Employees need more training, more than they have ever needed before because of the changed in process and technologies in the workplace. Now without proper training organization will be facing skill gap. And the situation isn’t going to get any better in future. Because of advances in technology and increasing complexity in organizations, the jobs now a day requires employee changing their way of working quickly because jobs are getting more specialized.
Corporate training has become really essential for the corporates worldwide and these companies are spending handsome amount of money to train their workforce. Modern Human resource management is also highly concerned about how they will develop the employees of the organization. Though training is popular worldwide but in Bangladesh it is neglected by the local corporate except for the MNCs those who are concerned about the development of workforce. Spending on employee development is required for every organization because of several reasons. Local corporates are not aligned with the idea till now but with time many organization is showing their interest in corporate training.

Why training & learning is so important for any business

  Well trained employees are better workers because It is important for the employees to know how to do their jobs correctly.

  Well trained employees often are better at customer service.

  To keep employees on top of trends in the field of business they need to know what is going on and be able to stay up to date, especially in field   that change constantly.

  Employees who are trained feel like they matter. They often are more satisfied with their jobs. They will often stay at their jobs longer because they realize that they really are important to the company.

  When employees realize that continuing learning is available, they realize that there is room for growth in your company. This allows them to work harder so that they can achieve higher standards to get better pay and rank in your company.

  Employee continuing learning is a benefit and can be treated as such. It may be a reason that someone chooses one job over another.

Soft Skill Training

Soft skills, or interpersonal skills, relate to employees’ ability to get along well with others, social graces and communication abilities. Soft skills training for managers and employees is vital to successful collaboration in the workplace. HR managers may interview candidates for a specific job, but emotional intelligence and other types of skills related to getting along with people should always be considered. Some new employees may need soft skills training in particular areas like presentation or communication skills.

What is so great about Soft Skill?

Soft skills are an essential part of finding, attracting, and retaining clients. Highly-developed presentation skills, networking abilities, and etiquette awareness can help you win new clients and gain more work from existing clients. It is something which improves employees’ abilities to resolve conflicts, solve problems, and provide excellent customer service can lead to stronger relationships with colleagues, vendors, and other professional contacts. Ultimately, strong soft skills can help anyone to gain confidence.

Soft Skill Development in Bangladesh

There are several organizations that host events that range from one-day workshops to three-month long interactive programs to help people develop these skills so they can lead better and more successful lives. BYLC arranges workshops and programs that help its participants develop soft skills associated with leadership. They do this by a range of different methods such as imparting related knowledge in classrooms, simulating problem-solving scenarios, having the participants practice specific skills like public speaking, even actually having them go out into the real world to launch a venture that solves a social problem.

Don Sumdany Facilitation also offer wide range of training facility specially focusing on the soft skill training. He trained more than 2,500 people with his innovative training module and each month on average he trains more than 300 people from different corporates. They have 180 videos on YouTube on different topics mostly on the feedbacks from corporates about the training programs offered by Don Sumdany Facilitation.
Another organization which is working on corporate development in Bangladesh is Sapien. They design and deliver the most advanced level training programs. Their training programs are customized and exclusive for each industry. Their programs & solutions designed around specific business goals using a foundation of research and insights across technologies, management, and industries as well as expertise across practice areas that span strategy, finance, sales & marketing, business measurement, management and innovation.

Many of the corporates are reluctant about development of employee. Specially the local corporates. To increase the efficiency level of the employee, corporate should be focused on enriching the knowledge and skillset of the employees. Because without having proper resource for each function, it is not possible for any organization to ensure efficiency. Though training culture is limited in Bangladesh, good thing is multinational companies are training their employee and gradually many of the local corporates are also following that trend. To provide a better insight about the training and development sector of Bangladesh MBR team took interview of Golam Sumdani Don of Don Sumdany Facilitation and Mohammad Saif Noman Khan from Sapien.