Naama al-Kaabi: Responsibility and sincerity in work are among the most prominent characteristics of leadership
Naama Al Kaabi has graduated with honors from UAEU-College of Business and Economics, with a major in Finance and Banking, and she aspires to be an example for a successful Emirati woman serving her country in her field. She feels that innovation is a method and life style, where the concept of innovation and entrepreneurship started with an idea she had when she was a still a university student and she strongly believes that the university, for youth means inspiring to enhance their innovation and future leadership skills, that will provide their students and employees a way to be creative, pioneers, and innovators in their fields.
Her passion for innovation led her to organize and launch the Innovation Expo during the Innovation Month in February 2018, which served as a platform to celebrate innovation and innovators as well as fostering a culture of innovation in the community to share in the future of the UAE and an opportunity for companies and visitors to embrace innovative ideas either from students or institutions, private and governmental organizations.
Graduating didn’t prevent her from presenting new and unique ideas, in March 2019 she contributed to the launching of the Future Jobs Foresight Forum, which served as a platform for the meeting of minds and the exchange of visions, ideas, and review the jobs of the future and the leading role of youth in the UAE Centenary 2071, enabling them to identify their specialties by focusing on scientific majors and an innovative work environment, believing that "An educational degree alone is not enough and then relying on a government job after graduation will be disappointment."
Al Kaabi is inspired by the idea of "the Dome of inspiration" to appeal to experienced, enlightened minds, and their contributions to the dissemination of the science and knowledge they possess among university students, as an awareness-raising platform that allows people with competence to speak aloud with students and answer their questions and queries.
Naama uses the quote by H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum: "The true leader who makes leaders", as an inspiration to her ideas and practice because the leader's personality must be a model leader for his team and the community is proud of them as well as patience, seriousness and diligence because great achievements that have been achieved by the great leaders come only after efforts and sufferings.
Naama is always advising her colleagues to be responsible, to use their abilities and energies to serve the community, to be caring, loyal and dedicated, and to believe that the knowledge-based economy is what the countries compete for today so let’s participate with our knowledge, excellence for the prosperity of our country. In addition to her innovative excellence, she enjoys drawing, reading and serious discussions with her colleagues and professors.