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Strengths
connected with futures teams.
Why have you decided to apply for Colombia’s Member Performance Management
Committee? My biggest motivation are the results so I am a results oriented person, trying to always
keep track of the goals progress and that this progress is based in good process execution.
The follow up to my team members is a habit.
For four years, my job, actions, dreams and my live have had purpose; the first one makes As MC team member: As team member this help us to not lose the focus.
me a great leader, the second one makes me a better person; the both had been possible MC work: To drive the growth and the achievement in all areas, not only making follow up but
because I’m an AIESECer. also providing ideas to achieve better and higher results.
I have had the opportunity to wake up every day and feel that I enjoy my daily time… this is Team management
something that makes me feel not only complete but also proud. MCP AIESEC in Colombia is I always aim to create strong connections between a team based in a common purpose and
not an aspiration to return everything that AIESEC gives me, being MCP is a dream to make consensual goals and also to develop strong relations between the members.
2000 people better leaders, better people, better AIESECers. Our talent has all the As MC team member: My team management will allow me to create a great environment to
potential to fuel itself of passion and achieve the ambition to change AIESEC Colombia into develop performance and people with a correct balance, and make them feel always leading
a great entity in our network, right now I am completely convinced that this is the way to by example.
make a great country for tomorrow. AIESEC Colombia needs to develop the best talent to MC work: In the MC work this will let me manage different situations in the team in a correct
impact our society, this is my challenge and I want it to become OUR challenge for one way and makes a very tiny space, a nice place to work.
year… Being MCP is about professionalism, is about ambition, is about capacity, and is about
one action.
AIESEC in Colombia AIESECers, I am only one man, we are one team, one team that speaks
about the Colombian talent... The change that so many times we ask to our leaders, is a Global mindset:
change that must rise in our heart and mine as one; thinking in the time and energy that I haven’t had the opportunity to live and international experience which today could be a real
we will invest here, so today when I close my eyes and I can see all your faces, any doubt challenge for an MCP, so basically my awareness about our network was built by comments or
that I could have disappears and the conviction that I want to be your leader remains. reading articles but not for personal experiences.
Therefore I want to create these powerful AIESEC experiences that are constantly As MC member: My international network has to be built by efforts on international cooperation or
appearing inside me. I want to be MCP with you not for you, because we are AIESEC connections in international teams; basically personal links create stronger connections, so I have to
Weaknesses
Colombia team and the tomorrow will depend that we wake up every day felling that we are build them more when I experience my first international event with other MCPs.
happy and enjoying our daily challenge… MC Work: This is an international network so connection is mandatory, so it is my challenge to
AIESEC in Colombia I invite all of you to “2000 powerful lives to one unforgettable action”. expand my global network and knowledge.
Assertiveness:
Take one minute more to think better the thing that you will say or how you will say it.
As MC member: Thinking in the right words and the appropriate way to say it is so important to
keep a good environment in the team.
MC work: Assertiveness communication is necessary not only with MC team, but also, is more
essential with the general assembly.
My Strengths and Weaknesses
I will make the analysis from AIESEC Global competency model and the soft skills required in Meeting facilitation
the MCP MoF: I have this from my experience as LCP, I could spend an entire day in a EB review meeting despite of
having a previous agenda and the flow of it to make effective all the discussions, nevertheless it
Social Responsibility: takes me some extra time to finish it. “Speak less do more”.
The main point to define this as strength is the capacity to take decisions despite of As MC member: The meetings are so important so effectiveness takes more relevance because the
personal ambitions, thinking always in the consequences that my choices could bring to my operative and functional jobs also need their time and the balance between these two moments give
team regardless if I am the leader or a member. capacity to the team
As MC team member: This competence as MC team leader leads me to set a standard when MC Work: The MCP has a lot of responsibilities, turning the effectiveness crucial to develop a good
it comes decision making and also to create a culture of service in the team around all our role and to provide time to the team to think and revaluate the strategy and evolution. Also
actions. effective meetings cause the team to develop confidence in its leader.
Make a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threads) of AIESEC in
Colombia. The internal analysis was made based on the results of running the
balance scored card (not all the CSF were evaluated using KPIs information this
due to problems in the information management, so some results are perceptions,
finally the BSC was evaluated taking as based 2010 period and their goals not their
AIESEC in COLOMBIA SWOT
growth compare with 2009).
The awareness to create a positive impact in the society must be connected with one believe… As
AIESECers , wherever, whenever, we can produce the change, make easy something that yesterday
was impossible…so… here as members we must believe we can produce different things otherwise
¿what will give us the conviction to do it tomorrow?
Increasing exchange: We are Our Structure and LR To Talk about quality is so difficult and more
growing as country but we are generation is adapting to the difficult is the measurement of it, but I am
under our ambitions, below you needs and some organizational convinced that our XP have quality, we set
can have some consequences. trends high standards but we could be better
Market analysis: It’s true that M&C is Planning and review: LCs understand the Relationship
making a great progress on this, but it is importance and create good plans, but they management: For
still a plan, the LCs have not had a strong need to make better tracking. Our leaders sure the most
approach to the external environment, need to manage with more capacity the effective strategy
and we can see it in the ICX Raising performance in all organizational levels. to a better market
performance. approach is
capitalizing our
Governance and accountability: The alumni network; the
Managing information:it limits our capacity internal mechanisms are great and strategies in the LCs
and professionalism. We don’t have IT solutions, make our organization strong, but our still are not oriented
the internal communication doesn’t have clear external ones must be strengthened to this.
focus, and KM is still a process to define. not only at national level but also at
local level,
Recruitment and induction: Let’s
differentiate: long term-short Managing talent: It’s the same point ensure
IT infrastructure: Our MC has
term members. For Long term a better allocation and even required
been crisis in IT tools not only
members we are doing well, but for learning plans for short term experience.
with hardware but also
short term is necessary define And about member education plan, we need
software, these cause
better their roles in the LC to know better the focus and develop
problems in the team’s
(stronger definition than tasks aim stronger leadership development
effectiveness.
for a better experience). programs.
SWOT ANALYSIS AIESEC IN COLOMBIA
Drivers set for SWOT analyses Strengths Weaknesses
ABOUT DRIVERS
1. Membership potential and their passion for AIESEC 1. Talent management process applied to short term AIESEC These don’t mean that we will lose performance, growth and
1. LR development to produce and manage higher 2. Understanding NST. XP
focus as organization, OGX must give them, and we are EP
performance 3. Internal governance and connection between their 2. MC infrastructure
providers and that is one of our strengths. Only that we will
3. Management information and IT applications in our
entities set more attention in these points searching a better
processes.
2. TN Raising as the way to connect us with external 4. Growth in the membership awareness to live full @XP. 4. Connection and capitalization external environment AIESEC in Colombia. OGX we know how do it, we need to
environment trends. 5. The membership attitude to live leadership (example alumni network) and process with external continue and improve it.
experiences (Generation LR experiences) stakeholders.
3. Dual XP to capitalize our potential in members and 6. Colombian Financial model 5. Legal coherency in some action in a framework as NGO OGX is a driver by default
OGX knowledge. 7. Country Positioning in AIESEC network, leadership in 6. TN raising (attitude to sells)
roles around the world. 7. Leadership capacity to produce higher performance or
higher growth. ( Create to many unbalanced between LCs)
1. Youth unemployment rate (28%) C: We must continue with emigration MT not match to DT pool, C: Organization in Colombian became more protectionists with
2. Despite of global economic growth persists the fear about in which the profile required some MT skills. Is also necessary their positions and roles for Colombians.
a new economic crisis (Ireland case) explore more efforts in IGN cooperations. C: uncertainty about our legal actions and procedures
3. Legal framework for NGOs in Colombia is poor C: Possibility to have legal problems to not deliver our promise
4. Network trends: and even return money for this.
TN MT pool with deficit in supply
PRIORITIES INNITIATIVES RESULTS
Explanation: Developing 2000 thousand powerful lives speak about each one of us; it focuses in the kind of leaders that we are… Our leadership
development always speaks about how we are developing competencies (according global competency model)… in this AIESEC other behaviours are
First Driver: more important, these behaviours talk about the ability to manage and create better entities.
Leaders with stronger manager
behaviours and skills
LR Education cycle focus on External advisory to create and
Change soft skills criteria management skills implement changes. 1. New MoF structure in other
skills required to development in
DEVELOPING The criteria will be focused in manager Use an external consultancy and
the role.
2000 THOUSAND behaviors and skills. These will be Align local and national education cycle alumni network to create and
POWERFUL LIVES to deliver these skills and behaviors develop the program to develop 2. Program to develop these skills
different by kind of role (EB, MM). (Study the national education cycle). management skills. in our members.
Explanation: To be a top 5 country in our network and make us stronger in the network with better negotiation. We must drive the Colombian
growth not only under OGX performance but also under ICX. Besides this as, our SWOT says, is a clear point to be relevant in our country. 700 powerful ICX experiences
Second Driver: 1. Managing talent to selling Sells Teams
Approach to key sector
Balance int. cooperation
Continue with marketing strategy
experiences Keep and improve the strategies Project of investments where the 1. Increase sell work force
for segmentation and product
ICX PROVIDER like NCST management by LCVP countries support the capacity of
development (if we have good 2. More Specialized team in sells
Allocation focus in core areas and ICX Colombian sales teams (link with
result)
more in feeding sells team Explore how to increase national results), we make a retribution
including this experiences to MCP in right places, alumni network, 3. Effectiveness in TN Raising
ICX structure (if it is not possible for the raising and focus the
finalize e introduction stage. It is and approaching the government
another MC full time, explore MC matching with EPs from the
about culture not about polices part time).
according to the opportunities
support country 4. Int. Cooperation for all TN
Education on sells to all the LCs at
showed in SWOT. flow
Local TN sells teams (deliver until
induction time. Support the capitalization of
agreement legalization, won’t
alumni network to TN raising in LCs
match)
380 DUAL XP
Third Driver Explanation: More members having full @XP speaks about our quality.
X+L
L+X
Create learning plan that include possible LR opportunities in their 1. 230 L+X
experience.
IGN TOP ONE IN NUMBER Keep and try to improve the current pricing polices
OF Include in promotion a general standardized reintegration program
DUAL XP
L+X+X second exchange will be free X+L+X the second exchange will be free (after a reintegration program) 2. 150 X+L
Strong national campaigns to promote X inside LR Stronger planning Virtual LR
1. Leaders formation to give an added value to the youth and to the 1. Leadership development programs become more
Youth unemployment rate (28%) organization where they will be 1. Personal development with TM important to deliver the needed impact to our
2. International experience to make rich they curriculum and more 2. Outgoing Exchanges member and indirectly to our society.
attractive when they come back to the organizational market 2. Exchange program
Colombian Government integral 1. Provide high potential talent to add value to the government projects and 1. ER or BD agents to create connections with the 1. ER focus with the effective approach to the
assistance programs increase the achievement capacity government government
1. Support the preparation as a country for this agreements with 1. Incoming exchanges to supports this need in 1. Product Development and market approach to the
Colombian FATs
innovation process than increase our productivity as country Colombian organization sector that could generate this kind of initiatives.
It is the middle of your term and due to financial restrictions you need to do a cost cutting Message to the plenary
exercise. The largest costs in the current MC budget are driven by administrative costs
(salaries, etc). What will be your approach? Please, argument your choice. Hey AIESEC in Colombia!
The last point that I affect will be the MC team salaries or the structure.
Point to approach:
Eliminate outcomes from innovation projects, M&C budget and other incomes with
This year has been amazing, the challenge that we set in NPM
return of investment to long term: We need to generate fast results so is 2009 has created today an incredible growth to our country that
necessary to focus the expenses in the areas who generate them. make us stronger as organization in all levels, and make to these
Focus expenses in ER and Xs areas without investments in international cooperation, Colombian AIESECer generations the most successful, I really
raising must be focus and I would lead the LCs to increase the efforts into doing so. believe that today our leaders are better than yesterday, that
CASE I: Use the LCs to try to get quickly financial support, in case that our LCs have
the capacity to make some loans to the MC, we ask them while we expect incomes
today our members feel stronger that they must live a full
from raising and ER products. AIESEC XP; for all these congratulations because we change, and
CASE II: financial sector tools. If Our LCs don’t have the capacity (even alumni can’t we change to higher levels so be proud for that. Something is
give us support), we ask to the financial sector for a loan ensuring the negotiation true we didn’t achieve the goal, and we need to be aware about
to be good and sustainable for AIESEC and with a timeline that let us have support one thing, we could achieve more, we could achieve our dreams,
while expecting recruitment results. The last tool that I will use: factoring, if we have
the potential to do it.
and we need to improve the attitude and commitment with our
If anything else from above fails, I will start to analyse MC salaries and structure, ambitions. The future ambitions must be supported by our
focus in keep the core work and in avoiding repeat positions. conviction with the dream, to the daily work and the innovation to
change. We must act as one, where the MC and LCs are the
strongest teams and where our leadership inspires and drives
2010 has been an intense and challenging year in terms of exchange goals achievement. In case Jose 1001
goal is not achieved, what could have been done to achieve it? What would be your message to the
the change that we want as organization. AIESEC in Colombia I
National Plenary? believe in our talent to do it, I believe in the change agents that
we are and will be, so don’t stop dreaming and don’t stop
To achieve it: ambitioning, the day that we do, the day that as leaders we think
that we can’t generate the change, that day, we won’t be AIESEC
Coherency between plenary ambition and MC plans and strategy: MC 09-10 leave their organizational
goals static regardless the opinion of the national assembly which in NPM set a bigger goal, there was
leaders.
not alignment of the national strategies with the needs of the goal demanded by the members, the MC
achieve its goal but the country felt frustrated, MC must be coherent with country ambitions. Let’s dream, achieve more and make it happen!!!
Stronger focus ICX-OGX DT in summer: Colombia didn’t capitalize summer, if some strategies for DT
raising in ICX and OGX that today we are generating, would have been implemented since summer, we will
be closer to the goal.
Pushing more the LCs and increase the interaction with LCs with leadership problems: MC must be more
How do you envision AIESEC in Colombia in 2015? Be as specific as
aware about LCs realities and challenges and push them to increase their performance at the same possible. Include (at least). Feel free to include more information
time as the MC supports them. that clarifies your vision:
Align LC operations with international X cycles: Winter, thousands DT-TNs and only three LCs that made Organizational numbers
recruitment on time to take advantage, this is something that can’t continue, our LCs must do the „Exchange Realizations
things on time. The MC has to change their role and support directly the recruitment because this time
it was late.
„Members
Smart exchange investment: until now we understand that international cooperation it’s not the only „Dual XPs
investment to drive exchanges, there are other investment in local procedures and R&R system that „Local Committees
even motive more to get results. „Cities we are present
„Position in global Rankings
„Leadership Roles
„Extensions
„Other relevant number
Members profile / Subsystems reality
“There is something that from my personal opinion our international vision has and it is
the purpose to involve all the young and not only those who have had the opportunity
to study in a University… This vision requires a revision in our way”
Our B.H.A.G The B.H.A.G continues with the spirit of its similar
international, the idea is to increase the scope of the young
people impacted by AIESEC.
AIESEC Colombia is present in the 32 regions as the
most important youth voice. The first statement of pursuit the dream to be in all our
territory is necessary to have better opportunities to
We are supporting actively the Country development
engage with government projects.
and we are correctly recognized by our mission
Our
international We deliver a high quality AIESEC experiences generating
Our activities and projects are connected with the key
positive impact in our society initiatives of the country development since our mission and
Vision will guide
action.
the national
vision for 2010- Basic the same point our final mission
2015
About Members
FOCUS TO ACHIEVE THE VISION
Our membership is so diverse not only of students from various
Expansion 2. Connections with external sector
backgrounds but also of young people from different sectors of
3. Engage different young sectors
Colombia; this ensures an organization where the networking and
the tolerance shows how we envision the peace.