DCS unveils plans for next leadership camp

Briefing Human Resources, Strategy and IT managers from Government Departments at a recent workshop, DCS unveiled its plans for Phase II of the National Programme, in which a large number of high achievers from the public sector are expected to take part.

The camp is the centrepiece of the Programme, which was established last year to identify and train the future leadership of the Emirate and to put in place a career and succession planning process.

Groups of 50 are split into teams of 10 and put through a whole range of physical, pyschological and individual tests to determine their suitability, against 10 competency criteria devised by the DCS.

Marcy Fletchall, DCS Manager, Career and Success Planning, and Program Manager, HRM / HRMS, said:

"It's going to be a serious programme that really tests the participants, and with an emphasis on how they react and behave, rather than how successfully they have performed."

The workshop was the latest in the DCS outreach programme to update senior public sector officials on issues and developments covering Change Management, Organizational Development, Learning and Development, Competency Framework and Employee Performance Reviews.

Marcy Fletchall, said: "These workshops are crucial to ensuring that DCS communicates effectively with Government Departments during a period of intense change and far-reaching changes in HR policies and procedures.

"A key objective of our outreach programme is to equip the Government's HR Managers and senior HR professionals with the resources to improve the performance of their own HR functions," she added.

Abu Dhabi Government's ambitious plans to introduce a sophisticated technology system to which all 10,000 public sector employees have access are well advanced, the workshop also heard.