Experience Economy by VETTA Communication

Re-Imaging & Re-creating your Management Team

June 5, 2018 by Lionel Leave a Comment

Where do you go to when you want a training intervention to stimulate and ignite your management team to really communicate? VETTA Communication, of course.

VETTA Communication is more than just another training company. We’re a dynamic business that services the specific training and development needs of small, medium and large businesses. Our wide range of training programmes presented on diverse platforms, have a strong focus on experiential value, sustainability and leave teams to really address deep issues.

Management is a complex balancing act, with most managers wearing several hats. They need to often operate as salespeople, coaches, mentors, disciplinarians, referees with a host of additional roles. Today’s companies require strong, competent and compassionate leaders if they plan to survive.

We have had some great results working with clients like Kumon, who approached us earlier this year to conduct training for their national management team. Our task was to address some pertinent issues affecting their performance and communication. In addition, the regular change of senior management from Japan requires the management team to continuously adapt to new ways of thinking and working.

Instead of running a typical management programme with Kumon, we explored their values, what they stand for and what has been preventing them from communicating better and working together as a team.

Our approach is to delve into the root cause of your management team’s challenges, cutting through jargon and recreating innovative interventions with lasting results in both your team’s work and personal lives. In this way, a company benefits from our holistic approach to addressing underlying values and re-imagining an effective approach to management.

The VETTA Communication team has received some astounding feedback.

Manager’s Feedback from Bryony Rochat: “I just wanted to say thank you so much for the two days you spent with us. It gave me a moment in time to actually stop, think, challenge myself and regroup. It was so needed for all of us. The preparation and work you did to understand the current situation first, made the training top-notch and really valuable and useful.

I hope we all are able to take some steps forward in balancing ourselves out a little. I really appreciate your challenging (and refreshing) honesty and input.”

Based on VETTA Communication’s successful outcome with Kumon’s management team, we have been contracted to present various workshops on a range of different topics that will further enhance the balance within their various teams.

In today’s competitive world of management, strong compassionate leaders are required to drive your organisation’s profitability. Our Mission is to uplift your workforce at all levels by converting any fear of training into an unforgettable, holistic, practical, real-to-every day working life rewarding experience. At VETTA Communication we change mind-sets as a stepping stone to growth.

Contact us today for a training experience with depth and reality.

The Seven Laws of Attraction

May 16, 2018 by Lionel Leave a Comment

The Law of Manifestation

Consciousness is always a choice. It’s the choice to bring your awareness to the present moment, the decision to see and prioritise that which is truly important, that which is genuinely honouring and the value enhancing in your life. Out constant question must be: “What am I focusing my consciousness on right now? Then the question that follows is: “What might this consciousness be creating for me?

The Law of Magnetism

We can only attract the same kind of energy that we put out ourselves. The Universe is filled with vibration that scientists call “strings” of energy. It moves within us from and all around us literally all the time, whether we are aware of it or not. Each of us is a part of a vast exchange and expansion of this force that takes place in the Universe every moment of every day.

The Law of Pure Desire (or Unwavering Desire)

When you’re driven by pure intention, free of fear, doubt and desperation you can be certain of a beneficial outcome. For your wishes to be pure you must genuinely believe that you are worthy of what you want.

The Law of Paradoxical Intent (or Delicate Balance)

Desperation creates the Paradox, in warning that you’ll get a return of your negative energy, if you’re desperate to make things happen. That repulsive vibration will push it away, turning away the very people and situations that might bring your desired outcome. You are bound to push away the very thing that you’re desperate to have. Think about the appreciation that you’ll have to the fruition of your goals and choose to feel the gratitude for what you have in your life right now. You can get what you want by knowing that you don’t need it to be happy.

The Law of Harmony (or Synchronization)

When you consciously choose to create balance and align yourself with the Universe, your intention and energy open the floodgates of Universal abundance, giving you access to all the insights, power and blessings the world has to offer. Align your energy with yourself, with others and with the Universal flow.

The Law of Right Action (or Conscious Action)

Your energy is self-perpetuating in the world. Value, honour and dignity will increase in your life to the same degree that you promote them in the environment around you. On the other hand, if your actions work to dear down the value, honour or dignity of other, then that destruction will return to you according to this principle. There is one core question you must ask yourself about every choice, and that question is: “Is this honouring to myself and others?”

The Law of Expanding Influence (or Universal Influence)

Energy expands in the world and has influence in your personal arena and in the world at large. You can and do have an impact on everything, from the productivity of your company and the harmony of your family, all the way to the peace of the world!

The power of your own personal vibration becomes global by virtue of the law. When you choose to live with reverence in your heart and direct it towards those around you, that positive energy spreads to all your circles of influence and eventually, your intention for harmony expands in the consciousness of every human being. Every thought and every deed plants a new seed in the garden of our destiny.

Are you helping your office staff get ahead?

May 14, 2018 by Lionel Leave a Comment

They form the backbone of all organisations and companies. They are all too often unseen, working hard in the background, making life easy for everyone working in your company. In fact, they are key to your company’s success. I’m talking about the women and men who make your tea and who perform essential general office tasks.

While your management team make important decisions, these key players work tirelessly to deliver the best possible support to everyone in the organisation. They too have obstacles and issues. Like all of us.

At VETTA Communication, we understand their challenges. We don’t just see ourselves as a training company. We’re a dynamic organisation, servicing specific training and development needs of small, medium and large businesses. You can choose from a wide selection of leading-edge workshops and products, with a strong focus on experiential value, sustainability and return-on-investment.

We cover a wide range of ‘essential skills’, accredited and non-accredited workshops and learnerships and have been doing so for more than 18 years. In a nutshell, we are in the business of maximising and sustaining the value of your human resources.

Training Workshops Offered

At Vetta Communication, our team runs successful half-day, practical workshops for your key people. Our workshops emphasise the important requirements needed for these positions, coupled with motivation, portraying the correct image and attitude.

The primary focus of these hands-on learning sessions is to share basic communication skills, stock control, cleaning, time management and problem-solving.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, your staff will learn how to:

Serve visitors at reception, to management, for staff and in the boardroom
Set up basic functions/meetings in the boardroom
Make a positive impression and uphold the image of your company
Plan and schedule daily tasks for serving and cleaning offices, bathrooms, boardrooms and the kitchen
Manage stock effectively
Complete supportive administrative duties
Basic life skills

We have enjoyed some tremendous feedback from all those who have attended this practical, hands-on experience. This is some of the feedback we received from a recent workshop we presented at Abacus,

“I would like to thank VETTA for making time to come and train our ladies on sight. As there were a lot of issues with the ladies working together, it was absolutely ideal for them to have the workshop together.

VETTA’S facilitator was absolutely the correct person to facilitate this session.

We would be delighted to discuss your training needs. We offer workshops in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban. Call Us Today and enrich the lives of your employees.

Health and Wellness in the Workplace

June 21, 2016 by VETTA Communication (Pty) Ltd 2 Comments

There are never enough hours in the day and we are under increasingly more and more stress. The pressure is always on to perform at our best, but many of us are unaware of the serious affect this has on our bodies. As the stress levels rise, the immune system lowers along with our health and productivity.

Corporate Wellness is an investment in the physical and mental health of employees by creating a healthier, happier and more relaxed environment. Corporate wellness can improve the overall productivity, health and morale of staff, while reducing stress levels in the workplace.

How do you implement your program?

Step 1: Take ownership and leadership and get support from the “top”.

Have someone who is interested in taking on the role and being the contact point of the program. It may be a joint committee from labour and management or someone who wants to take interest in leading the project.

Step 2: Get support from everyone.

Talk to as many people or groups as you can. Other people, who can help, if they are not involved already.

Step 3: Acknowledge current or informal activities and collect baseline data.

There may be groups already established in many companies and may help you form a basis for your workplace active living program. Acknowledging these existing activities (for example, a group of people going for walks together at lunch) may encourage new ideas for your program, like a ‘walker’s mileage club’. Where everyone is encouraged to walk a little, but awarded with a points system that over a certain period those are awarded or acknowledged when attaining the most points.

Step 4: Identify the key needs and expectations of the workplace.

You want to find out the employees:

Needs,
Attitudes, and
Preferences

Step 5: Develop a detailed plan.

Based on steps one to four:

Identify what needs to be done.
Prioritize these needs.
Set realistic targets and timelines. Have both short-term and long-term goals.
Plan how and when the program will be initiated.
Plan how to maintain interest.
Know what resources you need for each step (time, money, people, etc.).

Step 6: Put your plan into action.

Communicate your program to everyone by promoting it.

Step 7: Monitor, evaluate and maintain the program.

Now it is time to monitor progress and track results of your program. Always know that there is room for change and improvement for both short-term and long-term goals.

Why invest in staff training? What’s in it for the Company or me?

June 8, 2016 by VETTA Communication (Pty) Ltd Leave a Comment

Why invest in staff training? What’s in it for the Company or me?
Written by Ornella Bourgeois

As a company owner for the past 17 years I used to ask myself the same question in my early managerial days. It’s only now in my experienced years that I feel I can answer this in a genuine and mature manner.

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In the beginning I would detest the fact that when some of my staff were trained they would up and leave for greener pastures. I would ask myself, “Why did I bother?” “Why did I waste my monies on someone that didn’t appreciate the training, by staying with the company?” “Now I have to train someone else all over again.” and so on and so on.

Well, the answer quite simply lies in the fact that each and every person you employ does already come with a set of qualities and skills they learnt from someone else. Even if it’s a student, he or she has learnt certain things from their parents or teachers which will add value to you in your company. Sure, there may be a lot more that you will have to train them on but this brings me to the bigger picture. We constantly speak about intellectual copyright etc. etc. which does have it’s place make no mistake but in the bigger scheme of things how wonderful is it, to be part of someone else’s learning and see them improve on their skills and carve a better future for themselves and their family. We are all so caught up in copyrighting everything, even information that is generic and we feel that it is our right and due that if we have trained someone that they should be indebted to us forever.

If you have staff constantly leaving you once they’ve been trained the problem lies not in the training but in other motivational aspects within the company i.e. salary, working environment, management techniques, etc. etc.

Think about a plant in nature, does it matter who waters it daily? As long as it is watered and becomes a beautiful tree one day that will give shade and make a difference in its environment for generations to come.

So, why invest in staff training?

Trained staff = company staff retention and morale becomes high

Staff happy = happy customers

Well trained staff = less supervision required

Trained workforce = more efficient, skilled and increased productivity

Training = backs up company objectives

Training = increases cross-cultural awareness

Training = your company is not ‘left behind’

Training = sets your company apart from your competitors

Training = fills the necessary skills gap and you do your bit to aid the economy

All the above lead to positive outcomes for you as the manager and the company as a whole.