UAE Companies embrace latest thinking on individual and organisation optimisation
23 November 2011, Dubai, UAE: Multipliers, an executive leadership development program launched by the region's leading corporate training firm biz-ability earlier this year, continues to gain favour among UAE organisations. Since the program launched in March 2011, more than 400 participants have undertaken the training and are now reaping the rewards of multiplying the intelligence of their workforces.
Multipliers is the latest leadership thinking and executive development programme from top U.S. business coaching firm The Wiseman Group. It teaches business leaders to look beyond their own capability to amplify the intelligence of the people that they manage.
biz-ability is the first company outside of the U.S. to be accredited to deliver Multipliers Workshops to c-level executives and its localised delivery of the program is, according to clients, resulting in transformational changes within their workplaces.
UAE companies embracing the Multipliers Effect have so far included larger organisations, primarily from quasi government, insurance and financial sectors. The National Bank of Abu Dhabi is among biz-ability's satisfied clients. Paula McManus, Head of Learning and Development and Senior Vice President, NBAD says, "The concept of Multipliers has been adopted by our most senior business leaders and is now part of our daily business language. This is key to achieving our vision of building a culture of learning and of being an employer of choice in the UAE."
According to research conducted by Multipliers creator Liz Wiseman', Multipliers are genius makers that bring out the intelligence in others by building collective, viral intelligence in organisations. Diminishers, on the other hand, are absorbed in their own intelligence, stifle others, and deplete the organisation of crucial intelligence and capability.
This week, Liz Wiseman returned to the UAE to review the progress of biz-ability's Multiplier Workshops and said the acceptance of multiplying behaviours by UAE participants was among the highest levels she had seen of any program implementation.
"Multipliers imparts a set of behaviours which significantly increase a leader's ability to identify, nurture and grow the potential of others. Our research shows that these leaders more than double the level of intelligence and skill that employees use on the job. The enthusiasm and feedback from participating UAE companies demonstrate the relevance of Multipliers to the country's Emiratisation objectives and long term strategies surrounding talent management. The positive evidence gathered to date from biz-ability's clients is living proof that behavioural change towards becoming Multipliers can be achieved cross-culturally," said Wiseman.
Multipliers identifies five practical ways in which leaders can grow the intelligence and talent of employees. These include: attracting the best talent and using them at their highest point of contribution; encouraging liberated thinking; challenging people to deliver beyond their own expectations; debating key decisions; and delivering extraordinary results without direct management. It also provides a shocking insight into how leaders are often guilty of accidently diminishing the capability of others.
Hazel Jackson, CEO of biz-group, the holding company of biz-ability, said: "We're really impressed with the way our clients are embracing Multipliers with genuine enthusiasm. Traditionally, organisations in the UAE have followed a more authoritarian style of leadership so it was not natural for leaders to challenge their teams to make decisions. During the last nine months of running Multipliers in the UAE, we have seen an increasing number of senior executives start to apply this new leadership thinking. While the program is still in its early days the feedback we are receiving suggests companies have already started to reap significant bottom line benefits from our training."
"It's very encouraging to see that UAE companies continue to invest in their people, especially when we consider the recent financial and political events within the region," added Jackson.
For more information about Multipliers Workshops visit http://www.biz-ability.ae/multipliers
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About biz-group:
biz-group is a UAE-based business consulting firm consisting of companies specialising in corporate training, teambuilding and business strategy. The group is represented by three core divisions which are each recognised as leading service providers across the Middle East. biz-events is the region's first and largest professional team building company and the exclusive representative of world leader Catalyst Global. biz-ability provides experiential business leadership training and development programmes and is affiliated to many of the world's top management organisations. It has the rare certification to tailor the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) programme to suit the Middle East market, while retaining the UK qualification. biz-strategy is the exclusive licensee in the region for international growth guru and best-selling author Verne Harnish and enjoys access to his company Gazelles, Inc., which serves as an outsourced corporate university for SME companies wanting to manage their growth strategy.
For more information visit www.biz-group.ae
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