KATHMANDU, Jan 8: Nepal-India Chamber of Commerce (NICCI) and University of Birmingham have jointly organized a half-day training program for the mid-carrier professionals.
The training program named ‘Your Whole Self at Work’ delved into how individuals can maximize their leadership impact and influence by drawing upon the strengths and resources that come from their distinctive inner self.
Professor Andrew Davies and Dr Juhi Gupta of the Edward Cadbury Centre at the University of Birmingham provided an insightful and exciting new leadership development tips to the participants, offering creative new insights in how to lead both people and projects more effectively in the intense and often intimidating world of industry and commerce today simply by emphasizing a skillset one already has which is unique.
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Explaining about how the slow leader wins Professor Davies said, “No one wants to work for an indecisive leader but rushing to lead your team decisively in the wrong direction won’t help anyone either.”
The training also explained making quick and inclusive decisions by acting consciously – drawing upon the characteristics, values, insights and priorities that make individuals humane and emphasizing their own unique capacity to be oneself.
In two-hour training Professor Davies and Dr Gupta shared their own practical experience as well as new research insights, with opportunities for refreshments and networking.
They also equipped the participants to work through their own leadership challenges using a new model for leadership decision-making and with a new mindset that is holistic, culturally relevant and fit for purpose in the fastest of professional environments, but which allows a bit of space to pause, reflect and evaluate before jumping to action.
Some 70 managers and top-level leadership of the corporate houses, and entrepreneurs took part in the program.
