10 October, 2010 - The Centre for Learning Excellence (CLE) in collaboration with UCSI Blue Ocean Strategy Regional Centre offered a series of training in the areas of goal setting and leadership development for the student leaders of both the Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS programme) and Student Writing Mentors. Both these groups of student leaders come under various student learning programmes offered by CLE.  The training was initiated by CLE for the student leaders to help them build on their strengths and develop their leadership skills as these students will one day be leaders in their own fields.  There were 14 student leaders from the PASS programme and student writing mentors who joined this leadership training.

The Blue Ocean Strategy (BOS) Leadership workshop is divided into a series of seven sessions over duration of nine months. The workshop’s sessions are spread out to give time for students to apply their newly acquired knowledge into their own lives.

 

Using interactive lectures, games and video clips, the action learning workshop kicked off with Visual Awakening, to help each student know their current state of leadership and progress in life. BOS Tools like Pioneer-Migrator-Settler(PMS) Map helped students to see clearly the current portfolio of their lives. While doing this exercise, many of them realized that in order to be an outstanding leader, there are things or attributes in their lives that they need to apply the BOS’s Four Actions Framework: Eliminate, Reduce, Raise or Create so as to chart a better future for their lives instead of just doing what the majority are doing. They were challenged to be Pioneers.

 

Once students saw clearly their current state and realised the need for change, they learned to paint a new BIG PICTURE with the PMS Map as well as drawing a new “to be” Strategy Canvas for their lives. Students were challenged to create their own unique and compelling mission statement for their lives.

 

To help students in BOS Strategy Execution, students were mentored to develop and set their own goal, progressing through the different levels of leadership with widening impact. Each session was carefully planned by Mr. Peter Ting, Trainer and the Director of International Marketing and Operations for UCSI Blue Ocean Strategy Regional Centre (UCSI BOSRC). He and his team of dedicated trainers injected fun into each session, making the concepts easily understood by the students.

 

Assignments that were given after each session helped the students to transfer the learning into application in their studies and lives.  The hands on practical approach to the training allowed the students to see the relevance of the various elements of BOS working in their daily lives.

 

During the final session with the students, Peter showed them the Financial Strategy Canvas of the Rich Vs the Poor (see caption below). Students were then asked to draw their own Value Curve on it. This helped each student identify their current financial situation and realised areas that they need to exercise better financial leadership for their lives.