This document provides information and advice for a summer trainee over an 8 week period. It discusses expectations for the trainee including making a strong first impression, seeking feedback regularly from their tutor, getting involved in all opportunities, and networking widely. Myths about summer stints are debunked, such as tutors being too busy or feedback only coming from the tutor. The trainee is encouraged to work hard, stand out, and make every interaction count in order to receive a good performance rating or job offer.

1. Steve Remedios
2001 BLT
took some pretty big risks!
10 years@U
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2. The ‘Extraordinary’ Summer
Trainee
11th April 2011

3. The Global Scorecard
• Standing Tall • The Difference
– IBM – Leadership at all
– GE levels
– Apple – The Teachable Point
of View
• Fallen Angels • Ideas
– GM • Values
– Nokia • Emotional Energy and
– Kodak Edge
– Westinghouse • Ref: The Leadership
– AT&T Engine - Tichy and
– Lehman Cohen

4. The Global Context
• Jack Welch • Lou Gerstner
– Crotonville – IBM
• Larry Bossidy • Sam Walton
– Honeywell – Bentonville
• Roger Enrico • Bill Gates
– Cayman Islands – Puzzledom
• Bob Nardelli • HLL
– Home Depot – Gulita / Nalanda
– The BLT program

5. At the
Larry Bossidy “
end of the day,
you bet on
people, not on
strategies.”

6. You are
”HERE”
That’s a job well done already
☺

7. ”BUT”

8. You are
”BEGINNING”
A very important 8 weeks of your
life!

9. First
IMPRESSIONS
matter!

10. The Moments of Truth
• First Day in Office
• First Meeting
• First Presentation
• First Reaction to Feedback
• First Note you write on your project
• First Self-Appraisal
• First Mistake You Make
• First time you rebound from a set back
• First Contribution

11. 8
WEEKS

12. “ Some people are better than
other people.”
” Some people are
a helluva lot
better than other
people.”

13. or

14. Let me bust a few myths about
Summer Stints
Disclaimer
It is just my POV. You are entitled
to agree / disagree
☺

15. Myth: Tutors are too busy
with their work to closely
observe trainees
Reality: Your tutor is watching
you and making observations
constantly!
Work like Michaelangelo – ‘God is
Watching’

16. ENTHUSIASM
BEGETS
ENTHUSIASM!

17. Myth: It is enough to deliver a
good project
Reality: Here is a chance to
stretch yourself till you are at the
point of snapping. Get involved in
everything. Ask for more!
Throw yourself into everything
you can. EVERYTHING.

18. “If things seem
under control,
you’re just not
going
fast enough.”
Mario Andretti

19. Myth: The Tutor is responsible
to give you feedback
Reality: You need to DEMAND
feedback, regularly. Ask for it,
Demand it, Scream for it!
In getting early feedback you
leave yourself with time to
salvage the situation!

20. The 10 Most Powerful 2 Letter
Words in the WORLD
IF IT IS TO
BE IT IS
UP TO ME

21. Myth: It depends on how
good a tutor you have
Reality: It depends on how many
people you are able to wow with
your great work!
More than one opinion decides
your rating! Make sure every
interaction counts.

22. Jack Welch: “I am
a … Dispenser
of
Enthusiasm!”

23. Myth: Your stint is about work
Reality: It is about everything you
do!
If it is a party, a farewell, a team
bash etc. contribute, showcase
your talents (singing / imitation/
public speaking etc.)

24. The Truth
The Way You
Do Something
Is The Way
You Do
Everything!

25. minutes

27. Parthian Shots.
• Don’t lift off the net
– Many trainees have been caught doing this and the
consequences have been severe
• VFCJ
– Volunteer For Crappy Jobs and do an amazing job of it and
WOW everyone
• Be Remarkable
– If you are asked to model 2 scenarios, model 10. Your tutor
will be zapped
• Work HARD
– If your tutor tells you 4 weeks into your stint that you are
working TOO hard, there’s a 99% chance you will land a
PPO
• Make every interaction / opportunity count
– Network / Build friendships with people outside the
immediate team you work with.

28. You Are The
Brand

29. ATTiTUDE

31. Don’t Sell
Yourself
Short!

32. “The only reason to
give
a speech is
to change
the world.”
—JFK

33. “In classical times when Cicero
had finished speaking, the
people said, ‘How well he
spoke,’ but when Demosthenes
had finished speaking, they said,
‘Let us march.’” —Adlai Stevenson

34. Let us
march…