Turning Talent into Performance

A Bespoke Programme for Educational Institutions

Faculty | Senior Students | Young Adults

An Overview to the Programme

EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING THROUGH OUTDOOR EXPERIENCES

ExpLODE is an immersive, learning programme conducted outdoors, that uses the environment and tasks to facilitate individual and group performance through, Experiential and Transformational Learning.

Quick, long term change in participants' attitude and abilities as individuals and groups may be expected.

ExpLODE arms participants with self-learning skills for replicating these changes to adapt and perform in new situations in life

An Overview to the Programme

CORE CONCEPT

Institutions often struggle to implement their Strategies and Goals, even with resilient systems and core competency.

That is due to untapped qualities and shortcomings of their People. o Administration being out of step with educatorso Educators not synergising with overall aims of Learningo Society does not re-affirm the students’ learnings from institutions

External facilitation increases core effectiveness by developing personal qualities as well as collaborative teamwork.

ExpLODE IS UNIQUE BECAUSE

It is a holistic performance development programme It uses Experiential Learning which is primarily

Kinaesthetic - the best way to teach and learn Experienced Trainers customise the programme –

o For specific purposeso For specific age groups

Provides Options of follow-up or distant support

ExpLODE Evolves and maintains a learning attitude Opens up self exploration and awareness Develops cross-cultural competence Psychologically pushes to overcome barriers

arising from individual comfort zones Sharpens critical thinking to develop self

confidence and initiative for decisive action Collaboration, Teamwork, Leadership

Learn Outdoors – Excel Indoors

Does do?Faculty Admin

orWithin Faculty

ExpLODE brings aboutTeam-work in educatingEarning trustConflict resolution Active listeningCollective decision-making and

pitfallsLeadership responsibilityCross Cultural contactDeveloping group character

Vital building blocks for developing leaders

Does do?

For Students Develops Critical Thinking & FocusCommunication skills Self understanding and esteemHandle stress and peer pressureDeveloping character and ethicsTeamwork and Community livingYouth Leadership

Fundamental skills for young leaders

To develop …

A lifelong “Knowledge Application’ attitude

This Experiential Learning programme developed by the lead trainers with more than 20 years of learning, experience and proven psychological and training techniques, is delivered through :-

Simple communicationAway from pulls of daily routine and digital

distractionsKinaesthetic learning – physical involvement and

self analysisLeads to ‘deep Learning’ for lifelong transformation

For Deep Learning - Classrooms are not enough

“I hear and I forget I see and I remember

I do and I understand”

will it all Happen ?In the Classroom information is imparted sequentially - simple to complex. Learning is judged through tests.

Makes many things happen together ….As in real life

The programme begins with an assessment of the participants in the context of your organisational goals.

Immersive, experiential training is conducted typically in an outdoor camp of three days for faculty and five to Seven days for students.

Both instructional and interactive methods are employed by the trainers to cover the awareness modules.

Once participants are settled in, task or activity intensity is stepped up and monitoring / feedback by trainers commence on skill application by participants, bring them to the goal through self discovery

Safety and training value are high priority!

THE LEAD TRAINERS

Mohan has coached and trained hundreds of leaders in a wide variety of environments. His global experience in coaching ‘executive leadership’, along with their respective teams, brings unique value and perspective to each training event. Mohan utilises experiential and transformational training techniques. He is a big believer in ‘experiential learning’. Enthusiasm, participation and motivation are all part of his unique training culture.

Highly energetic and motivational, his sense of humour brings both comfort and power to training events. He is at ease with national and international audiences of any size. Mohan is the founder of the multifaceted ExpLODE concept. He has been training in Educator training, corporate and N.G.O. environments for over 25 years. He is a certified First-Aider is certified from Rashtriya Life Saving Society.His training and coaching will guide you to practical and sustainable relational success. His experience in the global business community gives powerful insights to business leadership in established companies as well as start up ventures. It is this international experience that gives Mohan his unique ability to convey concepts of ‘relational leadership’ which sets apart this curriculum.Mohan has worked with GE, Oracle, Netkraft, Red Orange, ECS, Phykon, Bethany International, Anita Methodist school, KV schools and Alamy to name a few.Mohan is happily married to his wife, Janice, for 10 years also an ExpLODE trainer. They are currently based in Bangalore and travel extensively for training.

Mohan Kumar Mob: +91-9048003386 / +91-984554370 Email: mohanjanice@gmail.com Experiential Educator, Behavioural Analyst and Trainer for 25

years

Coming from a military background Indrajit has grown-up in the outdoors and soaked up the nuances of the varied cultures of India. His experience in building teams of people of various skill level and expertise, from scratch and delivering results is vast and varied. He is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, a premier institution rightfully called “The cradle for leadership”. Commissioned into the Indian Navy on January 1993, he has a long varied operational experience both at sea as well as ashore, which include assuming responsibility in Command of two ships, one of them a Cadet training ship of Navy's No1 Training Squadron.

As a co-founder, Indrajit brings to this curriculum 22 years of experience in making task oriented effective groups. He effectively passes on his knowledge of excelling in a volatile uncertain, complex, and ambiguous environment that adolecents and young adults are faced with and institutionalised curriculum does not cater to. An energetic and jovial, people’s person, his focus area is the use of the environment and outdoor terrain to bring about situations for developing personal excellence and materialise well adjusted individuals and teams. He is a certified First Aider and Medicare responder This value addition to ExpLODE comes from his excellent career spanning serving on many Indian Naval and Coast Guard ships ranging from Landing Craft, Patrol Vessels, Corvettes, Destroyers to the Aircraft Carrier. His exposure to - military operations, humanitarian disaster relief (post tsunami) and community development, operational planning with foreign forces, diplomatic goodwill assignments (UAE, Indian-subcontinent, East and South East Asia), as well as training of cadets and subordinate officers.

Indrajit and his wife Rukshana are based in Mumbai and he is committed to training anywhere.

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

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

THE LEAD TRAINERS

END NOTEThis programme is suitable for Faculty and Institution administrators, Young Adults in Student to Work transition, as well as students from Higher Secondary Standard to College.Participation of one or more administrative managers with students is beneficial and is recommended.The 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 temporary community as also, participants’ safety and security. In common interest, participant co-operation to trainers is expected. Alcohol or other intoxicants are not allowedThe 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 neededWearing of sports shoes is considered necessary for outdoor activities for ease and safety.

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

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The ExpLODE programme is an affiliated leadership training programme with Indian Ex-defence Service Employees Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IESECCI) which is a non-profit organisation, being a registered Society, as well as a Trust under Society of India Registration Act 1860 and Bombay Public Trust Act 1950 respectively. Functioning as a regular chamber of commerce and industry, IESECCI is dedicated to match the considerable experience, expertise and work ethics of Indian ex-defence services personnel to the requirements of Public and Private industry or institutions.