Leadership is about you, according to our 2nd guest speaker last night.
On July 15, 2015, Mr. Aftab Ahmed was appointed as Citi Country Officer for the Philippines. He started his career with Citi as an executive trainee after getting MBA from Tulane University in New Orleans, U.S.A. He has worked for Citi in 10 countries across North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, and Asia Pacific. For 40 years, he works in the bank and 39 years managing people.
On July 15, 2015, Mr. Aftab Ahmed was appointed as Citi Country Officer for the Philippines. He started his career with Citi as an executive trainee after getting MBA from Tulane University in New Orleans, U.S.A. He has worked for Citi in 10 countries across North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, and Asia Pacific. For 40 years, he works in the bank and 39 years managing people.
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| Anne, Belle, Mr. Aftab, Antz, Me (Group 3 with Citi CEO) |
He talked about ethics challenge, new opportunities and crisis management. He share that whether ethics, whether opportunities, there should be strong communication - by discussing the issues; discussing the opportunities. Communication is two way - you need to be engaged, involved and present. You cannot handle the crisis alone; you need to consult. You need to believe - if you don't believe, no one will believe on you. It always start to you. And most of all, God will prevail to achieve your objectives.
Ethics is about telling to your organization if you see something wrong as well as doing the right thing and escalation is the best policy. Let people know the issue to solve the problem. In addressing the problem, you need to hold yourself accountable before holding others accountable; and need to be on the ground to manage a crisis and not be an absentee leader. Escalation, communication and ongoing engagement with partners as well as interface with and address the needs of all constituents such as senior management, regulators, media and staff. Stay composed and stay in control. Always remember, "if you are the captain of the ship, you should stay". As a leader, "you need yourself to be accountable first and you need to keep everybody informed."
In his work life balance and to keep up his health - he has passion for life and acknowledge everyday what he had. He don't drink coffee and watch what he eat. He proposed to his wife at the age of 17, engage at age 19 and married at the age of 21. Up to now, he still married at the same woman. He has a supportive family who truly stand for him. He also makes quality time for his family by focusing when spending on them.
Mr. Aftab Ahmed share his work experience - at the age of 24-25 he already manage people. He became a corporate bank head before consumer finance head. Then became a commercial banker in New York.
I learned that if a role is offered to you, ask yourself consequently - can I make a difference, can I contribute and can I learn. Then if the answer is - you can make a difference, you can contribute and you can learn - then sure take the job. Don't look on the context of how many people you manage and don't look at one area and another area. In that, look at the opportunities of what it can provide.
To be successful you have to dream big. Nothing happens right away. Challenge happen so believe in yourself and be open to criticism. As a leader, take the risk, willing to fail and believe in yourself. Have the willingness to learn from your failures by staying the course and not being discouraged. When a problem surfaces do not point a finger at others. Be consistent, be honest, be yourself and be humble.
People will follow you because of your role. People will follow you because of what you've done in an organization. People will follow you because of what you've done to them. But the true leadership is when people follow you because of what you stood for. Leadership is about managing others and leading them. Though, leader is more about leading and not managing them. The best leader leads and let the management teams manage the work at hand. Good leadership is essential to business and organization.
In his work life balance and to keep up his health - he has passion for life and acknowledge everyday what he had. He don't drink coffee and watch what he eat. He proposed to his wife at the age of 17, engage at age 19 and married at the age of 21. Up to now, he still married at the same woman. He has a supportive family who truly stand for him. He also makes quality time for his family by focusing when spending on them.
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Mr. Aftab Ahmed share his work experience - at the age of 24-25 he already manage people. He became a corporate bank head before consumer finance head. Then became a commercial banker in New York.
I learned that if a role is offered to you, ask yourself consequently - can I make a difference, can I contribute and can I learn. Then if the answer is - you can make a difference, you can contribute and you can learn - then sure take the job. Don't look on the context of how many people you manage and don't look at one area and another area. In that, look at the opportunities of what it can provide.
To be successful you have to dream big. Nothing happens right away. Challenge happen so believe in yourself and be open to criticism. As a leader, take the risk, willing to fail and believe in yourself. Have the willingness to learn from your failures by staying the course and not being discouraged. When a problem surfaces do not point a finger at others. Be consistent, be honest, be yourself and be humble.
People will follow you because of your role. People will follow you because of what you've done in an organization. People will follow you because of what you've done to them. But the true leadership is when people follow you because of what you stood for. Leadership is about managing others and leading them. Though, leader is more about leading and not managing them. The best leader leads and let the management teams manage the work at hand. Good leadership is essential to business and organization.
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