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British Council Bangladesh
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Unlock your potential with British Council training and development opportunities.
Professional Development
Develop your  skills and performance
Why Choose British Council?

We believe that learning only takes place when ideas and information are processed. This means that all of our training programmes are highly practical and participant focussed. We feature discussion, role-play, and lots of activities with debrief and analysis sessions.

In the training room we actively seek to satisfy the learning aims of all trainees by:
•offering effective learning opportunities in an atmosphere of mutual co-operation
•attaching importance to learning through communication and the exchange of ideas
•recognising the role of individuals in their own learning and guiding them towards independent study strategies
•enabling trainees to use skills for a specific purpose in response to their working needs and professional interests
•giving opportunities for intensive practice and giving feedback on performance

All our courses incorporate action planning to enhance your return on investment.

Top-class trainers
The British Council, Dhaka has six highly experienced full-time trainers, each specialising in different areas of expertise. All of our trainers are post-graduate qualified and have worked for many years in a wide range of professional contexts.

Courses (Public Workshops)

Professional Skills

Time Management (15 December)
What would you do with an extra hour a day? Find out how to get it.

Project Management
Plan and deliver your project so it is on time and under budget.

Customer Service (6 & 13 January)
Without them you wouldn’t exist! Does everything you do put the customer first? Cut bureaucracy and keep customers coming back.
Train the Trainer (15 & 22 March)
Training is about changing behaviour, but how? Learn practical techniques to create change in your organisation.

Effective Leadership Skills
Lead by the right example; apply the right methods at the right time.

Teambuilding
Get the most out of your team! Learn to manage different personalities and achieve the results you want.

Problem Solving and Decision Making (17 & 24 November)
Identify and analyse the issue. Make an informed decision that makes a difference.

Written Skills

Business Correspondence (3 & 10 November; 2 & 9 February)
Bad writing costs money. Know when to write, what to write and how to get the response you want.

Report Writing (1 & 8 December; 20 &27 January)
Senior managers spend an average of 3 minutes reading a report. Make them count – ensure your reports are read, understood and acted on.

Spoken Skills

Spoken Communication Skills (1 & 8 March)
Give and get information effectively. Communicate effectively face to face. Is what you say what they hear?

Presentation Skills (20 & 27 October; 16 & 23 February )
Create impact with your presentation; influence your audience and get the results you want.

Details

Cost: Taka 8,000
Length: 15 hours over two Saturdays
Venue: British Council Teaching Centre, 754 B Satmasjid Road, Dhamnondi, Dhaka

For further information please contact learnenglish@bd.britishcouncil.org

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Tailor-made courses
We tailor courses according to the client’s specific needs. As part of the training needs analysis we conduct interviews with managers and trainees to understand organisational problems or changes. We then advise on appropriate training solutions. We draw on an international network of expertise to develop and deliver specially made training programmes. Options include:
•designing extensive 32- or 48-hour combined language and skill development programmes
•drawing on a wider range of workshops e.g. Negotiating Skills, Change Management
•adapting our public professional skills workshops
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