Category Archives: TRAINER’S JOURNAL

Learning & Teaching Business with Athwelage Sarath

The knowledge and skill levels of small business owners need to be improved if a country wishes to improve the productivity of its small business sector.        NOTE: Going down memory lane, this is an article first published in the Small … Continue reading

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How is Your Leadership Health?

Have you ever wondered how the quality of leadership is? Do you base it only on your performance and feedback? This Leadership Quiz from Sensei helps diagnose your leadership health with a simple do it yourself self-assessment. Continue reading

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SWOT: Are You Walking Around Naked?

By Nilooka Dissanayake SWOT is a truly useful tool whether you are a one-man (woman) show or a multinational. It is a tool to prevent organisations walking around naked, like the proverbial emperor. SWOT is a truly useful tool whether … Continue reading

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A Fresh Look at Management Tools

By Nilooka Dissanayake, ACMA, MBA (Strathclyde)  “Once your clothes become too old to wear, tear into pieces and use as a hand towel;  once they become too ragged for that, use them to wipe your feet;  when they become really … Continue reading

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EVALUATIONS of The Effective Supervisor Public Seminar

The evaluations I received for a public seminar on The Effective Supervisor conducted on behalf of JASTECA Institute of Management Continue reading

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7 Things to Read Before Choosing a Career

The career you choose has so many implications for your future. What you encourage your kids to do or avoid in terms of careers can affect not just their future incomes, but also their life’s happiness, satisfaction and overall quality. Hence the need to look before you leap. Continue reading

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TRAINER’S JOURNAL: How Happy Are You At Work, Really?

You make your own happiness. Yes, that seems contrary to what you’ve believed all this time. Achieving your full potential is at the heart of happiness at work. 5Cs-contribution, conviction, culture, commitment and confidence-can affect your happiness levels at work. Besides the 5Cs, trust, pride and recognition have an impact on your happiness at work. Continue reading

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TRAINER’S JOURNAL: What I am reading

Here’s what I am reading right now… Continue reading

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Why I Love Training

I love the variety. I specialize in tailoring training content for my audiences. I train in Sinhala and English. And I work with kids, teens and adults from all walks of life. Reading audience moods and pitching at the right level are huge challenges that I love taking on.
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TRAINER’S JOURNAL: How Loving, Learning and Training are Similar

Management and learning theory shows that people learn differently. And over my long training career—spanning two decades—I have had many opportunities to observe this in action; among kids, among youth, among urban micro entrepreneurs, small and medium business operators and their managers, among villagers living in the most rural interiors of the country, among factory workers, office workers, supervisors, executives and senior management types. Continue reading

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