ULAB Essential Skills Programme

How to be a better leader. Practise empathy.

Empathy Is The Most Important Leadership Skill According To Research You always knew demonstrating empathy is positive for people, but new research demonstrates its importance for everything from innovation to retention.

A big part of emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills at work is the ability to manage your emotions!

A key component of ethical networking. Being grateful for past help.

Something to be proud of as we mark our Independence Day. https://www.tbsnews.net/economy/how-local-brands-replaced-foreign-ones-50-years-391306?fbclid=IwAR2PkR1oXxo8s4796S0AZwaQY3MiTplwFn0uCQ28adevCbZL8wOazb24psw #.Yj3xZn1lQVk.facebook

How local brands replaced foreign ones in 50 years In modern Bangladesh, consumers take pride in dozens of local brands that either overtook the foreign competitors or gave them a run for money

মহান মুক্তিযুদ্ধের অকুতোভয় বীর মুক্তিযোদ্ধাদের প্রতি গভীর শ্রদ্ধা...

Read about what kind of skills are important in the post-pandemic era!

Post-pandemic era needs soft skills with technical capability Employers are looking for ‘T-shaped’ skill sets, emphasising both depth and breadth of knowledge. Superior communication competencies are highly sought after.

https://hbr.org/2018/07/do-your-employees-feel-respected?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=hbr&utm_source=LinkedIn&tpcc=orgsocial_edit Research finds that 80% of employees treated uncivilly spend significant work time ruminating on the bad behavior, and 48% deliberately reduce their effort. In addition, disrespectful treatment often spreads among coworkers and is taken out on customers.Find out more about why it is important for leaders to respect their employees in the article. Harvard Business Review offers free subscriptions.

Do Your Employees Feel Respected? Lessons from a firm staffed by prison inmates.

Here's some inspiration on how to build up your skills in a new area. Try something new for 30 days!

Matt Cutts: Thử làm một điều mới trong 30 ngày Có nhiều thứ bạn luôn muốn làm nhưng lại...chưa từng thử? Matt Cutts đề xuất rằng: Hãy thử làm việc đó trong 30 ngày. Bài nói ngắn gọn và thoải mái của anh đưa ra một cách nhìn sắc sảo về việc đặt ra và hoàn thành một mục tiêu.

Ms. Khadija Rubaiyat Tasmia (She/her) is currently working at the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) as the Assistant Director of the writing center, English Zone. She earned her BA in English and MA in English and Cultural Studies from the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB). She co-authored a book chapter titled “Beyond Borders and Barriers: Healing Narratives of 1947 through a COIL Project” selected to be published this year by Stylus Publishing, LLC.

In 2015, Ms Rubaiyat received a CCI scholarship and went to Santa Rosa Junior College, California, to complete her Associate Teaching Certificate in Early Childhood Education with an internship. Upon her return, she conducted two community projects in 2017 focused on cyberbullying, mental health, emotional intelligence, and early childhood education. Later in December 2017, the Royal Commonwealth Association awarded her an Associate Fellowship certificate for the mentioned projects. She has a keen interest and facilitated workshops on Critical Thinking Skills, Workplace Communication, Time Management, and Leadership Styles and Skills.

Besides her responsibilities at the English Zone, Ms Rubaiyat has been working as an instructor for the Essential Skills Programme since Fall 2020 at ULAB. She ardently advocates for the awareness of Mental Health and Quality Education for all and intends to continue contributing actively in her community.

Mr. Shafayat Hossain Chowdhury is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Business. He started his career in 2009 with Eastern Bank Limited (EBL), one of the prominent banks in the country, as a Management Trainee after completing his BBA from North South University. He served the bank in various capacities ranging from Associate Financial Analyst to Senior Associate Manager and made significant contributions towards the development of consumer credit.

In 2013, he went to the United Kingdom (UK) to pursue higher studies securing the prestigious “Aston Business School Postgraduate Scholarship.” He attained his MSc International Business degree with Merit from Aston University in Birmingham and achieved lifetime membership of “Beta Gamma Sigma,” an international honor society recognizing outstanding scholars from the world’s best business and management programs.

He joined University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) in 2015 and has been teaching courses at undergraduate level. Apart from teaching, he has organized several workshops and seminars for students with insights to particular sectors. He has also conducted several training sessions at a local bank.

Asif U Ahmed is an Assistant Professor and the Director of the MBA Program at the School of Business of University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh. He is also the Acting Director of the EMK Center- a priority American Space co-managed by ULAB and the American Center of US Embassy Dhaka. With over two decades of experience in international development, Asif specializes in private sector engagement, non-profit organization management, corporate social responsibility and entrepreneurship development. He headed the corporate engagement and private sector development programs for different international organizations both locally and internationally. He currently works as the strategic advisor to different local and international NGOs in their effort to create sustainable financing models for development programs. He has been working with youth both at home and in abroad helping them to develop their communication and leadership capacity, building their tolerance and their conflict resolution ability and their ability to work as a team in difficult circumstances. He is currently involved in youth capacity development both in the host community as well as in the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar. He has recently received special recognition from the international NGO World Vision for his work around toxic masculinities and addressing it at different levels. He also has keen interest on employability skills and recently conducted the study on behalf of the Government of Bangladesh on the skills gap of mild-level managers.
Asif has advanced degrees in Strategic Nonprofit Organization Management from Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University and in Corporate Social Responsibility from the Harvard Business School.