EOG Newspaper February 2020 Issue

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HISHAM NOURELDIN The Program’s Sponsor

The IOCs’ support will continue as we will sign a number of agreements with them during EGYPS to secure several rounds of development programs over the next three years.

Topics like corporate governance,emotional intelligence,strategy formulation and execution, stakeholder management, and leading change were the main ingredients in all programs. In addition, all programs are followed by innovative projects to apply all the gained knowledge in the workplace.

OVERCOMING CHALLENGES With that being said, being part of a fresh program offers a fresh perspective for all its challenges as well as solutions. According to Wael Atef, Finance and Economic Affair General Manager at the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources,working on the Middle Management Program exposed the team on board to a myriad of challenges. Convincing the candidates that the program was not a hoax was challenging at first, Atef said, as the transparency of the program made it seem too good to be true. The selection procedures were unlike others that are usually tainted with bureaucracy. The candidates were chosen based on assessments and not any personal recommendations, which ironically left room for skepticism. However, the downside of it was the time aspect. Atef pointed out that as the process was all manual, it required so much time to ensure that the screening, selection and results were free from any manual error. “Since we wanted to ensure transparency throughout the whole process, we left it to the IOCs to choose the candidates themselves, which also took extra time. All these challenges were taken into consideration and will allow the process in the future rounds to be faster and smoother making use of digital technology,” Atef remarked.

ON BEING SUSTAINABLE To guarantee sustainability, Mobarez believes that collaboration is the key. The ministry is working closely with several IOCs to ensure they are a major part of this development program. “We are creating a fully integrated HR system to ensure highly motivated and qualified candidates across all the sector,” he said, adding that this will be a win-win situation to develop a new generation of qualified calibers seeking a common goal.

EMAN WAFY

The Program Leader

All capacity building programs are designed as an eye-opener and refresher to create a new adaptive mind set with three main objectives: How to become a change-agent? How to become a better leader? How to have a strategic focus?

MAHA F. ATTIA

Vice Head of the Technical Office at the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources.

All capacity building programs are designed as an eye-opener and refresher to create a new adaptive mindset.

“The first experience is always the most difficult one. There are many challenges that we are working hard to overcome to guarantee a fully automated and smooth process to continue for years to come,” Mobarez mentioned. Noureldin ensured that the Middle Management Program is an ongoing development process that will continue for many years to come. He added that “We are currently preparing for the second round of the program.In addition,the IOCs’ support will continue as we will sign a number of agreements with them during EGYPS to secure several rounds of development programs over the next three years.”

A BETTER FUTURE From the IOCs standpoint, all companies gave positive feedback and were extremely impressed,Attia clarified,adding that IOCs consider it as a win-win situation where they were excited to be involved in developing their skills. “We received further commitments from several IOCs to sustain these development programs and engage in the future rounds to come. We are also building up on all the evaluations that were done and the gap analysis identified to further develop their skills and make use of them in different fields in the sector,” Attia said. On the other hand, Noureldin concluded that “looking broadly on the industry level, I believe such development programs will provide a lot to our sector. Our vision is to enhance the sector performance focusing on efficiency, creativity and innovation as well as to contribute more to Egypt’s economy. This will happen only through the presence of highly qualified caliber capable of adapting to any change and leading the future of the sector. These programs are the optimal solution to expose our youth to international standards and advanced work environment to enhance their skills,” he concluded.

WAEL ATEF

Finance and Economic Affair General Manager at the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources.

Overall the candidates were impressed with the full process from the starting point. They were very excited to engage in such new development program.

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