CREATING A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT TO ASSESS AND DEVELOP YOUR PEOPLE NEEDS

An R&M Associates Group Company
#587, 1st Cross, 3rd Block, Sarjapur Road, Koramangala, Bengaluru 560 034
Phone: 080-25537458/59/60 Website: www.metisindia.com
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CREATING A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT TO ASSESS AND DEVELOP YOUR PEOPLE NEEDS
As a performance management consulting firm that is focused on helping organizations achieve their business objectives, Metis has equipped itself with L&D solutions that are aimed at addressing any performance gaps that may hinder the achievement of organizational goals. Learning and Development Programs at Metis 1. Flagship programs
Our flagship programs are repetitive interventions spread across an extended duration in time to ensure the required performance gaps are addressed. Starting off with a pre-assessment to understand what the gaps are and how they hinder the achievement of business goals, Metis then designs its learning interventions by taking into account the most applicable and relevant business cases from within the organization. The long term repetitive interventions allow for tracking of the progress and incorporation of edits to ensure that the necessary changes are imbibed by the target participants at the end of the program. Some of the flagship interventions we have successfully delivered in the past include Management Development Programs, Train the trainer etc. We also conduct Project management training programs and Business English Certification program as a part of our flagship offerings. 2. Experiential Learning Programs
Experiential programs are yet another set of effective tools in the Metis toolkit that help organizations address performance gaps that obstruct the achievement of their business goals. Our two programs with a highly experiential slant are the theatre based programs and outbound programs. Theatre Based Programs
A creative approach to experiential learning, applied theater is used by Metis to effect the essential first stage of behavioral transformation in participants (the transpose phase); to bring about the inner realization for the need to change. While a transformation can be realized only through repetitive long term interactions with the target participants, applied theater has proven to be a great mechanism for getting to the transpose phase in a short time span. Each theater program shall
be completely customized to address your specific needs.
Metis Theater based program

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Theatre as a tool for learning intervention helps in transposing people to a different environment to experience the aspects of competencies to be enhanced. The participants, through a process of experiential learning, will enjoy the ‘experience’ of exhibiting potential talent to achieve the desired goals. The constitution of teams for the workshop will be designed to cut across roles & responsibilities to aid perspective broadening and empathy building at work. During the process of experiencing the different facets of theatre, the
functional requirements of work dynamics will facilitate and in fact enforce a need for greater development of competencies. Theater programs provide unmatched opportunities to address many work related issues by way of “living” the experience. Culling from the theatrical experience and translating it to the workplace is addressed through an extensive and in depth debriefing during which the pedagogical concepts of the competencies shall be linked to the actual theatrical experience through a process of conformal mapping. Thus, the Metis theater based programs have an unmatched effect of accelerating the change process in participants.
Sustainable change: While the Metis theater program is possibly the most effective method to transpose an individual to acknowledge the need for a change, we sincerely believe that the Metis coaching programs would complete the loop in effecting the desired transformation in individuals.
We, at Metis, are driven by the passion to bring about this kind of transformation in both the learner and your organization.
Metis Theater based program

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Outbound Programs With outbound programs too, Metis serves to plug any performance issues within an organization to ensure maximum performance and therefore the attainment of organizational goals. Filled with fun and adventure activities, our outbound programs help develop, sharpen and fine-tune behavioral skills. Interactive sessions, creative activities and nature trails bring out dormant skills like leadership and teaming that one possesses innately.
Benefits of our experiential programs
 Participants experience the learning
 Has a great recall rate since it creates memorable experiences for participants. Thus, the program enables participants to reflect on the subject area for longer than they perhaps would have done had they been listening to a speaker
 Individuals are more willing to participate, as applied art revolves around a fictitious situation, has an element of fun, and therefore is less personal
 A great medium for participants to discuss their perspectives and reach a common ground
 A great mechanism for participants to initiate a discussion about their key issues & concerns. 3. Interactive Learning Programs
Interactive programs at Metis enable organizations to address performance issues that obstruct the attainment of business goals. The interactive programs are designed using scientifically proven techniques to ensure that organizations derive a return on their investment. Having the right mix of Kinesthetic, visual and auditory elements as well as content that is designed from the needs ascertained during the pre-assessment, these programs are focused towards ensuring that organizations optimize their people performance and achieve their business objectives.
Some of the interactive programs that Metis has successfully delivered in the past include Team Development, Time Management, Critical & Logical Thinking, People Management Skills, Influencing & Negotiation Skills,
A unique experiential program for goal alignment from Metis

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Analytical Skills, Customer Centricity, Planning & Organizing, Induction Program, Campus to Corporate Program, Interviewing Skills, Presentation Skills, Stress Management, Cultural Sensitivity among others. 4. Bite Size Learning
With a view to maximize people performance without incurring a huge opportunity cost (lost work time), Metis has designed its bite size programs to ensure learning in smaller capsules of 2 hours to 4 hours for the employee at either On-site or Off-site. Furthermore, a shorter duration helps in channelizing the focus of the learner thus making the learning experience more effective. Critical Factors for opting for Bite Size Programs
 To address learning towards specific areas of development
 To design a training solution that is time-efficient and cost effective for the organization
 To ensure training is specialized and of a high quality, relevant and practical
Value Proposition for the Organization:
 Less disruptive to Work and easier to fit into a normal working day or a Weekend
 Cost savings of up to 50% in comparison to Normal Training Experience
 Eliminates information overload – “Don’t Bite off more than you can chew”
 Research shows that people learn and remember more if they learn a bit at a time over a long period (distributed learning)
Value Proposition for the Learner:
 It’s easier to offer a broad range of Learning Capsules, so that people can pick the subjects that are relevant to them personally
 Shorter & Specialize structure of the courses give employees the ability to focus effectively.
 By keeping it short and sweet, people are given a glimpse of what is on offer, and may be encouraged to take their learning further, outside of work 5. Coaching and Mentoring With over 2,000 man hours of coaching & mentoring CEO’s and Senior Managers, Metis believes that this learning intervention is a very powerful tool to address any gaps in individuals that may prevent the organization to reach its business objectives. Based on One-One Developmental discussions, our coaching & mentoring programs are designed to enable both the individual as well as the organization to achieve their full potential. Our Coaching and Mentoring Programs have the following characteristics:
 The Program is based on One-to-One developmental discussions.
 People are provided with feedback on both their strengths and weaknesses.
 The Programs are time-bound with a relatively short-term activity for Personality Development, except in executive coaching, which tends to have a longer timeframe.
 We adopt essentially a non-directive form of development.
 The Focus is on improving performance and developing/enhancing individuals’ skills.

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 The Program addresses a wide range of Issues and Areas towards achieving both organizational and individual goals. 6. e-Learning & m-learning
Metis specializes in the creation of e-learning and m-learning modules for organizations. With a view to ease deployment and increase access to learning modules, Metis offers these modules in 5 / 10 / 20 / 40 / 60 minute durations. These modules can be deployed either on a proprietary SCORM compliant LMS or by way of HTML files on the intranet / internet. Some of the competencies that we address with these modules are:
 Behavioral Competencies
 Leadership & Managerial Development Competencies, and
 Functional Competency Development Areas
While Metis has strong expertise in the creation of content as well, it also offers the development these modules with the content given by organizations. A typical e-learning module:
An m-learning module:
Interactive Elements at Play
 Voice Over
 Background Music – Corporate themes
 Interactivity: Games; Quizes; Cases for Learning Effectiveness
 Assessment through the Module leading to Certification of Completion
 High Business Relevance: Cases and Business Scenarios from the Organization

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Content Creation Approach
 Story telling: Character driven learning for behavioral skills and new concepts
 Scenario Based: Interactive learning with strategic thinking and problem solving from the learner
 Toolkit: Learning independent pieces of information in the same Category without any logical sequence
Development Methodology
 Derived from ADDIE Model and follows AGILE Principles
 Iterative Design and Development Model
o Preparation Phase – In Collaboration with Leadership and Operations to outline the Objectives
o Collection of Collateral – Audience Profile, Business Cases, Pictures and Videos from the Organization’s Repository
o Design of Storyboards and shared for review and feedback
o Development of Prototype for review and feedback
o Deployment of Authored Module in the final Iteration.
Generic process framework for our L&D The diagram below encapsulates the generic process that we adopt vis-à-vis our learning & development interventions.

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De-briefing Session
As our primary objective is to help maximize the people performance within an organization, we hold an elaborate de-briefing session at the end of all our engagements. We address the challenges that may have surfaced during the program, encourage the formulation of an action plan among the participants to address the identified challenges, share recommendations based on our observations of the group with the organization among others.
SUMMARY As a performance management consulting company with over 4 decades of proven expertise, Metis strongly believes that Learning & Development is a potent tool that organizations should use effectively to maximize their people performance. All the programs that Metis offers, be it Flagship programs, experential programs, interactive programs, bite sized programs, coaching & mentoring, e-learning or m-learning modules are aimed towards one objective and one objective only – How do we help you achieve your business objectives? Think People, Think Metis!
Metis Debriefing Session

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