Rolf Schmachtenberg discusses how organizations with high turnover like AIESEC can still achieve long-term ambitions through focusing on developing leadership skills, collaborative experiences, and global impact. He outlines AIESEC's "roots of success" as growing reach, leadership development, empowering collaborative experiences, and being a credible global youth voice. If AIESEC focuses on continually delivering these high-quality experiences, it can redesign programs to achieve its five-year ambitions through measuring success based on these roots rather than traditional control mechanisms.

2. ED Speakers profile
Rolf Schmachtenberg
Experienced AIESECer
CFO of World’s Largest
Student Run Organization
Very wise
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7. How organizations can use
roots of success to achieve
their ambition?

8. - 18 to 24 year olds
- No relevant experience
- Change positions every year
- Organizational memory 2 years at best
- Little control and command mechanisms
- Five year ambitions
This clearly CANNOT work….

9. And yet it does
Why?

10. What are we great at?
What can that lead to?

12. What are we great at?
What can that lead to?

14. What are we great at?
What can that lead to?

15. Roots of Success
Images of the Future

18. Our growing physical and virtual reach
makes us the most credible and diverse global youth
voice.
We are recognized across sectors as the first choice
partner for
Our ability to develop entrepreneurial and
responsible leadership
Our collaborative environment empowers every
member to live a high-quality AIESEC experience
creating cross-generational positive impact on society
Roots of Success

19. 1. AIESEC decided to deliver more of the
best experiences it was already delivering.
2. AIESEC redesigned the programmes to
develop entrepreneurial and responsible
leadership and focused on the ability to
deliver them.
3. AIESEC decided to evolve into
collaborative programmes and measure
quality of the individual’s experience.

20. Roots of Success = Measures of Success
Achieving AIESEC 2015
=
Achieving Measures of Success

21. Thank you
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22. SHARwith your neighbour

27. Have you
ever
wondered
what these
look like?
Roots of Success
Images of the future

29. In groups of 6 people
“Painting” Activity
Roots Painters Image Painters

30. Roots of
Success
• Our growing physical
and virtual reach
• Our ability to develop
responsible and
entrepreneurial
leadership
• Collaborative
environment
empowers every
member to live a high-
quality AIESEC
experience
• Most credible and
diverse global
youth voice
• Recognized across
sectors as the first
choice partner
• Creating a cross-
generational
positive impact on
society
Images of
the Future

31. Roots Painters:
What do your “roots of success”
strategies look like?
Image Painters:
When we succeed with our strategies,
how does it look like?

32. Roots & Image
Painters:How do the roots of success contribute to
the images of the future?

33. Sharing
•What did you see?
•How do you feel?

34. • Our focus
• What we measure
• Strategies to
achieve 2015
Roots
of
Succe
ss

35. Our
Generation