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Business students at the IFIM Business School, Bangalore, recently got the opportunity to get up, close and personal with the Multiple Natures concept. Jiva Education had organized Steven Rudolph’s two-day workshop for about 50 students and 40 members of the IFIM faculty. During the workshop, Steve highlighted the use of Multiple Natures as a tool to clearly understand how innate abilities combine in myriad ways, and how these combinations map to specific careers.

During one of the sessions, the students took the Multiple Natures Test to help choose the right professional path as they step into the corporate world. Jiva has created made-to-order MN reports for the students, comprising career options only from the fields of business and commerce. Because these students are already in college and have chosen their respective streams, our reports aimed at helping them analyze their unique abilities and channelize their energies on career fields that best match their nature. The MN jobs database consists of career choices – Knowledge Management Associate, Brand Manager, Business Transformation Consultant, Solution Architect, Project Manager, etc. – that are aptly suited to the ever-changing requirements of the modern corporate world. The customized report also gives average starting salary ranges for each recommended job, so that students can keep the financial aspect in mind before making their choice, as well as a list of top companies that recruit people from particular career fields.

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Team AIF explores Multiple Natures as a Professional Tool

The American India Foundation recently organized Steven Rudolph’s two-day workshop on ‘MN for Educational Leaders’ for its Digital Equalizer Program team. A renowned educator and author, Steve facilitated the workshop by highlighting his path-breaking Multiple Natures framework as a personal tool for professional development.

According to the MN concept, professionals in any field of work can realize their potential and sustain peak performance by applying one simple principle: to follow their nature. It is a novel approach to organizational motivation wherein companies can identify an employee’s real passion and give him a job that suits his nature. Getting the ‘right people in the right job’ automatically leads to increased levels of productivity and team work in an organization.

Using techniques of simulation and self-analysis, along with real case studies, Steve made the participants understand how their Multiple Intelligences and Multiple Natures matched with their work. By understanding the unique composition of their natures, they were able to clearly identify the tools they have to work with, and how they can put them to use in each and every situation — meeting deadlines, working effectively in groups, delegating responsibility, and so on. Steve also recommended a plethora of techniques to help them deal with their shortcomings.

By the end of the workshop, the participants were able to understand why they were attracted to certain types of work, and why they performed poorly in other types of activities, and how they can change their own working style or environment to maintain their highest level of efficiency and effectiveness.

The workshop participants comprised an eclectic mix of professionals – trainers, program coordinators, management executives and educators – associated with the American India Foundation. They came from six different zones, namely Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa, Punjab and New Delhi, and are all geared up to take the concept of Multiple Natures back to their colleagues and educational administrators across their zones.

Mr. J. Sundarakrishnan, Director of the Digital Equalizer (DE) Program, feels the AIF team had a wonderful experience during the workshop. “The team benefited from the workshop. The customization made for the DE team was really helpful. I could see that they were not just engaged, but were internalizing the key wordsfor correlating the experiences in their own way,” he said.

Steven Rudolph, on his part, was quite content with the outcome of the event, “I have to thank the DE team, especially Mr. Sundarakrishnan, for realizing the benefits of Multiple Natures. We had an interesting bunch of participants who were deeply intrigued by the MN concept and eager to apply it to their daily work life. I am confident doing so will enable them to make greater strides in their professional lives.”

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Multiple Natures takes Shimla Principals by Storm

Jiva Education recently organized Steven Rudolph’s Multiple Natures Workshop or principals in Shimla. Hosted by DAV Public School, New Shimla, the event was attended by over 15 educational leaders in the region.

During the session, Steve highlighted the importance of having the ‘right teacher in the right job’. He urged principals to carefully assess the teachers at their schools and then assign roles and responsibilities according to their inherent abilities and strengths. For instance, those teachers strong in Naturalistic Intelligence should be provided opportunities to develop the school garden; the teachers who exhibit a strong Providing Nature should take part in the hospitality activities, and so on. According to Steve, this practice is sure to bring about a sea change in the attitude of teachers, fostering a renewed sense of commitment and engagement in the school community. Moreover, by identifying the natures of their existing teachers, schools can tap the potential of their existing human resources and begin guiding children in the right direction.

Some of the schools that participated in the event included the DAV Schools from Shoghi, Alampur, Dharamshala, Kangra and Sanjauli, among others, as well as Mahatma Hansraj Public School, Panchkula. The principals were impressed with the MN framework and many of them are keen to implement the test in their schools. Ms. P. Sofat, Principal of DAV Public School, New Shimla, said,

“Teachers and all the principals who attended the session are hugely appreciative of Mr. Steven’s passion to guide the students in making the right choice for a career. The MN program would certainly be a guiding factor for these youngsters under stress.”

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Jiva ties up with SOS to take MN to Indian Villages

Jiva Education has tied up with non-profit organization, SOS Children’s Villages of India, to conduct the Multiple Natures Test in 14 villages across the country. Through the initiative, the organizations will attempt to analyze the personality profiles of over 300 children studying in Classes 8-12 and belonging to the downtrodden sections of the society. The test will help identify the best means of engaging their special abilities and deciding on the vocations that best suit their profile. Knowing each child’s career direction will aid SOS in creating the right learning path that will ultimately help them achieve success in their lives.

Speaking about the development, Jiva Education Director and creator of the Multiple Natures Test, Steven Rudolph, said, “We feel privileged to be associated with an organization like SOS that is doing so much for the Indian society. There are numerous underprivileged kids in the country who feel ‘lost’ because they don’t have the right guidance and direction in life. I am sure the MN Test can lay the perfect ground to carve a better future for these kids.”

The initiative recently kicked off with the Multiple Natures Test being organized in Bheemunipatnam, a village near the city of Vizag in Andhra Pradesh. About 100 students took the test to discover their real potential and become more productive and successful in their lives.

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Jiva-TOI Association kicks off with Workshop in Kolkata
Jiva Education, in association with The Times of India, recently organized a principal’s meet on “Follow Your Nature” at Hotel Hindustan International, Kolkata. The event also marked the beginning of the collaboration between the two organizations.

Most Indian youngsters have difficulty in finding a quick, easy and effective solution to the one problem that is so fundamental to their success—choosing the right careers. Through this collaboration, Jiva will work towards helping students find their ideal careers using the Multiple Natures (MN) Test, developed by Steven Rudolph, Jiva’s Educational Director.

During the workshop, Rudolph highlighted the MN framework, which serves as a practical means for teachers and parents to recognize a learner’s unique strengths and consequently suggest careers that are best suited to his abilities. “I am elated that the MN framework has been lauded by many in just two years of its existence. I hope the pedagogue sorority of Kolkata will also appreciate the concept of MN which will help them make their students choose the right career,” said Rudolph.

The workshop was graced by a host of principals and teachers from some of the best schools of Kolkata, like South-City International School, Calcutta International School and Assembly Of God Church School, among others. The educators were highly impressed by the framework and the career solutions it presented. “The whole seminar was worth treasuring. Rudolph and his impeccable way of explaining things made it such an enriching experience,” said Kieth Mandrelle of South-City International School. Partha Kar from St. Lawrence School was beaming at the end of the event. “The whole process of the MN Test is very intriguing, and with the effects that was shown during the seminar, I think many schools and educational institutes will take a deeper look into the wonder-test created by Steven,” he said.

(As reported in Education Times, Kolkata, February 7, 2011)

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Steve speaks at DAV's Inclusion in Education Conference
The The DAV Managing Committee recently held a conference on ‘Inclusion in Education’ one of the most pressing issues faced by educators today. Jiva Education Director, Steven Rudolph, was invited as a speaker at the event. He spoke about how every child has unique qualities that can be nurtured. Steve highlighted his Multiple Natures framework as a practical means for teachers and parents to understand learners' abilities so they could be effectively nurtured. He spoke of the importance of the concept of ‘Vasudeva Kutumbakam’ (the world is one big family), which can be achieved only when every child finds his special place in the world. Through his talk, he urged parents and teachers to identify the unique value that every kid can add to the society he’s living in. The conference, organized in New Delhi, was attended by over 700 educators from various schools of the DAV Family.

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TOI publishes article on Multiple Natures
The Times of India, the country’s leading national daily, has recently published an article on Multiple Natures. The article focuses on how every individual has the potential to achieve happiness and success in his life; all he needs to do is work on his inherent strengths. It also talks about the MN Test as a tool to help kids identify their unique abilities and discover the path to success.

To read the complete article, click here.

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Jiva Sanskar Mela A Big Hit with Parents and Students
The Sanskar Mela organised at Jiva Public School on the occasion of Children’s Day was a big hit with students, parents, and other visitors. More than 2000 people came out for a day of fun and frolic and to explore themselves. There were dozens of game booths, each of which was connected to the concepts of Multiple Natures and Multiple Intelligences.

One unique feature about the event was how it was organized and run. The students and teachers were assigned duties based on their MIs and MNs, which were mentioned on their badges. The students in the Customer Service Team were ones strong in Providing Nature; the Event Management Team was made up of students who have strong Administrative Natures. And, the students at the Ticket Counter? Well, Entrepreneurial Nature of course!

All in all, the event was an excellent way to demonstrate how natures connect to work and to jobs. And the results were clear: the event ran like clockwork. Everything was well organized, there were no squabbles, and there was no litter to be found anywhere.

When people’s natures and energies are properly channelized, you wind up with a winning atmosphere. We hope more schools adopt the MN concept for organizing their events and see the difference it can makes to people’s mindsets and working styles.

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Steve delivers lecture on Multiple Natures in Hyderabad
Steven Rudolph recently delivered a lecture on Multiple Natures at ISB, Hyderabad. The event, organised jointly by the Young Indians Foundation (an NGO working for societal development) and Glendale Academy (one of the most acclaimed schools in Hyderabad), was aimed at promoting quality education.