It was a full day workshop with Dr. Travis Perera from PIM (Post Graduate Institute of Management) facilitating the discussion among fifty plus members. The team members came by invitation extended by the President of IESL.

The purpose of the workshop was to come up with a Working Business Plan to execute the draft Corporate Plan. The morning session was dedicated to a message from the President that articulated the challenges he faced during his tenure so far in executing operational aspects of the institution and the opportunities we have to improve. Dr. Travis Perera made a great presentation on why an organization like ours should examine structural changes as time goes on. His presentation is here. He summed it up with a video clip of now famous management book "Who Moved My Cheese".

In the afternoon session teams were broken according to the nine goals set out in the corporate plan and was tasked to provide specific action items to accomplish the objectives under each goal ( how, who, when, KPI, costs etc.). This followed with presentations from each group and ensuing discussions. Read more