Leadership Center Planned For Qatar
December 2008
The Qatar Foundation has awarded DCS a contract to establish a leadership development center for senior government and corporate leaders in 22 countries across the Arab world. The Center for Leadership in Doha will be a part of Education City, the Qatar Foundation’s campus of international educational facilities.
The Center’s start-up phase has begun with a full program launch targeted for early 2009. The interim Executive Director for the center has already been deployed to the field and seven additional DCS experts will be deployed during the next six months.
The leadership center will instruct qualified public and private sector executives in leadership methodology and techniques that are inclusive of subject matter in the fields of social development, political governance, and economic growth.
The Center will include departments in research, Executive Education, consulting, and public-private partnership. Each department will interact and support the others to enhance the value created for participants and their institutions.
The Executive Education department at Michigan’s Ross School of Business will provide faculty and coursework. DCS will design, develop, manage, and then – after five years - transfer the Center to the Qatar Foundation to operate.
“Qatar is one of the more progressive nations in the GCC,” Project Administrator Stephannie Moore said. “WDI’s work in advising the current Qatari leadership as well as developing and mentoring the next generation of leaders will propel the country to becoming a model progressive GCC state.”