The
three day training session was held i.e13th,15th and 17th
July 2015 for MBA-HHM batch 2015-17.
The
sessions were taken by Miss Christine D.Patham who has a vast experience
in marketing with many reputed companies,after which she moved to work as an HRD trainer, which was a
paradigm shift in her career. Here she realised that she wanted to do something
more than just being in a desk job decided
to take her passion as a trainer . The sessions were based on various
topics involving the overall personality development.
July-13th : PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT
AND BRAND YOU!
This
was first session , emphasis was on
Ø Realisation
and increased potential
Ø Credibility,
Ø Enhancing
leadership role
Ø Strengthening
morality
Ø Ethics
for future.
The
elevator pitch concept was the new idea of
introduction we learnt, which helped us define ourselves in 60seconds in a
short and crisp way, which can be used on meeting someone for the first time
and also introduction.
This
tool is well used in interviews where most of the time interview panel start
with OK -
“ So
please tell us some thing about you”
Second emphasis was on basic etiquettes of greeting–
Ø Firm
hand shake,
Ø conversing
in a polite yet confident tone
Ø Pitch
of communication
Ø Warm
smile on our face
Ø All
this can make a lot of difference when we interact with someone.
In the second half she
gave us the activity on imagination –
“Keeping our eyes closed
and imagining the sky.”
After the beautiful
imagination came the surprising meanings behind the visions which gave an insight
to what our basic nature is.
The second activity was
on the type of personality, various
questions were put forward and the results stood for the different types of
personalities according to the human psychology.
July 15th: COMMUNICATION SKILLS,DRESS
SENSE,DINING ETIQUETTES AND STRESS MANAGEMENT.
The second session was
held on 15h July, where we were told the importance of being a good listener
and how we tend to misinterpret things by not paying attention or not being
able to understand what a person says.
The emphasis of a word and how it changes the interpretation of
an entire statement was something to wonder about!
The next topic she spoke
of was the importance of having a good dressing
sense.
Smart managers should not only talk smart but
also look smart.The first impression which is
created is always by what we wear and how we carry ourselves, examples of how
appropriate clothing plays a major role in judging people and it should be according
to the occasion.
Dining etiquettes was
something which was one of the most interesting topics of the day, where she
helped us know the American and British styles of dining using various cutlery
and glasses too.
The second Half was about
stress management where we
were introduced to the terms “eustress”
(positive stress”) and “distress” (negative stress).She explained how
worrying about future and fear of repeating mistakes of the past can result in
stress.We got encouraged for not regretting over the past and learning from
mistakes by getting rid of our weakness.
This was followed by a
series of stress awareness tests which helped us understand the reactions we
give on certain situations and how satisfied we are from our profession and
work.
The day ended with a very
inspiring and indeed heart touching video of Nick Vujicic, who taught us the importance
of life and that we should seize the day with beautiful memories and live each
day with high spirits and joy.
July 17thTIME MANAGEMENT AND TEAM BUILDING.
The third and last day was
on time management when we
had been asked to imagine what we would do if we had Rs.86,400 with us.The
class spent the next 5 minutes fantasizing about the huge amount of money,at
the end of which we got to know that those were the number of seconds we had in
a day and the things we chose to do with the money were the ways we chose to
spend our entire day.A quick realisation of this fact followed a set of tests which
gave us an insight of how much we value time and how we can manage our day
better by changing a few things.
In the second half we
were given the example of Steven
Covey’s “90/10 Principle” which talks about how we can simplify our
life by only changing our reactions to the situations, if not being able to
stop them from happening.
This was followed by
“Steven Covey’s Urgency Index” test which stood by the principle of “First Things First”.
After this she spoke of
the Biorhythm or Biological Clock and said that everyone has their “peaks” and “troughs” of energy
throughout the day.This was followed by a talk on-
Ø Team
building& team work help us understand the importance of team work
Ø One
leader in a team and team member are equally important
Ø Role
of co-ordination- important role in teamwork
Ø Case
study which ended the session.
Sessions like these are
not only been informative, but also interactive where we learnt a lot of things
which may not be a part of our academics, but are essential qualities which
will help us transform fromMBA
graduates into “SMART MANAGERS”.
These are the values
which we need to inculcate in ourselves that will make us responsible and
reliable and through which we will understand how to prioritize things and deal
with situations which will make us stronger and successful in every walk of
life
“Through practicing and adopting them as a way of
life.”
We, batch of MBA-HHM
2015-17 look forward to have more of such sessions which will help us grow
beyond the bounds of our limitations and build our confidence.
A Report By-
Dr.SHWETA SABBERWAL
MBA HHM 2015-17
