Masterclass - Mela Network

Leadership Masterclass

April 10 - April 20, 2025

The Mela Academy is a 10-day immersion in a demanding environment. It is a leadership bootcamp whose watchwords are purpose, authenticity, character, values. You will need all your skill to master the high refinements of leadership arts. But you will need all your courage to go deep in exploring your default reaction to authority – how manage the stress of handling systems – your true ability to work with power – before, as a leader, you can fulfill your potential and promise.

Mela is not all lectures and general theory. Plenary learning sessions alternate with breakout groups facilitated by experienced businesspeople, seasoned practitioners from around the world. Every idea is up for discussion; every lesson is tested against experience to prove its worth. Mela focuses on the real-life applications of leadership skills especially seen against the developing needs of Middle East today.

Each day of the program contains

The Masterclass Program is built on five pillars:

Network Benefits

CAPACITY BUILDING

Contributing to the development of young business leaders and providing them a unique opportunity and lifetime membership in a leading Arab business-networking platform.

SUSTAINABLE IMPACT

Providing positive impact on the MENA region’s business community and inspiring the next generation.

HIGH-LEVEL NETWORKING

Meeting and networking with successful top business leaders and executives from around the globe.

BUSINESS EXPOSURE

Marketing and branding at every stage throughout the MELA event allow effective brand exposure and profile-raising to new regional and international markets

Testimonials

"Leadership skills and characteristics are key for any young professional today, and the extensive training that MELA offers and the opportunities within its network can benefit the next generation of Omani and regional business leaders. We are delighted to be associated with this excel-lent training scheme. A number of PDO staff have entered the academy since its launch in 2011 and have been schooled in areas such as team building, conflict resolution, social media, decision making, operational excellence and high productivity."

"At Omantel, we recognize what it takes to be a leader on corporate and individual levels. Being the largest and the leading inte-grated telecommunications services provider, we place an immense significance on providing our people with quality training that can enhance and shape their leadership skills and thought processes to ensure that Omantel leadership is maintained for years to come. We believe the MELA scheme is a perfect program that can enable us to achieve our training and development objectives."

"I would like to thank Shell for sponsoring me and the Mela management for accepting me to participate. The Mela masterclass actually have changed my views on leadership and how it will impact my personality, hopefully take that forward in real life. And I would recommend all of you if you had the chance to join the Mela program."

"Without exception, this program was the most impactful professional development program that I have ever been a part of. The depth of the interaction between myself and others in the program, particularly the people in my small group, was nothing short of amazing. Mela is definitely a game changer.”

"Mela is an amazing experience with great people, facilitators and friends. This program has given me so much exposure and I only hope we work together to have more MELA's in the future."