Strategic Transformational Training Methodology

Robin Paul and Timmy Connors from Breakthrough, participated in a three day Program on Strategic Transformational Training Methodology organized by the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, which featured the Strategic Development of managerial capability being the key element in strategic survival and growth.

The program focused on developing a methodology for putting together strategic transformational training by examining pre-training, through training and post training variables and addressed the following:

• Criteria for identifying partner organizations/trainers for delivering training

• The importance of pre-training diagnostics for capturing organizational felt and unfelt needs to steer the design and delivery as close to the reality confronting managers in fulfilling roles and responsibilities and in producing the desired results

• Review of various approaches to gaining training organization/ trainer sensitization to the client organization’s ecosystem

• Identifying ingredients of training content design which can be re configured into various permutations and combinations to produce the desired learning impact from a strategic transformational perspective

• Gaining understanding of premium training delivery ingredients to enhance training engagement value for participant development as well as to achieve the strategic transformational purpose of the delivery in an integrated flow of the content

• A comprehensive framework for assessing training impact

• A methodology for assessing long term impact and long haul achievement both at the individual level as well as at the organizational level

 

Breakthrough @Camp Revive the first Outbound training and Camp Centre inaugurated in Hosur

 

Breakthrough, in partnership with Esther Enterprises, a renowned property development firm inaugurated an Outbound training and camp centre called Breakthrough @Camp Revive in Hosur.

Krish Dhanam, Global Ambassador, Ziglar Group was part of the inaugural event and addressed members of the NHRD, Hosur Chapter and Junior Chamber International on the topic “The Art of Top Performance”. This was based on the book “Top Performance” by Zig Ziglar which he had co-authored. It was a fitting topic to the inauguration of the centre that will strive to bring the best from teams in corporates, colleges, schools and NGOs.

Hosur is the third Breakthrough centre to be opened. The centre houses challenge courses including Low ropes and a High ropes course and camping facilities which will be used for Outbound training for corporates, colleges, schools and NGO’s. Speaking on the inauguration, Robin Paul, CEO, Breakthrough said “We are excited in entering into the Hosur market. We hope Breakthrough @ camp revive will open doors for corporates, colleges, schools and other groups to experience Outbound training and camping in a fun and impactful way”.

 Camping which is also a key focus of the facility includes a variety of outdoor games like football, Volley ball, paint ball, along with an amphi-theatre and other camping facilities. Speaking on the opening, Francis Selvaraj, CEO, Esther Enterprises, said “The project began with a vision to provide an opportunity for people of all ages to build character through sports and to be better citizens of our nation.  We hope to give opportunities for people to revive, rejoice and rejuvenate”

Breakthrough @Camp Revive will promote a balanced lifestyle at a time when 24/7 work places have invaded the Indian Economic Scene. Due to target oriented work places, people in general have slipped into a highly depressed and inactive lifestyle. Hence, everybody needs a Revival mentally and physically.

Breakthrough affiliated as a Community College

 

Breakthrough is excited to announce its affiliation as a Community College to Martin Luther Christian University, Shillong, Meghalaya. As a Community College, Breakthrough will provide University Certification for its Outbound training programs. Facilitative Learning and Development, Leadership Enhancement, Alignment, Paradigm Shift, Faculty Development Program, The Art of Project Planning are some of the programs offered to colleges, that have been accredited by the University.

Speaking on the affiliation Dr. Vijila Kennedy, Director, KCT Business School who is one of the clients of Breakthrough said, "I have been associated with Breakthrough for over 10 years and every batch of my students have immensely benefited through their powerful and dynamic training. I am delighted that they will be offering University certifications. This is an ideal association since like Breakthrough, MLCU emphasizes Skills and Experiential Learning and real-life expertise needed to pursue gainful and fulfilling careers. I am sure that the certified programs will be a big boon to students and corporate employees”. 

Some of the objectives of the affiliation include enhancing the University’s outreach of its unique educational philosophy and academic objectives and combine the dissemination of academic knowledge and practical training. Commenting on the affiliation, Dr. Glenn C Kharkongor, Pro Chancellor of Martin Luther Christian University said “The collaboration between MLCU and Breakthrough will strengthen both institutions in our joint endeavour to provide relevant and meaningful life learning experiences to the youth we serve.”

 

Robin Paul, CEO Breakthrough said, “Experiential learning is a crucial connect between self, academic and vocational learning. It promotes meaningful and engaged learning by helping students to connect self- understanding to academics and vocational skills”.

 

 

The focus of the community college movement in India was to develop courses that may be offered in collaboration with industrial, commercial and professional service sectors for the promotion of employment and business development. Enhancing Employability and Life-skill development being the key focus of the programs at Breakthrough, will further be structured with the accreditation of its courses.

The Vision of Impacting Lives

Breakthrough’s vision is impacting lives. This vision guides us in our recruitment, facilitation, relationships and even in our day-to-day decision making. Outbound training is the means for us to impact lives. The stories of impact that we hear from our participants is what keeps us going day after day.  

We believe a warm smile translates to create many more smiles. Hence, we practice welcoming each participant with a smile and sweets.

We strive to have one-on-one conversations with participants which builds lasting relationships.  Appreciating participants for each step of involvement during activities is where our ‘connect’ begins when we observe and appreciate.

In addition, to corporate organizations and educational institutions we deem it a privilege to impact the lives of the underprivileged and the differently abled.  This brings us joy that cannot be expressed in words but etched in our memories as days we cherish.

We have seen lives been impacted in the last 14 years. College students have given up drugs to focus on what is most important in life. School children have built their confidence and have grown to be leaders. Corporate organizations have transformed their culture and built teams that work together guided by organizational values and objectives. This is what the Breakthrough team works towards each day, one life and one team at a time. We hope to build that impact in the coming years spreading across the country and abroad.

Breakthrough approved for Podio Sponsorship.

 Breakthrough thanks www.podio.com   for sponsoring us and enhancing the way business at Breakthrough works by giving us easy access to your premium features.

 How Podio is making work easy and productive for team Breakthrough.
 
Podio definitely is the best web-based management platform we've come across so far. It offers anything you would expect from a Project management tool. It has helped us  a great deal in streamlining and tracking important tasks and processes like approvals, discussions and projects while keeping our internal business information secure and preventing things from falling in the cracks. The interface is particularly clean and visually appealing.

Its ability to define workspace with its own set of collaborators and functionalities is particularly valuable to get things done. Podio is also a great tool to share ideas within teams and collect feedback.

Worth mentioning that an impressive amount of apps is available on the Podio app store, that makes Podio even more useful and collaborative.

In all the Breakthrough team is all excited about it and we are sure your team will love to use it also.

Sabanaaz Bali

The Value of Ethical Leadership





Competency Iceberg Model (Spencer & Spencer, 1993)



The word 'ethics' in the business world in India has become increasingly important with leaders from large corporations being seen following short of set societal standards. Studies done by Den Hartog and De Hoogh, 2009 have shown the impact of Ethical leadership on Leadership effectiveness. The impact further trickles down to the rest of the employees in organizations, wherein employees are stimulated to display ethical behaviors. Ethical Leadership is also positively correlated with job satisfaction. Since, ethical leadership in organization involves a number a behaviors researchers have chosen a few behaviors such as transparency, fairness, integrity, role sharing and role clarification in their research.

The Centre for Ethical Leadership, USA defines “Ethical leadership, as knowing your core values and having the courage to live them in all parts of your life in service of the common good.” As individuals core values are based on either religious, cultural or individual orientation. Personal ethics may differ from person to person however, a few behaviours are widely accepted norms.

As the above definition mentions, the difficulty for most people is to have the courage to display ethical behavior when societal or organizational cultures are different. The value in ethical leadership is the legacy one lives and leaves behind for people they interact and work with.  

Ethical character and values are focused largely in training programs held at Breakthrough. Just as the Competency Iceberg model (Spencer & Spencer, 1993) suggests, the part of the iceberg that sinks the ship is the part underneath. Similarly, the aspects within a person, like his values and character is what will help one grow or drag one down.

First Aid Training for the Breakthrough Team

Safety is one the core operating values of Breakthrough and we have focused extensively on certifications and training programs for the team and the organization to maintain high safety standards. 

Breakthrough is also the first Outbound training organization to be certified in the Occupational Health and Safety management system, OHSAS 18001: 2007. It was recently certified in the quality management system ISO 9001: 2008.

Recently, a first aid training workshop was conducted for the team at Breakthrough. A few members have already been certified in first aid. It was a refresher to all the facilitators from both the Bangalore and Coimbatore centers on various aspects of First Aid like CPR, handling injuries, burns, shock etc. 

The program was conducted by the Indian Red Cross Society. First aid is an important safety practice for organizations to have in place. The team at Breakthrough would like to ensure safety for all visiting our campuses and in the society, practicing the Breakthrough policy of SAFETY FIRST, SAFETY LAST and SAFETY INBETWEEN.