Oman- OAB CEO inspires employees in LEAD programme

(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) Muscat- Twenty participants undergoing the second module of Oman Arab Bank's (OAB) 'Leadership Enhancement and Development' (LEAD) programme welcomed a visit from Amin al Husseini, CEO, OAB.

The second part of the unique six-month multi-modular training initiative, which was launched to cultivate the skillsets of the bank's high-potential Omani employees, aims to enhance the situational leadership, decision-making and motivational skills of its participants to prepare them for future management roles at OAB.

Since its launch, the programme has delivered multiple capacity-building trainings, giving the young and talented Omanis working with OAB the chance to enrich their leadership and management skills and position themselves as catalysts in the market. The first part of the programme focused on building self-awareness and challenged participants to develop different leadership styles, roles, self-management and practical coaching techniques.

Husseini said, 'LEAD was inspired by our goal to nurture our Omani workforce and provide them with a fantastic opportunity to grow within the bank. This is a strategic investment that represents the epitome of our talent acquisition and development strategy to accelerate the professional growth of our future leaders. By granting our team members the tools, instructors and training they require to reach their full potential, we are securing our talent pool and ensuring that they can manage whatever opportunities and challenges come their way.'

LEAD was designed and is being facilitated by the Inspirational Development Group (IDG), a global leadership and management performance consultancy. The programme consists of four modules organised over a six-month period, with each module covering important skills related to leadership ability. Future modules will include a workshop dedicated to socialisation, performance management skills training, advice from senior leaders and personal development strategic mapping among other topics and themes. The highest performing delegates will then be taken to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst as the culmination of the IDG programme.

OAB SAOC was established in 1984 following the acquisition of Arab Bank's branches in the sultanate. Over the past three decades, the bank has consistently expanded its reach as well as its products and services offering to provide customers in the country with a comprehensive suite of innovative solutions in retail banking, corporate and project finance, investment banking, trade finance and most recently, Islamic banking.

OAB operates more than 65 branches, offices and over 135 ATMs in high footfall locations across the sultanate, supported by Arab Bank's 600 branches spanning five continents.