Someone has rightly said that, every great idea needs its champion! As we shape the change and find our path for the next two decades, we also search for that all-important ingredient at the top – leadership.
In order to look for Creme de la Creme , IIM Lucknow organized its flagship event 'The Next CEO' under the aegis of their annual fest- MANFEST '11. Aneesh Dubey a 1st year MBA student from DMS, IIT Delhi shares his experience pertaiing to the event.
"It is not often that you’re called to be a part of a group of possibly the best business school students in the country, and it is more gratifying when it is a competition to pick the best out of them. Who does not love a good challenge? Not me.
The Next CEO is the flagship event of IIM Lucknow’s annual management festival Manfest; it is, as they put it ‘the search for the best manager in the country’, they look pretty hard and the benchmarks are set very high.
The event was spread over a three day period with a multitude of events, both team and individual, testing possibly all traits which are expected in a visionary leader: acumen, rigour, determination, leadership, teamwork and top of all adaptability. The design of the events and their experience itself is so rewarding that by the end of the second day you’re not concerned who is going to win it, the means itself gets that rewarding.
The three days of the competition left me with a rich experience; a much better understanding of business than I can ever gain from reading case studies and best of all – a group of acquaintances which consisted some of the best and most learned people I’ve met.
It was amazing fun to be a part of the event, and the fact that I missed the first place by a very narrow margin, hence losing all claim to the princely prize money of 1 lakh Rupees, did not sadden me one little bit. I came a respectable second – though I wouldn’t have minded that 1 lakh going to my account."