Empower is a three-day learning and residential program. Through this empower program, Jazz intends to instill valuable leadership skills among women leaders in workforce.
Jazz, Pakistan’s leading digital operator and a part of the VEON Group, has partnered with LUMS, Pakistan’s leading research-intensive university, to launch “Empower,” an Executive Development Program for Women Leaders.
Empower is a three-day learning and residential program. Through this empower program, Jazz intends to instill valuable leadership skills among women leaders in workforce. Attendees include 75 women
from Jazz, and the company will also be offering 20 scholarships through open enrolment for other
women leaders to attend the program.
Speaking at the launch ceremony, Sanam Sheikh, Chief People Officer at Jazz said, “Empower is
launched with the mission to provide women leaders with skillsets needed to excel in leadership
roles. The three-day immersive program reiterates our company’s commitment towards
promoting gender diversity at the workplace by empowering women and helping them thrive as
leaders.”
Spanning from 6 th to 8 th December, Empower will provide trainees with cutting-edge technologies
and best industry practices to help them navigate their managerial roles strategically and more
efficiently.
Dr Arif Nazir Butt, Professor at the Suleman Dawood School of Business at the Lahore University
of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan reinforced, “Empower is a unique learning experience
with a focus on enabling women leaders to cultivate their executive management roles by
influencing business agility and organizational competitiveness. The program provides
collaborative opportunities for self-reflection and development; steering the executives towards
enhanced confidence and professional competence”.
Jazz is an equal opportunity employer. It’s one of the first telecom companies with a high female
representation in its executive leadership. Jazz is also the signatory to the global Women’s
Empowerment Principles, a set of Principles offering guidance to businesses on how to promote
gender equality and women’s empowerment in the workplace, marketplace, and community and
was recently recognized for its Gender Inclusive Workplace at UN Women Asia-Pacific 2022
WEPs Awards. This award recognizes organizations that have incorporated the right measures to
make themselves the preferred employer for women.