A 3-day Leadership Development Programme for the senior-level leadership team from DMI and MMI Congregations was organized on January 28 – 30, 2022. Designed to enhance the competencies necessary for effective leadership at the senior level, The programme was jointly organized by LIBA’s Centre for Leadership & Excellence (CLE) and Management Development Centre (MDC).
The programme began with a prayer followed by Director, Rev. Fr. C. Joe Arun’s session on Introduction to Organizational Leadership, Vision and Alignment. Prof. B. Aiswarya, Area Chair – HR, and the HR team led two discussion and activity-driven sessions on Organizational Behavior.
Day 2 focused on Financial Skills and Basics of Finance by the Finance Faculty. The day closed with an engaging session on Legal & Statutory Compliance by Prof. P. C. Lakshmi Narayanan, Dean Academics. Participants were taken on a tour of the new building by Mr. Janardhanan Menon, Coordinator -MDC & Administrator.
On Day 3 Prof. MJ Xavier, Chair, Centre for Technology & Innovation and Dr. Kishore Kunal, Chair, Online Education, highlighted the need for developing Entrepreneurial and Intrapreneurial skills. Prof. Shanthi Venkatesh, Area Chair – Marketing and the marketing Faculty, conducted an activity-filled session on Marketing of Services. The final session on summing up was conducted by Fr. Director. The programme was coordinated by Dr. Sunil Vakayil, Chair – MDC and the MDC team.
This programme equipped the participants to forge a clear path forward in their role as a leader.