StrEdge Academy launches training modules to meet new work arrangements

StrEdge Group Director Janaka Epasinghe

StrEdge Tech Director/CEO Udaya Samaradivakara

StrEdge Advisory Director/CEO Sumedha Wijesekera

StrEdge Academy, the training arm of the StrEdge Group of Companies and the latest addition to the Group, has designed several training programs to cater to the new world of work. Meeting the demand for virtual training, StrEdge Academy programs are conducted remotely assuring the health and safety of the participants and the trainers. 

StrEdge offers a broad spectrum of services including Business Strategy Defining, Planning and Implementation, Human Resource Strategy, Business Process Reengineering, Financial Restructuring and Advisory, Business Advisory, Technology Advisory, Design, Development and Implementation of Technology solutions, Leadership training, Project Management and Operational Excellence. 

The Psychometric Assessment based individual and group coaching program of the Academy is designed to help businesses and people reach their true potential. “Psychometric Assessment is a great scientific tool to help individuals dispel their limiting beliefs and identify their true potential. This also helps retain talent and find the right successor. Furthermore, with limited physical human interaction in the present pandemic-induced world, the validity of this tool is unprecedented for recruitment, development and retention of talent,” StrEdge Group Director Janaka Epasinghe said. 

Having several decades of experience in transformation projects Epasinghe is one of the lead trainers and consultants of the Academy. He is a Psychometric Assessment Practitioner and Coach accredited by ‘Assessment 24x7’, a global leader in assessments. 

With the objective of upskilling Operation Managers with tools and techniques required to create operational excellence, the Academy has introduced an Operations Management Program. Among the other programs launched by the Academy are the Transformational Leadership, Change Management and Customised Lean Training focused on solving actual business problems. “We have already conducted several Customised Lean Trainings for Internal Audit Departments, Recoveries and Operations Departments of several companies including corporates and mid-corporates,” said Epasinghe

Several programs are specially designed targeting the pandemic-induced work arrangements. “The work-from-home model and policy was specially designed to help organisations understand the key aspects of working from home and enable their employees to carry out their duties remotely. We deliver both on-site and on-line training and in order to make our on-line training as engaging as possible, we use several approaches including online group activities, online white board systems, etc.,” Epasinghe noted.

A range of IT-related training programs are also offered by the Academy. Software Development for Beginners and Professionals, Mobile Application Development for those who are willing to advance their career as software engineers and Web Development and Social Media Marketing are among them. “The participants of these programs have the bonus of getting hands-on experience and knowledge from IT consultants of StrEdge Tech Solutions – the technology arm of the StrEdge Group. Furthermore, these are designed to enrich the participants to be immediately recruited to the industry. We treat this is to be very crucial and urgent since it is a national requirement today to be competitive in this technology-driven world which is also full of new frontiers as well as challenges,” StrEdge Tech Director/CEO Udaya Samaradivakara said.

StrEdge Academy also plans to diversify its training by adding Effective Communication Strategies and Business and Personal Transformation Coaching to its portfolio, StrEdge Advisory Director/CEO Sumedha Wijesekera said. “The experience of our consultants who are engaged in real business environments is translated to a practical and a balanced message to the audience. It is a real value addition to our clientele as the learning experience comes from ground reality. While the core business of StrEdge is to provide solutions-be it business or personal., the objective of the StrEdge Academy is to bring problem solving philosophy to the stage,” Wijesekera added.