INSEE Cement partners PIM to complete ELDP 2017/18
INSEE Cement partnered with Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM), Sri Lanka’s premier centre of excellence in Management Education, to successfully complete the Executive Leadership Development Program (ELDP) for 2017/18.
INSEE Cement promotes a culture of learning within the organisation through its learning and development arm INSEE Academy and implements best-inclass people development initiatives.
The objective of ELDP is to transform INSEE cement’s functional leaders into business leaders by moving them from mastery in their own individual functional areas to broader multidimensional roles. From over 40 self-driven middle managers who applied for the programme, 24 were selected based on their individual development needs. After going through a challenging eight months programme, 23 participants successfully completed the programme.
The ELDP course framework includes three types of skills that are essential for a successful management process namely, technical, human and conceptual skills development. The programme is designed to go beyond a standard ‘class room’ learning experience in which participants used learning diaries, case study methods and a final project which was directly linked with specific organisational objectives. The uniqueness of the programme is that it allows participants to learn and apply new concepts, while making a direct contribution to the company showing the real Return on Investment (ROI).
Puttalam Cement Plant Health and Safety Engineer Buwaneka Dushyantha topped the batch, closely followed by Finance Treasury and Tax Accountant Asha Dissanayake who came second and Puttalam Quarry Operation Mining Engineer Amila Batagalla and INSEE Ecocycle Operations Engineer Sahan Chamruk who came third.
Commenting on the programme, INSEE Cement Organisation and Human Resources Director Prasad Piyadigama said: “This is yet another endeavour which shows the continuous commitment of INSEE Cement in developing our own employees. INSEE Cement has a strong learning culture; our employees feel valued and know that the company is investing in them.”
He further said: “Apart from the knowledge and the skills that were acquired, the unique value of this programme was the opportunity to apply the learning thereby adding value to themselves and the organisation.”
Buwaneka Dushyantha who came first in the batch of 2017/18 was appreciative of the learning he gained from the ELDP. “The learning experience helped me to understand the extent of my full potential. I am more inspired now, looking forward to contributing to the progress of INSEE Cement and its objective of strengthening the nation. The programme used many innovative tools to make us deeply involved in the subject. INSEE Academy made the learning truly valuable,” he said.