Dolly, as an alumni of the physical event in Lake Tahoe - what is the EDP?
Te EDP is an incredible adventure both on a professional and personal level. It’s an opportunity to embrace new perspectives as regards your career and leadership style. You learn from the best professional programme in the gaming industry, listen to amazing speakers and meet with colleagues from all continents.
I am grateful that I was able to attend the EDP in Lake Tahoe, as it’s unfortunate that those taking part in the EDP during the pandemic experienced it via video conferencing, as it’s such an amazing place. It’s a little like Summer Camp for casino professionals, who leave after 10 days with a fresh perspective both on their profession and the industry. Te EDP is a test of leadership skills, but it’s also about the opportunity to make friends, collaborate and empathise with a group of professionals from a wide spectrum of cultures and countries unlike your own.
Tahoe is an incredible spot to spend 10 days.
What was the greatest lesson learned from the EDP?
Dolly Bascou Sananes Operations Marketing Director Monte-Carlo Société des Bains de Mer
How valuable have the teachings been in your day-to-day employment with SBM?
If you empower yourself, you empower your staff members. If you challenge others you must challenge yourself. If you clearly realise that you are responsible for the eight hours per day your team members are engaged with you, they will be happy and productive.
I highly recommend the
experience. It changes your life. Who will gain the most? I think it is for everybody, not just
CEOs. It is an opportunity for businesses to invest in high
potential people that will benefit from gaining a wider
perspective when leading their team.
How would you describe the experience you gained from the ECA’s EDP scholarship programme?
I’d say that it has reinforced my way of working with and leading my team. Te EDP is, first and foremost, a leadership programme, which explains that leading is different from managing a team. Te EDP empowers its attendees and, in my case, gave me confidence in my willingness to embrace new perspectives and accomplish new challenges.
Following my EDP experience, my CEO tasked me with reorganising the Marketing Department for the whole of the SBM Group, implementing a new customer experience-oriented structure. I am very grateful to him. I was able to recall the EDP courses and conferences, which gave me the strength and inspiration to communicate with my team and our clients to achieve this goal.
At SBM, our business includes hotels, casinos, retail and spas, and therefore our marketing should not be siloed, but work collaboratively on projects together in groups. Te EDP scholarship gave me the skills to lead groups with different skills and profiles that complement each other.
Would you recommend the experience to others - and who will gain most from taking part?
I highly recommend the experience. It changes your life. Attendees will gain self- confidence, which is key to leading both teams and projects, plus they will make friends from all over the world.
Who will gain the most? I think it is for everybody, not just CEOs. It is an opportunity for businesses to invest in high potential people that will benefit from gaining a wider perspective when leading their team.
Could you describe some of the activities and presentations you undertook during your EDP experience?
Te EDP demands the most intense preparation for the competition element of the programme. After the day’s conferences, every evening we’d gathered in our groups to create a fully-fledged business plan (70 pages).
Over five nights you work with your EDP team on a case study to create a business plan for the creation/refurbishment of an international Hotel & Casino Resort. Tis is challenging and also the most incredible part of the EDP. It is an amazing bonding experience and I am still in contact with my teammates to this day. Plus, Lake
We must not focus on workload at the expense of leadership and we must learn from others and other cultures. We must also break out of our routines and embrace working practices in the US, Europe, Asia and elsewhere. Te EDP gives you a wider vision of the business and new ideas to manage your everyday job.
In your opinion, how does the EDP diversity scholarship programme help to achieve the diversity goals of the ECA?
Te EDP scholarship is strong proof of ECA engagement as regards diversity. Offering this opportunity to women in the gaming industry shows that the ECA is concerned about the potential of women in a gaming industry that continues to have a “man’s world” mindset.
There is nothing comparable to the EDP in Europe today. It enables European casino
executives to become stronger members of their teams, to inspire and train their
colleagues, lead projects and ultimately contribute to greater results.
I think that offering a gender diversity scholarship in favour of women is a good thing. It is the right thing to encourage casino industry leaders to send women to attend this programme. I think women need a little help in this regard.
Finally, how important is it that the ECA gives European casino executives the opportunity to participant in this learning experience?
Tere is nothing comparable to the EDP in Europe today. It enables European casino executives to become stronger members of their teams, to inspire and train their colleagues, lead projects and ultimately contribute to greater results.
It is important for European casinos to stay tuned into the innovations in our industry, and the EDP helps towards this important goal.
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