Working at DTI has blessed me with so many good memories. It has also allowed me to meet top notch people. Of course, with the rigorous screening process for picking DTI's employees, it is not surprising. The office is bound to end up with professionals who are the best in their field of expertise.
Being at DTI also come with its perks. The numerous pre-COVID business seminars, conferences and trainings held in various hotels and resort-hotels in the country, allowed me to experience venue amenities and buffets for free. This is the reason why losing weight was more difficult pre-COVID.
Moreover, how can I forget the staff trainings which are among the most innovative and enjoyable this side of the corporate world ?
The DTI Academy, managed by the Human Resource and Administrative Service (HRAS), was launched in 2018 to build a cadre of high-performing leaders and professionals through training, research, and innovation.
DTI Academy formally launched the 2020 online training programs as an alternative mode of learning for DTI employees while adapting to the new normal.
These training programs are identified as vital as the department gradually shifts to the digital mode of interaction.
Both Head Office and Regional Office participants attend the training programs with an average of 50 attendees per session. What’s good about these programs is the tracking system. These programs have its pre- and post-assessments to evaluate learning outcomes. Thus, being in the department means you are constantly in learning mode.
At the DTI Academy, leadership programs are also lined up for supervisors and executives. Personal Mastery, Competency-based Interviewing Techniques, Leadership in the Time of Change, with new and refresher programs for Coaching and Mentoring are among those that are in store for department leaders.
Considering that it is done online, the DTI Academy targets to train as many employees as possible per year. All personnel are enjoined to enlist and participate in these programs.
I recently attended one training on Personal Mastery which was quite interesting since it involved meditation and self- introspection. Imagine doing these in front of a laptop.
Personal Mastery is basically a process, not a destination, according to consultants hired by the office. Selfleadership.com defines Personal Mastery as “the process of living and working purposefully towards a vision, in alignment with one’s values and in a state of constant learning about oneself and the reality in which one exists.”
I learned that having increased personal mastery gives you the ability to produce high quality results and understand and replicate the way you produce these results. These, however, require self-awareness, self-management and self-learning.
The point of the program is “you can’t lead others, unless you first lead yourself.”
The task to know oneself requires the realization that our road to personal mastery will be a journey we need to take to live an authentic life. Otherwise, we settle for an unfulfilled existence of quiet desperation.
Methods of learning at the department have been changing rapidly with the pandemic. The world, indeed, is changing fast. It will be very different after this health crisis and the new mode of learning will apparently become normal.
The agency understands and adapts to times peculiar conditions. The use of technology is the new norm and key to the department’s future. The agency has invested in new learning tools such as videoconferencing platforms like Google Meet, MS Teams and Zoom.
Its a never ending process of improvement as we shift to the digital mode of interaction. But that’s the enjoyable part because everything at this point feels like an adventure and the most exciting parts are up ahead. It seems we haven’t reached the climax of our lovely story.
As Forest Gump said in the movie “life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what yummy piece you are going to get.#
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