2020 | Volume-01 | Issue-03

10 Most
The

Prominent
Corporate
Outbound
Training Providers Abhimanyu Khanna
CEO

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Revolutionizing By Empowering Employees’ Ambiance

Editor
Vishal Muktewar
T he 21st century has been
demanding. Though we are
able to see innovations in all
sectors, it has come at a cost. The cost
of an individual’s commitment, his/her
passion towards work and delivering
excellent products or services have
been playing a key role in helping
society thrive.
But side by side we are witnessing an
era where just like our short attention
span, the above attributes of an
employee are fading away. Thus
organizations, which started with a
vision to make a dent in traditional
approaches, faltered along the way
when their employees lose their vision
and motivation.
Companies are now realizing that only
hiring employees who are excellent at
work is not sufficient. They are seeing,
if their employees follow the same
daily routine, within the same work
Outbound Training -
An Approach towards
Enhancing Workplace
Performance
environment, they will get eventually
get frustrated, exhausted and not able
to perform at their peak. Hence
organizations are now looking for ways
that will help their employees to
become motivated, happy individuals
and become a great collaborator. One
such approach that is bringing about a
change in all the industry verticals is
Outbound Training Program.
Outbound training programs are
methods for enhancing individual and
team behavior and organizational
performance through outdoor activities
and experiential learning methodology.
It provides an immersive learning
experience and brings out a variety of
learning and organizational outcomes.
Conducted around the natural terrain,
trees, rocks, and hills, it involves an
informal environment. Individuals can
immerse themselves and are able to
connect to nature. It is also a way of
self-expression. The different activities
performed in these environments help
to bring out an individual’s skills such
as leadership, communication,
interpretation along with enhancing
their emotional intelligence, time
management and team bonding.

Hence, in this issue of Insights
Success, we bring forth companies that
conduct these programs and help an
organization strengthen their
workforce. Allow us to present to you,
The 10 Most Prominent Corporate
Outbound Training Providers. These
firms with their unique methodology
are helping employees and their
organizations to be productive,
efficient and consistently helping them
to deliver quality services to their
customers.
On the Cover, we have, Take A Break,
a company which aims to make the
workplace a fruitful and interactive
environment for the employees. Its
programs are tailored to its clients’
requirements for an effective impact.
Spearheaded by the dynamic duo,
Priyanka Juneja, Director and
Abhimanyu Khanna, CEO who with
their passion and hard work are helping
Take A Break to keep on achieving its
many milestones.
In this edition we have also enlisted:
Bija Training, which aims to
transform people through various
Outbound Training, behavioral and
leadership training programs; Jasmin
Waldmann Life Coaching, which is
helping people to discover who they
actually are; Letscampout, which
EDITOR’s
NOTE
offers personalized corporate team
outbound events; and Satyakam,
whose training sessions have the entire
focus on High Performance &
Teamwork.
Alongside these, we have also added
an exclusive interview with Somit
Doshi, CEO of Strawberry
Outbound. Mr. Doshi provides an
insight into the Outbound Industry and
how he and his team are ensuring to
bridge the experimentation gap that
exists in the market.
Also, we see it as a privilege to
mention: Garudmaachi, ProaWitz
Leadership, Quest Learning Institute,
Trebound, and Natura. These
companies with their innovative
approaches towards outbound training
programs are helping organizations
thrive.
Additionally, while flipping through
the pages don’t forget to go through
CXOs and articles written by industry
experts and our in-house editorial
team.
Have an exciting read ahead!
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INTERVIEW WITH
INSIGHTS SUCCESS

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STRAWBERRY
OUTBOUND
Helping to Create an
Amicable and
Productive Workplace

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CXO STANDPOINT

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Employees’ Ambiance

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Contents EXPERT’S INSIGHT

Discover Something
New in You to
Succeed at Workplace
 BIJA TRAINING
Inculcating Positivity
22 through Developmental
Programs

JASMIN WALDMANN
LIFE COACHING
Helping You Take the 26
Next Leap in Your Life

LETSCAMPOUT
32 A Connecting Bridge
between Corporate
and Nature

SATYAKAM
Leveraging Experiential
Learning for High- 38
Performance Team Building

Articles
#GROWTOGETHER #LEARNING
20 Team Outings:Boon 34 Experiential Learning –
for Businesses The Future of Learning
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TAKE A BREAK
Revolutionizing By Empowering Employees’ Ambiance

“
Serving our
client is our role
but keeping
them delighted
is our
“
responsibility.
Abhimanyu Khanna
CEO

T he workplace of 21st has
shifted dramatically - from the
ones where employees were
surrounded by cubicles to the open
offices that are trending everywhere.
But at times, even the compelling
atmosphere isn’t enough to provide the
relaxation and productivity that an
employee and a team seeks.
Employees are always tied up with
their roles and responsibilities which
makes their professional life
monotonous. But when they get time
off from their usual workplace and
enter a whole new world of exciting
game challenges, their professional life
becomes joyous.
It's when Take A Break (TAB) comes
into the picture. A consulting that
claims to have all solutions to turn the
usual workplace into a more jubilant
one. Since its inception, the company
is on a mission to make workplace a
fruitful and interactive environment for
the employees which can make their
day-to-day life cheerful.
“ The journey is from blending experiences to
blending learning
Quick Peek
The renowned training company was
founded in 2008, with a motive of
offering innovative Employee
Engagement Solutions such as Team
Building Programs & Tech-based
Simulations. Today, TAB has grown to
the superior extent as one of the
leading companies in India managing
end-to-end corporate requirements for
clients. The company has developed a
broad range of game shows which
comprises of Physical, Mental and
Creative Challenges in the form of
activities and simulations. These
exercises emphasize on building
relations among the employees and
Assemble them as a team.
With its successful ventures, TAB has
been prevailing as one of the leading
companies in India having served 185+
clients all over the country, managing
160+ events annually & 70 Game
Shows. Constructing an extensive
range of game shows, it has engaged
279000+ Participants so far. In the
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The
Most
Prominent
Corporate
Outbound Training
Providers
words of its energetic team,“We like to
be different but more importantly, we
want you to be wowed!”.
The exhilarating company sees its job
to connect its clienteles’ teams to the
specific activities that will support their
business objectives, incorporating the
organization’s culture into the activity,
and bringing their brand to life.
Diversifying approaches
With an optimistic vision of serving its
clients with accurate delivery of their
requirements, TAB has become one of
the “Top 10” Employee Engagement
companies in India. Its innovative
ideas of designing games are in
contrast with other industry players, as
the company is keen on uniting
individuals into a team.
TAB’s programs are tailored to its
clients’ requirements for an effective
impact. Its customers call it - the TAB
Innovation Effect (TI-effect), which
encompasses knowledge, intrinsic
 “ It is our constant endeavor to take feedback from
our clients and learn better.
research, and methodologies, thereby
giving the company a unique
distinction of an end-to-end employee
engagement solution provider. Having
tie-ups across the country, the
leadership team travels to every
program across the Globe to ensure the
quality standard as per the TI Effect.
Versatile Visionaries
The outbound training programs must
be curated in a way that seeks to
improve productivity and enhance the
work culture of organizations. It falls
upon the shoulder of leaders who can
address the problems with their ultra-
modern approach. These personalities,
with their intellectual and intense
desire to find solutions, helps to serve
their partners thrives. At Insights
Success, it is an honor for us to
introduce you to Priyanka Juneja,
Director and Abhimanyu Khanna,
CEO who are the prime examples of
the above attributes.
Priyanka is an MBA graduate, an
alumnus of the Institute of
Management Technology, Ghaziabad
who has always believed in following
her dreams and turning them into
reality. She has been a key pillar to
TAB and ensures that the Company
“
reaches new heights with each new
day. She’s energetic, cheerful, positive
and persistent, and forwards her
qualities to her team. A specialist in
conducting Employee Engagement
Programs, she ensures the clients look
forward to pleasant surprises every
time.
Abhimanyu is a business graduate and
passionate for excellence, about
everything he does which makes him
different from the rest. His ambition,
hard work, dedication towards work,
and his endearment towards his team
mark his success. His experience of
building and leading teams enables
him to bring simple yet powerful
leadership, management and team-
building lessons to the programs he
conducts. His attention to detail and
spark to invent every minute makes
Abhimanyu dynamic.
Insights at Industry Loop-holes
According to TAB, companies while
conducting outbound training for their
employees, usually compromise on
location. Thus, resulting in exposing
their employees to informal
surroundings, making them
uncomfortable and less opinionative.
Hence, an ideal location for outbound
training should be a mix of new
experiences, refreshing and at the same
time should be overwhelming. The
company emphasizes on a prodigious
ambiance as it plays a crucial role.
The organization believes activities
should always come into play keeping
the safety measures in mind. Also,
Programs/Activities must be
incorporated into the employees’ daily
work and life. It states, keeping these
dimensions in mind would never lack
the interests of the participants. TAB’s
“ Living in present and making the future more fruitful is
what we believe in.
team further adds, “Undoubtedly, every
employee will come into play
physically and mentally wherein they
would know their strengths and can
improvise their relations with each
other. Nowadays, people do not focus
on experiences rather focus on offering
standard simulations. It is necessary to
understand the climate needs and then
customize a solution.”
Staying Abreast with Industry
Due to the rapid revolution in
workplaces, TAB works categorically
in the areas which require development
and conducts outbound training and
team-building activities for improved
collaboration and teamwork. The
company creates multiple activities
which break the monotony in the
employees’ life and delivers them with
experiences that are worth
remembering.
TAB constantly looks after the
complications clients face and comes
up with a resolving action. Its wide
range of game shows helps its clients
to choose suitable programs for their
organization. The company does the
“
selection of activities, keeping the
challenges of workplace in mind that
requires more attention.
Since the trends in the outbound
industry change consistently, TAB
enacts accordingly with its latest
techniques of gaming. It schedules
team building programs with a
procedure to prevent the crisis. It has
its tech simulation wherein the
company claims that all its tech-based
programs are popular among all
sectors.
Its Many Milestones
The organization has gained wide
acceptance in the industry because of
its esteemed services. This was not an
easy journey for the company. TAB
from the start encountered many
hurdles, but with its sheer commitment
and will, the company kept on moving
ahead one step at a time and emerge as
one of the leading employee
engagement companies. The company
sees its first milestone when it retained
its first client. This paved the path for
the training organization to keep on
moving forward.
Another milestone for the company was when it went
international in the year 2010 to facilitate its Program. With
TAB’s modest beginnings, turning office from a small
cubicle place to a structured workplace back in the year
2011, was a major achievement. The company shifted office
space in 2016, from Delhi to Gurgaon and set up its own
Office.
In 2018, TAB won an award for the Best Team-building
Activity of the Year in the WOW Awards Asia. Its
successful venture has helped the company expand from 4
members to 30. In 2019, the company has also gained an
exclusive license from Global International company to run
Tech featured engagements.
Over the years, the company has emerged as a one-stop-
shop solution for the corporate requirements with a deep
experience garnered through conducting over 1800 Team
Building Programs, while maintaining the quality criteria
intact. The company desires to keep on providing excellent
qualitative work and engrave a positive impact in years to
come.
Word of Mouth
“TAB will not only give you a break, but it will also take
your team bonding experience to the next level!! Priyanka
is a true professional and highly flexible in her approach.
Will surely look forward to repeat sessions and long-term
association with TAB”-Madhur Kaushik, Associate
Manager, Procurement
“Our employees look forward to the Offsite and Team
Building Program year after year. There has been no
looking back ever since we first associated with the TAB
team. You all have been extremely flawless in your services
and we look forward to offsite teambuilding organized by
your team.”-Kawaldeep Kaur, Samvardhana Motherson
 STRAWBERRY OUTBOUND
Helping to Create an Amicable and Productive Workplace
Interview With Insights Success

Somit Doshi, CEO

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W e are living in exciting
times, where we no
longer have to sit in a
cubicle and slog through nine hours
straight. Taking care of our mental
health and increasing productiveness
have become of utmost important for
companies.
In accordance, special sessions are
set in motion to reduce stress and
provide the best scenarios to channel
our minds to produce the best work.
And in tight office scenarios,
corporate outbound training might
help.
Such training programs are carried
out by experts like Strawberry
Outbound. In the following
interview with the CEO, Somit
Doshi, we will learn about the
company and how it is helping its
clients by continuously innovating its
programs to create a meaningful
environment for employees.
1. Kindly brief us about the
company, its inception and the
overall journey till date.
Strawberry Outbound dates back to
1998 pioneering experential learning
in India. Over the years the
operations has taken many dramatic
changes from incepting and running
company retreats for outbound
training to introducing new activties
to bringing globally acclaimed team
formats.
2. What are the values, vision, and
mission of your company?
Values – Integrity and Evolution.
Mission – Hope to play our part to
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3. How do you diversify your
training programs based on the
needs of your clientele?
Diversity is mandatory. The needs of
the client are directly dependent on
the team size, duration in hand,
season, objectives, team profile, and
budgets. We had to offer a wider
range of services than now included
fun engagements for a shorter
duration, longer haul for leadership
engagement, bonding trips for new
teams, trust-building sessions to
intense team dynamics offsite.
4. According to you, what are the
loopholes in the current corporate
outbound training environment?
‘Loopholes’ might not be the right
choice of words. Evolving companies
might want to pay greater attention to
Safety Standards and Insurance.
5. How does experiential learning
help your clients overcome their
challenges? How does it help to
create a better environment in a
workplace?
It’s a case of bringing teams to be
natural, comfortable and drop
inhibitions. Once we achieve this
stage, we can look at real situations
and real responses. Only if we know
what is inside each one of us, we can
really work to create a meaningful
environment.
6. Share your views on the latest
industry trends in the Outbound
Training Market. How are you
keeping up with them?
The industry is constantly evolving
and highly dynamic. You could get
outdated in a year. Its about being on
your feet constantly striving to take
your programs to the next level.
7. What are your future plans for
the company? Where do you see
the company in the years to come?
Strangely, we stay away from
‘Setting targets’. We believe is we
handle our today to the best we can,
the future will take care of itself. The
pressure is off and positivity kicks in.
Fortunately, no global entity can
ignore India. With more companies
setting up operations in India each
day, the opportunity is huge. Like I
mentioned earlier, we just like to be a
happy company playing its part to
create more happy companies.
About The CEO
Mr. Doshi started his venture of
Strawberry at a time when it was
hard to comprehend the concept of
outdoor learning in India. The initial
years for him and his team were hard
in India. In the subsequent years, for
the longest time, no more than 3-4
companies began to offer the same
service. Hence, Mr. Doshi took
initiative to ‘invent’ and ‘outgrow’
the company with experimentations
with new activities and formats to
meet the needs of the niche market.
Today, the company’s success is the
result of his and his team’s decisions
and approaches.
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TEAM O
I n the fast growing business world, the environment is
very stressful but still the employees are expected to
stick to deadlines, be productive and accomplish goals.
It takes tons of energy and efforts to complete the daily
tasks in a timely manner. The brain, which needs to work at
team building activities, etc. are worth the investment for a
company. The company gains various benefits from the
employees due to these outbound activities. The benefits to
the business can be seen below:

lightening speeds, becomes tired of executing all these
tasks. The employees need a break every now and then to
refresh and recharge themselves.
Team outings are the perfect getaways that employers can
plan for employees. Such trips not only serve as a
recreation to the employees but also provides a greater
purpose for the company. These help the employees and
opportunity to have fun and interact with each other in a
casual environment. Such getaways bring out hidden
talents, create new bonds, reveal new leaders, etc. It also
allows the team leaders and managers to know more about
their team members and help them develop their talents or
vice versa.
Benefits of Team Outing
Company outings like team dinners, lunches, one day trips,
• Mental Health Break: Day-to-day work stress can
exhaust the employees and it is the duty of the
company to find opportunities to give them a
mental health break. A mental break can help up
the atmosphere of the whole team because even if
one member is low the whole team can sense it. It
helps bring down the temperature and stress
created throughout the day or week. It is important
that everyone finds time to get out of office and
relax.
• Increase Productivity: Every employee struggles
with productivity due to factors like outside office
stress, the holidays, etc. However, team
productivity can be increased through team outings
every now and then. Getting outside the office with
the team and working on skills that will benefit
inside the office is very important. It also helps the
managers evaluate the teams abilities, skills,
talents, etc.

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OUTINGS
Boon for Businesses
• Hidden Talents Exposed: A team outing is an
exposure of hidden talents. Many activities are
carried out in the outings which reveal unknown
skills of employees helping the managers assign
tasks accordingly as well. The managers can see
the hidden talents their teammates have. This may
make the manager see the person in a different
perspective. The manager tends to appreciate their
work better than earlier.
• Team Cohesion: A strong leader means a strong
team. A strong team is more productive, energetic
and meets deadlines. Team bonding is as important
as meeting deadlines and completing targets. Team
outings are an opportunity for team leaders to
connect with the team and also for the team
members to connect with each other. Outings
include various types of team activities that allow
the employees to understand each other better.
This creates better bonds among the teams and the
team members as well.
• Increases Confidence: Confidence is required to
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complete any task with efficiency. Team outings
boost confidence of the employees as they have the
freedom of communication. It is in these non-
stress environments where the employees feel a
sense of confidence and this carries on to the office
as well.
Team outings can be specifically structured with clear
objectives and focused results. The employers need to
understand the utility of the team outings so they can reap
the complete benefits. Even in the case when the objectives
are not completed, it is a win-win situation as the
employees get a break and have fun with their team mates.
These types of outings should be made mandatory in
companies to get the best out of their employees. A business
can never have a better investment than investing in their
employees.
- Shreevarshita Gupta
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Bija Training
Inculcating Positivity through Developmental Programs
E veryone is aware of the very famous phrase, “All
work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” Indeed
the phrase makes enough sense when one talks
about work culture. To maximize the performance of the
company as well as the employees, it is important that the
employees of the company have a fun and happy
environment.
To cater to the current needs of the companies, Bija
Training came up with various outbound training
programs. The company was initiated with the view for
sharing, improving and developing skills and knowledge
required in today’s corporate world.
The ultimate focus of Bija Training is to transform people
through various Outbound training, behavioral and
leadership training programs and make the companies a
better place to work. It is serving to different industries in
India and abroad. The company stands apart as it provides
customized training programs depending on the client’s
industry domain.
Bija not only provides outbound training programs to
various corporate companies and B-schools, but it also
provides in-house training programs. Even, the inhouse
training programs are conducted through various
management games and activities with fun-based learning.
With the help of over 100 trainers specializing in leadership
and outbound training programs, Bija conducts these
programs all over the world. Currently, the company has
gained a commendable appreciation for the quality delivery
of the programs in the south and central India.
The Pillar of Bija
Prakash Sharma is the Founder of BIJA Training with
behavioral, leadership, and outbound training experience of
15 years. A certified Executive Coach from Marshall
Goldsmith and a NLP Practitioner, supports all the
corporates to create a positive culture for their constant
growth.
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Pankaj Vyas - Managing Partner is a marketing
professional along with a sales trainer with over 15 + years
of experience. He is a strategic leader and a certified BFSI
trainer in the talent development industry for various
corporate. He is responsible for catering to the central and
western parts of India. Pankaj is an MBA graduate with
extensive experience in the banking sector.
Exclusive Services
Executive Coaching along with long term leadership is
specifically designed by Mr. Prakash Sharma for leaders so
that they can use their skills effectively through a long-term
change in their leadership behavior. Bija has a systematic
methodology of Marshall Goldsmith Certification & Dr.
Ivan Misner concepts to bring in the culture of positivity
and performance.
Bija also offers all Basic Behavioral & Leadership
Programs at the client’s locations (in-house) and is
specialized in customizing every training topic based on the
competence or the training need of the organization.
Outbound Training is an event conducted outdoor with
management games & adventurous activities. Outbound
training are conducted to enhance Ownership, synergy,
stronger leadership and creating trust among the employees
for a positive culture.
Bija also conducts Virtual Training & Webinars for a
small group of people on a particular topic. Regardless of
the geographical location, the company has inculcated a
tool through which training is provided in an interactive
manner.
Bija provides customized E-Learning services for every
client depending on the industry and the functioning area.
Mainly clients use this E-Learning for induction programs
or general behavioral programs.
The SEED
Bija Training has deeply sown the SEED of the cultural
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The
Most
Prominent
Corporate
Outbound Training
Providers

“
Bija has grown to
serve people to
“
acquire the right
attitude and
transform them
Prakash Sharma Pankaj Vyas
Founder Managing Partner

values within itself.
S – Share Creative & Positive Ideas
E – Ensure Openness & Transparency
E – Ensure to Keep up the Commitments with Prompt
Service
D – Develop and Educate People Willingly for their Growth
Bija Training envisions developing and shaping people with
positive skills & values. It believes in providing quality-
oriented training for building the individual’s competence
and making a better place to work.
Lending a Helping Hand
With companies focusing on making big in their respective
fields, they often forget to take care of their families at
work. But most of the clients of Bija understand the
importance of outbound training.
Prakash says, “We also create a mechanism of creating a
group through WhatsApp through which after the training
program for 4 to 6 weeks where the participants share their
success story which they have demonstrated. As one
participant starts sharing a success story one after the
other participant will share and create a positive
environment.”
Bija Training provides fully customized activities to its
clients. It customizes activities for its clients keeping in
mind the objective of the training. The USP is in identifying
the trainers who can gel with workmen to senior
management. It conducts programs in regional language
along with the English to make the participants understand
better.
Through the intense network of certified trainers from pan
India, it is possible to reach a different level of audiences.
The company believes in customization and hence delivers
the programs in almost all the industries, across various
verticals in pan India.
“We understand the clients need - basis that we give the
course modules, accordingly we identify the right trainer
from the relevant background with relevant experience to
make it an effective delivery. Our Trainer’s Average
experience is 15 plus years in specific industry which makes
it more effective for us to deliver quality for our clients,”
says Prakash.
Paving the Way to Future
Through the years, Bija Training has seen an upward
growth. Since the inception of the company until 2018, its
revenue had reached to 40 lacs. In the end, Prakash stats,
“Our Future Road Map for the next 3 years is supporting
all the Automobile OEM’s and Auto Ancillary Industry with
revenue of Rs. 1 crore per annum.”

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 Jasmin Waldmann
Life Coaching
Helping You Take the Next Leap in Your Life
T o say life today is busy, would be an
understatement. Everyone is multitasking, and in a
rush to reach a place they think they want to be.
However, once they reach what they thought was their
destination, they often realize this isn’t what they wanted in
the first place.
Mankind today is in such a rush to achieve it all, that it has
forgotten living the life it has been gifted with. Fuelled by
competition and assisted by technology, we seem to live a
life that is designed by social pressures instead of individual
desires and thoughts. The result is a life that is
unsatisfactory, full of unnecessary stress, unhealthy and
often stagnant.
Such a lifestyle leads to a point where one feels
underachieved. One is confused about where to go next.
While decades ago, this stage was called a mid-life crisis
which happened in the ‘30s, thanks to the fast forward way
of life today, there is no age limit for this feeling to strike.
At such a stage, one needs guidance. A life coach, in these
cases, helps an individual on how they can change their
lives and realize their full potential. Life Coaching
improves one’s career, relationships, life and most
importantly the thought process, because as Buddha said,
“What you think, You become.”
Helping people grow and achieving new heights, is Jasmin
Waldmann Life Coaching based out of Gurugram, India.
The company’s mission is to help as many people as
possible to become actually who they are. It helps people
with life coaching to find out, and actually be, the one they
truly are and even more than that. More importantly, they
guide them to be happy and healthy.
A Powerful Founder
Our experiences often define and mould us into what we are
today. Jasmin Waldmann, Founder of Jasmin Waldmann
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Life Coaching, in each session of hers, includes her
experiences in life, as well as an immense amount of
training, to the coaching room. As a child, Jasmin had her
grandmother and mother guiding, protecting and nurturing
her. But fate struck and she lost both of them in quick
succession. It fell on to tender shoulders to build herself up
from nothing. Jasmin reminisces “So I was, basically, more
or less on my own and I took care of my own life at the age
of 13. What to do with my life and taking directions, etc. so
to make my disadvantages, my advantages.”
At 19, Jasmin moved to Berlin and decided that it was time
to change her life. She finished her graduation, then went to
the US and later Australia to study the health and wellness
market. She returned to Germany to start her own company.
She met a client who was an NLP (neuro-linguistic
programming) trainer. He coached her and helped her to
finish the unfinished business in her past, to heal her scars,
to understand who she truly is, and how she can become her
true self.
Within a few months, she was cured and truly happy again,
after 10 years of suffering. It was then that she understood
her calling: helping people to help themselves and become
who they truly are. Since then, Jasmin has been combining
her knowledge and understanding about life and business
and has become a powerful life and health coach.
Helping People Achieve
Being both life and health coach, Jasmin helps the
individual to become stronger, heal themselves, and be
more complete individuals. Those individuals, like the links
in a chain, can then help the corporation become stronger
by being stronger themselves. “Learning to see a business
as more than the sum of the individuals that make it up is a
life-changing new perspective. We make a firm stronger and
more profitable by making its people stronger as well,”
adds Jasmin.
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Jasmin Waldmann
Founder
She helps individuals through one-on-one sessions where
she discusses with the clients about what is bothering them
to identify the pain areas and treat them accordingly. For
corporate or group training and coaching, Jasmin as a
powerful speaker and guide helps create a positivity that
enables individuals to push the limits and achieve new
heights. Jasmin basically addresses the HR and the
problematic situation then conceptualizes and delivers.
Jasmin can show teams how to get to a new level of success
by showing them the path to productivity and profitability.
Realization is the First Step
Jasmin coaches people of all age, genders, and nationality.
Trough her interaction she realized that more often than not,
people don't know that they have an issue yet. She adds,
“The issue is developing and people who have more life
experience, they see how it's building up but the millennials
they don't face so much of issues at this point of time. But I
mean usually, later on, they are identifying and can address
their difficulties and obstacles they are facing and are ready
to get support.”
She feels that the compulsion in corporate life to be
available around the clock is too much to ask for from an
individual. In personal life too, people give-in to this
compulsion of being available all the time either in person
or in the virtual world. This stress is bound to invite mental
illness sooner or later. She explains, “This especially
happens because people do not switch off any more. They
are switching not even off their devices, and they are not
switching off emotionally, mentally. And this is what I help
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Jasmin Waldmann is the right
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choice for mental health &
wellness for corporates, for
speeches and private sessions.
people with, to switch off and guide how to switch off,
maybe with medication, with business activity, fitness
activities, so all of that leads into a de-cluttered mind
again, of a calm and content mindset because the thoughts
are always the most crucial points.”
Taking it Forward by Going Back to Nature
Jasmin Waldmann Life Coaching is already working
internationally and is also looking for expansion wherever
the opportunity presents itself. Jasmin describes her future
as a quest to add more and more people in her team to fulfil
her mission so as become actually, she says, human again.
That means the team is also looking to include animals for
pet therapy, which has a win-win situation. It is like taking
care of not just the outer issues like sleep pattern, diet,
physical check-up but and inner view, one that connects all
human beings to nature.
Adding further, Jasmin says, “Reconnecting with nature is
essential. It is basically reconnecting with ourselves
because we actually are nature. Thus our company extends
the offers which we provide to outside adventure trips. from
this year onwards we take people (individuals) outside into
the mountains for some tours, and it's called the ‘Tour of
Change’. This is really to allow people to change, to meet
themselves again apart from all the technology and their
responsibilities and all the roles they are covering and
away from all the things they have to do, to deal with and
have to manage. So this is the plan plus in 2021 we are
creating a centre in a bigger picture where people are
coming to focus on retreats.”
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 Expert’s Insight

DISCOVER SOMETHING NEW IN YOU

TO SUCCEED AT
WORKPLACE
S
ometimes, you think you are getting a feeling of
boredom at the workplace. The real enthusiasm or
that burning desire, which used to be there earlier
with you, is missing. A situation may also arise where you
feel that you cannot contribute to the extent you wish to. It
may also happen that you have a feeling that your boss has
also become disconnected with your performance.
Also, you may feel static. Feeling static does not always
mean that you are physically static. Rather, it means that
you are emotionally and mentally stagnant.
If these are happening to you, it is a wake-up call or early
signals of major troubles in your career.
what better way it could have been managed.
In the self-analysis, we should also attempt the following
things.
-What are your strengths and whether you could utilize
them through a well-laid-out map. If not, in what way you
can develop and use your strength.
- What are your weak points? How these weak dots could
be eliminated or minimized?
- Do you feel there is a need to equip yourself with a new
skill, or something new, which may prove to be a great
career enhancer.
-Can you identify what is the best thing you can do.

We suggest the following tips to you to come out of these

situations:
About The Author
1. Acknowledge that you and only you are responsible
for your life
Dr. Damodar Rai is the Chief
Mentor at Ripples Learning,
which offers certification
People don’t accept or take responsibility for the depressing
or disappointing stage in their professional career. They
have the tendency to blame others for the problems. programs in management
We must bear it in mind that the present situation is a direct functions and offers personal &
fallout of your actions, choices, reactions at the workplace. organizational development
Also, if you shun the responsibility, you are bound to
deteriorate. courses for Fortune 100
corporations, startups, Govt &
Hence the best course is to accept full responsibility. This
will make you humble and enable to reform yourself for the NGOs. Dr. D. Rai has more than
desired change or re-orientation at the workplace. 46 years of research &
3. Analyze ‘What went wrong’ and ‘What could have management experience. He has
been done better’
published 65 research papers and
The above analysis will reveal the shortcomings and also in filed 5 patents and 7 copyrights.

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 4. Find a mentor to discover something new

The meaning of a mentor is “a person who advises and helps somebody with less experience over time”. A mentor
may share with mentees or protege information about his or her own career path, and prescribe guidance,
motivation, emotional support and do role modelling.

There has been a concept of “Guru” in Indian culture. Guru is the one who shows you the path, like a mentor.
If you have a mentor who insists that you do things as per their way, then it is really superb. The best option is to
know “the way” adopted by them but do it your way.

6. Nurture your strengths and hidden potentials, pursue the passion

Strengths, which you could not use or nurture prior, should now be harnessed fully
However, please remember a half-hearted approach will never solve your problems. If the nurturing of strengths and
hidden potential is not done intensely, it will not change the situation.

Identifying the passion and pursuing it intensely is another way. However, your passion may not be in tune with the
requirements of the workplace. In that case, find out what is the best job at workplace, which you can do in a better
way. Even you may explore if this method of doing the present job, may be done in a better way to save time and
increase productivity.

7. Upgrade your skills to discover something new in you

You may have identified a new knowledge, skill or technology, which you should quickly learn as part of
“discovering something new”.

You might choose to earn certifications as well to not only learn new skills but also have them validated. There are
several global certifications which can be availed.

If you are building your career in HR, you might want to consider CHRMP (Certified Human Resource
Management Professional Certification) as an option.

If you are an IT professional, you can consider various certifications on offer by Microsoft, Cisco or AWS
depending upon your interest.

There are other certifications available in other popular domains as well.

9. Review your progress on discovering something new in you at the workplace

Reviewing the progress periodically must be adhered to. Any fault lines are detected during the review process, a
speed correction should be resorted to. Remember, getting too many chances to improve, is not the order of the day.

In a nutshell, discovering something new in you to succeed at the workplace is not an easy proposition. No journey
of transformation or discovering something new is easy. However, having a steady persistence and perseverance are
the key to success.

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 Letscampout
A Connecting Bridge between Corporate and Nature
A few centuries ago, people’s jobs were reliable
mostly on primary resources which needed them to
interact with nature. Even during the times of the
great Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s era, most of the day to
day work emphasized on getting along with nature. This
ultimately helped a person lead a happy and healthy life.
In recent times, everyone is so much engrossed in their desk
jobs and social media world that they usually forget to
connect with nature. Hence, to rebuild the closeness with
nature, Letscampout offers various personalized corporate
team outbound events. Letscampout is into deploying
organized campsites in a different yet beautiful location
near metropolitan cities.
Started in 2010, Letscampout brings in innovation while
building and empowering local communities. To achieve
this, the company partners with villagers. It enables local
residents to stand on their own feet with the help of the
technology.
A Dynamic Entrepreneur
Abhijeet Mhatre is the Founder of Letscampout,
possessing over 10 years of expertise in experiential
activities, camping and event camping. He started his career
at ICICI bank and has contributed to various Fortune 500
companies including CITI, AVAYA and HSBC.
Though he had the dream-life that many imagin, he always
wanted to make a difference in the field of outdoor
adventures. Since his childhood days, Abhijeet dreamt of
building a community that is inclined towards outdoor
sports and adventure.
After gaining experience from such giant companies,
Abhijeet decided to start a camping and adventure startup.
At the time of the inception of the organization, the
camping industry was not known to many. This paved the
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way for Abhijeet and his team to become a leading player.
He then took over the event camping space which the
organization still dominates.
Abhijeet is an entrepreneur who is totally passionate about
living and promoting the camping experiences across all his
clientele segments including students, families, youth and
corporate. Abhijeet states, “Having a company started
when there were very few players around gives us a sense of
accomplishment.”
Environment Friendly Innovations
Dominating the outdoor adventure industry for around a
decade, Letscampout further moved into the Intelectual
Property creation sector. The best examples are Out and
Loud featuring Kabir Cafe & Band and The Great Indian
BBQ Fest. Apart from these, Letscampout has been also
conducting Camping Festival IP with the name The Open
Space Fest.
Taking the maximum advantage of the current technological
advancements, Abhijeet and his team are providing an
innovative experience to its clients. The main concern these
days is waste management. Most of the outdoor activities
and events are based in a remote area, deep into nature. The
major problem arises when it comes to maintaining an eco-
friendly environment.
Focusing on this emerging waste and sanitation
management problem, Letscampout came up with a cost-
effective and environmentally friendly solution. The
company has been making pallet wood toilets by using
recyclable waste wood. The company has also filed a patent
for the same.
Abhijeet adds, “Our portable wooden toilets have been well
accepted and lauded by our entire client base. Sanitation was
a major concern in the outdoor industry and we have fixed it.
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Founder
New generation entrepreneurs follow us. Our whole idea is
to empower locals in the village to lead a self-sustainable
lifestyle. Our franchise program helps budding village
entrepreneurs to set up a campsite that they run as per
Letscampout standards. This enables us to grow as well as
partner with the locals.”
Customer Oriented Programs
The aim of corporate outbound activities is to enhance the
bond and productivity of a team. Majorly focusing on
teamwork and team building, Letscampout has designed the
program with respect to the requirements.
Apart from night treks and camping, the organization offers
activities like firewalks, paintball in the jungle and rope-based
activities where one can have fun and learn at the same time.
USPs of Letscampout
 Understanding the client’s requirements and their
needs and pain points.
 Designing programs while consulting trainers and
clients.
 Executing programs as per plan
 Assessment with clients and trainers.
 Documentation of the requirements and programs.
 Communication of the details with the
stakeholders.
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always riding the curve.
Feedback Based Training
The outbound training market is still stuck with the age-old
methodology. This, in turn, limits the learning motive. The
best way to keep updating the programs is through feedback
and recall of the events at the workplace.
For Letscampout, clients’ opinion has a crucial role in the
planning of a program. The programs are crafted based on
the clients’ requirement and their budget. Along with the
NLP certified trainer the programs are designed through a
call or video conference.
Post-training, the company ensures that its clients give them
feedback. Through this feedback, Letscampout tries to
overcome the shortcomings. This eventually has helped the
organization to keep getting better with the time.
To this, Abhijeet adds, “We believe in 360-degree
training/learning programs as whatever experience a user
has at training, reflects on how they inculcate in their jobs
and how it leads to efficiency.”
Future Endeavours
Letscampout plans to expand itself all over the country.
Letscampout aims at making itself a synonym to camping.
It will further enhance the already existing world-class
facilities along with the experiential training programs.
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EXPERIENTIAL
LEARNING
The Future of Learning

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 #Learning

W hich way of learning is easier – Theoretical or Practical? The

obvious answer would be practical. Learning something by
doing it is much easier compared to just reading or hearing
it. When one has hands-on experience of a topic, they tend to understand
and remember the topic better. This type of learning is known as
Experiential Learning. The best example – everyone has learned to walk
and talk, not by being told or shown, but by practicing on their own.

Experiential learning is a model used in education, training,

development, etc. It is a participant focused approach to learning which
engages all age groups and backgrounds of learners. It is a continuous
process of learning. The experiential learning cycle has four stages:

➢ Concrete Experience: This describes the hands-on experiences

that people learn from. This is the time when people can
experiment new things, face the problems and find solutions to
those problems. This can be said as the ‘step-out-of-comfort-
zone’ stage. These experiences could be personal or professional
ones. Experiences help people learn from their failures and
successes.
➢ Reflective Observation: The reflective observation stage of the
experiential learning cycle is about reflecting to learn from

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experiences. This is the stage where one needs to analyze
their experience to see what went right and what went
wrong? It is this time when one can think of the different
ways that could have been adopted to complete the
particular task.
➢ Abstract Conceptualization: Once the
characteristics of the experience are identified,
things that can be done differently next time. At
this stage people should plan and brainstorm
ways to achieve success in the future. It is the
time for making strategies to climb the ladder of
success.
➢ Active Experimentation: This is the stage where
the plans are put to action. The active
experimentation is the phase where ideas are
experimented. If something new is not tried,
then the result will be unknown so this phase is
very important. It is vital to execute ideas to see
the difference it creates in the world.
Why is Experiential Learning Important?
Over the years, learning has evolved and now
experiential learning seems to be the future of learning.
It is said as the future of learning due its various benefits
to people. The importance of experiential learning can be
explained as:
• Grasp Concepts Better: It is not necessary that
each person understands the concepts similarly.
If one has higher understanding power, the other
has a lower power. Experiential learning helps
people to see what the concept actually means.
When people actually perform the particular
activity they understand it better. They get to
apply the ideas and concepts into real life
situations where they too have an active role to
play. This helps people grasp things better.
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• Bridge between Theory and Practice: Learning
by doing bridges the gap between theory and
practice. Theory only explains how something
can be done and practice only lets one perform it
in a certain environment. However, experiential
learning allows one to carry out the activity in a
real life situation and analyze its results.
• Mistakes become Valuable Experiences: Before
entering the real world, students get a chance to
experiment the various approaches towards one
thing. They get to eliminate the methods that do
not work and improve the ones that work out. In
this case, the students are allowed to make
mistakes and learn from. This makes the
students to be fearless of their mistakes.
• Opportunity to be Creative: Each day each
person faces various kinds of problems.
Experiential learning teaches creative problem
solving. With real life content, students learn the
various solutions to one problem. This
encourages students to look for unique solutions
to daily problems.
Just the term – Experiential Learning – says a lot. The
aim of ‘Experiential Learning’ is to create a real life
experience for students to learn from where there would
be no or less consequences. The learner, has a chance to
recall what they learnt easily in this method than
memorizing it. It gives them the opportunity to explore
the creative and innovative side of theirs. This not only
helps build confidence among the students but also gives
them the strength to fight the challenges ahead of them.
- Shreevarshita Gupta
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Leveraging Experiential Learning for High-
Performance Team Building
W hat’s common between Sir Don Bradman, Sir
Garry Sobers, Viv Richards, Sachin Tendulkar,
and Virat Kohli? Apart from being genius
Cricketers, they are a personification of dedication,
determination, and a desire to excel.
Though these legends are decades apart from each other,
they all exhibit the same immutable qualities described
above. While they are individual geniuses, cricket however
is not a game of individual effort. It takes the efforts of all
the 11 players plus the support staff to achieve success.
The Indian team was blessed with a great player like
Sachin, but it took the Master Blaster 22 years to realize his
dream of winning a World Cup. Was his performance not
enough all those years? Was the Indian team not performing
all those years? (After 1985) While there were high-
individual performances in those years, the team-work
clicked in total only in 2011 and was the key to Indian
Team’s success. The unmatched combination of Sachin,
Gambhir, Dhoni, Yuvraj, Kohli and the rest of the team
members who gave their all, resulted in a High-
Performance and Team-Work success formula.
And that, dear readers, is not just a key to win the Cricket
World Cup, but the World Cups of our respective lives too.
Former First Class Ranji Player Jude Cardozo, understood
these principles first-hand while representing Goa.
In the second innings of his professional life, as a part of
the corporate world, he could see the gap between company
goals and those of the team. To align the two, training
sessions of various kind were conducted. But Jude Cardozo
could sense that these theoretical training sessions, apart
from being boring, are not in tune with the demands of
todays world. He started dabbling in experiential learning
programs. One day and two day sessions were conducted to
make people understand about brainstorming, team
objectives, problem solving, creative thinking, and the
importance of contribution of every team member. The
focus was always High-performance and Team-work.
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Gradually, Jude saw the results, at the top management too.
In a few years, he realised that he needs to take his passion
for experiential learning to the next level. The result, in
2004, came in the form of Satyakam, his agency based in
Goa providing turnkey services in conducting Team
Building Events & Outbound Training Programs for the
Corporate Sector. In the last 16 years, Satyakam has
conducted over 450 programs for companies across the
globe.
Unique Techniques that Work
Satyakam took roots in Goa, in response to the need of
corporate team-building and outbound training for
Corporates who came to Goa for conferences or team-
building exercises. The client was forced to tag-along the
trainers due to the lack of one in Goa. With Satyakam, Jude
Cardozo provided them with world-class outbound training
services.
Satyakam’s training sessions have the entire focus on high
performance and team work which encompass everything
else. Qualities like desire, determination, dedication,
communication comprehension are reinforced and the
training programs are designed using well known tools.
Johari Window—is used effectively to understand
colleagues better and build bonds. Most people know the
theory but find it difficult to implement the technique in
real-life. Satyakam programs lets clients understand and
re-discover themselves.
Brain Mapping Technique, PRISM – A tool for improving
self-awareness within an individual that helps in
understanding one’s relationship with oneself and others.
give space after full stop approaches human behaviour from
a neuroscience perspective and is used to understand
behaviour of an individual. It shows their natural behaviour
preference and also how they modify or adapt their
behaviour to respond to specific situations. This helps in
understanding own behaviour which ultimately helps in
understanding other’s behaviour.
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SATYAKAM has slowly but surely
gained the reputation of an agency
that is reliable, efficient and provide
world class service in conducting Team
Jude Cardozo
CEO
All the attendees in a training session at Satyakam have to
go through PRISM brain mapping so that the training can
be delivered accordingly. High Performance and Team
Work can be achieved with these techniques not just on the
professional front but personal too. It helps individuals to
handle people and situations in a better manner.
Skill Development – The Root Cause Analysis
On any given day, Jude, along with Hemang Laheru, the
Program Director at Satyakam and Master Practitioner of
PRISM, and other trainers come across people from
different industries. However, their underlying goal is the
same – Team Work and High-Performance. They make the
attendees realize that every individual must contribute to
reach the goal. The team adapts the training programs and
modules as per client’s understanding.
While Jude interacts with people of different age groups, he
mentions that working with students is a challenging. His
years of experience tell him that this is because of the
education system that has made them a tad rigid. He also
comprehends that cognitive skills development is not
emphasised on in the current education system. In light of
this shortcoming, he adds, “At the lower level of the
corporate world, these youngsters face issues which are left
unattended by the education system. They are not really
taught the soft skills that will be required after the
education ends and the corporate world starts. The
transition isn’t well developed..”
Satyakam’s training modules help these youngsters
overcome these challenges as they rely on experiences
rather than rote-learning. The times are changing and so
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Building programs in Goa.
should the education model which should teach application
and problem-solving techniques instead of just learning and
memorizing.
Satyakam Sports & Educational Trust is trying to introduce
experiential learning in a professional manner to
youngsters. The team is interacting with teachers, parents
and students to focus on experiential learning rather than a
degree-focused learning. They add, “If you can’t apply what
you learnt in real-life, the learning is incomplete.”
Expanding Horizons
The Satyakam Centre for Experiential Learning, is being set
up in Goa, will be focusing on students from all over India
through its 3-day and 6-day training programs. The
Satyakam Team believes what students learn at this stage,
will help them in their later life when they start their
careers.
The company aims to cover students coming to Goa, from
all over India. It will also provide training in college
campuses for better reach and gradually seek to move and
expand all over India.
Satyakam Sports & Educational Trust is also involved in
arranging activities for the underprivileged students as the
team feels, they are the ones who need upliftment for the
overall progress of the country. Looking at the long-term
prospects, Jude wishes to expand Satyakam’s vision
through the franchisee method and will be looking for
people who share the same passion as his.
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