AIESEC Nigeria Raises Leaders: Leadership Story From Gaius

Well what can I say! AIESEC to me is a factory that manufactures LEADERS: AGENTS OF POSITIVE CHANGE that will have a positive impact in both our immediate and future society. My production process to becoming this agent of change started in February 2007 when my LC started gathering raw talent to be put into the refining process of change.

The decision I made to join this league of proactive people has in all measure affected my life positively. AIESEC brewed me from a core Introvert who sits back and watch things happen to a sparky extrovert who takes an active role in making a positive change.

This process of growth showed me how to really know myself, develop myself and in the long run equip me to be the change and impact I desire around me.

The leadership pool of AIESEC is one that should never be underestimated in terms of performance management, organizational management, result orientation, resilience, entrepreneurship, social responsibility, emotional intelligence just to mention a few.

These qualities are called Competencies and they are developed by everybody who passes through the AIESEC experience. It is what makes AIESEC Members outstanding.

Of this great leaders of the organization I am one of them, I served this organization as Vice President, President, National Support Team Member, Facilitator at numerous conferences at Local, National and International levels, I also served and still serving on the an International team; ‘THE GLOBAL MUSKETEER’. All this responsibilities, experiences and impact across the globe made develop qualities of a true AGENT OF POSITIVE CHANGE.

My experience in AIESEC did not just give me an edge over my friends, but also paved way for me in many areas of my life. It was all an awesome experience for me as my Local Committee which I was president of, strived towards amazing result in exchange realization and in the end my Executive Board team achieved a great deal which brought us the award of the Most Improved Local Committee of the year in 2009, Local Committee with the Best Intern of the Year 2009, and I won the Award of the Best Local Committee President of AIESEC Nigeria in the year 2009.

My engagement in AIESEC Nigeria has also stoked in me the passion for social change and finding ways to solve them. Thanks to AIESEC I was involved in issues that ranged from Entrepreneurship and poverty alleviation to issues around HIV/AIDS. One thing that is for sure, AIESEC Nigeria has the ability to raise social change agents in Nigeria

There is no way i could have developed the competencies i need, passion for responsible leadership in the society and a sense of social responsibility, if not for AIESEC.

I am proud to be an AIESEC member and will forever be.

This post was submitted by EHIHON GAIUS a one time president of AIESEC in Benin. Gaius now resides in New York, United States of America