Local Committee Executive Application 15.16 AIESEC Calabar.
Content LCP Application Booklet 15.16 LCP Application Questionnaire 15.16 VP Questionnaire 15.16 (General Questions & Specific Questions) Signed_Release_LCP 15.16 AIESEC Calabar www.aiesec.org | www.aiesecnigeria.org | aieseccalabar01@gmail.com +234 7012663034 | +234 8036776941 Good Luck
LCP Application Booklet 15.16 Introduction Dear candidate, We all wish for the opportunity in life to create change, This is that moments when you can transmit those many ideas and strategies that are going around your head and in the best way possible to encourage someone to live such an intense and impactful experience as I am currently living. it’s a great step as you are about take a new journey of leadership in your life, for me it has been a great experience and I have learnt a whole lot of new things by the way, which has shaped the way I think and address situation, personal and even professionally. You shall have up and down time going through this process but at the end you will achieve a lot to last you a life time. All the best. Sincerely yours, Eluma, Ikemefuna .O President of AIESEC Calabar 14.15
Deadlines have been clearly stated below. Note: it should be obeyed religiously. Also, applicants are to attach an endorsement letter from any full member (please refer to conditions for full membership) of the LC to this application at the time of submission. Lastly, applicants are free to design their applications as desired. Sadly, design doesn’t attract any preference.
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LCP Requirement profile Required knowledge and understanding
Understanding of AIESEC Way and History LC focus for the year Deep knowledge of AIESEC Nigeria Compendium Financial knowledge of the LC Understanding of AIESEC operations (how each area are interconnected, specifically the exchange program and the XPP) Understanding the current reality of the LC and Nigeria
Required personal skills and competencies • • • • • • • • • • • •
Alignment between personal and organizational vision and values Strategic and analytical thinking Efficiency (priority management, personal/team planning, communication, delegation, working on multiple priorities/fields) Empathy (ability to identify and understand feelings and concerns of others) Open-mindedness and adaptability (personally and culturally) Ability to give direction, create ownership & build consensus in a team Ability to work un and lead teams, giving direction and being focus Result-orientation (keeping track of & focus on outcomes of actions) Conflict management abilities Crisis management skills and experience Developed emotional intelligence and self-awareness Resilience Excellent level of English (speak and write fluently)
Best of Luck! Remember, all aspect of the forms should be completed and sent to aieseccalabar01@gmail.com, aiesec_calabar@yahoo.com, iyke.eluma@aiesec.net latest 11:00 pm GMT on Monday 8th June, 2015. Strict compliance will be given to the deadline specified above
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LCP Application Questionnaire 15.16 Bio Data Be Creative, but ensure it covers all aspect required;
Contact information Studies, working background and skills. Etc. AIESEC achievement and conference attended
Personal Questionnaires
Why are you standing for LCP of AIESEC Calabar 15/16? What are you values and how do they shape your leadership style? What was your biggest achievement in AIESEC so far? What did you learn from it? How will it contribute to your LCP term? What do you think are the biggest challenges you might face during you LCP term, how do you plan to overcome them? What are your personal long term goals? How do you see your potential EB term contributing to them?
Leading AIESEC Calabar
How do you envision AIESEC Calabar by the end of the term? How would you measure the success of LC team? Please, mention minimum 3 MoS’s? Based on the national direction and strategy, what are the main achievements and nonachievements so far of AIESEC Calabar in the term 14.15? What will you capitalize on and what would you like to change in the term 15.16?
LCP Specific Questionnaires
What is the ideal profile for the LCP of AIESEC Calabar? Describe where you stand now when compared to this profile? What are strong and weak sides of your leadership style and how can you be better? Design a brief year plan and how you tend to accomplish them? Be specific. Briefly explain how you can make AIESEC Calabar met up with GEN 2015 and how you can gear the LC towards achieving 2020? How do you evaluate our growth initiatives? What successes/failures can you identify? What do you think should be done in the next term with this initiative?
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What do you think should be the Focus Areas for the term 2015-2016 for AIESEC in Calabar? Explain your choice What is the biggest challenge for AIESEC Calabar at the moment? Which initiatives will you implement to overcome these challenges?
Handling a Team
If as an LCP, you are having a strong conflict with one of your EB members and the situation is notably affecting the rest of the team. You have already tried dialogue, expectations setting, etc. but the situation doesn’t seem to improve and it is influencing this person’s performance and yours. The situation is even affecting you personally. It is midterm period and during transition you have been told that it is too late to ask a member to leave the team. What will your approach be? (Make assumptions on the situation if you find it necessary – mention your assumptions) How will you handle your EB team if they lose their motive to work? How do you think you can manage team dynamics and diversity on your team?
The Process 1. When plotting your lifeline consider key events in your life, such as graduation, relationships, leadership opportunities, challenges etc., victories you’ve achieved, crisis you’ve endured, fears you’ve overcome, stands you’ve taken, and lessons you’ve learned 2. Mention the even and place points above/below the horizontal live to correspond with intensity of the emotions 3. Once you feel satisfied that you have captured your major personal events and 4. Experiences that shaped you, draw a line connecting the dots. Feel free to present it in any manner – it can be handwritten on a page or word page.
Please note questions in this area are for only LOCAL COMMITTEE VICE PRESIDENT (LCVP)
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SPECIFIC QUESTIONS: ANSWER ONLY FOR THE POSITION(S) YOU ARE APPLYING FOR Please choose and prioritize LC positions you are applying for. (These are only priorities, because apart from the LCP & LCVPF&A, positions can be combined /switched according to available talent as at the time of final selection by the LCP-elect)
GENERAL QUESTIONS 1. In your opinion, what are the 3 strengths and 3 weaknesses of AIESEC in Calabar? How would you like to strengthen the positive ones to use them for the benefit of AIESEC in Calabar and how to improve the less positive ones to enhance its functionality? 2. What do you think is lacking in the 2014-2015 team and what should we do in 20152016 to make AIESEC in Calabar a sustainable entity? 3. Evaluate AIESEC in Calabar’s role in the national network (also within the campus) by highlighting key strengths and weaknesses and outlining your vision for AIESEC in Calabar’s local role in the future. 4. How do you perceive the role of the EB team 2015-2016 in AIESEC Calabar?
MY PERSONALITY 1. Why me... (Give reasonable details) 2. Does this LC EB experience fit with your future vision? 3. What are your personal top 3 strengths and what are the top 3 things you seem not to be naturally good at? Please, give relevant examples from the past. How will they influence your work on the EB? 4. What are the main challenges you expect to face during your term regarding the following areas- Your Team, Your Work and Your Personal Life. How do you plan to overcome them?
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS Vice President Finance & Administration 1. What are your key qualities & skills that will be suitable for your role as LCVP F&A?
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2. Your role in the LC transcends financial management, but also generation of revenue, how do you plan to work with the VP’s and LCP to ensure financial health for the organization? 3. AIESEC CALABAR has plans of getting its residence and office. How do you think this can be achieved? Clearly outline the strategies you would put in place to ensure that this target is met. Show the revenue streams that will help you attain this target. 4. The LC spends a significant amount of time sourcing for revenue for the LC, what products do you think AIESEC CALABAR should focus on? (Consider alignment with The AIESEC Way) 5. It is the middle of your term and due to financial restrictions you need to do a cost cutting exercise. What will you do? Please augment your choice. 6. Kindly draw up a budget for AIESEC CALABAR’s fundraising event of your choice, and explain the various sources income streams and the expenses outlined. The event should make a surplus of not less than N100,000 (use a spreadsheet) 7. AIESEC CALABAR does not manage its’ budget and cash flow 100%. What should the local organization do to guarantee sustainability of the LC from its various revenue streams?
Vice President Talent Management 1.
Why are you applying for LCVP TM, what are your unique contributions and what do you expect to learn from the experience?
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Please explain your past experience and engagement in the following 4 areas: Coaching: Strategy/Strategic Analysis Conference Virtual Teams
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Please make a SWOT analysis of the TM functional area of AIESEC in Calabar and outline 3 key strategies you will use during your term to capitalize on these SWOT.
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What role do you think the synergies between Talent Management, Exchange and Communications has to play in delivering the intent of the AIESEC Experience which was created to triple the number of our exchanges and double the impact on our membership? www.aiesec.org | www.aiesecnigeria.org | aieseccalabar01@gmail.com +234 7012663034 | +234 8036776941 Good Luck
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How do you evaluate the development of Talent Development systems in AIESEC CALABAR? What should be done next in your opinion?
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Evaluate the current membership of AIESEC CALABAR. What can we do to improve the diversity of our membership?
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How do you evaluate implementation of Learning Environment elements in CALABAR? How can we increase the institution and quality of the LE in our LC?
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How would you evaluate talent pipeline management in CALABAR currently and how can it be improved?
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Analyze the People Sub-System in Nigeria based on the following deliverables (Please propose possible solutions): Quality of the AIESEC Experience of our members Culture of excellence Talent management system Leadership Development Learning Partnerships Mentorship Number of members vs. quality
Vice President Marketing & Communication (MAC) 1.
Do you have an academic experience in marketing? If No, what drives you to apply for this position? What positions have you held so far that places you as an Ideal Candidate to for this Position?
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Please evaluate our current local product portfolio. What new products would you include in it in order to address our stakeholder needs and assure our LCs financial sustainability?
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Run a brief market research on the Market Systems in Cross River State and Akwa-Ibom State and draw a very elaborate Market segmentation chart.
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You are at a big external conference with many CEOs of the biggest companies. You meet a representative from a company that is not an AIESEC partner yet. How would you present AIESEC and partnership opportunities to this person? (Please describe this with max 10 lines.)
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How do communication, exchange and Talent management work together to deliver and increase organizational performance gearing the LC towards achieving 2020 goaled?
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What do you see as the key threats and opportunities from other virtual and physical communication channels?
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What are the three priorities for AIESEC in CALABAR’s Marketing and Communication portfolio and what results do you expect from them. Priorities Strategies Results
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What challenges does AIESEC CALABAR face now in customer relationship management? Explain in not more than 200 words how you can increase stakeholders’ participation and involvement in the Organization.
Vice President Project Development & Incoming Exchange 1.
What is your idea about a project?
2.
Imagine you are the VP project and you need to run a project before the end of the month and there is no fund available in the LC, how would you raise funds?
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Give an estimate of your impact at the end of your tenure?
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What are the three most important characteristics of a VPPD? Please give examples of times when you displayed each of the characteristics you mentioned.
5.
Evaluate our current project performance over the past 3 years. What 3 simple and clear actions will you as LCVPPD take to improve the trend?
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What do you see as the biggest reason why our LC is not meeting up with minimum criteria’s for EAP implementation in our projects and how can we bridge this gap?
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Relate Quality of exchange to Quantity and what initiatives do you see being implemented at a local level to increase the Quality of internships for ICX’s?
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How can you ensure a strong image of Exchange as part of AIESEC Experience in our LC?
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With the current state ICX in the LC, what strategies will you implement to increase ICX in the LC www.aiesec.org | www.aiesecnigeria.org | aieseccalabar01@gmail.com +234 7012663034 | +234 8036776941 Good Luck
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What are the three most important characteristics of a VPX? Please give examples of times when you displayed each of the characteristics you mentioned. Characteristics Examples
Vice President Outgoing Exchange 1.
How do you see the role of outgoing exchange in AIESEC Calabar and how do you see exchange evolving in the future?
2.
Have you ever set a strategy to make OGX grow? What did you do to define this strategy and what was the result of this strategy?
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What are the 3 main exchange growth initiatives you want to see AIESEC in CALABAR implementing next term?
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Propose 3 LC driven activities that you would suggest to be run to boost exchange growth.
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What are the three most important characteristics of a VPX? Please give examples of times when you displayed each of the characteristics you mentioned. Characteristics Examples
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Evaluate our current OGX performance over the past 3 years. What 3 simple and clear actions will you as LCVP OGX take to improve the trend?
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How can you ensure a strong image of Exchange as part of AIESEC Experience in our LC?s
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With the current state OGX in the LC, what strategies will you implement to increase OGX in the LC
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