Training and Development
Transform Your Workforce with Customized Training and Development for Maximum Growth
Based in Thailand, Olive Employee Training Consultants are a team comprised of highly skilled and experienced Training and Development professionals with experience living and working in numerous global locations, particularly within Southeast Asia.
We understand how effective Training and Development solutions positively affect an organization’s revenue, wellbeing and people development and our team takes a comprehensive approach to individual client needs.
Strategic Training and Development: A Consultative Approach to Workforce Growth”
At Olive Training Consultants, we understand the unique challenges businesses face in today’s global and diverse work environments. Our bespoke corporate Training and Development solutions are designed to address these challenges, helping organisations enhance leadership, improve cross-cultural communication, and foster a culture of inclusivity.
The Training and Development Challenges We Solve:
- Leadership Gaps: Bridging Leadership Gaps with Expert-Led Training and Development
- Communication Barriers: Facing issues in cross-cultural or multilingual team settings?
- Team Dynamics: Need to improve collaboration across departments or geographies?
Our Core Services:
- Employee Development Training: Customized Employee Training and Development Programmes for Success.
- Cross-Cultural Training: Build strong multicultural teams with pre-departure and onboarding programmes and enhance communication skills.
- Cross-Cultural Consulting: Resolve communication challenges between expatriates and local staff to foster collaboration.
- Professional Development Resources: Access customized tools to support employee growth and organisational development.
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Colin Harlow
Director & Lead Consultant/Trainer
Colin has lived in Thailand since 1994. He has worked as a training and development expert in the mining, energy and security sectors in South East Asia, the Middle East and Africa for over 20 years. Colin is also the Senior Cross-Culture trainer and is a licensed partner with the UK’s CultureActive, a part of the world renowned Richard Lewis Crossculture group and you can see his full bio and CultureActive profile here.
He holds an MBA in International Education from Keele University in England and as well as English, speaks Thai, Indonesian and has a working knowledge of Laotian.
Lidya Vilencia (Indonesia)
Lidya graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English Education from Klabat University Manado, North Sulawesi, her hometown. She has over seven years’ experience in teaching cross-cultural programmes, Bahasa Indonesia to expatriate employees within Indonesia’s resources and energy sectors. She is also a highly experienced English teacher and certified Training and Development practitioner.
As well as Bahasa Indonesia, Lidya speaks various Indonesian dialects, English and Spanish.
Henri Mohammad (Indonesia)
Trainng and Development guru, Henri is from Jakarta and graduated from the Teacher Training & Education Faculty in Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto. He has delivered cross-cultural training to expatriates and Indonesian employees in numerous sectors across Indonesia, as well as Train-the-Trainer programmes within vocational settings.
He is also an experienced English teacher and speaks English, Bahasa Java and of course, Bahasa Indonesia.
Innovative Training and Development Methodologies for Lasting Impact
Our Training and Development Methodology
and Principles of Programme Design
All our training and development programmes are 100% bespoke solutions for our clients. We gain a detailed and comprehensive understanding of your challenges and culture and then design solutions which address your specific business objectives and maximise return on investment through measurable performance evaluation.
Tailor-made Training and Development Programme Design and Content:
• Developed based on client needs and realities to achieve desired objectives.
• Materials are contextualized to ensure relevance and a connection with all Participants. We recognise people have different preferred learning styles and therefore we ensure all these are catered for at the design stage.
• Utilisation of research, studies and experience of other programmes of similar nature to strengthen the programme’s design and content.
Experience-Based Training and Development: A Hands-On Learning Approach:
• Highly participative and hands on Training and Development approach, allowing participants to internalize the learning experience.
• Staged learning process, of which earlier stages are sustained and serve as the bases for further learning and enhance retention. This methodology is groundbreaking in current Training and Development fields.
• We aim to facilitate growth among all participants by engaging them emotionally in the training. Only by doing this will retention be maximised.
High Quality Facilitation
Process:
• Facilitation process that builds participants’ understanding gradually and in a nonthreatening way.
• Trained facilitators who are able to create rapport, connect and translate the learning process to participants’ realities and ‘language’ and ensure all Training and Development initiatives are enjoyable and meaningful.
• Contextualised activities and personalised feedback ensure all training is meaningful and relevant.
