TEAM BUILDING TRAINING FOR EXCELLENT BUSINESS GROWTH

There’s no doubt that trainings help in developing people which eventually helps in business growth. But what do you think of team building trainings? Do they help in business growth?

I’m sure you’re wondering why I’m asking you this question. When I already said that trainings contribute to business growth, team building trainings should do the same, right? Then why do you think I’m still asking you if team building trainings serve that purpose too?

That’s because, many a time team building training is considered as an outing or a form of recreation for employees taken offsite. In fact, we get a lot of such enquiries where organisations want to conduct team building trainings as a part of their team outings for fun. They actually insist on keeping the debriefs minimal. And hence sometimes team building trainings are not taken very seriously and may be considered as simply a way to have fun.

I, on the other hand, personally feel that team building trainings are the most important one’s for business growth. This is the time when the whole team is together and away from work. They can therefore focus on bonding with each other and build those bonds that will help them back at work.

Yes, fun definitely is a big motive of team building trainings. Fun is what keeps the atmosphere light and creates a space where people enjoy mingling and getting to know each other better. And when they know each other better and bond better, a very different level of trust is created. This results in working together more efficiently, and eventually more productivity and business growth.

How? Because when you trust your team members, you are more open to each other in your ways and thought processes. This reduces conflict big time and you actually enjoy working together. And that’s when you become more productive and an overall happier team.

Team building training provides a platform where teams and team members can get aware of how they operate in and as a team. They can then work on becoming a better team to achieve better results.

So I’m sure you now know why I feel team building trainings should be given highest priority! They do after all serve multiple purposes like effective communication skills, learning, awareness, development, growth, business results, efficient teams, well bonded and motivated teams, better workplace environment and most importantly, fun! Team building training is truly a buffet!

Daily Dose of Leadership Training

Leadership Training or for that matter leadership, is a very broad term and is applicable to everyone, whether it is the watchman of the office, the CEO of a big company, a father or a husband at home. However it is often misunderstood as a term that most people link to leadership positions they hold in the society or in organizations.

So let's understand leadership a little more in depth to be able to know what it actually means.

I would like to share a real life scenario where i experienced leadership capabilities in a fried fish seller recently.

There is a fried fish seller who operates from the road near our office and I eat fried fish every other day from him. His fried fish are fresh and very tasty.

 This particular time that i visited him, he had just come back from a long holiday of over 3 months and I was wondering where he had been. When i asked him, he said that he had taken a break as the fish market is closed for 3 months of the monsoon season. I asked what he was doing for those 3 months and he said he drove an auto riksha for around 8 hours a day during these months.

 The next question I asked him was how he managed his house expenses with this business of fish selling being a part time business, to which he answered that it was difficult and he was just about able to manage. He also said that he was quite happy as he did not want to slog and do additional work like other people in his locality.

The Happy Fisherman

 I wondered what could be the reason behind him not being interested in working harder and making more money for his family and finally landed up asking him. 

His answer was that he had 3 sons and spent a large part of the day in teaching them and ensuring that they get the best of education, love and nurturing. He said that as a part of his efforts his 2 sons were doing very well at school and he wanted them to grow and not be a fish seller like him. If he would have not spent time with his children then they would also have no future like him and would end up on the road. His wife was also at home and ensured she was available for the children and the husband all the time. The family was thus fully focused together in their goal of bringing up their children and giving them the best environment.

 I felt it was great to see the foresight of a father who was illiterate and had no formal education and I felt truly inspired. 

Now this was an example of pure leadership for me, where the father of the house had a larger vision for his family and children. He understood how not to get sucked into the daily routine of life and to keep his vision strong and worked on it day by day. He was also self aware and felt that earning loads of money was not as important as his children’s future.

If you look deeper into this story you can learn some valuable lessons like

• Managing self & time,
• Self sacrifice for others,
• Simplicity of life
• Decision making,
• Long term growth,
• Alignment of vision with actions,
• Team work.

Such examples are all around us at all points of time and there is a lot to learn from them and then experiment and imbibe into our routine life.  In fact it's easier to learn from the little things in life rather than trying to digest big theories!

We, at The Yellow Spot, feel that it all begins with starting to know the Self and learning how to manage the self. Managing the self requires insights into ones thoughts and feelings which leads to greater awareness  and what you get aware of can be more easily changed and most of the time even changes automatically!

It is said by the great mystics that "all change is only possible outside when you get in touch with your inside" and how true it is.

At The Yellow Spot, our leadership training programs focus on helping you to start observing yourself and the way you behave. We firmly believe that no leadership program can be successful unless it is able to bring change inside the individual and hence all our leadership skills training emphasize on the same.

Self Awareness is however also a process. It is not something that happens overnight and requires lots of patience and continuity. We deploy tools like the Gestalt Therapy, NLP, Transactional Analysis, Vipassana and Mindfulness as well as Human Process Labs to catalyse the process.

Our focus is on the whole individual rather than over one aspect of him. Once self awareness is developed, all other skills get easily imbibed. In fact we have to actually make individuals unlearn a lot to be able to start learning and practicing once again!

If you would like to be a part of our Leadership Training workshops, you can get in touch with us and visit our website page at http://www.theyellowspot.com/ for more details about our Leadership Training and other Soft Skills and Behavioural Training.

Leadership Training or Awareness Training!

It’s funny how we sometimes suddenly stumble upon things when we are least expecting it. That’s exactly what happened to me this morning when I woke up. I suddenly realized that everything was about awareness. Here we all were, trying to understand the game of life, trying to get a hold on how to play it right so that we could be happy. We were running behind various things like money, fame and fortune, desperately trying to have good relationships with the people around us, trying to fulfill the many desires we have and trying to learn new skills to feel more fulfilled and satisfied in life.  But was it really helping? Were these things really able to fill the void that all of us feel inside? Was our constant endeavor of being better than the rest actually able to make us happy? Did having a bigger house, pot loads of money, more children or the best education really give us the happiness that we had been looking for? Well momentarily may be, but it certainly didn’t last the lifetime that we would have wanted it to.

What awareness I am talking about. Awareness of what? Awareness of everything is my answer. Awareness of your feelings, awareness of your reactions, awareness of your joys, awareness of your pain, awareness of your thoughts, awareness of your physical sensations, awareness of your movements…In short, awareness of everything that you can possibly think off! When you can do this, it connects you to your source and that’s what I call true Leadership Training. Then you are the king and you can do whatever you feel like, the heart and soul of it and only then can the true leader inside you emerge.

So what is the thing that can fill the pot of the beggar inside each and every one of us? It was simply connecting to ourselves. Connecting to the infinite source within us which could satisfy us endlessly and ensure that we felt abundance in every area of our lives. That source that would never go dry and would wipe out the loneliness that we all feel so very often. Yes, it was the source which could fulfill every desire of yours and ensure that you lived life to the fullest. Am sure you must be curious to know whether I learnt about this source in my dream or whether it really exists! Well, it really does exist and the way to reach it is not some difficult and complicated methodology that you have to practice. It’s the most simple thing that can possibly be, which is why we find it so difficult! Confused? Haven’t you noticed that we all love the most complicated things in life. In fact if we have a simple solution to a problem, we can never even see it as our mind always thinks “it couldn’t be that simple!” Similarly, we have made finding our source also complicated. Some of us pray or chant endlessly for it, some use techniques like Neuro LinguisticProgramming and Hypnotherapy to try to get close to it. However none of us take the time to actually find out what all these methods are trying to do. If you go deeper into each one of them, you will realize that they all have the same foundation. It’s like climbing up a mountain using different difficult methods. What would happen if I told you what the direct method was? It could seem a little steep to you in the initial phase as you are not used to climbing, but believe me, if you can get past the initial resistance, you won’t turn towards any other so called technique. It is after all what all the other methods make you do in disguise, one that is really the root of every method. It’s calledawareness.

Is Leadership Training What You Are Looking For?

Leadership Training is one of the most required yet most ignored arenas in current day training. Why, because leaders unfortunately feel that they know it all and don’t feel the need to be trained. Many of them have risen from the ranks and have gathered a lot of experience over the years. However they tend to forget that learning is a continuous process and that learning something new is what will keep them ahead. The day they feel they know it all will be the day they put an end to their learning which will also mark an end to their growth.

 

So what new can a leader really learn? Well apart from honing his technical skills there is always scope to learn more about yourself and the way you interact with people. After all, you can’t run an organisation without people and if you are unable to handle your people well you really won’t be able to go far no matter how technically sound you are!

 

Let’s look at a facet of Leadership Training which is something that really interests everyone, a thing we all want yet think that it’s only for those who are born with the silver spoon. Let’s talk about Charisma, a coveted yet misunderstood word.

Most people think that charisma is something a leader just has and it’s not something that can be cultivated. Well if you have that thought then there goes your learning and there goes your chance to become a charismatic person!

 

So what is charisma? Am sure you’ll agree that it’s that invisible quality that a person tends to have that attracts people to him or her. Well you are quite right. Can we learn how to be charismatic? The answer is yes. It’s not something that you have to be born with, you can develop it on the way if you’re ready to put in the effort. How? By being yourself. Yes, that’s all it takes! You just have to be comfortable in your skin and you will radiate that energy of comfort which will make others feel comfortable in your presence. So what does that boil down too? It means that all you have to do is learn tricks to feel more comfortable with yourself and tricks to tackle your discomfort. Easy isn’t it? So now you know the secret to turning on the charisma and are most welcome to let us know when you would want us to help you with it. 

Leadership Training to Develop Your Instinct

Are you opting to be a good team leader? Do you want to gain leadership training from the top training companies India? Then you have made the right choice because attaining leadership skills training will enhance your personality and improve your team managing skills. There are certain institutes for leadership skills training Mumbai that offer you to join them and provide you complete training with their advanced courses. The trainings are conducted by the best professionals from around the country who are experts in this field. The trainers will educate you with all the team building methods and practices which are required to run an industry.

 

Ideas for Team Building

The training will guide you through the important factors of team building like communication practices, planning and managing resources, dividing work based on the team member’s abilities, and lots more. A number of debate programs are organized in order to judge your communication skills and body language, which are even a part of the program. Team building practices are practically taught in the training which let you deeply understand the factors.

 

Technically Skilled

Technical programs like computer training, project management training and risk management training are delivered to candidates. With the development of the industrial sector, technology has become a compulsory qualification for every candidate. So getting into the leadership training will require you to learn this too. The progress of work, project analytics and reports will be stored in an online database, and so you need to learn the basic technology skills in order to implement these.

 

So if you are in Mumbai and aiming forward to make a career as a leader then go ahead for the training given on leadership skills. A majority of companies are offering this training to bring perfection in their employees. To build a great team and manage it with responsibility leadership skills training is a must requirement for every candidate.