Posted by Unknown Thursday, February 12, 2015

3rd NALS

Bismillah.

For those who have been following my blog for quite a time, you must have noticed that I had attended NALS for the 3rd time. Yeah! (insert applause). Have fell in love with NALS since the first day that we have met. (aww) This year, Min wasn't able to join me (sebab min memang geng ain pergi NALS pun)....but she have something to be catered on. But, I can just get along with others.

Plus, this year, they had made some changes. They introduced the new multi-cluster sessions which participants were free to choose any of the 4 talks given at different halls. Masa ni agak rugi sebab I heard that siapa yang masuk cluster A dapat gajet. But we choose cluster B, which ~~quite boring~~ sangat best and have some interesting thing to be discussed upon.

This year keynote speech was delivered by Dato' Seri Hishamuddin Hussein and he is one hilarious guy I can tell you. He state that KBS is Kementerian Baju dan Sukan sebab YB KJ banyak baju, hahaha. (get it,get it?) His speech was mainly about leadership and some sharing about his experience on MOD and his involvement in some tragic accidents involving Malaysia last year.

"Leadership is all about doing the right thing. If you have made a mistake, apologize, fix it and move on. A leader should have the force to push people forward and before doing so, you must have the confidence that your have what it takes to lead people."

- Dato Seri Hishamuddin Hussein

Also in his speech, he had mentioned about it is time for us, the society and in our context, the university students to get ready to discuss and debate difficult issues but still remain civil and stick to the boundaries of the law. Moderation must be made as a practice that is to seek acceptance and to find common grounds. His hope to promote youth volunteerism from ground to top and we will be the agent of changes. He left us with a question to be answered: Can you be the right messenger or medium to share any information to others?

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The next session was a forum. The panelist were Michael Teoh (MT), Alia Ishak (AI), Rahman Hussin (RH) and also Rizmel Nazrin (RN) with Hafeez Jeofry as the moderator. The topic their were discussing was about "Credibility of Gen-Y in Leadrship". As the session when on for almost 2 hours, I'll try to keep the points short.

From MT perspective, credibility is a combination of 4 different elements.

1. Focus. You must acquire domain knowledge in order for you to know what you are talking about and to know everything about the industry you are involved/going to be involved.

2. Credibility is not given. You must work hard to earn it.

3. Work smart and that is to know how people perceive of you thus creating a community that will believe and willing to work for you, you must lead them by example through charisma and power.

4.Technology. Update to your followers what you are doing and attract new crowd to follow your content.

For AI, credibility is all about using emotion, perception and logic and having the right knowledge and appearance. Credibility is the willingness of you to work hard to gain success. It is also important for one to have a strong and good networking and this can only achievable when you meet a lot of people. Yes, perception can be control but how we control it. Sometimes, media are the one who controlling the perception. Thus it is important for you to stay true to yourself and practice good value.

Other great points from the panelist includes

1. Go big or go home. Start trending. Create community. Propagate.

2. Nothing beat face to face. Have time to meet people and seek influence.

3. Produce global leadership. Have highly credible people in your organization. Have the right mindset through motivation and positivity that influence the impact of the action taken.

4. Leader respond to voters' need.

5. One must know how to manage the right people in the team.

“Your beliefs become your thoughts, Your thoughts become your words, Your words become your actions, Your actions become your habits, Your habits become your values, Your values become your destiny." ― Mahatma Gandhi

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For the multi-cluster session, I had chosen the Cluster B: Developing Individual Leadership for The Corporate World". The session is conducted in a forum style and the panelist were Saiful Bahari, Izhar Moslim, Jaygan Fu and Khairul Azwan Harun.

As I couldn't really remember who delivered all the points written below, I hope you didn't mind it, will you?

Universal truth vs Experiential truth.
Experiencing leadership is a journey.
Develop yourself well in order for you to have the power to choose your own boss.
Leadership is not conviction.
Help others.
Have pure logical thinking.
To achieve your goal, don't do your networking with hidden agenda and work hard for your goal.
Have the right attitude. When comparing the local and overseas graduate they are more outspoken than the local.
Know how to manage, understand and emphatize people.
As a boss, know how to manipulate your workers to make them do the works.
Understanding is guiding not condemning the mistakes.
A good education will teach you how to think.
Build a brand of yourself. Your resume itself is one of the way to brand yourself. Others include articulation (communication skills and avoid developing verbal habit) and manage on daily basis.
What you learn in universities, only 1-2% are used in the job world.
If you know what are you willing to fight for, first you must have to step out of your comfort zone.

"Keep your head to the sun, you'll never see shadow"

"Some people see things were not there and ask why. Some people see things were not there and ask what can I do."

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Lastly, it is the most awaited or event highlights of the day. YB Khairy Jamaluddin with his speech on "Crafting Future Policies for Youth Development in A Multicultural Nation".

Though at this session, it is a missed as I was mentally tired and busy listening to his speech till I don't realized that he already reached his end.

Behind the invisible keyboard warrior, I see someone who could change Malaysia
Constitution is just a piece of paper, we've to fight for it instead
We can't be in prison of our history, we've to learn the history instead
We create different pathways for success.
When we see someone doing a bad things, don't be judgmental
we have to change our Malaysian mentality from now on
Malaysia will become great if we allow to become great

He had also mentioned about why he launched the Fit Malaysia program. First, is to ensure that the Malaysia stay healthy and fit. Thus in future, this will reduce the burden of public health cost that need to be supported by government as well as the famous saying " Prevention is better than cure". Second, is to widen the talent pool to seek the next world athletes. People are sometimes demand for the KBS to develop the next LCW or the next NAD but with the limited talents that they have right now, it is almost impossible, Thus, by becoming a part of Fit Malaysia community, who knows that you are the hidden gems that we are looking for.

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That's all what I can share off. If you are seeking for more, just look up for #NALS2015 in any of the social media to read some of the quoted speeches, bunch of selfies with the speakers and etc.

Again, thanks for reading :)