Hi everyone,
I want to know what the future holds for soft skills and behavioral skills trainers. Will there be any changes in the way we currently approach it? Please provide guidance so that we can be prepared for any upcoming changes.
Thanks,
Isha Khanna
From India, New Delhi
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I want to know what the future holds for soft skills and behavioral skills trainers. Will there be any changes in the way we currently approach it? Please provide guidance so that we can be prepared for any upcoming changes.
Thanks,
Isha Khanna
From India, New Delhi
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Dear Isha,
Measuring ROI on soft skills training is a perennial challenge. Concentrate on that factor; everything else is secondary.
The second challenge is that soft skills training is not treated at par with any functional training like sales training or training on purchase and inventory management, etc.
The third challenge for soft skills trainers is the way it is conducted. They concentrate mostly on the methods and tools of the training like games, role plays, etc. Because of this, soft skill trainers are very good at managing the boredom of the participants. Since they manage the boredom, they receive very good feedback. Many training managers ignore the results and concentrate on the feedback alone. This is nothing but missing the wood for the trees.
If you are really serious about bringing change, then you need to insert numerical examples in your training. For learning subjects like finance, purchase, quality, etc., trainers give some numerical examples. This is an inescapable part of the training. Bring in your soft skills training something like this. For example, prepare numerical calculations on teamwork, conflict handling, decision making, etc., and let them calculate it. This is far easier said than done. But then, if you could do it, you would be far different, and then the focus will shift automatically from games to the actual business problems.
I tried creating some numerical examples, but so far, I have not succeeded completely.
Ok...
DVD
Hi everyone,
I want to know what the future of soft skills and behavioral skills trainers will be. Will there be any change in the way we do it today? Please guide so that we can be ready for the change.
Thanks,
Isha Khanna
From India, Bangalore
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8032Measuring ROI on soft skills training is a perennial challenge. Concentrate on that factor; everything else is secondary.
The second challenge is that soft skills training is not treated at par with any functional training like sales training or training on purchase and inventory management, etc.
The third challenge for soft skills trainers is the way it is conducted. They concentrate mostly on the methods and tools of the training like games, role plays, etc. Because of this, soft skill trainers are very good at managing the boredom of the participants. Since they manage the boredom, they receive very good feedback. Many training managers ignore the results and concentrate on the feedback alone. This is nothing but missing the wood for the trees.
If you are really serious about bringing change, then you need to insert numerical examples in your training. For learning subjects like finance, purchase, quality, etc., trainers give some numerical examples. This is an inescapable part of the training. Bring in your soft skills training something like this. For example, prepare numerical calculations on teamwork, conflict handling, decision making, etc., and let them calculate it. This is far easier said than done. But then, if you could do it, you would be far different, and then the focus will shift automatically from games to the actual business problems.
I tried creating some numerical examples, but so far, I have not succeeded completely.
Ok...
DVD
Hi everyone,
I want to know what the future of soft skills and behavioral skills trainers will be. Will there be any change in the way we do it today? Please guide so that we can be ready for the change.
Thanks,
Isha Khanna
From India, Bangalore
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