May 18, 2011

C2C - MUST FOR MBA & ENGG PERSUANTS

  
Must Do Personality Enrichment Program for MBA & ENGG Persuants


The survey by the Graduate Management Admission Council reveled astounding fact that employers are particularly eager to find MBAs who have been exposed to a wide range of soft skills training, particularly Personality Development & Leadership skills.

 
        






Most people will assume that anyone with a degree in MBA & ENGG any other subject can sails through life smoothly. But, the truth is it’s a competitive world out there and only the strongest and smartest will survive.

Effective communication and interpersonal skills are crucial to increase employment opportunities and to compete successfully in the business environment. The real key to the effectiveness of professionals is their ability to put their domain knowledge into effective practice. In this context, soft skills have a crucial role to play. If future managers know how to deal with people at the emotional level (peers, subordinates, superiors, clients, suppliers, etc.) through Emotional Intelligence (EI), they can build and sustain effective relationships that will result in mutual gain. 

LEAD FIRST has developed well-structured interactive Campus to Corporate program, EMBRACE LEADERSHIP.  It is designed to stimulate & boost the personality development, leadership skills ensuring transformation through effective result-oriented concepts of Management. The program benefits the students, both in their early professional careers and in their social interactions in the business environment. It helps them in building and improving their skills in communication, the effective use of English, business correspondence, presentations, team building, leadership, time management, group discussions, interviews, and inter-personal skills. This training also helps students in career visioning and planning, effective resume writing and dealing with placements.

At the LEAD FIRST this program is imparted through Personality Development. It is conducted in a very informal, interesting, and interactive manner, which gives ample scope for the students to interact with each other and face a wide variety of issues, topics, and situations that they are likely to come across as entry-level managers.  This Program  certainly fine-tune the students’ attitudes, values, beliefs, motivation, desires, feelings, eagerness to learn, willingness to share and embrace new ideas, goal orientation, flexibility, persuasion, futuristic thinking, compassion, diplomacy, and various skill sets of communication, manners, and etiquette so that they will be able to deal with different situations diligently and responsibly.


Objectives of Campus to Corporate program, EMBRACE LEADERSHIP:

By the end of this program, the students should be able to:

Ø  Develop effective communication skills.
Ø  Develop effective presentation skills.
Ø  Conduct effective business correspondence and prepare business reports which produce results.
Ø  Become self-confident individuals by mastering inter-personal skills, team management skills, and leadership skills.
Ø  Develop all-round personalities with a mature outlook to function effectively in different circumstances.
Ø  Develop broad career plans, evaluate the employment market, identify the organizations to get good placement, match the job requirements and skill sets.
Ø  Take part effectively in various selection procedures adopted by the recruiters.


English Proficiency Test
Students shall begin with a preliminary test in the English language to determine their level of competence in the use of English for effective communication both oral and written. The idea is to ensure that students are oriented to understand that a manager’s key job is to be able to express him/her clearly, correctly, and concisely.

Campus 2 Corporate Program “Embrace Leadership" Is conducted through Personality Development In three modules:

Module I
:
Business Communication
Module II
:
Leadership
Module III
:
Vision & Planning

 
Module 1: Business Communication

In this module, students get a chance to learn the nuances of English for business purposes. Business letter writing, memos, reports and e-mails form the core of the Soft Skills Lab. Rigorous training is also given in oral communication through different modules like presentation skills, face-to-face dialogues, telephone etiquette, business and social etiquette, and conversational skills.

This module covers the following attributes:

Business Communication: Communications skills, current English usage, debates, language games, situational dialogues, essay writing, presentations.

Presentation Skills: Preparing for effective presentations, presentation for small groups and large groups, marketing and business presentations.

Business Correspondence: Principles of clear writing, often misused words, applications and requests, positive and negative responses to requests, routine messages, memos, report writing, organizing meetings, preparation of agenda and minutes, business etiquette, telephone etiquette, e-mail etiquette.

Benefits from this Module
The ability to communicate clearly and concisely is an advantage to a promising manager. The students will soon realize that fluency and command over speaking and writing gives them an edge while interacting with people at all levels.

 
Module 2: Leadership

Collection of skills related to personal growth for efficient functioning constitutes the training. Students are made to realize their strengths and weaknesses so that they are able to grasp the true essence of development. They are made to take part in role plays, games, and puzzles that demonstrate the attributes needed for assertiveness, interpersonal relationships, negotiations, time and goal management, leadership skills, and conflict management.

This module covers the following attributes:

Leadership Skills: Concepts of leadership, leadership styles, insights from great leaders.

Team Skills: Team building and leadership, evolution of groups into teams, group dynamics, and emergence of leadership, intra-group dynamics, inter-group dynamics, and conflict management; inter dependency, assessment of team-based projects.

Time Management: Time Management Principles & Laws, prioritization, goal setting, effective time management.

Interpersonal Skills: Negotiations, listening skills, social skills, assertive skills, cross-cultural communications.

Benefits from this Module
Self-awareness programs enhance the students’ personalities. They get to realize that punctuality, goal management, collaborative team skills, and listening skills, are important facets of a well-rounded personality. These soft skills are enormously valued in business organizations. As employment conditions become tougher, potential recruiters look for personal attributes like attitude and values.


Module 3: Vision & Planning

Before the students go through real job interviews, they are made to go through a series of practice sessions on GD and PI. These sessions are videotaped and later played back so that the students can see for themselves if their verbal and non-verbal messages are in synchrony and make for meaningful communication. For the practice sessions in personal interviews, industry experts are invited to be on the interview panels. Feedback is given to the students later for a realistic understanding of industry expectations.

This module covers the following attributes:
 
Selection Process: Overview of selection process, practice of psychological tests, effective resume writing, dealing with placement consultants and headhunters, references – how to get effective references from past and current employers.

Group Discussions: Concepts and Practice.

Interview Techniques: Effective interview techniques, mock interviews, stress interviews, review and feedback.

Benefits from the this Module
All management students aspire to obtain fulfilling and rewarding campus placements. How the students fare in the campus placement interviews depends on how well they are able to internalize the personality development techniques. If they internalize the techniques thoroughly, they have a good chance of getting great placements.
 
Campus 2 Corporate Program “Embrace Leadership®’ Is conducted through Methods:
Self assessment tools, High Interactivity, Mock Interviews, Group discussions, Projects, Presentations, Creative sessions, Role Modeling, Leadership games & plays.

Evaluation
The evaluation of the students takes place on a continuous basis. Active participation in activities, interest displayed by the students in acquiring the necessary attributes and skills and the commitment shown by them to improve in terms of attitudes are the main criteria for evaluation.
 
Course Features
C2C can be effectively tailored according to management institution time and budget line  

Contact
Ph: 040 – 64 55 9000
Mobile: 720 763 6119

Expertise:
Mr. AHMED MAQ – Leader in Leadership Management & Personality Development Education.
For the last Eleven years Mr. MAQ has been developing innovative tools for human potential growth along with a team of researchers, business executives, professionals & entrepreneurs. As an outcome he has created some of the popular personal growth programs in individual and organizational breakthrough. Mr. MAQ is a breakthrough expert on the growing field of Leadership and Personality Development. He has authored and created more than a dozen of training programs for specific industry needs.

Business Strategist: Mr. MAQ is an ardent management professional brings fifteen years of experience in India, Asia, MEA & Europe as a Business executive & entrepreneur in the fields of Marketing, Marketing Communications, Sales & Business Development Strategies, Marketing Consulting and Education. His clients often come from rapid growth or demanding career, life, or business paths. His workshops and seminars are designed in a manner that the participants will be able to design their own blue prints for success and fulfillment in the areas they choose to excel.