Nepal-India Chamber of Commerce (NICCI) and University of Birmingham organized a half-day training program for the mid-carrier professionals.
The training program, 'Your Whole Self at Work,' explored how individuals can maximize their leadership impact and influence by leveraging the strengths and resources that arise from their unique inner selves.
Professor Andrew Davies and Dr Juhi Gupta of the Edward Cadbury Center at the University of Birmingham provided an insightful and exciting new leadership development tips to the participants under the theme, ‘The Whole Self at Work’, which offered creative new insights on leading people and projects within the demanding and sometimes daunting environment of industry and commerce today, by emphasizing a skillset one already has.
Explaining about how the slow leader wins, Prof Andrew 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.”
This training also explained making quick and inclusive decisions by acting consciously – drawing upon the characteristics, values, insights and priorities that make one human and emphasizing one’s own unique capacity to be oneself.
In two-hour training Prof Andrew and Dr Gupta shared their own practical experience as well as brand new research insights, with opportunities for refreshments and networking.
They also equipped the participants to work through their own big 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, it allows a bit of space to pause, reflect and evaluate before jumping to action.
In the beginning, NICCI president Sunil KC welcomed Prof Andrew and Dr Gupta, and highlighted the NICCI’s effort to develop leadership.
Some 70 managers, and top leaders of the corporate houses including Surya Nepal, Asian Paints, Standard Chartered Bank, Nepal SBI Bank, Berger Paints, and entrepreneurs took part in the program.
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