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þ Training Services   þ Training Program style:   Our Nobel Mantrich training programs are designed and taught by accredited trainers who are impassioned experts with outstanding credentials and leading authorities in their respective fields. As board members, consultants, field researchers, and entrepreneurs themselves, they have an immeasurable wealth of real-world expertise. They also are recognised experts in family business, strategy, global marketing, services marketing and strategic marketing issues—and maintain relationships with leading companies and industry leaders around the world. Nobel Mantrich Trainers possess rare insight into owning and running a business because most of them have been through the experience themselves. And, all have been carefully chosen for their proven abilities to work with company owners and CEOs. As a participant, you have the opportunity to draw upon their experience and discuss relevant topics with them in-depth. Nobel Mantrich leverages their business expertise and field-based research to create new knowledge and enduring concepts that shape the practice of management. The result is a trainer and facilitator that exposes participants to uniquely different perspectives and challenges their thinking on multiple levels. Linking Theory to Practice We must take more seriously the growing evidence that real learning is ultimately an interactive process between people that occurs at the place of practice, such as at the place of work. Ideas are not enough. Until those ideas are embedded in the daily routines of participants they have not really been "learned." And the evidence is mounting that this final embedding occurs best "on the job" so to speak and in the actual social context in which work is done. The fact that our Nobel Mantrich programs are designed to be followed whilst still retaining employment and leadership responsibilities contributes significantly to this “embedding”. In a sense, one can say that this close interrelationship between practice and theory is THE fundamental way of learning and mentoring. Rather than being an option in career development, it is a necessity. Up | Down | Top | Bottom     Read More on: Practical Training Practical Training              Close Box 1 It is very important that for management concepts to be effective for the manager and leader, they must be expressed in terms that are understandable and usable. Part of the criticism of management training is that many of the approaches and tools taught are out of touch with the local context and local reality in which the course is taught and that most people cannot begin to apply them to their job situations. Embedding Knowledge, Practice & Attitude Embedding of Knowledge, Practice and Attitude                     Close Box 2   It was once said that if you want to teach people the skills of management, marketing and strategy, don't bother trying to teach them. Instead, give them a tool, the use of which will lead to new ways of managing and leading. However, with no underlying theory, we may not always appreciate the limitations of a tool, or even its counter productiveness if used inappropriately. A case in point which we have met in many private and public companies is the implementation of quality management systems, performance appraisals, training programmes, IT systems, quality awareness seminars, job descriptions, marketing promotions, employee suggestions schemes and employee incentive programmes, among others. We have seen many companies implement these tools, systems and initiatives without addressing carefully, openly and systematically the real issues facing their organisations. In the process, one would be throwing huge amounts of money down the drain and worse still, eroding the confidence of employees for any new groundbreaking market penetration initiatives. Customising & Localising Customising and Localising                                   Close Box 3   In our rush to solve practical problems, we may grab at ready made solutions that neither address the fundamental causes of a problem, nor stretch our thinking in important new directions. To avoid this occurrence, it is necessary to avoid standardisation of teaching and to adapt learning as much as possible to the needs of participants by means of real, relevant and local examples, workshops and case studies that participants can relate to. In this way, they will be able to apply the knowledge learnt to their local situation and translate new ideas into new practices at their workplace. We know that genuine learning occurs when we can do things we could not do before. The skills and capabilities required in building an effective strategy are unusual because they affect managers and leaders deeply not only in terms of their competence but also in terms of their mind set and their relationships with others. They are not skills of specialisation, like learning “financial accounting for executives". They inevitably lead to new awareness because they bring about deep shifts in how Leaders think and interact. In this context, family business management, strategy, global marketing and services marketing are key disciplines that form the foundations of a proactive organisation. Nobel Mantrich training programs call for a high level of delegate participation. The primary feature of these programs is analysis and discussion of real-life examples involving practical top decision making. The trainers  supplement the casework with frameworks for decision analysis and summaries of key material. Formal lectures are normally avoided. Sessions are supported with extensive material for subsequent self-study but the priority throughout is on discussion and the exchange of ideas. On these programs, there is extensive syndicate group analysis of practical problems. The trainer helps participants to apply the lessons of the program to their own organisation, and encourage the sharing of experiences with peer group members. Participants are advised to remain free of outside responsibilities during their stay on such programme. Within this removed, charged, and challenging setting, you are free to totally focus on what really drives your business and its success—you. Experiential learning is what we promote. Therefore climate is important. Operating norms are mutually developed during the first session. We also take stock of the participants’ individual goals regarding the course. To establish a baseline, we have each member define the topic as they currently understand it. This is reviewed at the termination of the program and becomes one of the measures of learning. These “Active Learning” methods have repeatedly demonstrated increased critical thinking skills, positive relationships, deeper level understanding, and much more. In addition, most participants enjoy the active role they play in the session, have fun in the process, learn more, take responsibility for their own learning and the learning of others, and develop meaningful friendships which encourage and motivate them in their daily work and in their personal lives. The Nobel Mantrich Institute approach to management learning outlined here provides a lively and stimulating mix of material which encourages participants to think, reflect and apply, as well as to learn.

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