Share Ideas. Build Relationship. Create Momentum. -Leaders’ Quest
A youth movement is the key to the nation development. Maybe that is the motivation of every top-level manager in corporate or government to build a competitive- and professional-generation. A few days ago, I had the opportunity to attend leadership workshops held by ISYF and Leaders' Quest. And within this short article I’ll try to share the values of what I learned during the program.
This is not the first occasion for me to attend the professional forums, but the speciality of this forum was it held by the NPO (non-profit organization), both Leaders' Quest and ISYF. The foremost principle of this organization is to give equality to all global citizens to join the community, and they worked without 'paid'. From here, I can feel how powerful the energy shared by the organizer of this event. Well, Leadership Workshop was co-organized by Leaders' Quest and they became the bridge for ISYF, Daimler Group, and selected delegates to exchange informations and experiences. Daimler Group (DG) is a multinational automotive company. The most familiar product is Mercedes-Benz.
Collaboration between the Leaders' Quest and ISYF are able to invited 10 top executives of DG. The top executive of a global and regional manager. Four managers came from Germany, two more from USA, one from India, one from Japan, and the other two from the EU. They are the ones with the highest-level manager at DG, but their humility is remarkable. We often laugh and joke with crazy, because they are humorous but also sharp thinking. To maintain their privacy, I apologize for not mentioning their names and positions. But do not worry, I will love to mention the names of selected delegates on this program:
1. Prasetio Wilfandi (Chemical Engineering Dept, Bandung Institute of Tech) - Silver Medalist at OSN KIMIA 2011, Manado. - Young Leaders for Indonesia
2. Dimas Kalimasada (Corporate Communication Dept, Tanri Abeng University) - CEO of Titanium Tour and Travel - Delegation of the ASEAN-Korea Youth Square
3. Faiz Ahadina (Tanri Abeng University) - Executive of Titanum Group
4. Fery Sandria Anwar (Alumnus, University of Indonesia) - AFS-YES USA 2009/2010 - Manager of Youth Event AIESEC_UI
5. Akbar Rabbani (Environmental Engineering Dept, Bandung Institute of Tech) - Sponsorship Manager at the International Student Energy Summit 2015
6. Pandu Darwin Wicaksono (Communication Dept, University of Gadjah Mada-) - President of Green Generation Indonesia
7. Ignatius Ivan Hartono (Chemical Engineering Dept, Diponegoro University) – Sobat Bumi Pertamina Scholar
9. Novia Kardiyanti (Public Relations Dept, Padjadjaran University) - Delegation of the Asian Youth Forum, Bangkok - Interns at the Nielson Company
10. Latifa Ayu Lestari (Industrial Engineering-University of Indonesia) - AIESEC_UI
11. Jawahirul Mahbubi (Airlangga University) - Delegation of APEC VOF 2013 - TF Scholar
12. Albert Andre Sujarwo (Universitas Kristen Petra) - Delegation of the Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations - Itern at Ernst & Young Indonesia
13. Antoni Aliarto (University of Indonesia) - Head of Delegation at the Nanyang Technological University Model United Nations 2015
14. Adimas Prasetyaaji (Chemical Engineering Dept.-UGM) - No one (hehe)
The first agenda of this program is an introduction with ice breaking games. The games require each delegate to be paired with a manager. Within two minutes they should ask each other about the topic given by the Leaders' Quest. And after two minutes, the pair had to be changed. Well after doing a rotation twice, introductions session are considered to finish.
If the first session of a lot of laughter between managers and delegates, then in the second session was quite serious. Intense Counseling. In this session, delegates have to share how they handle the organization and other activities during the course. And then managers asking various al-related leadership, they also talked about their experiences in managing their organization. Some of the moral values that I can share here is as follows.
The manager said: "I have staff from different countries and backgrounds. Of course this requires special treatment in their lead. I can not be guided them with a very rigid rules, because the staff comes from different countries. It’ll be different how Germanian or Japanesse works. However I only show how to get to the main goal of a project."
Then, i asked: "So how to to trace the progress of each staff?"
He answered: "By way of intensive communication. By way as I did with you right now. With this way I can see how the state of mind of my staff, how their happiness, etc."
Here I present another moral values in a list, make it easier to you to highlight.
"Have values, it will lead you and your organization."
"Allow the approach."
"Every single employees have the right to have fun."
"Lead by example, not by saying."
Explanation each message above is very complete, and some have already become a common fact. So, we can develop each message in line with the problem we face.
The third agenda is a Q&A session to all boards of DG. Opportunity opened, and delegates are welcome to inquire. So finally I asked. About values.
The last agenda is a photo session followed by lunch at the OASIS Restaurant, Central Jakarta.
In the lunch time, Ms. Yute, head of committee, rolling the question, "Do you know why we choose this Restaurant?" Some have replied, "Because the distance near with PSE St, Miss?" Ms. Yute replied, "So we choose OASIS Restaurant because it was already used to be a meeting of world leaders, such as President of the USA (Bill Clinton), King of Spain (Juan Carlos), Prime Minister of the UK (Margaret Thatcher), and many other world leaders. Well, we want this place to be a witness that you will follow their footsteps to lead any organization / company in the future." She said. "Amen." All delegates replied in a tone of hope.
Well, readers. Believe that there is an ability to be leader within us. And there is no provision similar to each person in the lead. Everyone has a leadership style. And their leadership depends on their environment and their knowledge. Again, a relevant adage from me is "to spread the more benefits, then enrich your knowledge".
And to close this article I tuck the quote from LPDP,
"Keteladanan hari ini dan kepimpinan di hari esok." (Bahasa)
NB: I’ll upload the photos later, once the Leaders’ Quest email me the backup.
Yogyakarta, April 19th 2015
Someone who is still learning from you,
Adimas
