More than ever before, leadership is becoming essential to determine the success or failure of any organization. For your work and your career, for your home and your family, for your community and your society, and most of all for yourself, learn how to be a better leader locally in Lebanon and globally.

JCI Beirut cordially invites you to its Business Forum "Leadership Competencies for a Global Context” by Mr Clark Soriano, Senior Advisor - United Nations Development Program (UNDP), from the Philippines.

- Date: Tuesday 19 August, 2014
- Time:
* 6:00 – 6:29 pm: Networking
* 6:30 – 8:00 pm: Interactive discussion
- Venue: Berytech Digital Park, BDD# 1294, Beirut Digital District, Bechara El Khoury Street
- Seats: Limited to 30. Kindly confirm your attendance at https://www.ihjoz.com/events/509-leadership-competencies-for-a-global-context.
- Fee:
* Free of charge for JCI Beirut members
* 20,000 L.L. for non-members

For more info, kindly contact 2014 JCI Beirut Vice President for Business Development Dolly Akiki at 70/983172 or dolly.akiki@gmail.com.

For more information about JCI, check: http://jci.cc/

Objectives:
- Review of personal competencies for leadership
- Global competencies for leadership in a multi-cultural context

About the Trainer:
Mr Clark Soriano comes from the Philippines and has 18 years of managerial and coordination experience in the UN. He is an executive coach, lead facilitator, training professional, and certified coach. He holds and MBA degree in Negotiations and Conflict Management and a BA in Economics.

Mr Soriano's expertise is specifically in:
- Leadership learning focus on team leadership building and competencies
- UN coordination and integration in fragile and post-conflict contexts
- Organizational change and transition management (strategic planning, comparative advantage analysis, and prioritization)

He is owner/manager of Lead Your Change (www.leadyourchange.com) that offers managerial and life coaching for development professionals in humanitarian and post-conflict contexts. He is also Senior Advisor at UNDP.

Mr Soriano:
- Provides Executive Coaching (ongoing):
Life coaching for middle-level and senior leaders working in international and multi-cultural contexts to help address personal choices related to organizational transitions, competency development, and career change.

- Facilitated Change Management and Organizational Learning Processes (ongoing)
Led multi-­function facilitation teams resulting in 5-­year UN Development Assistance Plans for 10 UN Country Teams (Jordan, Moldova, Belize, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Albania, Tajikistan, India, Bhutan, and Indonesia). Trained and coached UN Coordination Officers: Latin America, Asia, Pacific, Europe, and CIS, Africa). Approaches and Delivering-as-One; Trained young yrofessionals (UN Secretariat)

- Led and Managed Teams in Fragile and Conflict Contexts
Directly managed 100 + staff in Sudan and coordinated UN activities in 20 states with a 3-year budget of USD 25 million. Led joint strategic exercises of the UN (Afghanistan, Nepal, and Sudan) to ensure coherence between the humanitarian, development, and peacekeeping planning frameworks. Served as Acting Chief of Staff for the UN Mission (Nepal) and OIC for the office of DSRSG (Sudan).

- Coordinated Multi-stakeholder Partnerships in Recovery and Humanitarian Transition
Managed the design of state-level development plans involving government, UN agencies, civil society, and bilateral partners.

- Designed Change Management Strategies for UN Country Teams
Completed, as part of a senior advisory team, the strategic review of the comparative advantages of the UN in Rwanda, Libya, and Kenya. Designed and facilitated leadership and staff retreats (Rwanda, Afghanistan, Bhutan, UN Women Central Africa, UNDP, and UN organizations in New York)