[StudentsxCEOs] Knowledge from Mandiri Micro Retail Director (Mr. Budi Sadikin)

Introduction

Just awhile, StudentsxCEOs team meets with Mr. Budi Sadikin, Managing Director of Micro and Retail in Bank Mandiri. In this 2 hours session, he shares some tips in living our professional lives.

Tips & Tricks

1. “Di atas langit masih ada langit”. Stay humble. You’re not the greatest person in the universe!

2. Pressure makes you stronger. Sometime we need pressure to improve ourselves.

3. In choosing your future career, choose the one that suit you well. Don’t make money as your only criteria as it will bring you more curse than benefit.

4. In decide a hard problem, use your heart!

5. Don’t be naive in working.

6. Teamwork is very important! Choose your team well. Pick people that are comfortable with you, not because they are star player only.

7. There will always be incline and decline in life

8. Learn how to forget embitterment.

9. be active in organization! You didn’t get executive level skills from schools.

10. Take time to hear how great people think! 1 hour of discussion with great people means 1 year of learning. Learn how he/she walk, speak, think, and engage!

11. Don’t build intellectual trap. Always respect others opinion! Never felt arrogant because of your achievement.

12. Leader in business must learn on how to explain hard corporate strategy into simple words, easy to understand.

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[StudentsxCEOs] Knowledge from Indonesia Accenture General Managing Director (Mr. Julianto Sidarto)

Introduction

Yesterday, StudentsxCEOs team meets with Mr. Julianto Sidarto. As Accenture Indonesia current General Managing Director, apart from what I’ve imagined before, he is a very simple person. He had many experience and values support him and guide him thru many decisions he took in his life.

Leadership

There are 5 points needed in leadership:

1. Leadership start with me

Quotes: “Leadership starts from you”; “You have to be yourself”; “Have confident with yourself”

2. Influence others

Quote: “Move others to same direction!”

3. Influence organizations

Quote: “Rules and policy help make this come true”

4. Balance

Quotes: “Had a good personal life & work balance”; “Balance our client, people, and company”

5. Live with decision & consequences

Quotes: “You need to decide what’s important for many peoples”; “In some cases I can’t sleep thinking about the consequences”; “Even in lose lose solution, you need to decide”

Some tips in career

These are 5 tips in career he shared:

1. Compatibility

“Find a work that suits you!”

2. Do the right things to do!

3. Look at the worst probability

“If I can live with the worst, other things are easier”

4. Love your work!

“Love 80% difficulties not the 20% fun parts”

5. Learn more than needed

Conclusion

Chat with Mr. Julianto Sidarto is such a great experience. Simply, his figure can be described in 3 points as kind, simple, and humble. He applied the values in his life and had a success afterward.

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[StudentsxCEOs] Knowledge from Indonesia General Electric CEO (Mr. Handry Satriago)

Introduction

Yesterday, StudentsxCEOs team meets with Mr. Handry Satriago, General Electric Indonesia current CEO. Different from what I’ve imagined before, apart from his physical weakness, he is a very muscular person. He had many experience and values support him and guide him thru many decisions he took in his life.

General Electric

General electric is a company founded by Thomas Alva Edison. From a simple light bulb product, it has evolved into a big corporation with many divisions. It is a good example on how innovations becoming fuel for company’s success.

Indonesia & Globalization

Globalization had several impacts on Indonesia. We are competing with the world. Globalization creates a borderless world on economic competition.

Is it a new story for Indonesia? Unfortunately, no… We are one of trade center from many centuries ago, from Samudra Pasai Kingdom, VOC, until now. History concludes that we are an old player in global economy, yet our nation’s performance is poor (regarding a century of experience).

How can Indonesia improve, economically? The answer relies on Porter’s research. Michael Porter state that the most important indicator on a nation’s performance is how a local company grow into global company. That’s why we need strong leader in Indonesia, to create and improve local companies.

Framework for Leader

Mr. Handry suggested a framework on leadership, depicted on Figure 1, and also several things to consider :

1.Reality

Leader must look into reality. If it is bad, state that it is bad. If it is not, state the reality. Don’t soften the reality. From reality, do comparison! Comparison will reveal information on our performance.

Fact + comparison <=> real situation

2.Creativity

Be creative on looking at a problem. Out of the box thinking is the one that will help you solve the problem faced.

3.Search problem to be solved

There must be problem in our organization. Find it, prioritize, and find the solution!

4.Direct

Be direct in our approach. Time is limited. Don’t waste your time. Learn to conquer the elevator test.

5.Resilience

A leader must be resilient. This is the most important thing. God gave human this wonderful ability to survive. Every problem we had will make us stronger when we adapt it.

Figure 1. Thinking Framework

Conclusion

Chat with Mr. Handry Satriago is such a great experience. Simply, his figure can be described in 3 points as resilient, innovative, and smart. He applied the knowledge and wisdom in his life and had a success afterward.

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[StudentsxCEOs] Knowledge from Indonesia Chevron CEO (Mr. Abdul Hamid Batubara)

Introduction

Yesterday, StudentsxCEOs team meets with Mr. Abdul Hamid Batubara. As Chevron Indonesia current CEO, apart from what I’ve imagined before, he is a very humble person. He had many experience and values support him and guide him thru many decisions he took in his life. Last quickly, yet very inspiring. At least, we have taken this photo with him J

Career

Mr. Abdul Hamid Batubara told us about his life history (graduate, apply in Caltex, promotion, problem, and much more). In his perspective, college students can pick one of these career paths, they are technical professional, supervisor, and executive. Each of them had their own difficulty and challenges. So how we choose? Choose the most exciting! If you perceive that the work is exciting and fun, you will accept problem as a challenge and do anything you can do to solve the problem. It makes you as a high achiever and open path for your further career.

Some tips in career

I am amazed from Mr. Abdul Hamid Batubara values and tips when we try to improve our career, they are:

Improve the system

Help the organization by improve the system! Do what you can to improve and help other people. Be an agent of change!
Deliver results

Perform well! We need to deliver results to our manager, therefore we must show that we are capable to deliver good results from our work.
Be wise

Be wise in every decision you take, keep humble and don’t forget to help your mates. Lack of wisdom means problem on future. Learn from past experiences, Mr. Abdul Hamid Batubara share that it is very important to improve our wisdom.

Conclusion

Chat with Mr. Abdul Hamid Batubara is such a great experience. Simply, his figure can be described in 3 points as kind, perseverance, and humble. He applied the values in his life and had a success afterward.