A Bespoke Team Skills Programme

Turning Talent into PerformanceImpacting your Business Outcomes

Affiliated to Indian Ex-Defence Service Employees Chamber of Commerce & Industries

Experiential Learning through Outdoor Experiences

An Overview

CORE CONCEPT

Organisations struggle to implement their Strategies and Goals, even with resilient systems and core competencyThat is due to untapped qualities and shortcomings of their

PeopleExternal facilitation increases core effectiveness by developing

personal qualities as well as collaborative teamwork

ExpLODE IS UNIQUE BECAUSE

It uses Experiential Learning which is primarily Kinaesthetic - the best way to assimilate and learn for lifeExperienced Trainers customise the programme

-For specific purposes-For specific Functional groups / Management levels

A 'Learning Clinic' approach to implement values across the hierarchy, module content is customised to match your organisation and hierarchical needs

Experiential Learning through Outdoor Experiences – For Corporate and Industry

ExpLODE programme :-Evolves and maintains a learning attitudeOpens up self exploration and awareness Develops cross-cultural competencePsychologically pushes to overcome barriers arising

from individual comfort zonesSharpens critical thinking to develop self confidence

and initiative for decisive actionCollaboration, Teamwork, Leadership are natural

outcomes

Assimilate Outdoors – Excel Indoors

The programme relies on Experiential Learning outdoors because this immersive learning is for life. It occurs when the environment of learning is continuous, in a temporary community, yet enjoyable and engaging . This fact is supported by cutting edge research.

Experiential Learning programme developed from more than 20 years of learning, experience and proven psychological and training techniques, is delivered through :-

Uprooting participants from known environments and re-rooting them in a temporary community

Away from pulls of daily routine and digital distractions

Continuously present camp or retreat environment works on the subconscious for assimilative learning

Simple communication

Kinaesthetic learning – physical involvement and self analysis comes about in a fun and conducive atmosphere

Deep Learning for lifelong transformation

For Deep Learning - Lectures are not enough

“I hear and I forget I see and I remember

I do andI understand”

the programme can do?

People are the drivers of every organisation. The ExpLODE programme trainers strive to impart life skillsappropriate to each level / functional group in such a way that the final business outcome can bemeasured in terms of Key Qualitative Indicators set for the participants. Well oriented personal growthhelps organisational performance.

Modules are specifically customised by the trainers after client discussion. Given below aremodules indicative of typical training content at different levels

Attitude development for personal excellenceCommunication Skills and Active listeningCritical thinking and problem solvingDeveloping character and ethicsAnger management and handling stressCross-cultural competence

Common modules

the programme can do?

Critical thinking and Judgemental SkillsLeadership - Earning trust and building ‘followership’Mentoring Peer pressure and competitive stressTeamwork and Conflict managementLeading for Organisational Goal and process compliance

Mid Level Management

Collective decision making and pitfallsMentoring leaders for developing organisational character and ethicsAvoiding ‘Turf-wars’ and ‘Silo’ workingApex leadership and applying experience

Senior Management

Initiative and crisis managementPitfalls of Multi-taskingCollaborative working and delegatingGoal setting – A Practical orientationTeamwork and Community living

Executive Level

will it all Happen ?

In Classrooms information is imparted sequentially - simple to complex. Learning isjudged through tests or scores

Makes many things happen together. As in real life

Learning effectiveness is judged from collective achievements

Immersive, Experiential training is conducted typically in an outdoor campor retreat away from the working environment for three days to five days.

Both instructional and interactive methods are employed by the trainers.

Once participants are settled in, task intensity is stepped up andmonitoring / feedback by trainers commence on skill application byparticipants.

Outdoor Activity, Obstacles, Trekking etc may be used for kinaestheticlearning.

Group tasks and problem solving scenarios may be used indoors.

Safety and training value are high priority!

THE LEAD TRAINERS

Mohan has coached and trained hundreds of leaders in a wide variety ofenvironments. His global experience in coaching ‘executive leadership’, alongwith their respective teams, brings unique value and perspective to eachtraining event. Having been a swimmer, rower and an athlete, he understandsthe emotional and motivational needs of achievers and mental impact ofphysical learning.Mohan utilizes a variety of training techniques. He is a big believer in‘experiential learning’. You will find his time with you goes way beyondcognitive learning. Enthusiasm, participation and motivation are all part of hisunique training culture.

Highly energetic and motivational, his sense of humour brings both comfort and power to training events. He is atease with national and international audiences of any size. Mohan presently works as a free-lance trainer. He hasbeen training in both corporate and N.G.O. environments for over 25 years. He is a certified First-Aider iscertified from Rashtriya Life Saving Society.His training and coaching will guide you to practical and sustainable relational success. His experience in theglobal business community gives powerful insights to business leadership in established companies as well asstart up ventures.It is this international experience that gives Mohan his unique communication ability. Mohan is all aboutequipping your corporation for the unparalleled productivity that comes only through ‘relational leadership’ whichsets apart this curriculum.Mohan has worked with GE, Oracle, Netkraft, Red Orange, ECS, Phykon, Bethany International, Anita Methodistschool, KV schools and Alamy to name a few.Mohan is happily married to his wife, Janice, for 10 years. They currently live in the jungles of Charmadi,Karnataka India along with their 4 children.

Mohan Kumar Mob: +91-9048003386 / +91-984554370Email: mohanjanice@gmail.com

Experiential Educator, Behavioural Analyst and Trainer for 25 years

Indrajit brings to this programme 22 years of experience in putting togethertask oriented, effective groups and more than 10 years of mentoring leaders.Coming from a military background Indrajit has grown-up in the outdoorsand soaked up the nuances of the varied cultures of India. An alumnus ofthe National Defence Academy, he was commissioned into the Indian Navyon January 1993. He has a long varied operational experience both at sea aswell as ashore, which include assuming responsibility in Command of twoships, one of them a Cadet training ship of Navy's No1 Training Squadron.He has served on many Indian Naval and Coast Guard ships ranging fromLanding Craft, Patrol Vessels, Corvettes, Destroyers to the Aircraft Carrier.

His experience in building teams of people of various skill level and expertise, from scratch and deliveringresults is vast and varied. His work in the field spans - military operations, humanitarian disaster relief (posttsunami) and community development, operational planning with foreign forces, diplomatic goodwill assignments(UAE, Indian-subcontinent, East and South East Asia), as well as of multi-crore projects implementation pan-India for Defence-Corporate partnerships through combined teams of companies such as Tata Communications,EADS Astrium, Rafael (Israel) to name a few. He plays team sports, along with national level rowing and sailingregattas and understands the advantage of cross training in sports and life.An energetic and jovial people’s person, his focus area is the use of the environment and outdoor terrain to bringabout situations for developing personal excellence and from that cohesive teams to materialise. He is a certifiedFirst Aider and Medicare responder

Indrajit and his wife Rukshana are based in Mumbai.

Cdr Indrajit Pakrasi (RETD)Mob: +91-9869289736Email: indrajit_pakrasi@lycos.com

THE LEAD TRAINERS

Retired Naval Officer, Mentor to leaders, 22 years of building teams that deliver.

END NOTEThe exact aims and duration of outdoor training may be firmed through client expectations

discussions.Activities are made very Safe, Interesting & Interactive.Camp discipline is maintained for forming effective temporary community as also,

participants’ safety and security. In common interest, participant co-operation to trainers isexpected.

Alcohol or other intoxicants are not allowed.The lead trainers are certified in first aid.Clearance to attend the training from a medical practitioner is required.Participants with any particular restricting medical conditions must declare the same to

enable arranging prescribed prior precautions if needed.Wearing of sports shoes and appropriately comfortable clothing is considered necessary for

outdoor activities for ease and safety.

ENJOY, EXPLORE . . . . . . . . . ExpLODE

The ExpLODE personal and team development programme as a whole, along with the logo, is the IntellectualProperty of the lead developers cum trainers mentioned above, no part of this brochure or the program content,is to be reproduced, used, copied, shared or otherwise proliferated by any means whatsoever, in part or whole,without written permission obtained from either of the developers.

The ExpLODE programme is an affiliated leadership training programme with Indian Ex-defence ServiceEmployees Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IESECCI) which is a non-profit organisation, being aregistered Society, as well as a Trust under Society of India Registration Act 1860 and Bombay Public Trust Act1950 respectively. Functioning as a regular chamber of commerce and industry, IESECCI is dedicated to matchthe considerable experience, expertise and work ethics of Indian ex-defence services personnel to therequirements of Public and Private industry or institutions.