VCBI: Competencies Exercise

“I had the courage once to take an initiative at work and change a priority in our action plan to match time and save cost.”

“I had to review the document twice in order to make sure it has no spelling mistakes, and that the format is neat, structured, with the right font, header and footer.”

“I got aware that I need to work on my communication skills and mainly on how to convince others, so I started reading specialized books such as Communicating Effectively for HBR. In addition to watching TedTalks and enrolling myself in an online communication skills course.”

“During my last internship, my colleague was struggling with his PowerPoint presentation, so one afternoon I volunteered to spend 3 hours reviewing the design of his slides and upgrading them.”

“I had to read a lot about the new market trends and the latest consumer behaviors, and analyze them so I can recommend some actions to my manager on how to meet our departmental objectives.”

“I came with a new idea regarding how to collect data in our department: it is a new application and it has different features and advantages. It saves time and can also produce new reports.”

“I sent an email directly to my manager about the latest customer survey results and the actions I suggest to take to encounter the dissatisfaction that occurred.”

“Once I had to dig deeper into the reasons why a product was doing so well in all regions except for one. Therefore I went down to the shops of this region and conducted a study about the consumer’s need there.”

“Once done with the product launching, I met with my manager and asked him to give me a detailed feedback about my performance. After the meeting, I went back to the office, wrote my personal development plan and started implementing it right away.”

“During the last meeting, I made sure to listen actively to the brand manager, to ask specific questions, and express my opinion using 2 strong arguments based on figures and solid facts. My manager told me that it had positive impact.”

“During my last job in Dubai, I had to facilitate the brainstorming meetings with the team which was so diverse that I had to take into consideration all the cultures and communicate in a way that is acceptable and understandable by everyone.”

“I have always believed that new joiners need to do a job rotation; therefore I implemented this practice in my last company and it was a success.”