Ocean Mist Farms has celebrated the completion of its inaugural leadership development programme – designed to develop the company’s emerging leaders from within the company –with a graduation ceremony on 19 November for Class I participants.
Conceptualised, designed and implemented over several years, the leadership development programme is based on a curriculum featuring topics such as self-awareness, organisational behaviour, team building, change management and strategic planning among others, according to a press release from the company.
Jorge Suarez, director of human resources, said the six employees in the Class I programme invested more than 165 hours of classroom, field, and experiential time over one year-and-a-half, read 10 books and benefited from 20 different presentations from experts in their fields – both in and out of the company.
The programme curriculum educated the participants about the entire Ocean Mist Farms process, from seed to sales, according to Suarez, and then moved on to broader topics that included areas such as business acumen and principles of leadership.
“This program is about developing key human capital at Ocean Mist Farms,” Suarez said. “We identified the employees with the potential to grow our business, and we invested in them as part of our company’s future.”
Class I graduates include:
· Christopher Drew, Production Manager
· Terry Lynch, Operations Controller
· John Pattullo, General Manager
· Paul Scheid, General Manager
· Gary Silacci, Sales Manager
· Adrian Zendejas, General Manager
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