More than 500 corporate officials gathered to share their experiences and advice on leadership, entrepreneurship and business at the first CEO Summit 2011 on Thursday.
The one-day summit was held at Royal Palm Golf and Country Club and organised by Manager Today magazine. It aimed at bringing corporate heads, managers, professionals and students to a single platform to share and build bigger and better ideas for businesses. Corporate heads shared their success stories and suggestions on staring and running businesses and developing future market leaders. The launch of Successful Managers of Pakistan, a book chronicling nearly 50 phenomenal success stories, was also a part of the event.
“This summit aims at developing future managers, with expectations of providing young entrepreneurs opportunities,” Uzma Manzar, the Manager Today senior HR consultant and chairperson of the Training Forum.
“Persistence is the most important tool in business. There are no shortcuts. Everyone has to face challenges, which I believe are a source of learning on daily basis,” she said.
Sixteen speakers addressed the summit on topics ranging from pros and cons of leadership and improving leadership in the corporate world.
The participants said that many underdeveloped countries had more opportunities for businesses than developed economies. They said starting a business in Pakistan was not difficult, but regretted that many people lacked commitment and consistency.
MNA Ahsan Iqbal, the Better Pakistan Foundation chairperson, said that businesses could never survive with a negative approach. “One should always give credit to the people contributing to making the venture a success. With a negative approach we not only risk our business, but also make people question our leadership skills.” The speaker’s session was concluded by Imran Khan, the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf chairperson.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 29th, 2011.
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