Tips to identify best soft skills training companies in Pune

Pune is steadily become a large corporate base. And to cater to the ever-growing need for manpower training, there are a large number of corporate training companies in Pune. On one hand this variety is great for organisations and gives them a large spread to chose from. On the other hand, it increases confusion. And choosing a good company from the large pool available can become quite a difficult task!

So that’s my topic of discussion today. I’m going to help you understand how to choose a good corporate training company in Pune. I’ll give you some tips that will make that ever so difficult decision a little easier.

Here goes…

1. Experience - Pune has a diverse corporate population. On one hand it is an IT hub and has a number of youngsters who have just entered the corporate world. On the other, it has many factories in and around it which have a large number of blue collared staff. And as we all know, the skill set required off the trainer is very different in both these cases! Therefore, it’s important to go ahead with a corporate training company in Pune that has the experience of handling your audience. Always ask the company whether they have trained ‘such’ type of people before and the approximate number of times. This will help you gauge how capable they would be in handling the specific crowd.

The same applies for the industry. Check which industries the training company has trained for before. If they have trained for your industry before, it will be easy for the trainer to give industry specific examples. This will make the training more relatable to your employees.

2. Location – Try to choose a company that is either based out of Pune or has a local trainer from Pune. This again increases relatability for the participants as the trainer can speak in their local language and cite local examples that participants are aware of.

This also helps in reducing overall costs as the trainer will incur local travel expenses rather than outstation travel along with lodging and boarding.

3. Responsiveness – This is another important one considering the previously seen laid back culture of Pune. Go for a soft skills training company in Pune that is quick to respond, is eager to work and is passionate about what they do. This will help motivate your employees and have an impact on productivity too!

These were some points coming to my mind. I would love to hear some more from our local Puneites😊

5 points to select ideal corporate training company in Pune

Corporate training company 

Pune has been an IT hub for quite sometime now. And has now also become home to a number of other industries. Many national and multinational companies have either established or shifted their base to Pune. This is also the reason why there are many corporate training companies in Pune that are currently on the roll.

If you are a company in Pune and are looking forward to finding a corporate training company for your organisation’s development, you have no dearth of options. In fact, it’s now become difficult to figure out which corporate training company is the best and will be able to cater to your needs! And that’s also probably the reason why you clicked on this article! So today I’m going to try and give you the top 5 things you should look for in a corporate training company before hiring them for fulfilling your training needs.

Here we go…

1.       Experience is important. There are very few corporate training companies in the market that have actually managed to sustain and survive over the years. Therefore, always check how long the company has been in the market. More the time, better will be the experience of having worked with different kinds of clients for different needs. You can ask the company to share the training sessions they have conducted in your sector if that is important for you.

2.       Quality of trainers and consultants. This is really important. At the end of the day, the trainers are the ones who will actually be catering to the developmental needs. Hence, always evaluate the trainers and consultants; their experience and the kind of work they have done in the past. And if you can, speak to some participants the trainer has trained in the past. That should give you some good insights.

3.       Presence across the country. If you have many offices at different locations PAN India, this will be important for you. If the corporate training company also has trainers across the country, it will be beneficial for you. They can provide you with local trainers at each of your offices; which saves travel, lodging and boarding costs. It also gives you a trainer who can speak the local language and connect at a better level with your employees.

4.       Doing a pre-work. Pre work is a necessity. Even if you have done your internal training need analysis, check if the corporate training company will do pre work for the sessions too. It adds a lot of value to the overall intervention. It helps participants connect to examples of their daily interactions at work, which the trainer learns of during the pre-work.

5.       Lastly, the post training support. We all know that in a one or two-day training, creating a vast change is difficult.  Such sessions are therefore more focussed on creating awareness.  Post training support is therefore important to increase retention and tackle challenges that may crop up during implementation. Post training support therefore helps carry forward the learning at the workplace.

Hope this helps you chose a great corporate training company for your organisation!