Notice what makes you smile in your professional life – Day 172
Terrified about the British accent when conducting the first international training assignment in London in 2011. Inspire of hectic preparations, upto three weeks before my first international training assignment in London, not even a single participant had confirmed. And in the frenzy of the preparatory conference calls leading up-to the workshop, I struggled to understand […]
Notice what makes you smile in your professional life – Day 171
When you are on a personal visit to a city for just 48 hours, and unexpectedly get to conduct a half day workshop. Imagine being all set to enjoy a wedding of a close family relative. And then one acquaintance insists on conducting a workshop for his private factory members to increase their team spirit. […]
Notice what makes you smile in your professional life – Day 170
Conducting a workshop at the same place where I attended public speaking workshop as a teenager. It was with a lot of nostalgia that I delivered a Communication Skills workshop at the very same venue where 32 years ago, I myself learnt very nervously how to speak on stage in front of a group. Having […]
Notice what makes you smile in your professional life – Day 167
Balancing between two rafts, as all participants get ready to experience the swiftly flowing crazy white water rapids. ‘Hold on tight to the side handles, or else be ready to fall in the fast flowing river water’ these instructions from the local guide still ring in my ears just before the fastest ride on a […]
Notice what makes you smile in your professional life – Day 166
When you lead a team of blindfolded participants down an uneven mountain pathway. Trusting your company workers is one of the foundations for the success of a team. And the context of blind trust was taken to a whole new literal meaning at one of our training workshops. There we were, a whole bunch of […]
Notice what makes you smile in your professional life – Day 164
Playing an informal murder mystery game with participants after the formal session When you stay together for 5.days at a workshop, you are bound to interact informally even after the formal session is over. I remember an outdoor adventure training program for a batch of highly intelligent and enthusiastic new recruits from premier colleges across […]
Notice what makes you smile in your professional life – Day 162
Staying overnight with rural based participants After one of our long training sessions of 5 days, I decided to stay back for another day just to get a feel of the life of the local students. And I was amazed at how sharp they were, despite not being able to converse properly in English! In […]
Notice what makes you smile in your professional life – Day 161
When as a trainer, we also get trained under 3 spiritual gurus together. As a professional trainer, it is also important for us to get trained as well and keep upgrading our own skills. So many times I attend many courses as a participant myself, to understand better what works or what does not work […]
Notice what makes you smile in your professional life – Day 160
When your session has a patriotic touch to it It is a practice to start our training sessions with small introductions by the host dignitaries, but for the first time, the organisers had brought in the national flag. A sense of patriotic pride welled up from within at the sight of our tricolour. Suddenly the […]
Notice what makes you smile in your professional life – Day 158
When one trainer is in awe of and learns lot from another trainer. It is not very often that a trainer gets to observe a fellow trainer in action. But during Kalam Sirs Lead India Train the Trainer workshops, of 9 distinct sessions, taken by different trainers, we all got a chance to observe the […]