www.thesuburban.com<\/a><\/p>\nLess than two months after graduating from Concordia University with a commerce degree, Katerina Fragos got to spend the entire day, Feb. 13, shadowing Videotron president Manon Brouillette. <\/p>\n
The finance major, who grew up in Chomedey and Sainte Doroth\u00e9e, was one of ten students selected from among some 5,000 applicants for a special program designed to give tomorrow\u2019s prospective business leaders insight into what top corporate leaders do. <\/p>\n
\u201cNo one knows what a chief executive officer really does, especially a student,\u201d Fragos told The Suburban<\/i> the following day. \u201cThey appear to be mythological, untouchable figures whom you never get to meet\u2014let alone for an entire day.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cThe experience far exceeded my expectations,\u201d she enthused. \u201cI followed [Brouillette] through back-to-back business meetings where I got to see her in action. It was cool to learn by seeing how she reacted and provided people with constructive feedback.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the main takeaways for the students is to see with their own eyes what is the real job of a ceo, because they don\u2019t know what a ceo does on a daily basis,\u201d said Roger Duguay, managing partner at Odgers Berendtson, the executive search firm that organized the event. \u201cThe other is to make the connection between what they learned in school and the real world.\u201d <\/p>\n
Berendtson has run its CEO-for-a-day program for about seven years in Europe and elsewhere, but this year\u2019s Canadian stint was a North American first. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe match 3rd- and 4th-year undergraduates with the CEO of a major firm, whom they get to spend the day with,\u201d Duguay said. <\/p>\n
Fragos was one ten students who was selected from more than 5,000 applicants from across Canada. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhat sets them apart is their strong leadership skills,\u201d Duguay explained. \u201cThey\u2019re all strongly involved in student and community work, have very strong interpersonal communication skills, willing to learn and develop and take their studies very seriously. Some of them have already won awards and have done international work.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re young, ambitious, involved\u2014and nice,\u201d he added. \u201cWe\u2019re not looking for big egos.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cLearning what drives [Brouillette] will shape the way that I act,\u201d confirmed Fragos. \u201cShe always tries to help the people in every organization that she has worked for to move forward. It truly resonated that tangibles like money, status or power were not her main driver. It was very nice to gain her perspective.\u201d<\/p>\n
Next on Fragos\u2019 agenda is the Canadian commerce society confab that she is helping to organize. <\/p>\n
\u201cSome 400 undergraduate business students from 28 universities across Canada will fly into Montreal for the four-day conference, which will start Feb. 27,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
From Duguay\u2019s perspective, the inaugural North American CEO-for-a-day program proved worthwhile. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt entailed a lot of volunteer work,\u201d he acknowledged, \u201cinterviewing 5,000 people across Canada.\u201d <\/p>\n
Duguay\u2019s firm is better known for recruiting CEOs than placing students with them. Odgers Berndtson is currently helping VIA Rail Canada find a new CEO, and the firm has placed the last three governors of the Bank of Canada. <\/p>\n
\u201cAll of our consultants wanted to help foster a link with the young leaders of the next generation,\u201d Duguay concluded. \u201cWe rarely have a chance to get younger leaders involved.\u201d <\/p>\n
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