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Professional corporate training in Mumbai

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Corporate training is a means of improving the employees' performance, morale and skills, by concentrating on the professional development. Many organizations are implementing different corporate training program, to address specific needs, to promote new working practices, and standards. What is corporate training and why do you we need it? Corporate training has evolved rapidly in recent years to move beyond training just new hires, sales people and leaders. Learning and development professionals and corporate trainers are seen as strategic partners who are critical to the success of their business. Why? Organizations today suffer from a skills gap. And many companies say that it takes 3-5 years to take a seasoned professional and make them productive. This means companies have to train, retrain, and jointly educate employees and managers in order to grow. As millennials take on more responsibility, companies will need to build leadership and communication sk...

5 Common mistakes managers commit during performance review

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Performance reviews at workplace, contrary to other popular practices are very important events for any company who wants to grow efficiently. The review data helps company make critical decisions related to business development, financial planning, recruitment, retention and attrition are the few among them. It is not only essential to have a proper performance management procedure set up but also train and educate the managers on it. This is one of the reasons that most of the successful companies hire OD consultants to overcome these hurdles. Conducting reviews without Employee performance data: In many companies, employee performance review is just an yearly custom and managers is not interested in collecting the data or keep a track of their subordinate’s performance, achievements or activity points through the year. Reviews are useless if there is no information or correct data. Monitoring, tracking and acquiring performance data is an crucial skill managers should ha...

Competency Development Solutions

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Below is a snapshot of our proficiency in different aspects of competency development. Our major expertise lies around leadership, interpersonal effectiveness, Presentation Skills and Interviewing Skills. Defining Competency:  An easy definition of competency is that it is something you need to be able to do well in a specific job role. The term "competence" came into vogue following R.W. White’s 1959 Psychological Review article, “Motivation Reconsidered: The Concept of Competence.” White explains that because people are intrinsically motivated to achieve competence, having competency models enables organizations to tap into our own desire to achieve proficiency. In order to demonstrate competence, workers must be able to perform certain tasks or skills with a required level of proficiency.  A competency is broken down into specific skills or tasks. Next, each skill or task can be described in terms of what it looks like—specific behaviors at differen...

Preventing Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace

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  Defining Sexual Harassment According to the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, “sexual harassment includes one or more of the following unwelcome acts or behavior (whether directly or by implication) namely: • Physical interaction or advances, or • Demand or request for sexual favors, or • Passing sexually colored remarks, or • Showing Sexual content/pornography, or • Any other unwanted physical, oral or non-verbal behavior of a sexual nature.” Types of Sexual Harassment at the Workplace Sexual  harassment at work   manifests itself in different forms – verbal, non-verbal and physical. The fourth category is called “Quid pro quo”. Some examples are:              i. Physical conduct • Physical violence • Rape or attempted rape • Physical contact, e.g. unwelcome touching, patting, stroking, grabbing pinching, hugging • Delaying someone’s route ...