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OUMH1303

ENGLISH FOR ORAL COMMUNICATION

JANUARY 2017 SEMESTER

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Learning Centre: OUM TAWAU

A Speech for Young Employee

First of all, I want to congratulate to all of you because you have been chosen and be
part of this company. As you know me, I am a training manager of company
development. I was responsible to giving an explanation about the self-development
program that conducted in this company. All the programs is created for helping every
employee including you the newbie in this company to gain and upgrade your
knowledge and skills not only to survive in this fierce competition but also to grow
both professionally as well as your personality. You need to move with time and keep
abreast of all the latest development in your respective field.

The first and foremost you should know is, this self-improvement is important
to you for improving yourself continuously so that you can accept a bigger challenges
in life and also lead from the front. Here, I will tell you some of the program that will
be hold;

1. Cross training
2. Mentoring Program
3. On-the-Job Training
4. Position Enhancement (Job Rotation)
5. Matrix Team Program

Now, let me explain all the program so later then you can participate and
encourage yourself. For cross training, this program is to teach you about the skills
and responsibilities of another position at your company to increase your
effectiveness. Whenever possible, for example if your business has just a few
employees, you can be in cross-train into different job responsibilities. It will provide
you more flexibility in managing the workforce to get the job done, and it is good for
you because it will help you to learn new skills, increase value of your firm and
combat position fatigue. This cross training will save productivity even when your
other colleague are absent. For example, the occasional illness, injury, or family
emergency simply cant be avoided. But when one employee is absent for a day or
two, staff you can more easily cover for their absence. For short-term absences,
cross-training can smooth out any potential dips in productivity without requiring the
organization to consider temp help.

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 In addition, this training can boost your motivation by investing in your career
growth. Sometimes, the best motivators are non-monetary rewards. But, by offering
cross-training, a company demonstrates that it is genuinely interested in the career
growth and learning opportunities available for its workers. It also allows the most
motivated and passionate workers to self-select into cross-training opportunities,
identifying your companys rising stars with less effort. Besides, you can expand the
skill sets available in your organization, helping you avoid dips in productivity due to
skills gaps that open up when your experienced employees retire or leave. Cross-
training also will helps our organization staff more strategically. So, the phrase Thats
not my job should have no place in this company. By effectively of this cross-
training, you can improve efficiency, cut down on idleness and improve your morale.

Next is about Mentoring Program. This is a formal or informal relationship

established between an experienced, knowledgeable employee and an inexperienced
or new employee. The purpose of a mentor is to help you the new employee quickly
absorb the organization's cultural and social norms. This mentor program will helps
the continuing employee grow in their current position and become ready for new jobs
and career opportunities. Mentoring can also assist you as an employee, new to a
specific job or area of responsibility, to quickly learn what you need to know to
succeed in job your and role. You will be benefited from a mentoring relationship
because you will have someone with greater knowledge and experience to turn to for
advice. While your mentor won't do your job for him, your mentor may demonstrate
a task, guide you through solving a problem, or critique your work. A mentorship may
help you to feel less isolated at work, too, and encourage him to interact more with
others. Your mentor can provide you with tips on career growth and introduce you to
other professionals. As you will matures in your career, your mentor may remain a
valued adviser to you.

Then, On-The-Job Training (OJT) program means training in the public or

private sector that is given to. A paid employee while he or she is engaged in
productive work and that provides. Knowledge and skills essential to the full and
adequate performance on the job. This company offering on-the-job training programs
for you to be more committed on your task. You will have a highly skilled workforce
in your task as well as creating a mind-sets of always learning. This pays off big

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when you need to be promoted in the future. If you want to be a better employee, this
on-the-job training will help you and you can build flexibility into your workforce.

The next program that will help you to gain skills in your task is the position
enhancement where one of the method to provide job enrichment from your own
perspective. It will involves the systematic of your movement from job to job within
an organization. Typically, formal job rotation programs will offer a customized
assignments to promising in an effort to give you a view of the entire business.
Assignments usually run for a year or more. Rotation programs can vary in size and
formality. This job rotations are not new, but they can be highly effective. Even if you
are a low-level workers, the job rotations can help you to gain variety and perspective,
so you will not get bored.

For matrix team program, it is include the work groups, cross functional teams,
task forces, problem solving teams, committees, Special Project teams, etc. They are
normally composed of a small number of people from different departments,
functions, or organizations, who have banded together to solve a common problem or
achieve a goal through collaboration and the sharing of their knowledge and skills.
When you attend this program, you will gain an understanding of the challenges and
benefits of working in a matrix organisations, you will be more aware of your
perceptions, assumptions and expectations across the organisations and cultures, in
addition it will improved your communication skills to be able to communicate
assertively with a range of stakeholders also you may know of how to influence and
delegate effectively in the organisation or business.

All the programs that being held in this company is neither more to create a
knowledgeable, skilful, high confidence and powerful employee. As a young
employee, you should be more aggressive to grab the chance to gain the opportunity
for rising your level and be a top employee later.

Ladies and Gentleman,

To be a successful employee is not an easy to achieve. You should improve yourself

by adding up knowledge, skills so that you be an excellent in your work. Striving for
excellence is an important part of professionalism in any job. It involves trying to put

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quality into everything you do, and this attitude tends to separate the achievers, who
make rapid strides in their career from others. Striving for excellence does not mean
that you must be perfect. It means that you use your talents, abilities, and skills in the
best way possible and get ahead of others by giving that little extra. Taking from what
Micheal Syed said that;

"Excellence is about stepping outside the comfort zone, training with a spirit
of endeavour, and accepting the inevitability of trials and tribulations.
Progress is built, in effect, upon the foundations of necessary failure.

As you know, most people want to do the best they can. But when is near
enough good enough and perfect too much? Actually, theres a big difference between
striving for excellence and striving for perfection. Striving for excellence can really
motivate and inspire you, while striving for perfection can be completely
demoralising. From a business perspective, it is also important that we dont get
dragged into the pursuit of perfection. By its nature, striving for perfection is a long-
term pursuit. The world is changing so rapidly that if you wait until everything is
perfect, your competitor will be way ahead of you and your customer has probably
gone somewhere else. When you strive for excellence, your customers will enjoy the
results of your continued improvement every day. Strive for perfection and you are at
risk of getting dragged down by the thought that no matter what you do, you will never
get there. Strive for excellence and every day you will see the results of your pursuits
as you focus on the incremental improvement you have achieved.

Be an excellent employee is tend to have some attitude like you will use any
initiative to act on opportunity. You become a leader before other people view you as
one. You should show a can do attitude even in demanding situations, you could try
to solve problems rather than to pass them on to other people. Whenever your superior
ask to do some task, your answer is yes and you going to make it happen. A positive,
can-do attitude is a real selling point for graduates. This doesn't have to be loud and
gregarious, more a quiet confidence, willing to work hard to achieve goals which
accord with the companys objectives. Pride in your own work and a desire to give of
your best will also go a long way.

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 As a new employee, you might get in to trouble and tend to do mistakes. But,
do not make it as your weakness. You should look at the failures as feedback that
provides you with the information you need to learn, grow, and succeed. Rather than
viewing failure in a negative way where we put ourselves down and think WE are a
failure, think of failure as a valuable learning experience. When you look at your
mistakes with a view to learning from them, rather than sending yourselves a negative
messages, you are on the path to success. You may be reluctant to try different things
because you are afraid of failing. Fear of failure does nothing but keep you in your
comfort zone where you stick with the familiar, the safe choices where you do not
risk another failure. Once you step out of your comfort zone, when you are willing
to try something new, which is when you take a step toward success. The only real
failure is not learning from our mistakes. The key to success is to look carefully at
what went wrong, change what we did the first time, and try again by applying what
we learned.

Working in a company or organization will have you to work with others as

well as a group. For the every task you are given from your colleague, you need to
take responsibility for your every actions. You should be responsible for your
thoughts, feelings, words, and actions. Own the choices you make and the results
that follow. When we take responsibility for our choices, others know they can count
on us and we earn their respect. If you tell a friend you will meet him at a certain time
but you are two hours late because you were hanging out with another friend, take
responsibility for your choice. Dont make up excuses like I couldnt help it Billy
just wouldnt let me go. Take ownership by saying, I was wrong not to meet you as
planned or call you when I realized Id be late. When we take ownership of
everything we do and say and stop blaming things outside ourselves for situations that
occur in our lives, we have greater control. You may not be able to control everything
that happens in your lives but you can control on how you respond to what happens.
By taking ownership of your actions, you may create a huge shift in your life.

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Ladies and Gentleman,

Be mindful of yourself and others while focusing on what is meaningful and important
in your life. Inner happiness and fulfilment come when your mind, body, and emotions
are nurtured by the choices you make. When you are in a balance, you will make time
for the things that are important to you. Staying in balance is an ongoing process about
choices. We are constantly making choices about what we do, what we say, how we
feel, what we think, and so on. But, actually balance is not about rigidly devoting
equal time to everything that matters to us, and it is not about totally immersing
ourselves in one area of our lives to the exclusion of all others. Balance is about
considering everything that is meaningful and important to us when we make choices
about how we spend our time and energy. When we find the right balance we are
happy, healthy, productive, and fulfilled.

So, you guys, as a training manager, I wish that you can contribute more
benefits to this company, you should always be ready for everything that might come,
always be responsible, be compromising to other staff and colleague, be a respectful
employee. Whenever you have a problem with your work and task, do not hesitate to
ask help then you can decrease a chance of doing the same mistake. I wish you luck
guys!

Thank You.

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