15.12. 2011
Talented Step Up Program and DiSC Training 2011
Talented Step Up Program Course–Promising People Masterclass and BSO Assessment followed by DiSC Training held in Bata Bangladesh from 11-20 December 2011. The highly interactive and practical program is designed to equip participants with the necessary knowledge, skills and know how to progress from being a manager to a leader.

Ms. Elena Rizzo, Organization and Development Manager, Bata Brands SA conducted both the programs. The Talented Step Up Training Course consists of Introduction and Business Fundamentals, Effective Leadership and Effective Presentation skills where 15 participants from Merchandising, Product Development, Retail, NRSD and Production are participating. While the DiSC training was about discovering style of behavior, strength-weakness for effective communication and better output.
Mr. Muhammad Qayyum, Managing Director Bata Bangladesh inaugurated the programs on 11th December 2011 in the Human Resources Training Center of Bata Bangladesh while Mr. M. Habibur Rahman, Head of Human Resources and Mr. Rana Kaiser Ahmed, Employee Relations Manager were present.

Some participants expressed their feelings about the programs:
Mifta Naim Huda, Merchandiser
Participant of Step Up Training Program
“We worked on a number of instrumental factors that will help us become better professionals and also learned there is always room for continuous self improvement. Special thanks to Elena whose interactive sessions made the training enjoyable and enriching. I also thank our management in Bata Bangladesh for selecting us and hope our other colleagues will also get such an opportunity in the future programs.”
Sabera Haque, Merchandiser
Participant of Step Up Training Program
'The training has been a a very good learning experience. It has helped me to find out my strength and improvement areas. It was interactive, fun and also enlightened the areas of my personality which were in shadow before. Finally, thanks to the Ms. Elena for her valuable guidance.'
Md. Rezaul Haider, Senior Brand Officer
Participant of Step Up Training Program
“What an amazing experience. I had my best five days in my short career time in Bata. I always believed that our HR department tried to develop our professional insights and shape up our skills from the starting of my career in Bata. Elena Rizzo is the best trainer I have ever met in my life. She got unique technique to provide knowledge and make people learn. She worked with each and every trainee on their weakness and worked hard to make improvement. I am very thankful to our HR Department to bring a world class trainer like Elena and organize such effective training program. I will wait to see Elena in another training program in the near future.”
Raqib Mahmud, Senior Brand Officer
Participant of Step Up Training Program
"This sort of pragmatic training with full of real life demonstrations is truly unprecedented to me. Trust me! Having completed this training now, I feel I'm apparently more confident, powerful and better equipped than I was ever before."
Shadab Azim Syed, Senior Brand Officer
Participant of BSO Assessment & DiSC Training
“Firstly I would like to thank BATA Bangladesh, BSO and BATA Brands to arrange this amazing training, and giving us the opportunity to participate in the DiSC assessment. It was a great experience.
The training was fantastic. It gave us exceptional insights into our skills, abilities and interpersonal abilities. There are many aspects that were present within us and now with this training we got the opportunity to articulate the dimensions. It was a great learning curve that we can apply both professionally and personally. I believe with this training we can identify measure and rectify our shortcomings.”


