Today we had a Developing Leaders Day (DLD) which was facilitated by AIESEC global partners Cadbury Schweppes (CS) and ABN-AMRO. I'm not sure, but I think that AIESEC and CS has co-operated since 2000. Co-operation consists of different parts, one of them is DLD. This year the co-operation is expanding, involving also ABN-AMRO. We had approximately 40 people from both of those companies. Those people who are executive officers came specially to Turkey to facilitate DLD for 650 AIESECcars. Wow :)
Overall, it was fresh, exciting, proactive. I want to thank group nr. 16 facis Linda and David for the awesom day! "choky! choky! choky! - yum! yum! yum!"
The DLD 2007 promise was "By the end of the day, you will be able to have a better understanding of what unique role you play in driving high performance in your team." This should give the general idea of what the DLD was about.
The part which was more excited for most of us, I think, was self discovery. We made a Belbin Test which showed a general view of what type of a person we are. I am a Teamworker :) My strengths are that I bring co-operation, I'm mild, perceptive and diplomatic. I listen, build and avert frictions. My weakness is that I am indecisive in crunch situations. That is what the test said. To most of us in group 16, what the test said, was very true.
For me it was good to get a confirmation on what I have been thinking of quite lot. I've always considered myself to be a very result orientated person. But lately (past 6 months) I've found that it's not entirely true. Many of my behaviors seem to go more on to person orientated type.
So I've learned first hand, how important it is to really know who you are. In the past I've made many decisions based on the knowledge, that I'm very result orientated. In team work, it has been hard to find how I really suit to the team. After I've been starting to realize that I'm really more people orientated, many of questions about "how to work in a team" or etc, have become a bit more clearer to me.
So I recommend to all of you to find out who you are. Or at least in general, what type of a person you are. Don't take that seriously what other people think - you have to make up your mind on that.
And BTW - finding out what our weaknesses are, is one step closer to improving them ;)
Overall, it was fresh, exciting, proactive. I want to thank group nr. 16 facis Linda and David for the awesom day! "choky! choky! choky! - yum! yum! yum!"
The DLD 2007 promise was "By the end of the day, you will be able to have a better understanding of what unique role you play in driving high performance in your team." This should give the general idea of what the DLD was about.
The part which was more excited for most of us, I think, was self discovery. We made a Belbin Test which showed a general view of what type of a person we are. I am a Teamworker :) My strengths are that I bring co-operation, I'm mild, perceptive and diplomatic. I listen, build and avert frictions. My weakness is that I am indecisive in crunch situations. That is what the test said. To most of us in group 16, what the test said, was very true.
For me it was good to get a confirmation on what I have been thinking of quite lot. I've always considered myself to be a very result orientated person. But lately (past 6 months) I've found that it's not entirely true. Many of my behaviors seem to go more on to person orientated type.
So I've learned first hand, how important it is to really know who you are. In the past I've made many decisions based on the knowledge, that I'm very result orientated. In team work, it has been hard to find how I really suit to the team. After I've been starting to realize that I'm really more people orientated, many of questions about "how to work in a team" or etc, have become a bit more clearer to me.
So I recommend to all of you to find out who you are. Or at least in general, what type of a person you are. Don't take that seriously what other people think - you have to make up your mind on that.
And BTW - finding out what our weaknesses are, is one step closer to improving them ;)
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