The Qatar Leadership Centre participants visiting Qatar Shell Research and Technology Centre to review best leadership practices to promote a ‘safety-first’ culture in the local workforce.
Doha: To complement their theoretical coursework on leadership with practical insights into the workings of industry frontrunners, 40 participants from the Executive Leaders Program at Qatar Leadership Centre (QLC) recently visited Qatar Shell Research and Technology Centre (QSRTC).
Organized in collaboration with Qatar Shell’s Tafawoq – an elite project management center of excellence in the region – the visit specially focused on the centrality of health, safety, security, and environment (HSSE) protocols in leadership principles.
Notably, Chairman and Managing Director, Qatar Shell, Andrew Faulkner opened the session and delivered welcoming remarks to the visiting participants.
Then, the participants attended a series of oral and visual presentations delivered by Deputy Vice President, Pearl GTL, Misfer Al-Bidaiwi; Vice President QSRTC, Hussein Ahmed Al-Hijji; Director at Tafawoq, Bader Al-Jaidah; General Manager of HSSE, Soy Tir; Country Health Manager, Dr. Israr Ahmed; R&D and Technology Manager, Dhruv Arora; and Social Investment Advisor, Dana Al-Semaiti.
Describing the impetus behind the Centre’s latest excursion into the local industrial landscape, Dr. Ali Jassim Al-Kubaisi, Acting Executive Director, Qatar Leadership Centre said: “This trip strategically aligns with our curricular objective of cultivating a leadership management mindset in our participants. It is only with the ability to see work environments from multi-faceted perspectives that these professionals will become capable of achieving the national aspirations outlined in the strategic development agenda of Qatar National Vision 2030.”
Speaking on the role of Tafawoq and how it may add value to QLC’s visiting cohort, Director at Tafawoq, Bader Al-Jaidah said: “At Tafawoq, we focus on competency development through coaching and mentoring as well as community networking. To this end, we identify the needs of different Qatar-based organizations and then collaborate in progressive partnerships with them. With QLC’s participants, we seek to contribute towards the creation of a cadre of safety-conscious leaders, each of whom may promote a culture of HSSE in Qatar within their own respective fields of specialization – be it in energy, media, construction, logistics, etc. This is because safety is equally essential for the success of every individual and industry alike.”
The full day’s agenda included a tour of the facilities, executive presentations by specialists on a wide range of pertinent topics among other activities.
