Kenexa Delivers Emerging Market Leadership Program to Help Vodafone Qatar Embrace Diversity and Achieve High Performance
June 22 2010 - 11:00AM
Marketwired
Kenexa (NASDAQ: KNXA), a global provider of business solutions for
human resources, today announced it is delivering a leadership
program to help 65 senior managers at Vodafone's operating company
in Qatar to lead more effectively by minimizing misunderstandings
and cultural conflict.
Called Leading and Succeeding in Emerging Markets, the program
provides behavioral guidelines and practical examples to help the
leaders, who are predominantly Western expatriates, to embrace
diversity, improve working relationships, create a more conducive
work environment and enable higher levels of performance.
Grahame Maher, Chief Executive Officer of Vodafone Qatar, said,
"This is an incredibly useful and enlightening program. It's about
embracing and celebrating differences and it shows how ex-pats and
local nationals can build bridges and work together more
effectively. It not only gives our leaders the tools to lead in an
emerging market environment, it also reinforces the importance of
diversity and inclusion in our business."
Leading and Succeeding in Emerging Markets highlights the
different values and backgrounds that Westerners have, compared to
employees from emerging markets. It explains the implications of
these differences and shows how leaders can achieve greater impact
and manage their teams more effectively.
Kenexa is also running a complementary workshop, on what it
means to work in a multinational, for non-leaders at Vodafone
Qatar, including locals and other nationals who have limited
corporate experience. The workshop highlights issues around
performance and examines the work expectations, the operational
realities and what it takes for individuals to succeed.
"Out of 300 staff here, we have 40 nationalities so our
employees have different needs, different personal values and
different expectations about leadership and performance," said
Rachel Laws, Head of Culture & Leadership at Vodafone Qatar.
"We asked Kenexa to design two programs for us that would encourage
our employees to understand, respect and work with these
differences. Kenexa is a global specialist in employee-related
issues and they have extensive experience in emerging markets and
leadership."
Laws continued, "We're evolving from a start-up to a stage of
operational excellence. The Kenexa programs are playing a part in
helping us to manage this transition, by changing people's
perspectives, and we believe Kenexa will help us to be even more
successful in our marketplace."
Tommy Weir, Head of Leadership Solutions at Kenexa, said, "These
programs have a commercial benefit beyond improving leadership
skills and fostering harmonious working relationships through
better understanding. The bottom line is that they'll enable higher
performance."
About Kenexa Kenexa® provides business
solutions for human resources. We help global organizations
multiply business success by identifying the best individuals for
every job and fostering optimal work environments for every
organization. For more than 20 years, Kenexa has studied human
behavior and team dynamics in the workplace, and has developed the
software solutions, business processes and expert consulting that
help organizations impact positive business outcomes through HR.
Kenexa is the only company that offers a comprehensive suite of
unified products and services that support the entire employee
lifecycle from pre-hire to exit. Additional information about
Kenexa and its global products and services can be accessed at
www.kenexa.com.
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