Building Inspired Leaders with Character, Competence and Enthusiasm
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Building Inspired Leaders with Character, Competence and Enthusiasm Student Placement Dossier 2016-17 2 SOIL was co-created by a team of thoughtful business leaders and 32 companies with the aim to build Leaders with character, competence and enthusiasm. We believe that businesses, in course of their routine operations can create social good, ecological balance, holistic development and healthy international relations if they choose to act in inspired ways. Our learning methodology can inculcate inspired thinking and consequently inspired actions in the business leaders of the future who will contribute to the triple bottom line of social wellbeing, ecological sustainability and shareholder value as a deviation from current excessive focus on shareholder value. SOIL was created to fulfill this vision and hence is a “game changer”. Format: Full Time Profile: Graduates Length: 12 months of any discipline with minimum 2 years of work experience Intake: April Language: English Campus: Gurgaon, Services Capital of India and a booming start-up hub Exchange International Dedicated Career Programs: With Faculty: Leading Services: 100% prestigious and names from placements within internationally academia and 3 months of recognized industry across the graduation business schools globe invited as abroad visiting faculty. 3 Letter from Founder & Dean I am glad to present the eighth batch of SOIL students – the batch of 2017, who call themselves the 'Self-Starters'. Inspiration is about being cognizant of one's own strengths and achieving success by focusing on these. At SOIL, the students systematically develop their self-awareness and learn about their strengths. This prepares them to be leaders who This year the School of Inspired Leadership (SOIL) are compassionate, adapt well to changes, believe student body is initiating a 'Dialogue Across in ethics over personal gains and sustain in Differences'. We believe that the 5 pillars at SOIL adversities. will go a long way in creating an environment to facilitate difficult dialogues. The pillars of SOIL has about 700 alumni from the full time compassion, diversity, ethics, mindfulness and programs now working in some of the best Indian carry forward the legacy of SOIL and our students and Multi-national companies. Around 100 live by these very values and make us proud alumni from the “Emerging Leaders Program” are wherever they go. making a difference in the companies that have invested in them. Nearly 120 alumni from the We look forward to the batch of 'Self-Starters' 'Global Leadership Program' that we run in serving our world with their full potential! partnership with MESA Research are leading businesses across the world bringing about a more With love & regards "innovative approach" to the way of working. Anil Sachdev Apart from the alumni, the experienced faculty, Founder and Dean which includes 50 full time staff and visiting faculty, are working together to make our vision of building inspired leaders with character, competence and enthusiasm come alive every day. They are working towards honing skills while Anil Sachdev is the Founder and CEO of Grow Talent Company inculcating business acumen and leadership Limited and the School of Inspired Leadership-SOIL. The qualities in the "Inspirers". Our talented full time company was established in 2000 and has earned its place in faculty is supported by exceptional adjunct faculty the strategic HR consulting space. In 2008, co- founders of Grow Talent entered the education industry with SOIL. Anil from around the world, which includes academic Sachdev enjoys teaching and has been adjunct faculty to achievers, business leaders and consultants. Close leading business schools such as Indian School of Business, to 30 NGOs create platforms for our students to Kelley School of Business (Indiana University). He has held work on 'Social Innovation Programs' by working several public offices; he serves on the Board of Deepak Fertilizers and Petrochemicals Corporation Limited and Global one day a week on projects that make the world Advisory Board of Schneider Electric. He chaired the CII better. national committee on leadership development and HR. 4 Letter from President & Head of Career Services Team It gives me immense pleasure to invite you to the Campus Placement Program for the academic year 2016-17, at School of Inspired Leadership (SOIL), Gurgaon. We believe that the Campus Placement mapped with a senior corporate leader. Thus each Program gives us the opportunity to contribute student is hand held through his journey at SOIL towards meeting the talent needs of organizations. by a senior industry leader. Being located in the heart of Gurgaon, Corporate leaders visit SOIL at SOIL was started with a vision that businesses, in regular intervals for Leadership Series and Guest course of their routine operations can create social Lectures. They share their insights and good, ecological balance, holistic development and experiences both personal and professional, healthy international relations, if, they choose to helping students to chart their own leadership act in inspired ways. SOIL has consistently applied journey. itself to grooming talent to act in inspired ways. Students then get to apply their class room Our unique admission process - Talent learnings to a live environment during the Social Appreciation Process - brings together a group of Innovation Project. Students provide strategic bright young professionals from diverse advice, to our partner network of NGOs, such as backgrounds from across the country. Princeton making business plans for income generation, based Caliper's “Leadership Profiling”, Verbal impact analysis and capability building. In Ability Test, Case Study Analysis and Behavioral addition to the academic rigor, we ensure that our Interview are essential aspects of the Talent students systematically develop self-awareness Appreciation Process that helps us assess through Self Leadership module, Appreciative candidate strengths. All SOIL students have three Inquiry and Himalayan Retreat, Yoga and common characteristics - proven leadership Wellness, and, Simulation through Theatre. experience, ability to collaborate in teams and innovative thinking. I feel deeply satisfied to see that our past recruiters recognize SOIL alumni as essential pillars of their During the one-year program we travel great organizations. More than 700 SOIL alumni are lengths to support students in finding their contributing to the growth of more than 300 passion, recognizing their strengths and companies. Employers speak highly of SOIL developing the industriousness to work students as professionals who are able to add value relentlessly. Our approach to student development to their organizations, and play the role of is one of building Character, Competence and confidants within their teams. Enthusiasm. I feel a sense of great pride to see that the SOIL selects students with high leadership performance of our students at their organizations potential and puts them through a rigorous has created a niche for SOIL as a talent provider. academic program. Students learn from distinguished faculty who have taught and I hope that this season too, the association consulted across the world. An amateur painter between SOIL and recruiting organizations will be learns the nuances of his craft by closely a mutually beneficial one that can be advanced observing great painters. Thus we provide our progressively in current and forthcoming years. students with extensive opportunities to interact with and learn from our industry partners. At the Rakesh Jinsi beginning of the year each student is carefully President and Head of Career Services, SOIL 5 Industry Consortium School of Inspired Leadership is co-created by a group of 32 Multinational and Indian companies from across industry verticals who believe in the value proposition of creating leaders with a focus on triple bottom line. The program is designed by and for companies to prepare the 'manager of the future' who is capable of solving cross- functional, multidimensional and complex problems, that the corporate world of today faces while continuing to focus on Ethics & Sustainability. The MBA Consortium Companies have a key involvement in the program right from the start through networking events, mentorship, workshops and finding career opportunities for students SOIL Consortium Partner Companies: + Live projects within their organizations. + Select the incoming class as part of the interview process. + Provide placement and career opportunities. + Shape the curriculum and learning design to make the program more industry ready. Their combined wisdom has deepened our understanding of what the world's best educational institutions need to focus on and has helped us deliver excellence to our students every year through rigorous reviews. “Management programs are known for their academic rigor, but one never joins an MBA just for that. It's the exposure to the knowledge of industrial functioning that attracts the participants. In case of SOIL, the institution itself has been co-created by the leading names in the industry, the value of which one realizes only when they become a part of the family. From guest lectures to personalized mentorship, we as students are blessed to be a part of such a wide network”. Nidhi Tuteja, PGP-HRL (Class of 2016) Consortium Members 6 Leadership & its Impact on Student Development SOIL is committed to consciously building future ready leaders. We believe that great leadership