OSL lift staff skills through toastmaster

Oil search has continued its efforts to develop its employees through personal development programs such as the Toastmasters.
Toastmasters International (TI), is a non-profit educational organisation that operates clubs worldwide for the purpose of helping members improve their communication, public speaking and leadership skills.
Oil Search took on the program in 2015 and has been recognised by TI in 2017 for its commitment to the toastmasters program in PNG.
TI is valued by Oil Search as it helps improve the way staff communicate within the company and also develop them to become better future leaders.
Molien Nano of Milne Bay and New Ireland provinces is a systems and business analyst within the IT department of Oil Search in Port Moresby.
Ms Molien joined the Port Moresby Oil Search Toastmasters in 2015 and has since improved her speaking and leadership skills and also believes that her power of voice can make a difference.
“I was introduced to Toastmasters through an email from Joseph Rangan, an Oil Search safety trainer, based at Iagifu ridge in Kutubu.
He was inviting colleagues to join toastmasters and that pricked my interest and I decided to join,” Ms Nano recalls.
Molien showed confidence in the three speech contests using appropriate language in a well-structured speech in front of judges and 19 other participating PNG Toastmaster clubs.
She took out first place in both the evaluation speech and the international speech contest ahead of other PNG clubs, and will represent the Port Moresby Oil Search Toastmasters and PNG Toastmasters at the district 69 conference in Brisbane in April.
“Oil Search has provided me this valuable opportunity to improve my communication and leadership skills, I am proud to representing the company and PNG,” Ms Nano said.