Club Gathers To Train Locals

A hotelier has formed a net­working group to build on local talents for the tourism industry

Raffe Group manager learning, ca­pability and quality, Altaab Khan, founded a trainer networking club.

The club, established in Nadi, is supported and sponsored by the Raffe Group of Hotels and Resorts.

Mr Khan said the club’s purpose was to coach, mentor and allow an opportunity for those who played the role of trainers.

Corporate reps

Trainers were from various companies:

Fiji Airways,

Jack’s of Fiji Group,

Fiji Sugar Corporation,

Tanoa Group of Hotels,

Reddy Group,

Douglas Pharmaceuticals,

IHG Hotels,

Motibhai Group, and

Ministry of Labour, and

Tappoo Group.

The group gathered at the Fiji Gateway Hotel in Nadi.

“This is the Trainers Networking Club which is often called the Organisational Development and Culture Change Agents Club,” Mr Khan said.

“We hosted a coaching/mentoring session for industry trainers in the West.

Viber Beginnings

The network was built through a Viber platform called Organisation Development and Culture Change Agents, which has 212 members.

“This club is all about sharing in­formation on training and develop­ment,” he said.

“The forum is the first face-to-face introduction to few amazing topics for trainers, unlearning to relearn­ing the training protocols post-COVID, and creating a psychologi­cal safe learning space.”

Mr Khan said this was going to be a continuous monthly forum de­signed to help grow talent in Fiji.

Story By: Waisea Nasokia

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