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Business Premises - The old Coach House

Graduate skills development in Al-Khobar

11th December 2011

Two interactive workshops were held in Kentz Al-Khobar office in Saudi Arabia to develop graduates and other high potential people. The workshops were:

  • Communication Skills, December 11 & 12, 2011; and
  • Management Skills Level 1, December 13 & 14, 2011.

The courses form part of the Graduate Development Programme, with Communication Skills also open to others from across the business. The programme is an ongoing major ongoing initiative to develop young talent globally across Kentz Group.

The Communication Skills group

Pictured above are the Communication Skills group (left to right): Roneel Cristostomo, Melchor Mina, Rafiq Zargar, Roland Plagata, Ahmed Sharriff, Ross O’Muirthile (Country Manager), Liam Kearney, Brian Joseph Kelly, John Ivers, Ian Prior, Ronan O’Donoghue and Sathish Kumar.

Ross O’Muirthile, Kentz Country Manager for Saudi Arabia provided a senior management perspective on communications in country and communicating with global stakeholders. Ross stressed the benefits of the action learning process in developing teams and solving problems. Themes developed in workshop included communications challenges, managerial communications, the interpersonal aspects of communicating and the barriers faced, including cultural barriers.

Management Skills Level 1 group

Pictured above are the Management Skills Level 1 group (left to right): Nestor Secillano, John Ivers, Brian Joseph Kelly, Ian Prior, Michael Pyers (Regional HR Manager), Liam Kearney, Ronan O’Donoghue and Roland Plagata.

In his presentation and Q&A, Michael Pyers (Regional HR Manager) stressed the opportunities to gain experience and develop a career within Kentz and the impact of the global village on working life. Among the major topics covered were: becoming a new manager: learning styles; supervising people; working relationships and managing stakeholders; and conflict and complex expectations.

Both courses were facilitated by Dr Eric Sandelands of Corporate Learning Consultants Ltd. Thanks go to Yousuf Noor (Country HR Manager) and Ericson Santos (HR Assistant) for organizing the workshops.