A number of members of the Sharjah Leadership Development Program (SIPP) have identified factors that motivated them to join the program, looking forward to future leadership positions, pointing out that at the top of these factors, preparing them and developing their personal skills with world-class standards for leadership positions, and fostering a culture of innovative leadership, and enabling them to Leading multifunctional teams, in addition to managing performance and concentration, and achieving their ambitions to promote them in their departments, and promote a culture of outstanding performance in their jobs and work, and learn how to solve problems and obstacles faced in the professional arena and how to overcome them, through Focus on four key areas: retail, art and design, industry and startups, small and medium enterprises, as well as leadership development and 21st century skills.
In the 11th round of the Sharjah Leadership Program, a group of associates affirmed to Emirates Today the importance of the program for them and their career and career aspirations, and their aspirations for leadership positions, noting that the program will give them an opportunity to upgrade their career levels.
The Director of Sharjah Publishing City, Salem Omar Salem, said: “What encouraged him to join the program is the position occupied by the leaders in the Emirate of Sharjah from the former associates, and a large percentage of those who graduated from this program has developed both personal and practical.” Growth is the basis of thinking, and any useful information will add something new and develop from his personality.
Salem added that the program made him acquire a lot of information and experience from distinguished lecturers, especially on leadership, the role of the outstanding leader and methods of negotiation and project management, pointing out that the program makes him look forward to occupying leadership positions in the future.
Sheikh Saqr Khalid Al Qasimi, Documents Officer at Sharjah Documents and Archives Authority, said that he joined the program to hone his personal talents, after being nominated by his employer at Sharjah Documents and Archives Authority for a future leadership position, pointing out the importance of the program in providing the basics and meeting the necessary requirements. In leadership, motivate associates to strive to develop themselves.
He continued: «The program includes a variety of topics that enable the participant to know how to deal in various situations and difficulties, and learn the arts of negotiation, which is an important element in the field of business».
For his part, Captain Khalifa Mohammed Al Suwaidi, from the Sharjah Police General Headquarters, said: “One of the most important factors that led him to join the Sharjah Leadership Program, as it is considered one of the best programs to develop skills in the professional and social fields. In the professional arena, besides sharing experiences with colleagues from various government departments and the private sector.
Zahra al-Sijwani, a senior contract specialist at the Sharjah National Oil Corporation, said she joined the Leadership Development Program for several reasons, notably her sense of change in her personality, the refinement of her leadership skills, the expansion of her leadership skills, and increased self-confidence, so as to reflect on her career skills.
Ahmed Fathi Afaneh, a project manager at a building contracting company, said that there are many reasons that encouraged him to join the Sharjah Leadership Program, including his aspirations to hold senior positions in the future, pointing out that he has gained many experiences from the Sharjah Leadership Program, most notably developing himself in the field of discussion and rhetoric , And increase his self-confidence.
In turn, a number of lecturers and supervisors of the Sharjah Leadership Development Program, said that the program was based on the vision of the Sharjah Foundation for Capacity Development - Tatweer, which is a subsidiary of the quarter century for the leaders and innovators industry, in the graduation of young national competencies possessing science and knowledge and tools of the times. The 11 targeted 30 affiliates of the cadres working in government institutions and departments in the country.