EXPRO Celebrates Graduation of the First Cohort of the “Wa’ed” Leadership Development Program

On Tuesday, January 28, 2025, EXPRO held a ceremony to celebrate the graduation of the first cohort of the “Wa’ed” Leadership Development Program, which included 19 employees from various specializations.

The program enhances leadership capabilities of EXPRO's promising talents, supporting the strategy to develop national expertise and retain top performers. It equips participants to become exceptional leaders, fostering strategic vision, innovative thinking, problem-solving skills, and team leadership abilities to drive EXPRO's objectives forward.

Reem bint Abdulrahman Al-Ruhaily, Executive Vice President of Human Capital and the Academy, stated: "The Wa’ed program comes as part of the EXPRO's strategy to build a high-performance organization that prioritizes qualifying national talents, maximizing the value of human capital, and creating an ideal and attractive work environment that fosters creativity and innovation".

Al-Ruhaily emphasized the graduates' crucial role in sharing knowledge with colleagues, supporting EXPRO Academy's objectives aligned with the Human Capability Development Program under Vision 2030. These efforts support and promote a culture of learning and development and enhance employee engagement and integration. The program yielded an 80% leadership skills improvement rate, 30% professional development growth, and 98% enhancement in interdepartmental networking and employee integration.

EXPRO, in cooperation with global leadership experts, developed an educational and training program for the Wa’ed participants, consisting of three intensive learning and training modules.

The first phase of Wa’ed included conducting tests to evaluate candidates based on leadership and analytical abilities, followed by presentation to the Program Committee comprising executive leaders of EXPRO and the academic partner to select qualified participants.

The second phase of the program involved enrolling promising leaders in an educational path that included three modules introducing authentic leadership based on values and principles, inspirational and influential leadership, and transformational leadership. The curriculum covered effective team management, leadership styles and influence, the leader’s role in fostering an environment conducive to team performance development, strategic planning, creativity, and innovation. This phase also included intensive mentoring sessions, individual coaching, and knowledge transfer workshops.

The third phase of the Wa’ed program focused on measuring the impact of the acquired knowledge and the value of the training process, presenting what trainees learned, covering the key stages of leadership methods and change management, explaining high-performance team leadership techniques, and joining the Wa’ed Community to enhance learning and experience exchange.

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