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You'll be surprised if you have a heart-to-heart talk with the people that you sent for  training .  "Tell me what have you learnt."  They will say, "Nothing much, I learnt those strategies that we may have taken for granted and not used much".  Is this their real answer? What do people really learnt from training?  You'll be shocked to discover the truths: there are 5 main things that people learnt but dare not tell you: They learnt about themselves: their weaknesses, strengths and most importantly, their potential.   Like people learnt that they can do magic: cut a piece of wood with paper.  Many people are frightened with this new discovery: they are afraid that now that they know they can do much more, will they be worked to death to implement the strategies learnt? They learnt about the best practises  that may not be practised in their organization, like having half-yearly dialogue style performance appraisal.  Some are afraid of ...

Many courses teach people to communicate well, have good teamwork and be efficient in their work.  There are many trainers that teach employees to take initiative and how to work smarter, not just harder.  Some bosses requested that employees must be trained to be high contribution employees or they're just a cost, not a value contributor. To train your people to be high contribution employees, you need to equip them with the following skills: How to think the right and only way - value add, not just work Working well as a team , especially coping with colleagues that are slower or faster than you The do's and don'ts of contributing more to your employee Six ways to boost profits or value of your employer:  Increase sales, Lower Cost, Increase Productivity, Improve Cash flow, Reduce risks and Improve Profit Margins Creating Sustainability in your efforts - how to de-stress and re-energize How to Get More Customers and Get Customers to Buy More  without...

Mention 'work hard' and many equate it to be toil, suffer, to be on tenterhooks, sweat, labour, fret, tolerate and even slog.  Truth be told, working hard is a virtue that all successful people have.  I have yet to see a self-made man that has never work hard.  If you want to get rich, you need to work hard.  In fact, working hard is not the same as hardworking, as when you are working hard, you may not realize that you are working hard.  For work has become a joy , and working hard is second nature as you are just fulfilling your calling. If you enjoy your work and work your enjoyment, work is never hard at all and you'll never need to retire.   Understand that work hard is not hard if you work with your hearts. If you find that your work is hard, it's hard for you to work hard. Hard words make work hard (read here for full article).  Heart words make hard work not hard.  A manager's job is to make people work hard, not make pe...

Everyone wants to be a great employee or High Contributing Employee (Course on 26 May 2016 Thur. 2 pm).  Unfortunately, such essential skills are not taught in schools. At Asia Trainers , we teach the following 7 things that all employees should ask before they ask for pay raise: Early in the Morning , ask "What are the one or two things that I can do today to make your work easier?" At end of the Day , ask "Thank you for the teachings today" End of the Month , ask "How's the month's profit?  What one or two things I can do in the next month to make it better?" If your boss is consistently working late , ask "What can I do to help you go home earlier?" When faced with attacks from customers or competitors, ask "What track records we can rely on to turnaround the situation?" At end of the Quarter , ask "What can I do to increase sales, lower costs, improve cash flow, minimize risks, increase productivity and most...