House of Rose Professional Pte. Ltd (HORP) today announced that\u00a0Dubai, UAE has been selected as the location for the<\/b>\u00a02021 Middle East Edition of<\/b>\u00a0Break the ceiling touch the sky\u00ae – the success and leadership summit for women which<\/b>\u00a0will be held as a hybrid (live and virtual) summit on\u00a0Sept 28, 2021.\u00a0<\/b>The summit will bring together the\u00a0Middle East’s\u00a0best leaders and Companies who can access\u00a0cutting-edge, cross-industry<\/b>\u00a0knowledg<\/b>e\u00a0and mentoring<\/b>\u00a0on leadership, success and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at a fraction of the cost of other expensive training programs.\u00a0 HORP also announced the search for the\u00a0“50 Best Male Champions for Gender diversity & Inclusion in the\u00a0Middle East”\u00a0<\/b>with several being available as mentors at the 2021 Middle East Edition of Break the ceiling touch the sky\u00ae.<\/p>\n
Diversity & Inclusion champion Companies\u00a0Coca-Cola\u00a0<\/b>and\u00a0Fine Hygienic Holding<\/b>\u00a0have once again taken the lead as early sponsors of the Middle East Edition of Break the ceiling touch the sky\u00ae.\u00a0\u00a0AMCHAM Dubai<\/b>,\u00a0AMCHAM Abu Dhabi\u00a0<\/b>and\u00a0The Singapore International Chamber of Commerce\u00a0<\/b>will serve as the official Industry partners for the summit and their members will enjoy discounted delegate pricing to join this summit.\u00a0 Sponsor packages are now open.<\/p>\n
Claudia Navarro, Vice President Marketing Eurasia &\u00a0Middle East\u00a0at The Coca-Cola Company\u00a0<\/b>shared,\u00a0” Diversity & inclusion is close to our hearts. We strive to create a work environment that empowers, educates and inspires both cultural and gender diversity across all levels of the organization.\u00a0 We\u00a0believe that diversity is a precursor to a culture of empathy,\u00a0\u00a0and innovation. We are\u00a0\u00a0happy to partner with Break the ceiling touch the sky \u00ae which will give participants an\u00a0opportunity to learn from others, share best practices, network with peers and chart their own individual courses for success.”<\/i><\/p>\n
Commented\u00a0James Michael Lafferty, CEO of Fine Hygienic Holding<\/b>, “In 2018 we joined the Break the ceiling touch the sky\u00ae movement via a partnership with the summit in the\u00a0Middle East\u00a0and in\u00a0Singapore. Inspired by the many sharings of success on gender diversity in particular we made rapid progress, going from zero women leaders on our senior management team to over 30% in just a few months.\u00a0 \u00a0We have step-changed our business results. Learning and sharing across industries on Diversity & Inclusion is a critical part of our game plan for success and we are proud to be a Platinum sponsor of the 2021 Middle East Edition of the summit \u00a0\u2013 a forum at which we know we will once again be inspired by many other great companies and will also be able to share our progress and best practices.”<\/i><\/p>\n
The 2021 Middle East Edition of\u00a0Break the ceiling touch the sky<\/b>\u00ae is an important pillar of the\u00a0global Break the ceiling touch the sky network\u00a0<\/b>with editions in\u00a0the\u00a0Middle East,\u00a0North America,\u00a0Europe,\u00a0India,\u00a0China,\u00a0Africa, ANZ, and\u00a0Singapore. The summit supports HORP’s\u00a0\u00a0MISSION 2029 FOR A BETTER WORLD<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 the 10 year action plan to \u00a0quintuple the number of Female CEOs in the worlds 500 largest Companies (from 14 in 2020 to 70 in 2029) and to double the number of Male CEOs in the same group actively investing in gender diversity & inclusion.<\/p>\n
Concluded\u00a0Anthony A. Rose, Chairman and CEO, House of Rose Professional\u00a0<\/b>and best-selling author of the book\u00a0Break the Ceiling, Touch the Sky: success secrets of the world’s most inspirational women\u00a0<\/i><\/b>which inspired the summit:<\/i><\/p>\n
“We are delighted to announce the search for\u00a0the “50 Best Male Champions for gender diversity & inclusion in the\u00a0Middle East.”\u00a0<\/b>Gender diverse Companies across the world are delivering better financial results, growing better leaders and delivering better business. Recognizing the male leaders walking the talk on gender equality in business in the\u00a0Middle East\u00a0is also important to support the UAE’s continued drive for gender equality.”<\/i><\/p>\n