Pilipinas Shell trains students for pandemic-ready leadership

CHALLENGING circumstances of the Covid-19 pandemic transformed into a training ground for the nation’s next generation of industry leaders when members of 15 student organizations from the country’s top universities completed Pilipinas Shell’s Shell Young Leaders Program (SYLP) on July 27.

Beginning its pilot run in September of last year, SYLP is an intensive eight-month program aimed to strengthen leadership skills at the university level to produce well-rounded and future-ready Filipinos once they begin pursuing their respective career paths.

“Quite often, our country’s graduates are strong intellectually and academically. I would even use the term world-class. But one area where they are less exposed is leadership and extracurricular activities,” Pilipinas Shell President and Chief Executive Officer Cesar Romero said.

Under the tutelage of some of Shell’s senior leaders, students went through capability building workshops and mentorship sessions covering a wide range of organizational skills such as branding, internal relations, strategic planning, communications, sustainability and nation-building.

Participating organizations had applied their newly gained skills both internally and through various community projects, such as donation drives for the benefit of communities impacted by Covid-19.

SHFC Senior Vice President for Operations Ronaldo Saco and Mayor Bernard Faustino Dy signed a memorandum of understanding in a virtual ceremony held on July 27. The ceremony took place in the presence of SHFC North Luzon Regional Operation Vice President Jones Tomas and Vice Mayor Agripino Estrada Jr.

Shell Young Leaders Program participants with a company representative. Awarded for their exemplary application prizes to strengthen their programs. of the capacities learned during the program De La Salle University’s Industrial Management were the University of the Philippines’ UP Engineering Society (DLSU-IMES) was Circuit in first place, followed by UP Industrial given a communications award for their Engineering Club. UP Aggregates Incorporated excellence in executing social media communication was third place. They were given cash campaigns.