Leadership course opens in Windhoek

A TWO-DAY leadership training workshop aimed at equipping participants with leadership skills opens in Windhoek today.

According to, WorldTeach and Transformation Namibia, organisers of the workshop, this is an initiative taken to present a three-year leadership training to government, business, church and community leadership and also incorporate upcoming potential leaders. WorldTeach national director, Dr Chrisna van Gerick, said the training course was in its first year and being conducted worldwide, adding that, in Africa, the leadership workshop had already been done in South Africa and was to spread to the rest of the continent.During the two days, world-renowned speakers Jerry Jones and Rodney Sampson are expected to assist in equipping participants with basic leadership skills.The workshop aims to train 400 people, which should enable the pilot team to train an additional 25 each, which could mean that at the end of the three-year period at least 10 400 leaders would be trained in Namibia.WorldTeach national director, Dr Chrisna van Gerick, said the training course was in its first year and being conducted worldwide, adding that, in Africa, the leadership workshop had already been done in South Africa and was to spread to the rest of the continent.During the two days, world-renowned speakers Jerry Jones and Rodney Sampson are expected to assist in equipping participants with basic leadership skills.The workshop aims to train 400 people, which should enable the pilot team to train an additional 25 each, which could mean that at the end of the three-year period at least 10 400 leaders would be trained in Namibia.