28 City Hall supervisors complete emerging leaders’ program
Twenty eight supervisors from the different departments of the city government completed the Emerging Leaders’ Program (ELP), a pioneering interactive training program to prepare middle managers for bigger leadership roles.
Mayor Benjamin Magalong congratulated the course finishers who received their certificates of completion during the culminating program held May 31, 2024 at the National Academy of the Philippines (NEAP) Hall at Teachers Camp.
City Human Resource Management Office Augustin Laban said that through the ELP which the CHRMO implemented for the first time, they hope to prepare the city government’s potential leaders for greater responsibilities as part of their office’s thrust to foster professional advancement and strengthen human resource capacity of the organization.
The program designed for middle managers, supervisors and administrative officers with salary grades 18-23 was implemented from November to December 2023 for the first track and from March to May this year for the second track.
According to the CHRMO, the program aimed to develop communication and leadership skills of the participants to execute strategy and build trust within teams among the participants who were trained in analysis and problem solving, experience the management process, and practice effective management skills through the participative discussion method of learning.
Track 1 tackled understanding the management process, the overall functional organization of the department and the cross-functional relationships among its unit for a collaborative approach to management. It covered five modules delivered through a face-to-face set-up for 13 days.
Track 2 focused on self-discovery as emerging leaders particularly in personal style inventory, career goal setting and credibility checklist also with five modules delivered in 10 days.
All in all, the course covered 200 hours of training, 56 hours of which was devoted to technical training, 64 hours supervisory and 80 hours executive or managerial.
The CHRMO hopes to institutionalize the program as one of the city government’s best practices under its thrust for good governance. – Aileen P. Refuerzo
