SEMINARS
   

December 1999 – February 2000
Leadership Skills

 

Lecture Program

 

DAY ONE:            Saturday, 15 January 2000

8.30-9:00   Registration

9:00-9:30   Welcoming Address / Opening Remarks

                     Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA, Jerusalem

9.30-10.30   Civil Society - Conceptual Framework

                     Izzat Abdul Hadi, Director, Bisan Center for Research and Development, Ramallah

10:30-10.45   Break

10.45-12.15   Defining the Leadership Challenge Today

               Barry Roberts, Training and Development Consultant, UK

12.15-13.30   Lunch

13:30-15:00    Effective Communication

                     Barry Roberts

15.00-15.15   Break

15:15-16.45   Effective Communication, contd.


DAY TWO:            Sunday, 16 January 2000

9:15-10:45    Problem Solving

                     Barry Roberts

10.45-11:00   Break

11.00-13.00    Problem Solving, contd.

12.15-13.30   Lunch

13.30-15.00    Decision-Making and Chairing Effective Meetings

        Barry Roberts

15.00-15.15   Break

15.15-17.00   Decision-Making and Chairing Effective Meetings, contd.

DAY THREE:            Monday, 17 January 2000

9:15-10:45    Managing and Motivating Others

                     Barry Roberts

10.45-11:00   Break

11.00-13.00    Building and Leading a Team

                     Barry Roberts

12.15-13.30   Lunch

13.30-15.00    Working groups: Preparing presentations

        Participants (with Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi)

15.00-15.15   Break

15.15-17.00   Contd.

DAY FOUR:            Tuesday, 18 January 2000

9:15-10:45    Leading and Managing People – Case Studies: (1) International Organizations

                     Timothy Rothermel, Special Representative, UNDP, Jerusalem

10.45-11:00  Break

11.00-13.00    Introduction into Psychology

Dr. Ahmed Baker, Professor of Psychology, Birzeit University

12.15-13.30  Lunch

13.30-15.00    The United Nations University International Leadership Academy

        Anwar Said, Assistant Director, UN University, International Leadership Academy, Amman

15.00-15.15  Break

15.15-17.00   Participants’ Presentations


DAY Five:             Wednesday, 19 January 2000

9:15-10:45    Leading and Managing People – Case Studies: (2) Business Sector

                     Ghiath Sukhtian, Vice-Chairman, Sukhtian Group, Jordan-Palestine

10.45-11:00  Break

11.00-12.30    Leading and Managing People – Case Studies: (3) Government/Public Sector

                     Dr. Munther Salah, Minister of Higher Education

12.30-13.30    The PLO and the Arab-Israeli Conflict – Experience from Within

                     Hani Al-Hassan, Head, Fatah Foreign Relations Dept.

13.30-14.30  Lunch

14.30-16.00   Personal Action Plan and Peer Coaching

       Program Close