PreWork: June, July, August 2013
As we collectively make progress towards our actual
in-country assignments, IBM’s CSC presents us with activities which reinforce
the why and how there is a triple benefit to this program:
- Communities have their problems solved.
- IBMers receive leadership training and development.
- IBM develops new markets and global leaders.
Pre-work encompasses the gamut from understanding team
building to learning leadership styles to creating a “Code of Conduct” (for all
team members to follow) to reading multiple Harvard Business Review (HBR)
papers to establishing a social media presence; and the list goes on. The education we have been asked to complete
has increased in volume from month 1 to month 2 to month 3.
Once we arrive in Brazil during early September, our “book” learning will
be replaced by “experiential” learning.
Even though I haven’t attended my first client meeting, I am sure my 30+
years of corporate and volunteer experience, along with the 3 months of CSC
pre-work, will be used heavily and leveraged regularly.
When colleagues, clients, friends, and family have asked me about
the CSC, I usually start by explaining that the CSC is analogous to a corporate
version of the Peace Corps. (Our focus
areas are cited earlier in this blog entry.) Here is an external link which provides more information to anyone who is interested in learning more about the CSC program:
Time is passing more quickly and I am getting closer to
being on the ground in Uberlandia,
Brazil. Stay tuned...
#ibmcsc brazil
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