My projects with ABG were under the domain of Leadership Learning and had two main deliverables. I had to design the Young Executive Council (YEC) for the Group, for ABGLPs who have 6-9 years of experience in the group. I also had to design a Leadership Exchange Program (LEP) for the ABGLPs with an experience of 5-8 years in the group. These involved interviewing a lot of experts in the industry, a lot of benchmarking and a lot of primary literature review. My Manager at ABG, Ms. Pooja Aggarwal, Head YTM, was an extremely dynamic personality. She ensured that apart from these two projects, I also gave innovative ideas for Employer Branding, for Millennial Management, and for the Talent Management practices of the group as a whole.
My key learnings from the #SummerOf2017 were as follows:
1. Summers across any organisation is an intellectually provoking period. It provokes you to think deeper and sharper since the expectations are great. And these great expectations from Manager/Team/Peers is what transforms you as a performer. It’s a great opportunity to try various lenses for your approach to delivery. It is imperative to read more and more and keep yourself up to date.
2. It is important to not focus too much on a PPO or a PPI. Learning as well as Performance is all that matters. If these remain your utmost concern throughout the two month period, then Bingo, you are not very far from a PPO/PPI.
3. A lot of us do not actually understand the importance of building relationships during Summers. It’s a time when you meet some really influential and knowledgeable people across the industry. It is always a great idea to listen to someone who has had brilliant experiences since that adds to the bag of passive learnings. And yes, making friends definitely adds to your network across B-Schools.
#SummerOf2017 was definitely a ‘Crucible’ experience for me since it transformed me as an HR professional. A beautiful mix of opportunities, friendships, experiences as well as learnings. I got the opportunity to meet some very brilliant minds and got to make a difference to the Group. So thankful!
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