Editors’Note 11 contributors spread across 3 cities in 2 countries, 25+ phone calls, 1 00+ emails, countless hours of exciting work – just like every CTM newsletter, these are what made the concept of the February 201 3 Speak Out a reality. As we set out the journey, we decided to experiment with a different format for the newsletter. As you are aware, we decided to have a theme for the newsletter – Leadership. Based on the skills and experience of the leaders and wanna-be-leaders in CTM (and other clubs), we requested each of the contributors to write on a specific topic. All of them instantly agreed, and the result is what you are reading now. There are 1 0 articles in the newsletter, each examining different aspects of leadership. TM Sadayappan shares his thoughts on perhaps the most controversial questions of all time – Are leaders born or made? DTM Saro Velrajan and TM Sakthi Prasanna explain two aspects of personal leadership – time management and preparation, respectively. On team leadership, TM Sudha Rajesh provides important mentoring nuggets – both for the mentor and the mentee. Leadership in CTM – DTM Kartik Srinivasan highlights some of the challenges CTM is facing, and how members can convert it into boundless opportunities, while Immediate Past President TM Thanigeaswara shares how conducting the Officers’ Training Programme(OTP) helped in honing his leadership skills. TM Deepa Bharatkumar explains her experience in evaluation contest and her learnings about giving feedback. DTM Aditya Maheshwaran and TM Anjaneya Sasthry provide insights about how the TM experience can be applied in outside world. Aditya answers some of the common questions about how TM experience can be leveraged for job interviews and MBA admissions. Anjaneya applies his TM skills in the leadership development in kids – catch them young. Finally, TM Madhavan Nampoothiri shares his Leadership development roadmap for the next 6 months – both for Competent Communication Track and Competent Leadership Track. As Editors, we thoroughly enjoyed the creation of this newsletter. We hope we have done a decent job. It is for you to decide. Please send your feedback or evaluation (in TM parlance)- good, bad or ugly - to us through mail or phone. We will collect your feedback and share it with the next editorial team, so that they can build upon our work. Cheers!! Anjaneya Sastry K
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