IT Digital

Leadership

Program

Future IT Leaders of Qatar,

We are pleased to announce a new training program for mid-tenured IT managers in Qatar;

co-created with McKinsey & Company.

This 6-months long learning journey is designed to develop new digital skills while applying

learnings in practical business context.

Purpose of the program is to develop the future IT Leaders of Qatar aligned with the National

Vision 2030.

Selected participants will go through an extensive leadership assessment to identify individual

development needs.

Individual development needs are addressed during 4 in-person workshops

o Lead Self – Feb 2-3, 2020

o Lead Business – March 3-4, 2020

o Lead Digital – Apr 21-22, 2020

o Lead Change – Jun 16-17,2020

o Capstone Project Delivery – Aug 26, 2020

Selected participants will be awarded to program completion certification dependent on their

attendance of the workshops along with the mandatory capstone project.

The selected participants will be announced over January 2020.

QDGTP Leadership Team

Each candidate needs to be nominated by their organization’s management team.

Candidates will be asked to provide as part of their application1:

▪ Recent resume

▪ A brief narrative responding «Why do you think you will be a

good fit for the program?» (answers are limited to 200-300

words)

Application

Requirements

Application

criteria

▪ Qatari nationality

▪ Graduate of relevant majors from reputable

universities

▪ Professional level command in English

▪ IT role commanding own team(s) Over 6

years of relevant work experience;

last 2 years being in a managerial

1 Selected participants will have a 360 Assessment. During the application candidates are expected to share contact information (Name, Last

Name, Role) for 5 reference colleagues from the participant’s organization to fill-out the 360 assessment – references should vary from direct

report to equivalent level

Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug

Participant

timeline

2-3 Feb 3-4 March 21-22 April 16-17 June

26 August

29-Oct 2019

Capstone

Project

Delivery

Opening

applications

Collecting

applications

Evaluating

applications

Announcing selected

participants

Running 360

Assessment

for the selected

participants

Workshop 1 Workshop 2 Workshop 3 Workshop 4

Workshop 1Lead Self

• Discover self to lead own personal transformation, the

transformation teams and organizations

• Create a stronger and more grounded presence

• Progress in the ability to be present, open and connected

• Link leadership development to business performance

• Learn to see conflict and strong emotions as a creative force to

build real commitment

Workshop 2Lead Business

• Focus on core management skills to effectively lead teams

and make decisions grounded on business skills during digital

transformations

• Become more comprehensive, fact-based, accurate, flexible,

innovative, and pragmatic to adapt to the changing business

environment

• Develop a constructive feedback culture that includes

effectively providing and receiving insights

Workshop 3Lead Digital

• Deep dive into selected digital topics (AI/AA/robotics) and

understand its implications

• Familiarize with digital skills and concepts to lead in

transformations

• Deepen knowledge on digital topics to include an expertise

perspective in capstone projects

Enablers

Workshop 4Lead Others/Change

• Build foundations of strength-based, inclusive leadership

inspiring meaning, trust and commitment

• Build leadership and management skills (e.g. coaching,

delegating)

• Identify how to influence behavioral change throughout the

organization

• Create individual and collective action plans to lead digital

transformations

Field work/

projects

In- course or

program

assessment

In-person

workshops

Group coachingPreworks and

refreshers

360 leadership

assessment

Program

Completion

Certification

Capstone Project

• The project is an opportunity to help and design a digital transformation for the organization for which you currently work for. You’ll

identify a roadblock or an opportunity which, if pursued, will have a major positive impact. This could be measured in raw financial

terms, e.g., through greater automation & digitalization reduced cost; or in a less immediately tangible way, e.g., a significantly

improved customer experience, and so on.

• Throughout the eight months, you’ll propose, gather support for, execute, and measure the results of the transformation by:

• Identifying and building a case for the digital change you propose

• Building a project plan and milestones for the work you’ll do

• Participants will present their projects on the delivery day – August 26, 2020

• Award ceremony for the projects will take place at the annual MoTC event – TBD

• Further details for the Capstone Project will be provided after participant selection

02-03 Feb 3-4 March

16-17 June21-22 April