From that first story, the class reached to the point when the one-and-a half hour session seemed too small for everyone – where the students were willing to give up on their precious 15-minute break between two sessions to hear one more story. We heard stories about the inspiration for a person, the insecurity of another and not to forget, how one of our classmates almost killed a cat. Everyone laughed and cried with each other. We motivated each other with our stories or the stories of our fathers and grandfathers.
And then I understood that perhaps this is how this session related to the course of Self and Leadership Communication – a leader can communicate information about himself in a manner that can move people, inspire them and most importantly make them feel a part of something bigger than themselves.
This session was a lesson on how to use your past and yet be dynamic and flexible. As an Electronics and Telecommunication engineer about to become a manager, I believe that Aditya Birla’s Telcom services will provide an excellent platform to start out my professional journey. The telecom sector in India is at crossroads today, with increasing price-wars, technological advancements in services and following the global trend of consolidation. Being technically sound in this domain thanks to my under-graduation and my bent towards marketing and strategy, the current dynamic environment will be the best opportunity for me. With the approval of Idea-Vodafone merger, it is the beginning of a new chapter for Idea, along with which I would like to begin my own journey.
Aishwarya Tiwari
PGP 2nd Year
IIM Shillong
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