ECONOMY & BUSINESS
25 - 31 October 2013 l N° 904 l PAGE 10
Team SYNthesis (Mauritius & Africa) Ltd, in collaboration with the University of Technology, Mauritius (UTM), is holding its 5th Annual Leadership Gala Dinner at the Meridien Hotel, Pointe-aux-Piments today 25th October 2013. The President of the Republic Mr. Kailash Purryag will be the Guest of Honour at the annual gathering of more than 300 business leaders from Mauritius and the region.
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“The Annual Leadership Gala Dinner provides an annual platform for the PLC participants and other local and regional leaders to interact and exchange views, apart from catching up on the latest innovative business ideas. We are grateful for the supTeam SYNthesis offers the Project Management port of industry leaders and leading organizations Office (PMO) and Corporate Planning Office that make this annual event a roaring success,” Mrs. strategic enabling tool for the senior management of Naina Chong, Marketing and Business Development organizations to manage their daily critical activDirector of Team SYNthesis told News on Sunday. ities. Team SYNthesis also forms the backbone in Over the years, the Project Leadership Certificawhich a best-practice Project Management training tion (PLC) Programme has become a highly-acclaimed programme can be formulated. Team SYNthesis is one that has successfully attracted more than 4,100 a business process management tool that has been leaders from Mauritius and 59 other countries in the successfully implemented in our region for comparegion and from other parts of the world. The course nies with employees ranging from 5 to 5,000. The is actively run in Asia & Africa across many countries. critical Team SYNthesis value proposition is enabling The motivation behind this Leadership initiative is vision-centric companies in enforcing compliance to develop future leaders that can make things hapand governance, two very challenging areas that pen, with credibility and good qualitative judgment. require constant top management attention in order The course emphasizes on the people-centricity apto foster continuous growth and success. Any practical proach which, sadly, has sometimes been ignored. automation in these two areas saves top management PLC provides a Leadership Lab, to prove that over time and more importantly, enables them to focus on a very intense five energy-drenching days, one can their core competencies which are business growth reflect on proven techniques, identify personal gaps strategies and client engagement. and find motivation to start the journey of climbing the next S-curve of excellence. “The outcome of this annual event is to instil clar- good business and operations to great ones”, Mrs. ity on the importance of innovation in fostering col- Chong added, “which is in line with the aspirations laborative leadership which is critical in transforming of Mauritius to be the centre of excellence in the
development of human capital, leadership and management”. The key to successful PLC practice, like any others, is alignment. “We believe there must be only one persona, one that works well for you in attaining personal happiness and professional satisfaction. Gandhi said the key to happiness is when what you think, what you say and what you do are consistent, and we would like to add, everyday in your personal and professional lives”, stated Mr. Trishan Ramchurn, Project Manager and PPM Consultant at Team SYNthesis. PLC is a methodology-independent and is applicable to industries from all sectors. Organisations will benefit from sending their key personnel entrusted to make things happen to the course. The shock-andawe commando training approach has left indelible mark to both seasoned and budding leaders, reaffirming best practices, opening of the third eye hitherto areas thought as impossibilities and stretching the mind to new frontiers of practice par excellence. Miss Kirtee Somoo, Talent Management Administrator at Team SYNthesis explained that PLC comprises best practices sessions covering CBT (questionnaires), course work, case studies (Project Experience Report) and group work. “It also offers value-add 1-on-1 review sessions as well as a personal PM Leadership profiling. Most uniquely, there