Board 2014 says Goodbye Outcomes and milestones
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What was your biggest personal milestone that you reached this year? Sorana: Learning exponentially more about people skills
end results, since having the fruits of your effort takes its
and getting broader practical insights on organisational and
time and everything does not go as desired every time.
strategic management. Except broadening my knowledge, I
Sometimes it takes a week, or a month, or even beyond
feel like I have also broadened my horizons when it comes
your board year, to see how much of a change your effort
to knowing what I need to acquire to shape my future life
will make in the organisation and regardless of how much
and career. Acknowledging the responsibility of shaping a
effort you put into something, it might not end up being as
wholesome Europe together with ESTIEMers that have only
perfect as you imagine it to be as you are depending a lot
the best intentions was never more clear to me and being
on other people in your work.
part of the whole structure as one of the leaders of this organisation represents my reached personal milestone.
Rade: I cannot really point to one thing in particular. I have learned so much about Motivation, Communication, Time
Marija: I realise that in the past year I collected just a couple
Management, Strategic Planning and many more things…
of stones in the mosaic of my life.
However if I had to say one thing only, I would say it would be learning how to handle communication with so many
Nuno: The most important milestone for me this year was
different people I had the honour to be in contact with.
finding out that ESTIEMers have a real responsibility in the development of a better future, in all aspects of our life. Tibor: It is hard to evaluate soft goals. If it is the learned self-management and working technique I learned in presence of the workload or if it is the reactivation of the IT Committee together with Alp Altinturk with tools like the creation of the first ESTIEM IT School, I can’t tell. Esin: Having a start into the year with a perfectionist/result-
Total time spent in chats
192h 06´ approximately
Number of Board chats throughout the year
47chats
8 days
Average time spent in Board chats
4h 05´
Shortest chat
1h 05´ Longest chat
6h 15´
oriented me, I learned to be more patient and value more the processes (e.g. several hours of discussions, asking people for input, growing yourself/others etc.) involved in the pursuit of success instead of solely focusing on the ESTIEM Magazine | 47th issue - Business Analytics
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