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Best practices: India Manager’s Bridge model learning journey (May–July 2022)
About the model
Bridge is a model that identifies four basic relational styles. Everyone has part of each of the four styles, but we don’t express them to the same degree. Each person has a preferred style, which is the one primarily used in their relationships.
Key benefits
The model helps managers to discover their preferred style and enhances interpersonal communication as the basis of effective personal and professional relationships. It helps to create a collaborative and positive cross-functional working environment. Each style has effective and ineffective relational characteristics.
Supply Chain Training
In 2022, after identifying a training need, RGCU worked with the Procurement Department to develop three global training programmes for Group employees.
The Cat Man and SRM training courses aim to provide conceptual and methodological support to Roca Group employees in Category Buyer and Category Manager roles for Management by Categories of Procurement and the SRM methodology, in addition to providing a practical and implementable demonstration of the knowledge acquired. The GPL training course provided the tools to address the challenges related to the function of participants and their communication style.
The three programmes were delivered virtually via the RGCU Moodle platform, in partnership with IQS Executive Education trainers. They were designed exclusively for the Roca Group.
Some key figures:
“The RGCU Bridge model session was opened by RGCU L&D Manager Helena Carbone and delivered by RGCU Training manager for India, Rajiv Saini. This model helped me to understand and analyse my own style, as well as the styles of other colleagues. I am confident that I will tackle my emotions in different situations.”
“It is a scientifically designed and widely validated programme. I was not surprised to find the majority of the team members in the task-oriented quadrant, reflecting the fact that we are unstoppable. It was very useful to team members, especially younger ones, which need our effective guidance to become effective future leaders. Thanks to RCGU for such an amazing program.”
“It was a highly energetic and useful session which will not only help to understand our style but also to communicate well with others, since knowing their style can boost collaborative working in the workplace.”
“It was a rejuvenating session that was full of learning and self-reflection. The content was extremely relevant to personal development, as well as professional relationship building and management.”
“Thank you so much for the superb interactive session for this cross function with all managers. It will help us immensely to understand ourselves and to make adjustments based on the demands of situations. It will help us to bridge the gap between people and connect with them more clearly.”
“A very effective tool for communication. Crisp presentation for effective learning.”
“Excellent training programme. It helped us to understand our personal characteristics, skills and shows the areas to focus on and improve further.”
“Excellent programme for understanding ourselves and how to collaborate with stakeholders and customers in the first interaction. A very interactive session.”
“A wonderful session that helps develop a clear understanding of ourselves and how to build the bridge across to other people to collaborate with one another. “Together we build the future”.”
“It was a superb session. It will help for connecting with people and understanding their style and character to develop healthy relationships.”
“It was a great session. I thoroughly enjoyed it and it helped increase my self-awareness of my style and my understanding of others in terms of their style in order to build healthy relationships. I had a great time and learnt a lot.”
