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A: Team work and communication with top management.
A: Gain experience and knowledge from top management.
A: Communication, Vision, Confidence, Delegation and Influence.
A: If can be attached to industry, the program may be more beneficial to participants.
Rated : ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ (Impactful)
GROUP 1 : Industrial and Academic Linkages
A: Engagement with UTM top management leaders and successful corporate leader are among the best experiences I had while joining ACCER 2020.
A: Motivating and inspiring me to keep moving forward, to keep looking for things in a different directions/perceptions, to quickly adapt to the fast changing and dynamic environment the university may offer me in the future, to work together to achieve UTM envision and strategic plans.
A: Positivity, empathy, visionary, delegation, objectivity
A: It is hoped that more time will be given to share the output from given task with UTM top management leaders so that the ideas can be conveyed clearly and further discussion (if needed) can be arranged. Thank you.
Rated : ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ( Very Impactful)
GROUP 1 : Industrial and Academic Linkages
A: ACCER2020 provides me with a clearer spectrum of leadership that the main goal of the leader is to serve. Serve means by focusing on growth, development and perform as highly as possible to achieve the needs of UTM. The training provided has enlighten value of engage, humility and close ended commitment within our groups. And yet, it is good opportunities having a meeting with our SMO, Prof. Dr. Shahrin Mohammad and former VC, Prof. Datuk Ir. Dr Wahid Omar. In the beginning, I have thought that they will share to us how to achieve the needs based on the theme given to our group only, however it’s more than that! I feels they shared their souls to us. Special thanks to both our mentors. Really great experience in ACCER2020! Thanks, UTMLead!
A: “Kerana Tuhan untuk manusia”. This is what cross in my mind about how this experience gives added value to your academic life. With clear intention to serve the UTM, to serve the Nation and Ummah. Not about title, it’s within our souls to keep focus principally on the growth and well-being of people and the communities of UTM. Experience the challenge, face the problem and taste the reality! Now, our roles are clear which sense of mission, struggle, sacrifices and sincerity.
A: 1. Courage – change for the better by being innovative and make it impactful 2. Empowerment – to bring other to next level 3. Humility – be humble and placing one’s self in perspective 4. Authenticity – be myself 5. Accountability – responsible and strive for the best
A: 1. Closed mentoring session. 2. Run this program during semester break.
Rated : ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ (Very Impactful)
GROUP 5 : Unversity Financial Sustainability
A: I am quite introvert people. This program let me out from my comfort zone. I am able to engage and working with a lot of people from various level, which I barely know. Alhamdulillah, it brings new experience to me. This program also makes me become more aware with the current situation faced by UTM and we are given an opportunity to contribute an idea, so that UTM can move forward futher in the future.
A: Enhanced my networking, able to engange with a lot of people from different department, exchanging new and creative ideas, as well as broaden my knowledge on university management.
A: Passion,Work smart, Punctual, Determination, Flexible
A: Make better/proper planning and minimize last minute instructions.
Rated : ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ (Very Impactful)
GROUP 5 : Unversity Financial Sustainability
A: knowing new staff with different leadership position
A: enhancing leadership within self
A: punctual, responsible, team working, respectful, diversity
A: any program that bring all members work again in a group
Rated : ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ (Impactful)
GROUP 4 : University World Ranking
A: The chance to interact directly with UTM top management.
A: I learned about the qualities of an excellent leader and more appreciate people around me
A: Amanah, accountability, wisdom, humility, adaptability
A: More engagement with top management and the stakeholders.
Rated : ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ (Impactful)
GROUP 2 : University Disaster and Mitigation
A: 1. Can share idea and opinion regarding the future of UTM2. Get engagement with other staff from different school and faculty
A: This experience may help me to move forward as academic staff in terms of communication skills, presentation skills, team working and critical thinking.
A: 1. Integrity 2. Leadership role 3. Synergy 4. Teamworking 5. Time management
A: It is hoped that the duration of program can be longer than ACCER2021.
Rated : ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ (Very Impactful)
GROUP 2 : University Disaster and Mitigation
A: Meeting a diverse range of UTM top management, invited speaker and explore how decisions are made and how change happens through leadership
A: I learn how to gather valuable information, develop the skills required to understand and navigate complexity and the cultural intelligence needed to work with diverse groups/team.
A: 1) Empowerment 2) Patient and tolerant 3) Lead with example 4) Teamwork 5) Humble and modest
A: a) Involve UTM future talent on strategic exposure (experiential content) e.g attachment to PTJ, case studies/simulation, role play etc. b) To organise short boot camp with 1 to 1 coaching/mentoring system c) Introduce varieties of leadership courses i.e Emotional Intelligence in Leadership, Effective Communication skills, public relation etc d) More purposeful training (conduct Training Needs Analysis) and development programs that created to address specific goals (eg finance, KPI, HR, corporate, industry collaboration etc)
Rated : ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ (Very Impactful)
GROUP 3 : University For The Future
A: I have learned many leadership skills through ACCER 2020 especially on identifying my strength and weaknesses in terms of leadership style for professional development. At the same time, I can formulate and implement effective leadership strategies in completing all the given tasks. Besides, I have learned how to effectively connect to people, developing the ability to give constructive feedback, and critically seek feedback from my team. In order to get ahead in today’s fast-paced world, I must be creative and innovative at the same time. Creative thinking and constant innovation are what makes me stand out from the crowd. I need to think out of the box to come up with unique ideas and turn those ideas and goals into reality.
A: This ACCER program helps me to make better decisions and able to motivate me to be a good leader by demonstrating discipline at work. Developing discipline in my academic life is a must in order to be an effective leader, and to inspire others to be disciplined as well. As an academician, I should think positive and this positive approach should be visible through my actions. Apart from having a futuristic vision, I should have the ability to take the right decision at the right time. This decision-making capability helps me to structure my academic life especially when I am dealing with students.
A: One of the leadership qualities that I obtained from this program is enthusiasm by having lots of energy and excitement for life. Secondly is generosity where it gives freely of time and possessions as well as demonstrates kindness. The third leadership quality is fairness where I need to treat people fairly and do not let personal feelings bias decisions. The fourth leadership quality that I obtained from this program is courage where I need to speak up for what is right even if there is opposition. The last leadership quality is honesty where I need to speak truthfully, act sincerely and take responsibility for my own feelings and actions.
A:The ACCER 2021 should engage the ACCER finalist with the top management so that they are able to learn the core values of leadership skills. At the same time, the finalist should have a longer time to complete the assignment since it can help them to improve their leadership skills by interacting with many prominent leaders in UTM.
Rated : ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ (Very Impactful)
GROUP 3 : University For The Future
A: First of all, I would like to thank UTMlead for organising this program and give me opportunity to be one of the participants. I am grateful to know other participants from different faculty and disciplines. We are divided into 5 groups and in every group, we were mixed with different backgrounds and fields. My group has been given an assignment with the title of University Disaster and Mitigation. When the first time I read about the title, I was excited as I am an associate member of Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Centre (DPPC). I hope I can contribute to the group as much as I can. Unfortunately, the task given is about university disaster which a little bit different with natural disaster which I worked with before under DPPC. However, I took this as a challenge and worked with my great team Dr. Hanif, Dr. Hajar, Dr. Zana and Dr. Zulhairun. We also have been supervised by two passionate mentors, Dr. Zairah and Dr. Dalila. They are both very supportive and committed. We managed to handle the given task by having regular discussion and meeting via online and physical meetings. We strategized our planning so that it will be more organised and well planned. We have interviewed several numbers of prominent figures in UTM who are directly or indirectly involved in disaster management in UTM. There are very supportive and encourage us to do our very best to complete this task. From the interview sessions, we got a lot of information regarding how UTM handle disaster in campus. We managed to explore every taskforce and organisation that handle disaster in UTM especially Emergency Response Team (ERT) and Emergency Response Plan (ERP). From this information, we came out with idea of the Development of UTM integrated monitoring database system for disaster mitigation that gives 4 benefits to UTM such as sustainable, effective, systematic, and well prepared. We hope from this idea it will help UTM to manage disaster in campus.
A: From this experience it gives me a lot of added value to my academic life such as be responsible to whatever task given to me and what is the most important thing is to follow the timeline given for any task. Thus, I need to train myself to be more discipline and avoid postponing or delay any work within the given timeframe.
A: I would like to highlight five leadership traits that I obtained for this program. The first leadership trait is responsibility. I need to be responsible to any task given to me in order to accomplish a project given to my group. The second one is teamworking. Teamworking is very important where every member in the group must give their full commitment. We need to play our role and give our very best to complete any task. It is important to build trust among other group members and always be supportive to each other. This will allow to see what other members are capable of doing. This is my third leadership traits that I got from this program. The fourth one is to be willing to accept new ideas and apply a flexible mindset. Sometimes we tend to rigid to our idea and very hard to accept opinion from other team members. Thus, this need to be avoided if we want to work in a group. The last leadership trait is to be honest and transparent to each group member. From this it will train us to be more responsible if we make any mistakes.
A: I would like to suggest that the period of ACCER 2021 program will be longer such as 6 months and above. Thus, participant can learn a lot of things from attending several seminars and talks and have time to prepare for accomplishing any assignment given. I also want to suggest having activities not only group activities but also individual activities that needs interaction between participants from different groups so we can know each other very well.
Rated : ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ (Very Impactful)
GROUP 2 : University Disaster and Mitigation
A: First and foremost, I got to meet new colleagues from different backgrounds and fields, which broaden my network. On top of that, I was able to meet, discuss in-person and get some insights from respected university officials such Prof. Shahrin, Pro-Vice Chancellor (Strategy) and Prof. Datuk Wahid, our former Vice-Chancellor. From those sessions, I learnt and understand a lot about the challenges faced by the management of the university and how they overcome it. The project given to our team have broaden my view on the university’s financial sustainability. However, I missed the program in UTM Kuala Lumpur. If I attended the program, that would be an icing on the cake.
A: Like I have mentioned before, it has broaden my network. I got to know different people with different backgrounds. That would be an added value in many ways which include, research, consultation etc.
A: 1) Time management 2) Critical thinking 3) Listening skills 4) Communication skills 5) Cooperative skills
A: I guess, if we don’t have this pandemic, ACCER 2020 would be smoother. In 2020, we focused more on providing output. Maybe more inputs can also be provided to us to brushen up our academic leadership skills. Also, it would be interesting, if the original plan can be executed, with the industrial attachment etc. Maybe a 3-day boot camp would be interesting.
Rated : ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ (Impactful)
GROUP 5 : Unversity Financial Sustainability
A: It is an amazing experience having to be able to work with high-performing leaders from UTMLead, UTM management team and also other industry leaders. Since most of us the participants are considered young in UTM, we do get a lot of insight on how to manage and bring HE institution to the greater height. As my group was assigned with Financial Sustainable related assignment and none of us have the prior core knowledge on this, it was therefore a steep learning curve for us in understanding on what the management them has done and doing to ensure sustainable financial stability of UTM. We managed to get some real figures of previous years and also the strategic planning in maintaining the positive ratio of income to expenses. It is probably not something that everyone in UTM aware but it is very crucial to have a good team to manage this for we might not be able to operate and execute all our planned programs in UTM without a strong financial support.
A: Yes absolutely. I have learnt a lot within a very short time, and some of the skills and new knowledge obtained in ACCER are very much useful for me to apply in my daily academic life. I realized that sometimes, as a leader we cannot control everything but to empower others and let them learn to grow. Leaders should always be there when the team needs them and cant find the way out. This eventually will create a sustainable leadership ecosystem in UTM.
A: A leader should self-lead and be able to lead others by example 2) A leader should listen to their team members 3) A leader should be able to find the balance between IQ,EQ and SQ 4) A leader should be able to bring the whole team to believe and works towards a common goal 5) A leader ‘should inspire, aspire and empower others to go beyond their comfortable state
A: Since there is a lot of activities planned and executed for ACCER, 3 months is definitely insufficient to learn and grasp everything from great leaders and mentors and also to complete all assignments. I would suggest atleast 6 months period to groom and expose the participants to leadership skills and experience. This shall include 3 months of sem break to ensure everybody can participate in every events. Thank you to all ACCER committee members from UTMLead, management team, mentors and buddies for giving us these opportunities to learn and showcase our capability in academic leadership.
Rated : ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ (Very Impactful)
GROUP 5 : Unversity Financial Sustainability
A: Working with positive participants who are eager to contribute and give to UTM is a refreshing experience to improve work motivation. I have also gained a new perspective to leadership through sharing session with the speakers such as ‘integrity and humility are qualities of outstanding leaders’.
A: You can be leaders or role models at different levels even to students. This advice from Dato’ Wahid motivates me to become a good role model to my students.
A: Integrity, humility, respectful, inspiring, and bold.
A: Apprenticeship style by learning closely how top UTM administrators work.
Rated : ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ (Very Impactful)
GROUP 5 : Unversity Financial Sustainability
A: The rich content requirement of our team project has given me different yet beneficial exposure. Also, the strong team work spirit has been the best essence throughout the ACCER 2020 journey.
A: It tells me the importance for having supportive team mentor and members, which will enrich our academic journey.
A: Supportive, Inspirational, Integrity, Passionate, Highly committed.
A: Shorten the duration of the whole programme, and it will get greater engagement from the participants.
Rated : ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ (Very Impactful)
GROUP 4 : University World Ranking
A: Engagement session with prominent academic and corporate leaders with vast experience in their respective fields. Sharing very useful tips, do and don’t to young and future leaders.
A: Give me confident to accept tasks that will enhance my leadership and management of people skills, although the task might not contribute towards annual KPIs
A:Leader is someone with (1) empathy/human centric; (2) visionary; (3) risk taker; (4) patience and; (5) perseverance
A: (1) Increase “outside the designed schedule” through informal meetings at lab or “warong” between mentors and buddies. (2) Establish session with local leaders/community leaders (leaders with informal education but successfully managed their communities) because local knowledge and ingenuity will complement scientific/academic knowledge.
Rated : ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ (Impactful)
GROUP 1 : Industrial and Academic Linkages
A: Pada awalnya saya mempunyai persepsi bahawa penglibatan sebagai peserta ACCER sudah tentunya menuntut tambahan tugas di luar kerja hakiki yang sememangnya sudah banyak. Namun, saya cuba untuk mengadaptasikan diri dan mula berasa bersemangat apabila team mentor menerangkan tujuan dan kepentingan program ini kepada UTM. Team mentor juga menjalankan kerja dengan penuh berdedikasi dan ini membuktikan bahawa program ini mempunyai kepentingan untuk universiti. ACCER 2020 menyediakan platform kepada saya untuk berjumpa dengan top management UTM yang banyak mendedahkan informasi UTM secara komprehensif. Sebelum ini saya banyak menghabiskan masa kerja untuk perkara-perkara yang berkaitan di peringkat school dan fakulti, namun ACCER2020 memberikan pendedahan holistik dan luas yang dapat saya kaitkan dengan pelbagai pihak seperti pelajar, kolej, pentadbiran UTM, industri dan masyarakat.
A: Sejujurnya program ACCER ini memberi impak yang positif kepada saya. Aktiviti seperti perjumpaan di KL, perbincangan ahli kumpulan dan perbentangan setiap kumpulan memberikan inspirasi dan positif ‘recharge’ untuk saya agar segar dan terus bersemangat dalam dunia akademia di UTM.
A: people-oriented, decision-maker, long-term thinker, self-motivated and teamwork.
A: Sudah tentu dengan menyediakan peluang menimba pengalaman di industri (industrial attachment) dan melawat universiti luar negara yang mempunyai aktiviti yang serupa dengan ACCER.
Rated : ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ (Impactful)
GROUP 1 : Industrial and Academic Linkages
A: My experience with ACCER 2020 has provided me an insightful experience to collaborate with potential future leaders from various faculties in UTM. Apart from networking, the values and sharing sessions with leaders and mentors has injected motivation and driving factors to work smart, develop situational awareness and eager to learn new knowledge.
A: IApart from teaching, researching and writing, an academic leader also requires management and leadership skills which are outside their core disciplines and area of expertise. ACCER makes me realized that all these leadership skills and traits can be developed to support the vision and mission of the institution. Through leadership, it empowers people to act aligned with framework of purpose: vision, shared values and common cause.
A: Share information, give feedback, empower through delegation, honest, ask for it.
A: ACCER 2021 should be conducted at least 6 months in duration.
Rated : ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ (Very Impactful)
GROUP 4 : University World Ranking
A: ACCER program has given me an opportunity to meet UTM leaders and share their point of view on the given topic. A lot of advices and story behind their success were shared with me and another group member. Besides, I also got the opportunity to meet other “selected young leader” from other PTJs. We had an amazing time together throughout the program.
A: As a young staff who has been appointed to hold an administrative post in the school, I faced difficulty to deal with more senior staffs. My opinion mostly unheard and ignored. From this program, I have learned some strategies and knowledge to improve my leadership skills.
A: good communication skills, a good listener, empathy, creative, clear vision
A: Longer time frame for the task
Rated : ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ (Impactful)
GROUP 3 : University For The Future
A:
1. This program aspiring me with skills and coaching that will enableme to become successful leaders of change.
2. Very inspiring from the invited speaker from industry and top management from UTM, share their experiences on topics ranging from career choices and work-life balance to what made them leaders today.
3. Mentors support teams as they turn ideas into clear initiatives and actions.
4. Very cooperative Mentor-Buddies.
5. Social entrepreneurship and communication where I could define, develop and even pilot with our team.
A: The most important value in this program are,
1. Able to know more on the important components of the global ranking university that we need to be achieved, which I never understand before. 2. Working more effective based on the iniatives that have been set up by the university.3. To become a good leader you need a quality such as tolerance, humality, good communication, integrity and empaty. 4. Able to improve the communication skill and confidence to voice out the idea.
A: Five qualities that I could obtained from this ACCER program are communication, empathy, integrity, Resilience.
1. Communication: During the discussion, I are able to express myself openly and able to listen the idea from other people.
2. Empathy: open-mindedness to understand the teams. The mentor-buddies give motivations such as Improve work strategies, Inspire loyalty among teams.
3. Increase creativity on providing the solution.
4. Humility – Being humble and vulnerable with their team members.
5. Resilience- always on positive thinking. focus on solutions rather than on problems
A:
1. This program could be improve based on the tentative schedule of the program.
2. Should run the based on specific time, where not during the class start.
Rated : ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ (Impactful)
GROUP 4 : University World Ranking
A: Good leadership program offered by UTM that provides platform for young staff to learn and excel with UTM top management.
A: An eye-opening experiences to the UTM management task, I learn a lot from my mentor, invited speaker, all buddies that I meet along the program and has a good networking to the top leader that I interview during the session.
A: 1. Good aim and vision with strategic planning2. Smart and quick 3. Gain respect and appreciate staff 4. Maintain good relationship among team members 5. Always standby with alternative plan
A: MTo have more experience sharing session with top management and allocated pathway after program ends.
Rated : ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ( Very Impactful)
GROUP 2 : University Disaster and Mitigation