14 March 2011

MELA is Launched!

MELA DAY ONE, 13 MARCH 2011





It is 9 am on 13 March 2011, and welcome to the Grand Ballroom of the Movenpick Resort and Spa Dead Sea, for the inauguration of the Middle East Leadership Academy! There are fifty of us in the room, linked by a passion for leadership, and a profound sense of optimism about the future of the Middle East, when the region can yield such a constellation of talent as represented by the new members of MELA.






Michael Kouly (President, Cambridge Institute for Global Leadership) in conversation with Fadi Ghandour (CEO, Aramex) on the need and promise of regional leadership. One of the key messages: truly successful leaders never act alone.





Jim Crupi (President, Strategic Leadership Solutions) prepares to speak on "Taking Your Leadership to the Next Level." If someone took away your title, would they still follow you?







Put it this way: Most of us don't know Hamoud's title but would follow him nevertheless, with security and confidence!









Team Challenge: Will they get their lifeboat and crew safely home? Hitham promises he can navigate by the stars, which is comforting. But have they brought along enough shark repellent?








Facilitator Ibrahim Shalaby treats his computer with a regard and respect that could be judged excessive.














The MELA Bags are electric!








At dinner, the MELA paired introductions produced some surprising discoveries -- for example, who would have guessed that Ramzi and Omar were long-lost brothers?








A BIG WELCOME TO THE NEW MELA GROUP!

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