Pearl D’Souza is the Director at PrePearl Training
Development Pvt Ltd. She works in the area of individual,
team and organization transformation. She is passionate
about working with youth and enabling individuals to
maximize their potential.at bringing the session to India
and when we shared with THE
TEENAGER TODAY what the
session encompasses, we were so
happy that the editorial team agreed
that it would be very valuable for
young adults and decided to partner
with PrePearl in conducting sessions
across the country.
The one-day discovery session
is designed exclusively for young
adults in the age group of 14-21
years. Each participant gets to
aware of their strengths as a person
and also enables them to identify
unique aspects they would like to
share at interviews.Being a young adult is one of the
most exciting and complex times —
one is building one’s independence
and yet not fully independent — both
parents and teenagers try to find the
ideal balance. Invited to be part of
the second half of the session, parents
now become part of the process and
get an understanding of what their“The abilities to read social situations
and develop productive relationships
are, for the foreseeable future, uniquely
human skills, and will become
increasingly important and valuable in
an automation economy.”
— gettingsmart.comThe World Bank Report 2019 on
‘The Changing Nature of Work’
states that the three qualities that
will define employability are:
complex problem-solving, teamwork
and adaptability.complete their Belbin Getset profile
wherein they also get to take inputs
from their parents, guardians,
mentors/teachers and friends as to
what they see as the individual’s
strengths. The workshop is
designed to help participants begin
the journey of discovering their
strengths, and in doing so develop
a strong sense of self and thus build
confidence in one’s ability and
potential.
A crucial and important part of
the session is participants creating
their own Statement of Purpose. The
insights from the Belbin reports and
their own reflection during the day,
helps them articulate how they want
to impact society and how they want
to make a difference.
With this, the ability to prepare
oneself for interviews — whether
school, college or work — becomes
interesting and even exciting. The
session helps participants become
young adult has discovered during
the day. An energising dialogue
is facilitated between the parent/
guardian and the student.How this links to life skills
and success in careers
With the onslaught of Artificial
Intelligence, machine learning and
automation, the future of work
poses its own challenges and
opportunities. Technology is actively
reshaping the skills that will be in
demand. The technical and hard
skills will keep changing but what
seems to be constant is the soft
skills of ‘leadership, collaboration,
adaptability, resilience, creativity,
managing time’.The need of the hour truly then is
for an opportunity for young adults
to begin their discovery journey, to
help hone soft skills, to discover their
behavioural talents and strengthen
them, to understand the ‘technique
of teamwork’ and the essence of
effective collaboration. What is
really important for society and the
world at large to also realize today
is that appreciation of differences is
the most important step to effective
communication.The Leadership Treasure Discovery
session opens the doors to
appreciating differences. It begins
the journey of enabling youth
discover their strengths and build
the life-skills to succeed in the
present and in the future.A Belbin workshop being
conducted at Millfield School (U.K.)