tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56277176052699955922024-02-07T08:03:25.045+03:00Middle East Leadership AcademyShannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06368129752408335424noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5627717605269995592.post-34494663893107369552015-03-19T11:04:00.000+02:002015-05-26T11:42:48.327+03:00The Final Day<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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March 14th, 2015</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Written by, Samer Ebbini</span></div>
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and a session about the ‘Power of MELA’, it was the time for the GRADUATION…
but first, the speeches by Mr. John Pay from Shell Kuwait and Mr. Qusai Al Amer
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new board director, participated throughout the ceremony and was glad to award
her protégé, Yasmine, with the graduation certificate.</span></div>
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We had two guest speakers Antoine Eid, Managing Partner, <i>Leaderpership Consultants</i> and Wissam Darwische, Executive Director, principal Investments, <i>Waha Capital</i> .Antoine explained how we could use brain science in leadership and team performance and Wissam told us about securing and financing in the region. Written by Maya-Nora Saaid</span><br />
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Adam S. Albionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523168604811666769noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5627717605269995592.post-33274246705811966452015-03-18T12:05:00.000+02:002015-05-26T11:39:31.750+03:00Blue's, Red's, and Bowling<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
March 11th, 2015<br />
Written by Maya-Nora Said<br />
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was our morning speaker today? Yes, it was Jim! This morning he told us
all about reds and blues, a negotiations exercise. The exercise yesterady morning provided us a metaphor for
different strategies for approaching a negotiation and demonstrates the value
of finding common ground and a collective identity. Jim also made us gain
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Listening to what we should be doing</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dream team</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ali being Ali</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mira!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After the negotiation</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Out!</td></tr>
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Later that day we had a interview with Walid Al-Nader. Walid was telling us his experience as a leader and many people had questions. After lunch we went bowling, which the guys really liked and later to the oldest Kuwaiti souk (market), which the girls loved. We ended our night with a dinner at a Lebanese restaurant with a beautiful view on the sea. Written by Maya-Nora Saaid<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amer and Dana at the Souk (market)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lamees should shave her hair to fit in</td></tr>
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Adam S. Albionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523168604811666769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5627717605269995592.post-79945938994792337282015-03-12T08:26:00.002+02:002015-05-26T11:35:03.859+03:00Guest Speakers and their influences<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jassem and his out coutor pose</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dana writing everything down</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There</td></tr>
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Adam S. Albionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523168604811666769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5627717605269995592.post-22968504982774216612015-03-10T20:52:00.000+02:002015-05-26T11:35:20.897+03:00Physical and Mental Exercise <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
March 9th, 2015<br />
Written by Maya-Nora Said<br />
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After exercising our brain for the past 5 days, today we exercised our bodies as well. The morning was full of purpose, whys, whats, and whens. In the afternoon, we played a team building game and listened to two guest speakers.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leesh? (Why)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shaping up</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Circle of love</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ali is cheering for the Netherlands</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Concentration part 2</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Concentration part 3</td></tr>
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After trials and tribulations of the Neon Buzz game the small group discussions were energized. Our guest speakers Raheen Sacranie and Brice Bay made their long journey to Kuwait. They spoke about <i>Financial Insights Every Leader Must Know About Their Organization</i> and B<i>ecoming an Entrepreneur: Starting and Growing a Business.</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brice Bay</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is what paying attention looks like!</td></tr>
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Adam S. Albionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523168604811666769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5627717605269995592.post-70991233631797278762015-03-10T11:35:00.001+02:002015-05-26T11:35:36.342+03:00Our Cultural Purpose<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
March 8th, 2015<br />
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to make daily decisions, and we sometimes seem lost. Thanks to Micheal's teachings today, we started our morning with information on how we really make
decisions and how to make better decisions. We learned how to get in touch with
our purpose and how to be willing to put ourselves in peril to serve our
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Micheals purpose was to feel home, so he took his shoes off</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jim interviewing Qusai Al-Amer</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Purpose of Dhari and Aziz was sitting on the ground</td></tr>
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Last night was Cultural Night! The cultural night gave all the participants a chance to share their aspect of history, culture and/or traditions. We got Kushari from the Egyptians, dates from the Saudies, desserts from the Omani's and Kuwaitis, souvenirs from the Jordanians. We had an entertaining night full of laughter and traditional music.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Happy birthday Mohammad!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taste of Oman</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Feruza </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Different cultures, different leaders</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bassam in his native costume</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lamees and Nael performing traditional day in Syria</td></tr>
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Adam S. Albionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523168604811666769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5627717605269995592.post-48468668223648565092015-03-08T17:54:00.000+02:002015-05-26T11:38:48.789+03:00Testing Limits with Chips<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
March 7th, 2015<br />
Written by Maya-Nora Said<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Micheal Kouly at his best </td></tr>
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The morning speaker of yesterday's sessiom was Michael Kouly (President, Cambridge Institute for Global Leadership). He tested our limits in yesterday's discussion to issues like life, leadership and priorities. All emotions were shown and he managed to confuse most people yet still have control over the session.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jassem and Micheal challenging each other </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yasmine deep in thoughts</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Slap in the face or high 5 from Mohammad</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Muatz recording Micheal</td></tr>
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In the afternoon we played a game called Star Power. This game is a real time, face to face, non-computer based simulation game of an organization or system in which leaders are given unlimited powers to make and change the rules of the simulation. The simulation focuses on trading chips that represent different values. Let's check the values of the participants.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bonus round!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cindy dancing debke; she got the bonus chips</td></tr>
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Most people day dream of past and future stories, and today we had story time with Jim. Jim told us some life changing stories and taught us the art of telling effective, value-based stories as a way
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We then had a ‘pen and paper’ group survival exercise called Lost at Sea. All the participants were sailing and got lost. All the participants managed to save 15 undamaged items and now they have to priorities the items. It is a team building activity that encourages interaction and teamwork, the chances of ‘survival’ depend on the ability to rank the salvaged items in relative order of importance.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">March 5th, 2015</span><br />
<span lang="EN-US">Written by Maya-Nora Said<br /><br />Jim welcomed us to MELA and </span>made us understand a new way of leadership and what it means to our future. He made us realize that giving back is not about receiving first, so the leaders can repeatedly re-discover themselves and others.<br />
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Adam S. Albionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523168604811666769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5627717605269995592.post-17087606460609931802015-03-05T21:55:00.001+02:002015-03-07T07:05:46.648+02:00Finishing Touches in High Tech Kuwait<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Yesterday was a busy and productive day behind the scenes of MELA 6. Facilitators were perfecting their coaching skills and preparing a new start for an endless journey before the arrival of the participants.<br />
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Adam S. Albionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523168604811666769noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5627717605269995592.post-87925236077355160382014-03-15T23:06:00.000+02:002014-03-25T18:18:54.773+02:00Expect the Unexpected<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>MELA 5, DAY TEN: 15 MARCH 2014</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The anonymous author of this doodle, spotted on a jotting pad during the final day of our workshop, is the unsung philosopher of MELA:<span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;"> the Arab Confucius who has</span> penetrated the essence of the program. For, a</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">s John King said on the very first morning of MELA 5, the amount of learning achieved is proportional to one's openness to be surprised. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since then, the surprises have been coming thick and fast. How many of us could foresee so many transformative leadership experiences crashing over our heads, wave after wave, during a mere week and a half? Who expected that so many of the strangers in the room on Day 1 would become necessary people to us – lifelong friends and leadership peers – by Day 10? </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From the vantage point of 6 March, who would have believed that many of us would part from our fellow "Melos" tomorrow with sighs and separation anxiety? Who would have expected we could return to our homes with withdrawal symptoms and hybrid feelings of sweet sorrow? But we are accustomed by now to expect the unexpected from MELA. Today as the end draws near, we are prepared for a welter of mixed emotions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Victor Antonio kicks off with the theme "The Logic of Success," peppering his talk with insights from psychology, brain science, sociology and marketing. As a special bonus, he offers an analysis of Michael Kouly's blockbuster session yesterday evening. As an illustration of excellence, Victor endeavors to decipher what made Michael's presentation so powerful. Venturing where no man has dared to venture before, Victor seeks to unlock the labyrinths of the Kouly Kode.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There was a lot here that Michael himself didn't know. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Deconstructed into its elements, the mysteries of the Kouly Kode are thrillingly revealed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The goodbyes are beginning, and with them a renewed desire to capture and preserve these elusive, fugitive moments together. Noor and Mashael pose with the MELA maestro. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On behalf of the MELA 5 members, Ghareb presents Jim a token of their appreciation for all he and the team have done to touch and change their lives. The Arabian (White) oryx is the national animal of Qatar.</span><br />
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<b>MELA 5, DAY NINE: 14 MARCH 2014</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Capstone Project. </b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>On the penultimate day of the MELA Academy, participants are challenged to synthesize and utilize all they have learned through a team project. Their mission: to travel by time machine to the year 2019, when a global media organization is profiling MELA, and explain through a presentation what MELA has achieved in the intervening five years to make it worthy of such international attention.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The afternoon's first capstone presentation describes how MELA members, by 2019, have united to contribute to the region's economic betterment, made social contributions through the establishment of schools and scholarships, and developed innovative learning games.</span></div>
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<b>MELA 5, DAY EIGHT: 13 MARCH 2014</b><br />
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<b>MELA 5, DAY SEVEN: 12 MARCH 2014</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;">Two-party negotiation.</b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"> </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;">The art of addressing points of difference between two partners in a dialogue, and crafting an outcome that ideally satisfies both parties.</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Red-Blue.</b> <i>A multiple-round negotiation game between paired groups.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Group 5 ("Snake") ponders its opening bid in the game against Group 3 ("Coral").</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Feelings run high as the exercise is debriefed, and the Machiavellian maneuvers which some groups performed in order to win </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: left;">–</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> bordering on treachery, in some people's opinion </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: left;">–</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> are brought to light.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To move the earth (given the mass of the planet) physics calculates that the length of Archimedes' lever will need to exceed the distance from here to the Andromeda Galaxy. To grasp and maneuver such a <i>pole of influence</i>, our hand coordination will clearly have to get a lot better than this!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Resources:</i> Intelligence, wit, vision, caring.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Behavior:</i> All in.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Outcome: </i>They will move the earth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mazin Al Khatib (<i>Managing Director, Fundraising and Investor Relations, Warburg Pincus, UK</i>): "Building a Personal Network." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The instructions specify ten items in the lifeboat that each team has to hand. Ranking them correctly, according to their value to the group's survival, is going to be a life-or-death decision.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Salah's team has put shark repellent last on the list. Quite right. To put it higher would be a cultural affront to Saudi manhood. There is no honor in shark repellent. If a Great White appears, Salah's team expects him to be worthy of his ancestors to the seventh generation, and fight the animal with honor, in hand-to-hand combat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Michael Kouly expands yesterday's discussion to issues of life and leadership, purpose and priorities. <i>This is heavy stuff.</i> But without possessing inner clarity about these intersecting questions, how can one allocate one's time and resources properly?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next on the agenda: decision-making. Central to leadership, yet fraught with difficulties, as clashing (and sometimes mutually exclusive) interests and loyalties come into conflict.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The combined Lebanese-Palestinian-Syrian-Iraqi team prepares for the Cultural Exchange this evening! And with that cliffhanger ending...</span></div>
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Adam S. Albionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523168604811666769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5627717605269995592.post-25933049394176476422014-03-08T22:32:00.000+02:002014-03-26T13:50:33.645+02:00Putting on the Pressure<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>MELA 5, DAY THREE: 8 MARCH 2014</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The morning's speaker, Michael Kouly (</span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">President, Cambridge Institute for Global Leadership</i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) is dazzled by the blaze of talent emanating from the MELA 5 participants.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monah reports that her blood pressure is currently hovering around 180/100 and rising. That got Mansoor's attention.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When a system is stuck, it is the task of the leader to get it unstuck. It's dirty work, but somebody has to make the attempt. Samer rolls up his sleeves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The morning session, because it was conducted under conditions of pressure and stress, has yielded a treasure-trove of data about our attitudes towards authority and default positions as leaders.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But in the final analysis, MELA is a peaceful world where </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">riot police and water cannons have no place. A harmonious world of friends and peers, who prefer to settle their differences over a shared dinner and aromatic shisha under the Doha skies.</span></i></div>
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<b>MELA 5, DAY TWO: 7 MARCH 2014</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Inter-Cultural Intelligence is the watchword of Marco Blankenburgh (<i>International Director, KnowledgeWorkx</i>) </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.86px; text-align: left;">– </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the ability to interpret and react appropriately to the culturally defined behavior of others. Like the seen and hidden portions of an iceberg, the drivers behind people's actions can range from attitudes that may be easily observable, to values and beliefs that may be hiding deep beneath the surface.</span></div>
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<b>MELA 5, DAY ONE: 6 MARCH 2014</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">MELA 5 is honored to be partnering with Qatar Shell and Qatar Leadership Center. Rob Sherwin (<i>General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Qatar Shell</i>) congratulates the participants on being selected for the program, and underscores his company's commitment to developing up-and-coming leaders in the region.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">John King (<i>John King & Partners</i>) launches an inquiry into leadership. Leadership is precarious because leaders need the permission of those they lead, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">permission that may be withdrawn at any moment. John also makes a promise: that, at the end of MELA's ten days, we will have shared the best and highest of one another </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;">–</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">our core values, and sense of destiny of ourselves as leaders.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What you see, as leaders, depends on how well you have learned to look. Khalid Al-Mana is particularly perspicacious on this point.</span></div>
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Adam S. Albionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523168604811666769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5627717605269995592.post-45803585817996338082014-03-05T19:30:00.000+02:002014-03-26T13:55:19.100+02:00Diving for Pearls<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>MELA 5: PRE-START</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Welcome to MELA 5, the<i> fifth</i> regional leadership workshop of the Middle East Leadership Academy. Where better to celebrate this landmark jubilee than in the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Doha?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Doha, Qatar</i>. O<span style="line-height: 115%;">nce a remote desert outpost</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">–</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">now a miracle of contemporary architecture. Once a small community of pearl-divers</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">– </span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> now a global hydrocarbon leader. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">MELA 5 will draw its inspiration from the best of Qatar's new and old ways. In our leadership explorations, we will use industrial-strength techniques to burrow far below the surface and bring forth new sources of energy and potential. And at the same time, with old-fashioned skill and determination, we will dive for the pearls that are hidden, sometimes trapped, within every one of the extraordinary individuals attending MELA 5.</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An introductory MELA pre-event was held in the Ritz-Carlton to launch the program and introduce it in Doha. H.E. Sheikh Abdulla bin Ali Al-Thani (<i>Managing Director, Qatar Leadership Center</i>) and Wael Sawan (<i>Managing Director and Chairman, Qatar Shell</i>), representing MELA 5's sponsoring partners, presided over a seminar, "Leaders Developing Leaders."</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Read all about it! (<i>Gulf Times</i>, 6 March 2014).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Before the program proper commences, the MELA facilitators undergo two days of advanced pearl-harvesting training under the tutelage of dive-master Bill Starnes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">The MELA team proffers its most enthusiastic thanks to Jaafar Al-Sarraf (MELA 4) for hosting a dinner at his family's atmospheric Al-Liwan Suites Hotel, followed by a fascinating and erudite briefing on the history, culture and current affairs of Qatar.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The cake is revealed to be a (pre-) birthday cake for MELA Program Director </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Samer Ebbini. He's skippering the pearl boat.</span></div>
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