1. EP LEAD Guidance
oGCDP | Tiers 1, 2, 3

2.  Prepare ourselves
to deliver high
quality
LEADERSHIP
experiences!
Objective
of the
content

3. AIESEC is the Leadership
Development organisation
What leadership should we
develop to solve the world
issues?

4.  We believe that we as organization that delivers leadership experience, by having
the right standards, we are able to create and deliver the right type of
leadership which our society needs.
 We are leadership development organization, not exchange organization and we
do GCDP and GIP in order to provide more and better leaders for the
world.
 We are doing it by providing right inner and outer leadership journey.

5. AIESEC is enabling leadership development journey of young
people. We don’t aim to create ideal leaders, because we know it is a
life-long journey. We aim to enable its first steps – essential elements
of leadership development of young people that will help them to
become leaders that the world needs.

6. The essential elements of leadersh
we want to develop are:• Self-awareness – young people aware of their strengths and weaknesses,
but even more importantly values and purpose
• Responsibility for the world – young people aware about their
responsibility for others and taking ownership for it
• Effective communication – to be able to engage others with your
purpose and values, young people need to communicate effectively – clearly
explaining their thoughts and feelings, but also listening to others

7. In every experience we aim to provide inner and outer journey. Outer
journey explains the external environment – framework of the journey;
while inner journey helps to capture the internal change that happens to
a young person because of this journey. This is the tool that you can use
to make sure that you are providing leadership development
experiences.

8. Why of EP LEAD
LEAD for EPs is learning framework to guide and ensure our
interns are living Inner and Outer Journey of Leadership during
their exchange and providing them with the best Leadership in
Every Expereince of GCDP.
• To Provide Leadership in every Experience and to allow EPs and Interns
to have an intense personal journey connecting their experience to life
purpose, values and external world issues.
• To Enable and Ensure that every leadership experience we are providing
contains a valuable inner and outer Leadership journey
• For Bigger and Better Quality in Every Experience we are providing
which developing the right competencies to ensure that we are creating
the leaders necessary for the world.
• To enable Leaders and members of AIESEC to Understand the Impact
of EP LEAD

9. Facilitate EP LEAD

10. Block 1:Understand myself and
Goal Setting
Home
Entity
Block 2:Understand the experience
I am going through and its impact
on me
HoST
Entity
Block 3: Capturing the Change
HoME
Entity
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11. Block 1: Understanding myself
and Goal Setting
HoME
Entity
Understanding
myself:
Culture and
Values
Understanding
myself:
Strenghts and
weaknesses
Personal
Goal - Setting

12. Block 1: Understanding myself
and Goal Setting
HoME
Entity
Understanding
myself:
Culture and
Values
at least1 week
beforeEP arrival to
hostentity
Group
session
Before understanding others, we need to be able to
understand ourselves. That’s why AIESEC
Leadership development model starts with self-
awareness.
Good self-awareness is based on a knowledge and
understanding of one’s personal value system. A
leader with good self-awareness recognizes the
personal values that give rise to particular
responses.
The second part of ‘self-awareness’ – is when a
person who acknowledges and celebrates his/her
strengths. At the same time, he/she is clear about
areas of personal weakness. Both strengths and
weaknesses are acknowledged and managed
effectively.
>>Being self-aware will help you not only to feel
more comfortable with yourself, but also allow you
to build strong teams, be authentic and also
communicate effectively.

13. Block 1: Understanding myself
and Goal Setting
HoME
Entity
Understanding
myself:
Culture and
Values
at least1 week
beforeEP arrival to
hostentity
Group
session
Understanding who I am now – my culture and my values
In this session, we are going to talk about personal values, and
how our cultures influence on it.
The primary purpose of the activity is to assist students to
become more aware of their worldview, the different aspects of
the culture they identify with and how culture affects their
beliefs, values, behaviors and sense of self.
Instructions for facilitator:
Start with explaining the objectives of the session
Give the instructions to participants for the first part of the session (you
can find it in the document)
Help the group to open up: first let them share in pairs and then ask for a
volunteer to share with the whole group.
For each item, ask for clarification about the meaning of the item to the
individual and the role it plays in the individual’s life
Facilitate the discussion: How easy was it for you to make a description of
yourself and your values? Why?
Give participants link to the values assessment test and give them time to
fill it in. Wait for results, let them learn more about their values.
Link:
http://www.valuescentre.com/products__services/?sec=personal_values_
assessment_%28pva%29
Ask few volunteers to share again

14. Block 1: Understanding myself
and Goal Setting
HoME
Entity
at least1 week
beforeEP arrival to
hostentity
Group
session
Understanding my strengths and weaknesses
It is important to know our strengths and weaknesses. All of you are
going to be part of the team – and in the teams, knowing each other
strengths and weaknesses is incredibly important: because only with
this you can achieve great results. But also it is important to use the
opportunity to work on your weakness, because this exchange
experience can help you to overcome it. In the of the internship, you
are going to make the test again, so you can see what has been the
result.
But before going to any assessments, let’s discuss why is it important
to understand those?
How understanding your strengths can be helpful in your life? How
can you capitalize on those?
How understanding your weaknesses can be helpful in your life?
What should you do about your weaknesses?
Do you think it is more important to work on your weaknesses or
focus on your strengths? Why do you think so?
Ask few pairs to share with the rest of the group answers on the
questions.
Personal strengths and weaknesses assessment test :
http://richardstep.com/richardstep-strengths-weaknesses-aptitude-
test/
Understanding
myself:
Strenghts and
weaknesses

15. Block 1: Understanding myself
and Goal Setting
HoME
Entity
at least1 week
beforeEP arrival to
hostentity
Group
session
Importance of goal-setting
Goal setting is a powerful process for thinking about your
ideal future, and for motivating yourself to turn your vision of
this future into reality. The process of setting goals helps you
choose where you want to go in life. By knowing precisely
what you want to achieve, you know where you have to
concentrate your efforts.
Topics you should cover:
How to set personal goals?
What to do when I have it?
Setting goals for AIESEC internship
Now we know WHY to set personal goals and how to do it, let’s set
personal goals for this particular experience. Answering following
questions will help you to define it:
• What would you like to learn about the place you are going to, the
community?
• What new knowledge, skills would you like to gain?
• How can this experience help you to capitalize on strengths and
improve weaknesses?
• How can this experience help you to achieve your future goals,
plans?
• Please, write down 3-5 personal goals for the experience based on
answers given before.
Personal
Goal - Setting

16. Host
Entity
Getting
started with
the
experience
Impact of the
experience in
me
Capture the
learnings
Block 2: Understand the experience I am
going through and its impact on me

17. Host
Entity
Getting
started with
the
experience
• Write your sensory experience right now upon
arrival. Sights, sounds, smells, initial feelings, &
impressions. Take a moment and be conscious of
the present. Be as descriptive as possible. Don’t
analyze, just observe and record.
How you feel in the beggining
Block 2: Understand the experience I am
going through and its impact on me
1st weekof the
internship
With
mentor

18. Host
Entity
Getting
started with
the
experience
• What communities are you a part of? Explore
your communities of choice vs. those of location.
How do your personal values relate to your
communities of choice.
• Based on your impressions so far, what are some
differences between your community at home
and our host community. What are some
commonalities?
• What determines community membership? The
following could be argued: Geography,
nationality, culture, religion, occupation,
ethnicity, economic system, choice, and
interdependence. Which of these are the
strongest influences in your community? Which
seem strongest in the host community?
My understanding of the community
Block 2: Understand the experience I am
going through and its impact on me
1st weekof the
internship
With
mentor

19. Host
Entity
Getting
started with
the
experience • Please brainstorm a list of words that comes to
mind when you think of the host community. Be
free and creative - don't censor yourself. The
idea with this activity is to have a basis of what
we were thinking before we experienced the
culture. Email your list to the group (or share
during the session). Later, we will return to this
master list and critique it.
My attitude to the community and
host country/territory before I started
Block 2: Understand the experience I am
going through and its impact on me
1st weekof the
internship
With
mentor

20. Host
Entity
Impact of the
experience in
me
Critical Incident
“A critical incident is an event in which you were
involved, that “stayed” with the EP. The EP’s
involvement may have been central or minimal”
what So what
Now
what
Block 2: Understand the experience I am
going through and its impact on me
Middle of the
internship
Group
session

21. Host
Entity
Capture
the
learnings
•How did this experience make me feel (positively and/or
negatively)? How did I handle my emotional reactions? Do I
believe I should have felt differently than I did?
•What assumptions or expectations did I bring to the situation
(including my assumptions about other persons involved) and
how did they affect my actions? To what extent did they
prove true? If they did not prove true, why was there a
discrepancy?
•How have past experiences influenced the manner in which I
acted or responded to this situation? Am I comfortable with
the influence past experiences has on me?
•What personal strengths / weaknesses of mine did the
situation reveal? In what ways did they affect the situation,
positively and negatively? What might I do to build on
strengths/ overcome weaknesses?
Reflecting on the impact of experience
Block 2: Understand the experience I am
going through and its impact on me
Middleof the
internship
With
mentor

22. Host
Entity
Capture
the
learnings
•Why did I, or did I not, experience difficulty
working/interacting with other people? What might I do
differently next time to minimize such difficulties?
•What personal skills did I draw on in handling this situation?
What personal skills would I like to have had in order to have
handled it better and how might I develop them?
•How did this situation reveal my own attitudes or biases,
toward other people, toward the organization in question,
etc.? Do I need to make any changes?
•In the end, write down conclusions for yourself for the rest
period of your internship: changes you are going to make,
commitments you make and what you want to continue
doing the same way.
Reflecting on the impact of experience
Block 2: Understand the experience I am
going through and its impact on me
Middleof the
internship
With
mentor

23. Host
Entity
Capture
the
learnings
• Remember your personal goals, evaluate how
close you are to achieving it.
• What has been a reason for you to succeed on
the way?
• What have been the bottlenecks?
• What can you learn from it?
• Ask your mentee to share what was written
down.
• Ask final question: How will you take it forward
for the rest of your internship? Write down key
lessons you take away and actions steps for you
to achieve your personal goals.
Reflecting on goals achievement
Block 2: Understand the experience I am
going through and its impact on me
Middleof the
internship
With
mentor

24. ‘My
Perceptions’
Before vs.
After
‘My Personal
Development’
Before vs.
After
‘My
leadership
Journey’
End of the
Start
Block 3: Capturing the Change
HoME
Entity

25. ‘My
Perceptions’
Before vs.
After
Comparing ‘before’ and ‘after’: my perceptions
1) Revisit our stereotype list and write down what you have learned that challenges or
deepens your understanding of this culture and community. How will you explain what
you’ve learned to people whose knowledge about this community may be limited to
this list of terms.
2) Assess your learnings :
 How did you use it in practice? What are you good at? What else should you learn?
How could you help others by using your knowledge?
 What specific elements of our course materials relate to this experience?
 How was I able to apply skill, perspective, or concept related to our academic
material?
 What similarities and differences are there between the perspective on the situation
offered by our academic material, and the situation as it in fact unfolded?
 How does this experience enhance my knowledge of a specific reading, theory, or
concept? Does it challenge or reinforce my prior understanding?
3) Answer the question: What is your role in the society? What CAN you do for it? What
WILL you do for it?
How did your perception of your role change due to this experience?
Block 3: Capturing the Change
HoME
Entity
VERY END of
the internship
With
mentor

26. ‘My Personal
Development’
Before vs.
After
Comparing ‘before’ and ‘after’: my personal development
1. Revisit your personal goals. What has been achieved? Why? What hasn’t
been achieved, why? What does that mean for your future after this
experience?
2. Revisit your first session with AIESEC where you have been describing
yourself – your values, strengths, weaknesses, plans.
Fill in the tests again:
Values assessment
http://www.valuescentre.com/products__services/?sec=personal_values_asse
ssment_%28pva%29
Strengths/weaknesses http://richardstep.com/richardstep-strengths-
weaknesses-aptitude-test/
Effective communication
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newCS_99.htm
What has changed? Why do you think it changed?
How would you use it in the future?
Block 3: Capturing the Change
HoME
Entity
VERY END of
the internship
With
mentor

27. ‘My
leadership
Journey’
End of the
Start
AIESEC Leadership Development model aims to develop 3 key elements in
every young person: self-awareness, effective communication and
responsibility for the world. This is not how we define ‘leadership’ but this is
the initial starting point to enable leadership development in young people.
In the end of your internship you can see how you developed those 3
elements.
The last questions we want to ask are:
1)What does leadership mean to you now?
2)What will be the next steps in your leadership development journey?
3)Why does this matter to you? To the world?
After participants had time to think on their own, ask few people to share.
Then wrap-up with a conclusion of ‘everyday leadership’ – that every small
thing matters in this world, and every person matters.
Block 3: Capturing the Change
HoME
Entity
VERY END of
the internship
With
mentor

28. “LEAD is an essential
element in order to develop
the leadership the world
needs”