On November, 30th and December, 1st, the Management School – one of Corporate University schools – carried out another training module for general directors and reserve members for their positions.

The first day was dedicated to effective international company management skills development. The trainer was Olga Popova, HR expert, GE Leadership Center Trainer.

The next day was about operating bases development. Alexey Isaykin, Group President, addressed the managers and noted that it was necessary to develop honest, committed and cooperative communication in order to solve business issues and build effective partnership.

Following this topic, Mikhail Smirnykh, General Director, VDA made a presentation on the current CCO organizational model and reported on organization of regional operating bases.

– An operating base must comply with all the requirements necessary to obtain Air Operator Certificate, provide services accessibility and ensure the credibility in the eyes of the customers and controllers, – pointed out Mr. Smirnykh.

Then Sergey Lazarev, General Director, ABC, presented the current SCO organizational model and provided a detailed account of changes and positive deviations as well as the ones that need to be get rid of.

At the end of the training session, the managers worked in small groups to develop a check list for building operating bases. The checklists were then submitted to the Group President. Mr. Isaykin agreed upon the submitted check list after adding his vision and wished the participants to continuously go forward.

– The training session under general directors schooling, featuring Olga Popova was well-organized and really effective!” – shared his impressions Dmitriy Levushkin, Deputy FOCC Manager, SCO and Services for External Organizations, VDA. – I feel grateful to Corporate University for providing an opportunity to obtain concentrated knowledge from one of GE’s HR leading experts, on the following topics: 1. Emotional Intelligence as a Tool for Effective International Team Management. 2. Team Development Stages. 3. International Team and Cross-Cultural Communication Peculiarities. The first topic was the one I and a lot of my co-workers had suggested. I consider that the methods of giving information, applied by Olga, is the shortest way to get across the greatest amount of info on a planned topic to attentive public. By the way, since I had already known a lot on this subject, I was lucky to obtain and single out new information because I looked at the issue from the point of view of Chemistry, Biology and Psychology at the same time. The knowledge gained can be successfully applied in practice.
During the second day, we were given an excellent opportunity to gather with co-workers and discuss vital issues: operating bases, interaction between regions, partnership projects, as well as to receive live feedback from Mr. Isaykin.
Corporate University platform is a good glue that enables us to consolidate our great team. Thanks to Corporate University manager and the whole team for consistency, creativity and openness!

– Participation in general directors schooling process impressed me with a new experience of immersion in the theory of communication styles and emotional intelligence, – added Ivan Strelnikov, CCO Director АРАС, VDA office in Hanoi. – It was interesting to learn accents and differences, the ways they influence speed and stimuli when taking decisions for each style. It was useful to see Sergey Lazarev’s presentation on changes in the SCO organizational model during ABC’s existence; receive feedback on sources of positive and negative results from the viewpoint of centralization of regional management.