ICASL embarks on landmark initiative with INSEAD

In a landmark venture, the Business School of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (ICASL) has teamed up with INSEAD, the business school for the world, to offer the country’s high-end corporate players a unique ground-breaking leadership programme, for the first time in Sri Lanka.

The four-day programme will commence on 15 June 2011 at the Cinnamon Grand, Colombo and will be conducted by the renowned Professor of Leadership Dr. Thomas Mannarelli from the faculty of the INSEAD Business School.

The course aimed at professionals and business leaders will see a thought provoking outline of topics covering a wide array of areas, aimed at enhancing the leadership qualities of the country’s corporate movers and shakers.

The ICASL has always been in the forefront, striving to provide the country’s business community the best of services and opportunities and as the national accounting body of Sri Lanka, the ICASL continuously endeavours to partner with the world’s best organisations and the four-day programme in June is one such initiative.

They say, leaders are made not born, and the ICASL initiated four-day programme will be a platform to groom aspiring leaders to be world class corporate leaders in the future.

The complexities of today’s organisations mean that no one individual can get much accomplished by themselves. Most challenges and opportunities are systemic. Leadership is distributed and change now requires a collective sense and a coordinated set of actions. Leadership is exercised within a team or broader organisational context — whether it be a project team, intact leadership team, or a cross-functional team. It is all about leading together — and that’s the way work gets done and change happens — this is why leadership development is essential if businesses are to succeed in today’s competitive world.

Dr. Mannarelli, who holds a PhD from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkley and a B.S. in Business Administration the Indiana University, is a specialist in issues related to creativity, innovation and leadership in organisations. He is backed with an impressive portfolio having provided his consulting services to top notch globally recognised organisations in the likes of Standard Chartered Bank, Glaxo-Smith Kline, Shell, Nissan, ABN-AMRO, Philip Morris, Visa, Singtel, Adidas, IBM and the Chartered Accountants of Ireland.

As one of the world’s leading and largest graduate business schools, INSEAD which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2009 is a pioneer of international business education based in Europe. With campuses in France, Asia and Abu Dhabi, and a research centre in Israel, INSEAD’s business education and research spans three continents. Its 145 renowned Faculty members from 36 countries inspire more than 1,000 participants in MBA, Executive MBA and PhD programmes, and also executives exceeding 9,500 who participate in INSEAD’s executive education programmes.