This day also started with a breakfast and a hot big mug of black coffee since we were tremendously exhausted from the long flight and very busy previous day.
After Alison made reflection on yesterday and gave a brief about what to expect today, we started our first leadership session conducted by the two amazing coaches Prof. Binna Kandola and Stuart Duff who started by defining leadership and giving an overview about it, and then coached us about the Mosaic Leadership Model.
After coffee break, Prof. Binna gave every group a task and that is to present their ideas about the values and skills that must be found in a leader, and what followers are looking in their leaders, so we went to our group leader’s room and discussed that for around an hour. Later, each group got the opportunity to present their results in front of the rest of the delegates in a very beautiful and educating way.
After lunch, Ms. Farah Williamson, Middle East Director of The Social Investment Consultancy gave a very bitter presentation about poverty in the world and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and how to implement them in the less fortunate areas in the world. After that Ms. Williamson gave us a task to prioritize the MDGs needed in specific countries she provided us with. We went down to the team leader’s room again and made the list that we found most suitable for the country given to us (Afghanistan). Later, each group also presented their outcome to others.
Before the end of today’s program, the first Open Forum was conducted in which delegates got to speak up whatever they want to within a time limit of only five minutes (isn’t that too short?!). We’ve listened to quite splendid talks from some of our fellows, couple about volunteering, one about poverty, and one about development, and we’ve even listened to our English policewoman fellow Khizra reciting a poem, and have watched her fellow English delegate Billie make a moochy moochy dance!!
The rest of the evening was free and we went out to explore Doha for the first time.
Prof. Binna Kandola OBE
In-Room Group Session
Group Photo after the Open Forum
Group Photo at the traditional Souq Waqef - Doha
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