“Leaders of the Greek Economy”: Patience, perseverance, hard work and quality of character distinguish the leader

The caller procreation was astatine the halfway of the 2nd time of Naftemporiki’s inaugural “Leaders of the Greek Economy: Naftemporiki is simply a span for concern leaders to link with the caller generation.”

Important figures from the concern world delivered presentations to the ample radical of undergraduate and postgraduate students, arsenic well arsenic young executives who participated successful the Naftemporiki’s lawsuit held astatine the Old Athens Stock Market building.

The distinguished representatives of Greek concern presented examples from their acquisition and cognition successful the instauration and enactment of ample businesses, contributing importantly to the effort of “N” to inspire, promote and usher the caller procreation successful the concern sector.

With bold, wide and experiential speech, the heads of the companies that participated successful the Naftemporiki Coaching Sessions, responded to a series, focusing connected entrepreneurship, enactment and the relation of the caller procreation successful staffing companies.

Attitude

Yannos Kontopoulos, CEO of the Athens Stock Exchange Group, said that enactment is not easy. “It is not comfortable. It is not a position, nor a title. It is an cognition of life. And it requires, archetypal of all, courage.”

As helium said, “leaders are not chosen – nor are they paid – to beryllium passive. The world does not alteration by those who rest. It changes by those who dare. Sometimes, you request to spell against the flow. To situation established perceptions. To alteration the rules. To make your ain path.”

He added that “the willingness to perceive is simply a motion of leadership. But, astatine the extremity of the day, the determination is yours. Do what you judge in. Don’t  travel the assemblage mechanically. Listen, evaluate, but don’t beryllium acrophobic to disagree, to innovate, to unfastened a caller path. And if you marque a mistake, take responsibility. Show your face. There is nary much almighty representation than a person who says: ‘I made a mistake. I will hole it.’ And when a situation comes – and it will astir apt travel – the champion effect is not defense. It is innovation.”

There are ever choices

“Positive thinking, trust successful people, not centralism, honesty, affectional quality and humility are some of the basal characteristics that an entrepreneur and a concern person should have”, according to Iliakis Stelios, Founder & CEO of Sleed. To these, arsenic helium noted, teamwork indispensable beryllium added that tin beryllium combined with the content that there are ever choices.

Adaptability

“Discipline, diligence, dedication” is the triptych that Gioftsios Fotis, Vice President & CEO, TEN BRINKE HELLAS, recommended to the young assemblage of Naftemporiki. For Gioftsios, the prime of quality outweighs ceremonial qualifications and the flexibility and adaptability that separate Greeks compared to different peoples of Europe are counted among the positives. At the aforesaid time, helium pointed retired that it is important for a person to beryllium capable to decently coordinate those who person knowledge, because, arsenic helium said, “there are ever radical amended than you,” which makes modesty an important diagnostic of enactment and development.

Consistency

Stavros Antonis, Owner, Kastelorizo Group, presented his ain concern acquisition with large emotion, emphasizing the value of household successful success, saying that “a bully and calm household situation brings prosperity to each aspects of our lives”, while astatine the aforesaid clip revealing his ain triptych “patience, perseverance and honesty.”

As helium emphasized, “I judge successful hard work and consistency towards partners. Capital is important, but when you don’t person it, you person to work adjacent harder to get it.” He advised that “we should not comparison the capabilities of our partners with our own. Not everyone tin bash everything arsenic well. But nary 1 is mislaid professionally. You conscionable person to find his strengths and springiness him the accidental to exploit them.” And helium added, “I learned on the way that accidental tin beryllium hidden everywhere.”

Logic and composure

Panteliadis Aristotelis, President & CEO, METRO AEBE, besides focused connected patience and perseverance. Speaking to the young people, helium spoke astir the loneliness of the top, the vision, which, however, indispensable beryllium accompanied by the triptych “logic, composure and elements with a bully speechmaking of the data.” He praised the value of entrepreneurship, saying that it is creativity and “an perfect tract for testing ourselves and evolving.” He encouraged young radical to find what suits them, to summation acquisition from different markets, but that the roadworthy ever leads to Greece.

CEO solves problems

“There are two types of people, those who person a λύση to each occupation and those who person a occupation successful each solution,” emphasized Ioannidou Maria, General Manager, Duty Free Shops (DUTY FREE SHOPS). And she added that “the CEO is the idiosyncratic who solves problems.” She added that success is the effect of effort and advised that “there should ever beryllium a program but we indispensable support our eyes and ears unfastened to chance, looking ahead.”

Seeking opportunities

Curiosity, willingness, seeking opportunities are the characteristics that separate executives who tin stand out, according to Emmanouilidis Nikos, President & CEO, NESTLE HELLAS. He said that the vocation way has challenges, galore person ceremonial qualifications, but the quality lies successful the quality of each one.