Date: January 23, 2019
With an intention to help entrepreneurs acquire wider leadership skills and channel them into effectively managing their businesses efficiently, the Zubair Corporation’s (Z-Corp)’s Corporate HR department organised ‘The Leadership Challenges’ programme for members and entrepreneurs associated with Zubair Small Enterprises Centre (Zubair SEC).
Building on its strategic association with the Leadership Challenges Institute, Zubair Corp HR delivered the leadership development programme with an intention to help entrepreneurs cope with business-related leadership demands more effectively.
The Leadership Challenges is one of the most widely validated leadership programmes globally. The programme was delivered by Professor Graham Moore, the first certified master facilitator of The Leadership Challenge in the Middle East. Graham has been a professional speaker, leadership challenge facilitator and executive coach for 20 years. He specialises in leadership, sales and customer service. He has delivered programmes and keynotes internationally and has presented to over 32,000 participants internationally including around 8,500 sales professionals. He has presented in 35 cities in 19 countries. He was assessed as being in the top 1% of facilitators worldwide for delivering Learning Effectiveness in 2009 by RAIT Learning Assessment, Australia.
‘The Leadership Challenges programme organised by Zubair Corp HR commenced with a leadership practices inventory (LPI) assessments for the targeted audiences for a period of two weeks and concluded with a workshop delivered over a period of two days. It was attended by 20 participants for whom the learning materials were sponsored by Jon Wiley & Sons, USA. All participants will now undergo a professional online weekly coaching session, for a period of two years, in order to achieve significant improvement across five practices of exemplary leadership.
Waleed Al Yarubi Group Head Human Resources Z-Corp’s Corporate said, “The programme was a grand success and aimed to achieve several objectives including help participants gain in-depth knowledge and understanding of practices of exemplary leadership. Based on the great feedback we received from entrepreneurs who participated, we are confident that this session will help them to sharpen their leadership capabilities.”
Nasser Saleh Hamed Al Broumi a member of Zubair SEC who participated in the programme said, “The programme helped us to understand how we can improve our leadership skills to meet challenges that lay ahead. It facilitated to identify our leadership strengths and weaknesses and encouraged us to search for opportunities to change and improve. We thank Zubair Corp HR and Zubair SEC for choosing us for this enriching programme that was led by the accomplished leadership challenges facilitator Professor Graham Moore.”
Professor Graham Moore said, “Leadership development is an important part of any individual’s professional development if they are to make any moves up the corporate ladder. I congratulate Zubair Corp HR offering this leadership development opportunity for these young entrepreneurs associated with Zubair SEC. These individuals will benefit significantly from this leadership development programme. I was also impressed by the enthusiasm shown by the participants during the course of the programme.”
The Zubair Corporation is committed to playing an essential role in Oman’s continued march towards further development, progress and prosperity. It has been organising many such programmes for the benefit of its employees and larger society. Designed to help employees with workforce succession planning, Z-Corp HR department has been organising the ELDP (Executive Leadership Development Program), an initiative aimed at developing high calibre employees of Z-Corp as part of the group’s talent management programme initiative “SEED”. SEED, the first of its kind in Oman, was held particularly in line with government strategy and intention to promote Omanis to high management positions in private sector organisations, with an intention to strengthen the capability of workforce.
Zubair SEC is one of the initiatives which emanated from Z-Corp’s social responsibility strategic vision towards the Omani society. Zubair SEC is keen on equipping its members with experiential, hands-on business skills, negotiation knacks and teamwork abilities by participating in such programmes. Zubair SEC has been a guiding arm to develop a culture of entrepreneurship in Oman and has been supporting young Omanis who aspire to achieve business success. Since establishment, the Centre has progressed towards a holistic ecosystem of services providing support and motivation for the talented ambitious minds.