Civil Service training network offers leadership classes based on example of Jesus and Mohammed

Sessions organised by Fast Stream participants will look at the personal qualities of prophets

Civil Service trainees have been offered classes on what Jesus and Mohammed can teach them about becoming “confident leaders”.
The session, organised by the Fast Stream Muslim Network, will look at the “leadership styles” of the Abrahamic prophets to understand what made them “great leaders” by learning from their “historic examples”.
The class, titled: the Prophetic Leadership Model, is listed as a masterclass in the Fast Stream’s introductory programme set to take place in October.
A description of the session said it will look at the personal qualities and leadership skills of the prophets and use this to improve fast-streamers’ own abilities to become leaders.
The session is not compulsory and was listed among other masterclasses, including sessions on wellbeing, communication and imposter syndrome.
A full listing, seen by The Telegraph, described the class as an “engaging session hosted by the Fast Stream Muslim Network where we’ll take a look at the leadership styles of the prophets of the Abrahamic faiths (Mohammed, Moses, Jesus and Abraham etc.), looking at what made them great leaders and how we as Fast Streamers on a leadership-focussed scheme can learn from these historic examples”.
It added: “We will go through the personal qualities/key leadership skills of prophets, their character and how this shaped their leadership styles but also how others around them responded to their character.
“We aim to conclude the session with an overview of how as fast streamers we can bring our whole selves to work and use our identity as a strength to empower ourselves as leaders.”
A spokesman for the Cabinet Office said: “This is an entirely voluntary, non-mandatory session organised by Fast Stream participants themselves.
“This session is not part of the core Civil Service Fast Stream curriculum and incurs no additional costs.”
The Fast Stream Muslim Network, which organised the session, is separate from the Civil Service Muslim Network which was suspended in March after officials were reported to have discussed how to force the Government to change its policy on Gaza.
The Fast Stream is the Civil Service’s accelerated training programme for graduates aiming for senior roles in the institution.
The scheme, which takes place over three to four years, offers participants rotations across different government departments and a starting salary of £31,186.
Applications have plummeted in recent years. While some 64,697 applications were made in 2020, a Telegraph analysis in March found that only 26,899 hopefuls put their names forward in 2023.