peer evaluation
Can peer pressure enhance productivity and improve the work environment? We find out how companies can push their employees to help each other through peer evaluations.
The executive classroom
Aeschylus said, “It is always in season for old men to learn.” Today, executives are living up to that very opinion as executive education is weaving its way into corporate India.
In today's environment, the question is not whether one should do an MBA.It is universally acknowledged that an MBA provides one with the knowledge and skills of various facets of a business – economics, finance,marketing,operations and human resources.
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