Employee training and development and coaching programmes are critical to the success of organisations all around the world. These programmes not only provide an opportunity for employees to develop their abilities, but also allow companies to increase employee productivity and improve corporate culture. Employee development is the on-going endeavour to improve job performance through methods such as coaching, training sessions, and mentorship.
Training Ladder is a human potential development company that offers transforming learning experiences to leaders, teams, people, and organisations. Contextual and customised learning engagement for organisations provided by the company include blended learning programmes that include modalities such as lab sessions after VILT or classroom training, coaching and mentoring, to engage a diverse range of learners and provide effective learning engagement, practise, and reinforcement opportunities.
The Brains behind Training Ladder Consultants
Ananya Pathak founded Training Ladder Consultants in 2016 after realising the increasing need for learning and development. She founded the organisation to assist professionals in realising their full potential, to build inspirational teams and leaders, and to be a part of an organization’s success story.
Ananya is a certified Brain-Based Coach with over 15 years of experience in organisational development through impactful workshops that focus on developing strong and inspiring leaders and teams, emotional intelligence, behavioural competencies, oral and written business communication skills, and so on.
She is certified by MIT Sloan School of Management in driving organisational change and also carries certifications in Emotional Intelligence, psychometric tests and is a DiSC Consultants.
Kannan Arumugam is the Principal Consultants and Learning and Development Strategist at Training Ladder. He contributes his expertise in OD consulting and learning facilitation. Kannan’s interest in applied psychology has enabled him to contribute to the customization of learning solutions and coaching. His business expertise has inspired the corporation to place a strong emphasis on creating customer value.
Kannan has 16 years of experience in training and development and is skilled in learning and organisational development, performance development, psychometric assessments, training design and evaluation, instructional design based on job elements analysis and performance needs, and training workshop delivery.
He is a Certified Psychometric Testing Professional and he is also certified in Learning and Development.
Extensive Learning Offerings
Training Ladder approaches training and coaching in a structured, coordinated, and systematic manner that matches individual progress with corporate goals. Customizable learning capsules from Training Ladder attempt to bridge the gap between university and industrial requirements. Its learning capsules are only created after a comprehensive investigation of the client’s requirements, skill gaps, culture, and business environment. Its strict follow-through guarantees that participants apply what they’ve learned.
The services provided by Training Ladder include:
- Context Oriented
- Customized development plans based on the context of performance gaps
- Situation and application focused learning solutions for teams
- Strategic performance solutions (balanced scorecard/Hoshin Matrix)
- Personalized performance coaching and mentorship
- Topic Oriented
- Learning programs as per list of topics by client/calendar
- Knowledge, Information and experience focused
- As per broader learning analysis of target participants
- Experiential blended programs and post training support
Climbing on Success Ladder
Training Ladder began conducting topic-based short workshops in 2016 based on subjects indicated in the client calendar.
In 2019, it began offering entire packed courses based on its research into the common learning demands of select industries. The team then worked on modifying these modules depending on sector and customer requirements, or client needs analysis. Its leadership programs are a unique blend of training and coaching and have witnessed some remarkable results with clients, in India and abroad.
Ananya Pathak asserts, “At present, we are working with medium-to-large-sized companies, including a few MNCs. We will be engaging our clients for end-to-end consulting like diagnosis and audits, solution packaging, and implementation of solutions.” This complete engagement model will be focused on strategy, people, process, customer centricity, and ROI.
A Message for Budding Visionaries
Being a service provider in the L & D area necessitates knowledge of coaching, training, communication, management, and leadership development. The process begins with an evaluation of the employee’s current talent landscape to identify skill shortages, areas for improvement, and potential opportunities in accordance with current/future company objectives. To enter the field, one must be proficient in the numerous components that comprise the learning experience.
Ananya’s advice for developing L & D domain professionals, as a leadership coach and talent development professional is to avoid performing reality shows or stand-up comedy in the name of learning solutions, which may merely make the participants feel good without providing a return on investment. She goes on to say that result-oriented and business objectives-based programs which target real workplace challenges will help the L & D domain acquire corporate buy-in by providing a return on investment for enterprises.
Awards and Recognition: In 2021, Women Entrepreneur Magazine named Ananya as one of India’s top 10 L&D consultants.
