Welcome to the Middle East Leadership Academy (MELA)
MELA is looking for the best of the new generation of leaders from the region - Will you be one of them?
Between now and December 2010, 50 leaders from across 13 countries in the Middle East will be selected to attend the first ever Middle East Leadership Academy. We are looking for a new generation of decision makers who want to look beyond their professional horizons..
MELA will challenge your thinking in ways you could never imagine
This program is not easy. We are looking for the best people who know deep down they are leaders and want to not only become better, but want to join a network of other leaders across the region and the world. The program gives you the best and expects the best in return. You will be challenged, but you will also have fun.
MELA is no ordinary program
This is not a stand alone program that you attend and then leave behind. MELA is lifelong. Once the program is over you will become part of a leadership network of leaders with contacts across the world. MELA is about learning from other leaders that respect who you are regardless of your culture from across the region in an open atmosphere of cooperation and joint exploration. It is about leaders who look beyond your cultural and professional identity and see you as a leader first.
MELA is not about what you think, but how you think
MELA is 11 days of exposure to the best leadership training you will have ever experienced. In those 11 days something magical will happen. You will build lifelong bonds of trust with other leaders from business, government, education and the civil society from across the region and from your own country that ordinarily would take years to develop. They will be more than fellow participants -- they will be friends. All MELA instructors are successful leaders -- people who have proven they know how to lead and want to share everything they have learned about leading others. And they will learn from you.
MELA will not only increase your leadership ability but will give you access to leaders around the world
Are you up for the challenge?
