The guidelines go as follows:

a) fill gaps in minimum competencies through rememdials - use admission/education data to focus/
b) build soft skills - MS-Office, oral/written commuications, case method, team work
c) increase motivation - behavioural workshops, guest speakers, films, corporate visits, norm setting
d) benchmark with others - see remedial programmes of IIM and others
e) put yourself in the participants's shoes - take your mind back 8 years when you were starting
f) don't reinvent the wheel - outsource the task to carefully selected experts (like yours truly - to make an unabashed sales pitch!)

hope that helps

hrtech