Who is the leader in the competition? Participants in the Leaders of Russia competition will be tested on their knowledge of history, culture and geography. Testing for abstract-logical abilities of the competition Leaders of Russia

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“Nobody promised us a position”

Finalist of “Leaders of Russia” about why the Kremlin’s personnel reserve cannot be created from the winners

Denis Tur - manager at the Ural Bank for Reconstruction and Development Yaromir Romanov

A few days ago in Sochi, the first “Leaders of Russia” competition in Russia ended, which, as was discussed on the sidelines, was invented in order to create a new talent pool of modern managers. Officially, the finalists received 1 million rubles for education and the opportunity to work with a famous mentor. One of the winners of the competition, Denis Tur, told the site how the competition took place, how he achieved success and why the winners will not get into the personnel reserve of the presidential administration.

— To participate in the “Leaders of Russia” competition, you needed experience, including managerial experience. Tell us about your background and career and how you gained this experience.

— I come from an ordinary military family. For a long time I lived in military camps. I always had before my eyes an example of a leader, an example of a father. He fought in Afghanistan, he has high awards. I studied at a regular school, only in the 10th-11th grade did I move to a gymnasium, where I could look at my education a little differently. I wanted to enter the law academy, but I did not have enough points for the budget, so I entered the USTU-UPI for “Organization Management”. And I didn’t regret it, because there I picked up more skills that would be useful to me in life. I also think that playing sports [helped me]. I started working professionally at school athletics, fulfilled the norm of a candidate for master of sports. This allowed me to learn how to achieve some goals through work and work on myself.

I graduated from professional sports and in my 4th year I realized that I needed to work somewhere. I found a vacancy for a bank call center specialist. Then I thought that you couldn’t just get into the bank, you needed some kind of connections. After the interview, I was told that I didn’t need to work in a call center, but in sales. I went from a simple trainee to a group leader at Uralvneshtorgbank, then a group leader, and a department head at SKB Bank. Each stage of growth did not always go smoothly, sometimes painfully. I had to take steps back in order to grow later. I never had any illusions that you could make a career in one year.

— Are you currently working at the Ural Bank for Reconstruction and Development (UBRD)? What position? What are your responsibilities?

— I am the managing director of the center for organizing sales and development of e-business. I am involved in digital projects, promoting services on the Internet, optimizing and digitalizing business processes to make it more convenient for our clients to use our services.

— Why did you decide to participate in the “Leaders of Russia” competition?

- It was an accident. I was told that there was a competition two weeks before the end of registration. I looked at the conditions, and I was hooked that you could undergo a comprehensive assessment of your management and leadership skills. It was absolutely free, and it's a useful thing to evaluate yourself from the outside. We carry out a lot of assessments at our bank, but I have not undergone a federal level assessment.

— So you didn’t expect then that the competition was an opportunity for personnel growth?

— No, I didn’t have any illusions about personnel growth, the final or even the semi-final. I thought I would last until the first test. There you had to register in your personal account, and then film a video interview. It was a shock for me, because I don’t know how to behave in front of cameras at all. I re-shot what I said 40 times. It was a difficult ordeal. After this there was a task where you had to answer various questions on history, literature, and state law in two minutes. It was also stressful.

— What happened in the finale?

— On the first day there were seminars, Lavrov, Kudrin, Gref, Oreshkin, Shuvalov, Kiriyenko spoke, they talked about their cases, assessed their pros and cons. Communication was open and did not obligate anyone, because the same managers were sitting around. Then there were three days of assessment tests. It was very difficult, as there were strong guys in the semi-finals and finals. It was difficult to show my skills in this highly competitive environment. We also had to teach a lesson at school on the topic of leadership. And at the end there was a task to optimize lean production: it was necessary to make production more efficient in three cycles.

— What did you say in class at school?

— I was in 10th grade. I told the guys what my thoughts were in the 10th grade; then I didn’t think about leadership at all. I tried in simple words explain how I set goals, how I can use the opportunities that arise, how I solved cases. We talked for a long time, then they all even added me as a friend on VKontakte.

— Do you think today’s tenth-graders are different from what you were like at that age?

- I think not. Everyone reaches an age when they understand some kind of responsibility and their interests become more clear. Everyone begins to think about prospects in life. I told them that they were born in the era of digitalization, so they will be more successful than us.

We had to get used to it and we are still optimizing for digital instruments, and they are already there like fish in water.

I told them that only after college I registered on VKontakte, when he appeared, they were shocked and laughed for a long time. I also told them that I had looked through their class’s meme folder, they were surprised how I could find it, I replied that in the digital world it’s quite easy.

— There is an opinion that modern children are less focused on building a career, and are more inclined to travel and a comfortable life. And to achieve success, they must make efforts for which they are not ready.

— Now our world faces great challenges in terms of digitalization of all spheres of life. We will need a new format of leaders. Freedom of thinking will be a plus and will help unleash your creative potential. Simple specialties will undergo robotization and digitization. Most likely, the “do” category will become fully automated; we will need people who will know more, be able to, and develop creatively. Students will eventually realize this and will be able to adapt quickly.

- Let's get back to the competition. The finalists received the right to work with a famous mentor. Will you choose him or will he choose you?

— Before the start of the final, at least ten mentors had to be chosen. I chose 10-12 people from different categories, including Arkady Volozh from Yandex, the head of Sberbank German Gref, the founder of Magnit Sergei Galitsky, [Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Government Igor] Shuvalov, [Minister of Economic Development Maxim] Oreshkin. It’s difficult to choose because, on the one hand, there is very little information; on the other hand, you only know them in the public sphere. I had to choose according to my feelings.

— What can you spend an educational grant of 1 million rubles on?

— Within 30 days we need to conclude an agreement with RANEPA. They will be money operators. Then I can choose any Russian education at my discretion.

— And they didn’t explain to you why only Russian?

— There was a little joke [at the competition]. Gref was asked what his opinion was about Russian education. He said he was very modest. With the experience that I have, Russian [education] will be enough for me. I have street soft skills - street skills, I do not have an academic education in management, I have experience that I have accumulated by working with professionals, trying to educate myself by reading books. The programs that exist in Russia will be sufficient; I will be able to improve my skills.

— In Yekaterinburg and in the all-Russian stages, you beat deputies, employees of the presidential administration, and employees of regional authorities. Do you think this speaks about the level of preparation of the authorities if current officials cannot pass their own leadership competition?

— There were not many participants from government agencies. Those guys from government agencies with whom I talked seemed very open, interesting, and advanced. We had an open panel discussion with the new governors, it seemed to me that they had open, fresh thoughts, they were of a high level.

It seems to me that public administration will be restructured according to the form of openness, because we will need to keep up with the rest of the world. I believe that we are moving forward.

“Leaders” are not needed everywhere in government. We received assessments based on several criteria: leadership, socialization, innovation and others; not all areas of public administration require these skills. It will be enough to determine their own in each strengths. I think that changes are taking place in public administration; they will transform even those who currently work there. Those who cannot adapt will leave. Those who can will change.

— How do you evaluate the competition participants? Were there any random people there?

— Both the finalists and semi-finalists were worthy. For example, Konstantin Goncharov has a project “Let’s Arrange”, he deals with acute social problem— suits people who are forty and above. With his experience, he could be useful for the challenges facing the country. Vitaly Mutukov is a good, strong manager in the business environment, Andrey Vinnitsky is a Doctor of Law, then they will further develop and continue their careers, regardless of whether they made it to the finals or not.

In the finals it was very difficult to show my skills in a highly competitive environment because everyone was trying to show them. But I decided to remain myself, because I do not want to deviate from my principles and behave differently than I behave. I behaved as I saw fit. But there were definitely no extra people there.

- “As you considered necessary” - is it somehow different, not like other participants?

— There were moments when the guys behaved, perhaps, more actively than they behave in ordinary life. Even [deputy head of the presidential administration] Sergei Kiriyenko made a shake-up on the third or fourth day. He directly said that there is no need to engage in idolatry. He said that it is noticeable that when the appraiser is looking at you, you behave more actively, and when he is not looking, you sit quietly. According to him, this is more a minus than a plus.

— Sverdlovsk Governor Evgeny Kuyvashev has already promised that he will invite all five finalists from the region to his internship. Will you go there?

— I don’t yet quite understand the format that Evgeniy Vladimirovich proposes. After the meeting I will have more information.

— Would you be interested in working in government agencies or state-owned companies? (It was discussed on the sidelines that some of the winners of the competition might be offered positions there..)

— I haven’t thought about working in government yet. But the examples that I saw at the competition - the governor of the Kaliningrad region Anton Alikhanov, the head of the Tyumen region Vladimir Yakushev - showed that they are looking forward and quite experienced leaders, they have different backgrounds. The views and the way they conveyed ideas to us made sense to me. Together with the governors, we solved specific cases in the region, it was interesting.

— Now UBRD meets my criteria, I can realize myself here. Our bank is successful, ideas can be implemented here.

— We began to hold more competitions, for example, for the positions of ministers. Would you be interested in participating?

— I have never worked in government agencies; this area of ​​responsibility is incomprehensible to me. I see that the governor’s personnel reserve is being conditionally trained; people from business are [invited], they are given a large, ambitious position, they use their flexible communication and management tools. They don’t like that the government doesn’t allow them to work the way they work in business; flexibility allows them to solve problems much faster than bureaucracy. This “rested for three days” is absolutely not about me. If I am now forced into some kind of bureaucratic framework, I will not be able to realize myself there, I will not be able to work in this format.

— How do you assess social and career elevators in today's Russia?

— I can appreciate career elevators in commercial organizations. If you work long and hard and show your professionalism, you will grow. If you don’t sit back and be lazy, but constantly offer some ideas. From the point of view of government, this thing is not clear to me. I could only evaluate it by talking to the leaders [at the competition].

-What are they saying?

— That approaches are changing. For example, Oreshkin said that he wants to implement a culture of flexible management, that they use instant messengers for communication. That they don’t hold long, big meetings, that they try to communicate with each other faster.

— It is believed that the “Leaders of Russia” competition was invented because the presidential administration suddenly realized that it had nowhere to get new personnel.

— I haven’t heard at all that the participants will be included in the government’s personnel reserve. It didn't sound like that.

Now I hear in the press that this is the “presidential personnel reserve”, “the Kremlin’s personnel reserve”. The question is probably not worth it. Nobody promised a position. They said that they could offer us if we fit into someone’s team.

Each finalist and semi-finalist has a wealth of experience to draw upon. If given the opportunity and authority to apply, this will be a useful case for public administration. And if they put you in the same framework and say: “Here you have to write a memo, and until it goes through all the circles of hell, it won’t go further,” it won’t fly further than that. The main thing is that everything does not calm down and that we find an opportunity to use the finalists and semi-finalists.

— If they don’t use your potential later, including for some appointments, it turns out that the meaning of the competition is practically neutralized.

- I think not. There was no task at the competition to select government managers. The task was to digitize the competencies that made it possible to find people’s strengths. If they wanted state administration, they would hold a competition for state administration. And here they made a general competition. You can’t say to a person who came from innovation: “Now, come on, show how you can run a city.”

— Does the competition impose any obligations on you?

- None. We were not limited in any way, there was no political context. What I really liked was that we communicated freely on any topic. Everyone said what they thought was necessary. We felt quite free. We could ask any questions.

After assessing the likelihood of your victory at the Leaders of Russia competition and looking at the lists of winners in 2017, you probably want to give up and give up on this idea. But in vain! After all, this is exactly the type of competition in which participation is much more important, and not the victory itself.

If you are now thinking about the question for the video: “What is the purpose of your participation in the Leaders of Russia competition?”, then in our article you will find the answers. Hurry up, the recording of the interview is only available until 18.00 on October 27!

Below we have listed the main advantages of the Leaders of Russia competition, what it can give you and what can prevent you from winning it.

What will participation in the competition give you?

An opportunity to assess your readiness for change and new challenges

IN modern world It is very important not to stand still and constantly develop. That's why we spend money on participating in motivational trainings. For example, we attend lectures by Gandapas, Batyrev, Khakamada with one goal - to get a “magic kick-off”. And here is the same result, only for free!

It will allow you to get out of your comfort zone, look at yourself from the outside and test your knowledge in parallel with tens of thousands of other people.

It's rare that you have people nearby who can give an honest assessment of your leadership abilities. Your subordinates and colleagues are accustomed to seeing you as you are. And any changes in you mean stress for them and uncertainty about their future. Such a competition separates you from your current work life and allows you to look at yourself from the outside (which can be almost impossible to do on your own).

Additional internal incentive for personal growth

No amount of books will help you become a leader. After all, this requires a lot of internal work on oneself, daily practice in making decisions and every second responsibility for them. A personal growth plan is the most important business project in your life, in which you are both boss and subordinate. And if there is no result, there is no one to blame but yourself.

Meeting new people and ideas

The Leaders of Russia competition was originally conceived as a platform for leaders at all levels to meet and exchange ideas. And admit it, deep down you would like to communicate with Lavrov, Kiriyenko, and maybe with someone even higher.

Serious career prospects

A new feature of the 2018 competition was the participation of 20 largest Russian companies as partners of the Leaders of Russia competition. These are Rostelecom, Russian Railways, Rosatom, Sberbank, RAO UES, Roscosmos, Rusal, Rosseti, RT, Severstal, Sibur, Rosneft, Gazpromneft, RusHydro, Rostec, Norilsk Nickel, Lukoil, NLMK, Aeroflot, Sirius. All these corporations announced that, as part of the partnership, they will give the finalists and winners of the competition the opportunity to undergo training at corporate universities, internships and, what is especially attractive, an advantage for the competition participants as applicants for managerial positions in these companies.

That is, for the best participants in the competition Leaders of Russia 2018-2019, potential career opportunities open up not only in the Russian government, but also in the largest companies with billions of dollars in revenue.

What can stop you from gaining this invaluable experience?

“Smart” advice from friends, acquaintances, colleagues, negative reviews from participants in the 2017 competition

Make the decision to participate or not on your own, taking full responsibility for this step upon yourself, so as not to regret your decision later. You shouldn’t assume that your friends think and care about you first.

Most likely, your friends will not want to lose such a good companion for a joint holiday. Colleagues will envy your unexpected career growth in absentia. And the boss is interested in 100% involvement in the work process and will not want you to be distracted by anything else.

Life circumstances

There were, are and will always be problems and unsolved tasks at work and at home. Don't wait for the most convenient moment. No one will adjust the competition to fit your life schedule. Kiriyenko said that in the 2017 competition there were such heroic women who managed to give birth to children during the competition.

The decision to be “out of politics”

You may not support certain political leaders or the current government in general; this is not important for the decision to participate in the competition. After all, no one will force you to work in state companies or structures.

Reluctance to spend time and money on preparation

If you think of preparation as the nightmare process of searching for nuggets of information online with examples from last year, then it can hardly be called preparation. Use online resources that have already done this work for you and offer for preparation all types of tests that candidates for the leadership of Russia took. They include tests used by companies to select personnel and special tests for erudition.

Lack of confidence in yourself and your capabilities

Think less about the end result and more about the process. If you don't make it to the list of finalists of the competition, no one will laugh at you or write it on the doors of your apartment. You do this to gain experience, to develop your potential, and not to be judged by your neighbors or colleagues.

In general, don’t be afraid, this is not a visit to the dentist.

All facts about the competition Leaders of Russia 2017

Target

Search for promising leaders of the new generation and additional support in their professional growth.

Criteria for selecting participants

• Citizens of the Russian Federation under the age of 50 with managerial experience in any field.
• Manager experience of at least 5 years. For participants under 35 - at least 2 years of experience.

What did the winners of the Leaders of Russia competition receive?

• The finalists of the competition were included in a certain circle of the personnel reserve for management positions in the public service.
• A grant of 1 million rubles to continue his own training or training of a person chosen by him.
• Personal consultations from a mentor on further career development.

Participation

Free. Travel and accommodation during the in-person tours were paid for by the participants themselves.

Stages of the competition Leaders of Russia 2017

Submission of applications until November 8, 2017

A total of 199,076 applications were received - this is about 0.3% of all Russian citizens in the age category from 20 to 50 years.

Done everything the necessary conditions There are about 89,094 people to participate in the competition - this is 45% of all applications.

Remote selection from November 10 to 22

• November 10 online testing for general knowledge: erudition, knowledge of history, geography, culture of Russia.
• November 12 online testing for verbal and numerical abilities: verbal and mathematical tests.
• November 16-17 testing for managerial potential: tests for situational behavior and leadership skills.

89,094 people took part. 2,691 people moved on to the next stage for the in-person semi-finals - this is 3% of the number who participated in the remote selection.

Full-time federal semi-finals from December 2017 to January 2018

In eight federal districts within business games Competitors were assessed on eight competencies: leadership qualities, focus on results, strategic thinking, ability to work in a team, communication and influence, implementation of change, innovation.

2691 people took part. 300 people moved on to the next stage - the final - this is 11% of those who participated in the semi-finals.

Final in February in Sochi from February 6 to 11, 2018

Business games for assessing professional and personal qualities. 300 people took part.

The winners of the competition were 103 people, which is 34% of those who took part in the finals.

Who became the winners of the competition Leaders of Russia

Everyone who participated in the competition gained invaluable experience.

But seriously, the names of 103 people who became winners of the “Leaders of Russia” competition in 2018 have been announced. Among them are many employees of the banking sector, consulting and government employees. In addition to the winners, the 300 finalists of the Leaders of Russia competition received proposals from government agencies and private companies for new appointments.

Stages of the competition Leaders of Russia 2018-2019

In 2018, registration is open until 23.59 on October 24, 2018. As of October 27, the number of registrations was 227,193. Executives under 55 years of age, including citizens of the Russian Federation living abroad, can take part.

The correspondence test selection for the Leaders of Russia competition is scheduled for the period from November 4 to December 27, 2018 - this stage will take almost 2 months. According to the conditions of 2018, the correspondence selection will be carried out in 3 stages and the tests will be as follows:

• numerical, logical and verbal tests- from November 5 to November 7 (in the numerical test last year there were 25 questions, 25 minutes were given for it, in the verbal test - 30 questions, 30 minutes were given for it - these both tests will have to be taken on the same day, in the logical one, most likely , there will also be 20-25 questions)
• erudition testing- from November 19 to November 21 (in the 2017 test there were 60 questions, 60 minutes were given to complete them, in 2018 40 questions are planned - 40 minutes to complete them)
• testing for management potential— from December 2 to December 4 (the test had 120 questions from four separate blocks of 30 questions, 3.5 hours were given to complete; in the 2018 tests, 100 questions are planned for 120 minutes)

There were no logic tests in 2017, but they were announced in the Leaders of Russia 2018-2019 competition. This is an innovation for 2018 and will significantly add complexity to the testing phase.

Attention: only 2 days are allotted to complete each stage of testing! Plan your schedule for these days in advance. Be sure to check out an example of each test on the official website of the Leaders of Russia competition and carefully read the testing regulations.

The in-person semi-finals will begin on December 27, 2018 and will last until the beginning of March 2019, when the exact dates for the final of the Leaders of Russia competition will be announced. It is expected that the competition of the 2018-2019 competition will be much fiercer and more interesting. We recommend that you thoroughly prepare for the correspondence qualifying stage of the Leaders of Russia competition in advance - only careful preparation will give you an advantage over other competitors.

And if you have already decided to participate and are looking for ways to increase your chances of winning, we recommend reading our complete guide on Leaders of Russia tests and preparation for them

As of 2018, the site is the only Russian-language resource on which you can practice all types of tests to prepare for the “Leaders of Russia” competition - erudition, numerical, verbal, logical and psychological tests for managers (they include a large section of tests for management abilities ).

We invite you to take free sample tests or start full preparation right now - there is less and less time left before the start of the testing stage on November 5, 2018!

The winner of the personnel project of the Putin administration: how she was encouraged by Minnikhanov, “pumped up” by Kiriyenko, and she added a year to herself

Recently, the best of the best managers in the country were identified. The “Leaders of Russia” competition has ended in Sochi. Our Tatarstan countrywoman, regional director of the Lindström company Alexandra Lebedeva, was also among the hundred winners of Sergei Kiriyenko’s personnel project. In an author's column written for Realnoe Vremya, she spoke about the humanity of the governors, the support of Minnikhanov, the “pumping up” from Kiriyenko and top officials. Also, our columnist did not forget about her fellow classmates with whom she made her way to her cherished goal.

Why did you decide to participate in the competition?

You know, there is such a feeling inside that this is yours. Like love at first sight. In those split seconds that passed from the moment I heard about the competition in the news on Channel One until I decided - yes, I’m participating, it was impossible to make a logically sound and verified decision. But I immediately decided that yes, this competition is about me. And so it happened.

I can say for sure that after deciding which university to enter, where to take my first job and who to marry, this decision was the most important and correct one in life.

In order to move on, I lack systematization of the practical experience gained in my work. I have been working in international companies for 20 years, I started as an intern at the institute at Lufthansa Airlines, where I ended up working for 10 years, then 3 years at the American recruiting company Kelly Services and now I have been working for the Finnish company Lindstrem for 7 years. , which provides rental services for workwear and lobby carpets throughout Russia. The English teaching diploma obtained 20 years ago has already lost its relevance. Therefore, I am looking forward to starting my studies with the allocated grant.

In those split seconds that passed from the moment I heard about the competition in the news on Channel One until I decided - yes, I’m participating, it was impossible to make a logically sound and verified decision. But I immediately decided that yes, this competition is about me. That's how it happened

A mentor, whose choice I am now awaiting before the end of February, is an additional opportunity to gain knowledge from a person who has already done a lot in his life and achieved a lot. In general, this mentoring practice, in my opinion, is very important. At least, remembering the turning points in my life, I always see next to me some more experienced person - either my teachers or leaders who gave advice, shared their experience, gave me the opportunity to take initiative, in a word, who helped me grow .

How it was?

On the very first day, Sergei Kiriyenko, Elena Shmeleva and Alexey Komissarov spoke at the opening ceremony. Then until the evening there were master classes from mentors. Shuvalov, Sobyanin, Gref, Lavrov, Kudrin and one Malaysian specialist in transformational leadership shared their experiences and views on leadership. In the evening there was a round table with the governors of Samara, Oryol, Novgorod, Kaliningrad, Tyumen and Tula regions. It was very informative and entertaining and completely changed my view of officials - it turns out that they can be living people, and not a “man in a case.”

The next day we worked in teams and mentors came to us. The morning began with Rustam Nurgalievich Minnikhanov, who was the first to come to us with a task, then we continued to work together with Nikolai Podguzov from Russian Post, and after lunch we solved the case under the supervision of Sergei Vladilenovich Kiriyenko. It was very interesting and exciting. Kiriyenko, by the way, gave very high-quality feedback to our group - he told us about the pros and cons of our decision, drew attention to the zones for further development. It was clear that he was very excited about the success of the competition.

Getting Rustam Minnikhanov as your first mentor on the very first day is like winning the lottery

About Minnikhanov

He's very cool. Getting him as your first mentor on your very first day is like winning the lottery. Calm, he came, sat down, said hello to everyone, immediately took out his phone and began filming us for Instagram. He reassured us: “Don’t worry so much, tell us what you think.” And somehow the excitement immediately began to let go, and it gave such a powerful charge of positivity and energy that it was enough for us until the very end. Then I heard from other participants that he made such an impression on everyone. Everyone told Sergei Khrushchev and I (the two of us were on the team from Kazan) that you have a great president. It's very nice to hear this. Pride in the republic.

At the end, Sergei Stepashin walked past our table, saw Minnikhanov, came up to us and said: “You are very lucky, this is one of the most powerful regional leaders in Russia, I confirm!”

About the team

One of the conditions for the finals, which was announced to us in advance, was to form a team of 7-8 people in such a way that there would be no more than three people from the same federal district. We chatted in advance and put together a “backbone” of five people - three Muscovites, two Kazan residents - and even made an announcement about additional recruitment of participants. I was very worried about keeping the team united - this takes time, and the sooner we start interacting with each other, the faster we will go through all the stages of team formation and be able to work effectively for results.

On the eve of the start, in Sochi, the six of us sat in a room and solved a business case together in order to hear each other and understand how best to build interaction. On the very first day of the final, two more participants “found” us - one from Chelyabinsk, the other from Perm, who fit very harmoniously into our composition.

“Life after forty is just beginning, I now know that for sure,” these words of my favorite film now apply to me too

Who did we go through these 5 days with?

Pavel Gudkov - Moscow, Foundation for Assistance to the Development of Small Enterprises in the Scientific and Technical Field - very motivated, smart. Always thinks before doing something. He slowed us down a little when at the very beginning we were rushing to quickly recruit the whole squad, and I think it turned out the right strategy. And also Pavel unique person- he can listen to a group discussion and at the same time record all thoughts and ideas on the board, this is really cool.

Pavel Sukhovarov - Moscow, MTS Satellite TV (a subsidiary of MTS PJSC) - a very cool team player. He stays calm, never sticks out his opinion, and is ready to listen and be heard. Very capable. I felt incredibly comfortable in the team with him, I really envy his colleagues and employees, the high level of people management.

Dmitry Stapran - Moscow, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting LLC - megabrain and megaman. In his head there is some incredible amount of interesting information about everything, while he does not “press” with his intellect, but talks in such a way that you want to listen further. Very well-mannered and caring towards other participants. Dima was the first to ask for feedback from other team members. For me, this is always an indicator of openness and readiness for change.

Sergey Khrushchev - Kazan, Auchan LLC - a very communicative team player with a great sense of humor. We met Sergei during a meeting with the leadership of Tatarstan - first with Asgat Safarov, and then with Rustam Minnikhanov. It immediately became very easy for me to communicate with him, he makes me feel comfortable as an interlocutor, and I invited him to join the team. I’m very glad that we were together in the finals, Sergey took a very responsible approach to working on tasks in the group, it was clear that he was rooting for the team, and not for himself personally.

Veronika Sipacheva - Vladivostok, Non-profit support fund social development Primorsky Krai "Energy of Participation"/FEFU. The youngest participant in the competition is only 24 years old. Has incredible potential. She is very smart, knows how to express her opinion and does not shy away from more experienced colleagues. We never even felt the age difference at the table. I am sure that a bright future awaits Veronica, and I will follow her successes with interest.

Abushaev Maxim - Chelyabinsk, Region-Media. A very cool participant, humorous, mischievous, and at the same time extremely smart. It was great to work with Maxim; he had an incredible focus on results and drive. At the same time, he can see problems very deeply and solve them strategically, convincing all team members.

Okunev Anton - Perm, Norilsk Nickel LLC - a general service center - is always full of ideas and suggestions. Very positive, sensitively caught the mood of the group and gave us timely signals to stop when the decibels went off scale. At the same time, he always behaved correctly, did not put pressure on the team, and strived for victory together with everyone else. I hope Anton realizes his dream!

In my opinion, the team with which we reached the finals became the most valuable acquisition of the entire competition. I really want to continue communication, meet together, share ideas together and help each other

Of the eight members of our team, half made it to the top 103. What helped? I think we had a common desire for a “higher goal” - in all competitions we strived to perform as a team, we took care of each other, tried to give everyone the opportunity to perform, tried to listen and hear everyone’s opinion. Also, I think we understood quite clearly what the strengths of each of us were, and also used this in our work. Why not all eight? In my opinion, there was a lack of even greater dedication and focus on team results. Often, each of us was responsible for “our own” part of the task, and did not take responsibility for coordinating the work of the entire group. We could also give each other feedback more often and help each other become better. We did it on the first day and didn’t do it again, and this is also an important component of teamwork - reflection and analysis of mistakes.

In my opinion, the team with which we reached the finals became the most valuable acquisition of the entire competition. I really want to continue communication, meet together, share ideas together and help each other. The competition “discovered” each other for us, gave us the joy of communication, so now I have seven more friends.

What do I regret?

I never learned to whistle. During the heated group debate, there were a couple of moments when it was necessary to attract the attention of six intelligent but heated men. I think a loud whistle would help. So I’ll continue my training - it will come in handy!

I didn’t personally thank the appraisers, experts, competition organizers, supervisory board and everyone, everyone, who had anything to do with this. The level of organization is simply fantastic. Call center, Personal Area with the results of all stages, reports on competencies, a list of literature for self-education. And most importantly - the support and joy for all participants, which was visible on all faces. When you enter the Sirius hall and understand that you are welcome, they were waiting for you, they are worried about you. This is inspiring!

I also had a wonderful girl, Nastya, in my 9th grade at school No. 53 in Sochi. It turns out that she goes to Kazan to visit her grandmother almost every summer. Nastya is simply fantastic - very out-of-the-box thinking, modern, and passionate about modern music. She really helped my partner and I conduct the lesson. I would like to take this opportunity to express my admiration and gratitude to her. In general, the 53rd school in Sochi really impressed us - the shining, intelligent eyes of the children, all the teachers are very positive and treat the children very carefully. You really want to bring your children to such a school and to such people.

School No. 53 in Sochi really impressed us - the children’s shining, intelligent eyes, all the teachers are very positive and treat the children very carefully. I really want to bring my children to such a school and to such people.

What made you smile?

After one of the publications in our regional media, by the will of fate, Veronica and I became “shaggy female leaders of Russia.” It was very funny to see such a funny indignant comment on the photo. My friends and colleagues laughed with me and said that we are now introducing a new fashion trend for female managers - light shaggy hair.

And yet - after the announcement of the results, when they came to interview me, for some reason, out of excitement, I added a year to myself and told everyone that I was 42 years old. So if you see this somewhere, don’t believe it, I’m still only 41, but “life after forty is just beginning, I now know that for sure” - these words of my favorite movie now apply to me too.

What's next?

Study, study and study again. I came to the competition to win a grant for training, and now I am in the process of choosing a program that will allow me to grow and develop further. I really want to get an Executive MBA education English language. I want to add more strategy, implementation of changes and innovations to practical skills, as well as “cook” in a group of talented classmates.

How did they react to my participation in the competition at work?

Supported. My team of managers, with whom I work in Kazan, very warmly saw me off to the finals, wrote me messages with words of support and motivation. And now that I’ve returned, I see pride and admiration in their eyes, and this really energizes me for further work.

Colleagues from Rostov-on-Don also warmly received me when I came to visit them immediately after the final. The company's management was also constantly interested in my successes; the general director called and inquired about the events right during the finals. I feel that the company also monitors my achievements. This is very pleasant and obliges me to do a lot. It's nice to work in a company that cares about your success.

I came to the competition to win a training grant, and now I’m in the process of choosing a program that will allow me to grow and develop further.

The most important result of the competition

Family support came first for me. Even when I first decided to participate in the competition, my husband and I discussed what would happen if I won the semifinals. Then they started thinking about the finale. Thanks a lot my parents, who came and supported us throughout the competition, helped my husband cope with their little daughter. And when I won, my son, who is 14 years old, said that when he grows up, he will also participate in the competition. This is probably the most important result - to be an example for your children.

Alexandra Lebedeva

In an era of rapidly developing progress, our great power, more than ever, needs young and talented leaders who are able to form and lead entire teams of followers working in various fields of science, economics and business. They must be purposeful, honest and willing to work for the good of their country. The time has come to set high goals for yourself and strive for them with all your might. This is a time not only of new technologies, but also of new tasks, at first glance difficult and unattainable. But with hard work and faith in victory, any task can be solved. Know that nothing is impossible. So, dreams come true! And this is not just a pretentious phrase calling for something unknown. Because today there is a real opportunity to realize the wildest aspirations of those who want to use their talents for the benefit of the country.

The cry is thrown

Just recently the first news broke about the All-Russian competition “Leaders of Russia”, which officially started on October 11 of this year (2017). On the initiative of the Presidential Administration Russian Federation And High school State Administration of RANEPA issued a call to all corners of Russia for ambitious and purposeful people with experience in leadership work.

Among them, it is planned to find the most competent and promising managers, real leaders capable of promoting and developing our country in most key areas in the near future. In other words, identifying the best of the best leaders is the main objective competition "Leaders of Russia". This unprecedented event is happening for the first time in the history of our country, and therefore deserves to be called historical.

"Leaders of Russia". The essence of the competition

As First Deputy Sergei Kiriyenko said, the launch of such a project is the implementation of a direct recommendation from the head of state.

The main goal of the “Leaders of Russia” competition is not only to select winners who are able to further participate in the governance of the country, but also to support, develop and train new personnel, in this case in the field of leadership, who are already directly related to management. But the main quality of the participants is their readiness and desire for higher achievements, their willingness to do more than they have done up to this point. After all, even participation in an event of this magnitude will require each competitor to concentrate on winning and make every effort for healthy competition.

What is the reward for the winners

Any competition, including the 2017 Leaders of Russia competition, implies not only the goals of the organizers, but also a reward for those who perform so well that they stand out from the huge crowd of talented competitors. What privileges does victory mean for participants? Is it really necessary to register for the “Leaders of Russia” competition? It must be said right away that three hundred finalists will receive grants worth one million rubles each to undergo training in a personally chosen program. And that in itself is already great! But the most delicious part of the pie awaits the winners. They will have a unique opportunity to study with significant persons of the state such as the head of the presidential administration Anton Vaino, his first assistant Sergei Kiriyenko, First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Shoigu, Anton Siluanov and other famous personalities of the state. Subsequently, those who have completed the training will have prestigious jobs in the presidential administration and major state corporations.

Who can participate in the competition

The idea for the project was conceived at the end of last year. And now, almost twelve months later, it has become a reality for many thousands of participants in the “Leaders of Russia” 2017 competition. Any citizen of the Russian Federation, regardless of their field of activity, can apply for participation. He must be no older than 50 years. The main conditions for candidates are to have at least five years of experience in management positions, if the participant falls within the age range of 35 to 50 years. For young people who have not yet reached 35, there are some easier criteria. Two years of management experience is enough for them.

At the moment, from among the almost two hundred thousand who dared to submit an application, the “Leaders of Russia” competition has already eliminated most interested in the first stages of online testing. Thirteen thousand worthy people remained. Nevertheless, even from among them, only a few will be among the winners.

Main stages of selection of winners

Let's try to figure out on what principle the winners will be selected from thousands of ordinary participants who dream of climbing the career ladder. The entire competition is divided into several stages.

The first stage of the “Leaders of Russia” competition is the registration of participants, which involves indicating personal data and describing their leadership experience in any guide. At the moment, the first stage has already been completed, because it was scheduled for the period from October 11 to November 6.

The next stage is remote selection. Persons who have registered for the “Leaders of Russia” competition on time are allowed to attend. until November 22, online testing is taking place to identify the intellectual data and potential management abilities of the contestants. After processing all the tests and making decisions, each participant will be sent personal comments based on the test results of the Leaders of Russia competition.

Some statistics

For lovers of the purely mathematical aspect of the event, we consider it our duty to acquaint readers with somewhat boring figures, which express the percentage of those brave people in the regions of the country who decided to apply for the “Leaders of Russia” competition. IN North-West region ranks first - 53.6% of registrations. Leningrad region takes 13.6%, and the Kaliningrad region - 6.3%. The Novosibirsk region won - 22%. And in the Southern District the championship is shared by the Krasnodar Territory and Rostov region. In the Urals the leaders are Sverdlovsk and Chelyabinsk region. And in the North Caucasus, the Stavropol region takes the lead, gaining as much as 45.9%. Such unexpected activity of future managers could not but please the current government officials, who give the opportunity to almost anyone who wishes to take part in the “Leaders of Russia” competition.

Some online testing details

According to the latest data, after the first qualifying round, out of more than one hundred and eighty thousand participants, just under thirteen thousand remained. And such strict screening is an absolute law. This is exactly what one of the online testing participants, Alexandra Shigapova, thought. In her reviews of the “Leaders of Russia” competition, she reports that the questions were so difficult that they were too difficult for the majority of registered participants.

To confirm her words, project press secretary Maria Blokhina reports that the questions for the tests were compiled by the best experts in the country. The contestants were tested on their knowledge in the fields of economics, culture, the Constitution, as well as Russian history, literature and geography. And, I must admit, this was only the first stage of tests of the Leaders of Russia competition. At the second stage, participants were tested for advanced arithmetic and cognitive abilities. In other words, future managers were tested to quickly identify the essence of the issue.

And the third stage of testing will determine how skillfully the contestants behave in management, and with what effectiveness their leadership qualities are manifested. For the greatest fairness and complete exclusion of results manipulation, all tests are checked by machines.

Mentors' opinion

Upon completion of the last stage of testing All-Russian competition"Leaders of Russia", the results of which can be found out on November 22 after their official publication, all participants will receive letters with comments directly on the results of the exam. In this regard, the newspaper "Vzglyad" asked several questions to Sergei Nedoroslev, co-chairman of " Business Russia", who is also one of the mentors of the "Leaders of Russia" competition. Nedoroslev's comments about the complexity of the tests coincided with the opinions of many project participants. He emphasized that the competition turned out to be much more than its organizers expected. After all, at first it was hoped that those who wanted to try their hand in management, there will be no more than 15 thousand. Other mentors and colleagues of Sergei Nedoroslev thought the same thing. But in fact, there were tens of times more participants, and this only fueled the interest of the press and public in the project and emphasized the need for its implementation.

What awaits those who pass the tests?

According to official data, about 2,400 contestants will be admitted to the semi-finals, who will be selected directly based on the results of online testing. For each federal district there will be 300 people. It is planned to hold face-to-face meetings with them in all eight federal districts. And to prevent deception, some elements of the tests of the Leaders of Russia competition will be included in face-to-face interviews. In other words, competitors will have to re-answer some test questions to prove that they solved them online without outside help. The semi-final is scheduled for December this year.

From the region to the capital

So, online testing is not yet completed. It will last until November 22. But most of the participants who have passed two rounds of the test survey are probably already dreaming of being among the three hundred finalist winners. However, even three hundred champions is not the end of the competition. After all, the only thing that will determine the best of them is the final meeting in Moscow, which will take place around February 2018. There, in the capital, the last test for real leaders will take place, and only one third of the finalists will ascend to the top of Olympus.

Competition "Leaders of Russia". Reviews

During the competition, the participants formed their own purely narrow opinion about the project. And everyone’s opinion was based on personal impressions from the past stages of testing. Based on the example of several reviews of the “Leaders of Russia” competition, this is quite clearly visible. One of the test takers says that anyone who wants to test their knowledge and abilities should definitely take part in the project. Another contestant simply hopes to make a major change in his life and deeply believes that he will succeed. There are also those who openly express dissatisfaction and call the statement about the possibility of anyone wanting to participate in the “Leaders of Russia” being an outright lie. And since they themselves took part in the competition, they provide a number of compelling arguments to support their words. But as you know, as many people as there are, so many opinions. Therefore, you should never trust the words of overly joyful and overly offended people. After all, some of their speeches may turn out to be far-fetched, but the truth, most likely, lies somewhere in the middle. Therefore, we look forward to the continuation of the competition and especially its completion.

After graduating from the university with honors, Evgeny Lupinos immediately headed the HR segment of a large company. It turned out that practice and theory differ markedly from each other. The young specialist faced a generally trivial choice: change the world or adapt to it. Zhenya chose the first one - he left his job and organized a company, within which he began to teach and train managers. As a result, today Evgeniy is close to winning the all-Union management competition “Leaders of Russia”.

To each his own

Evgeniy’s company MOST Consulting, in addition to education and training, is engaged in expert assessment of personnel and the creation of a personnel reserve. Please explain to a non-specialist what this is and how it happens. After two seconds of thought, Zhenya gives the example of hospitals. “How do they usually select the head of the department or the chief physician? The best doctor is invited to this position. But the best doctors in most cases want to treat and do not want to manage. They are persuaded, their salary is doubled, and they agree. As a result, the clinic loses a good surgeon or oncologist, and in return gets a bad manager. Treating and managing are different competencies. In our Omsk region, Medical Unit No. 9 was the first to understand the trend and invited us. We conducted extensive research, trainings, tests, including using our own method of observing the gaming behavior of staff, conducted management trainings and as a result created that same personnel reserve - a group of doctors capable of becoming effective managers. And also those who saw their purpose only in directly saving lives and health,” he says.

The work turned out to be so effective that the administration of Medical Unit No. 9 itself repeatedly requested their services and brought most of the large clinics in the region to them.

Don't get stuck in Amur

Having seen astronauts on TV, children become astronauts. To save lives, they become doctors. They want to build houses - by architects. But how does the desire to teach others how to manage people arise? It is unknown, because our hero did not have such a desire as a child.

“My high school years were at the end of the 90s,” recalls Evgeniy. - Everyone around wanted to study to become economists, bankers and lawyers, but only those whose parents were able to pay for such an education could. And I grew up with my mother and grandmother, on a pension and the salary of a salesman in a bakery. In addition, he grew up in a residential criminal area of ​​Omsk, nicknamed “Cupid,” which by no means promised its inhabitants a guaranteed bright future. Therefore, my childhood dreams were aimed at one thing - to get out of “Amur”, to become one of the people, and for this to get a good higher education.”

Having realized all this, Zhenya began to study excellently. I loved mathematics more than other subjects. From the sixth grade I participated in all city mathematical olympiads and came out, if not a winner, then certainly a prize-winner. In the ninth grade, he successfully passed the exams at the fashionable lyceum, but did not study there. Having graduated from school with a gold medal, I saw myself in a technical university, but providence intervened - friends invited me to go for a day open doors to the university (Omsk State University named after Dostoevsky). There, having heard the speech of the head of the Department of Economics and Sociology of Labor, Vladimir Polovinko (who later became a mentor), he unexpectedly and finally chose his life’s work - HR.

Tough Conversation

The discipline “personnel management” turned out to be at the intersection of his favorite mathematics and fashionable economics, so, as Evgeniy says, it hit the target. From his third year, as the best student in the expert group, he was already involved in freelance projects in real business. At the age of 22, he graduated from the university with honors, but even before receiving the diploma he received an offer to take the position of head of personnel services at the Kolos sanatorium with a staff of 450 people.

“What was the hardest thing about my first full-time job? - he asks again. - The most difficult was the crisis of 2008. In order for the sanatorium to survive, a decision had to be made to temporarily transfer all staff to half-time and half-pay. I had to announce this to the entire team from the stage of the assembly hall. Before this, I did not sleep all night - I was nervous and thought about how to properly convey the news to people about such an unpopular decision. I came out and said that if everything is left as it is, then in a couple of months we will go down the drain and they will have nothing to feed the children. And if we delay for a few months, then later we will restore full working hours and salaries. No, they were not happy, and it was the most difficult performance of my life. But in the end, people understood me, agreed, and after five months we were able to restore salaries.”

Hungry Science

Zhenya worked at Kolos until he was 24 years old. On weekends, I found the strength to give lectures to Omsk State University students and attend professional forums. The university management invited me to teach on a permanent basis. After leaving the sanatorium, he became a university teacher. But it quickly became clear that you couldn’t make a living by teaching. I had to earn extra money through freelance consulting projects in an existing business.

And then everything went as if by itself. Specialists whose competencies Evgeniy tried to improve during consulting events began to come to his lectures and master classes at the university. It turned out that these same specialists are able to learn much more from his classes, ask interesting, correct questions and leave grateful for the knowledge they received.

At some point, Lupinos decided to work more with specialists than with students, and accepted an offer from one large plant where he headed the personnel department. But at the plant, his innovative ideas met resistance from the board of directors, accustomed to living by tradition. Thus, it turned out that the university gave him the opportunity to create, develop and realize himself, but did not generate income, and the plant did not generate income. From this understanding, the idea was born to teach HR science, not to students, but to existing managers on a commercial basis. And Evgeniy founded MOST Consulting.

And after some time, the company formed its own pool of regular customers and the business became successful.

What are you giving?

Evgeniy founded MOST Consulting in 2012, when he was 25 years old. And he immediately became the head coach of his team. That is, he had to train both forty- and fifty-year-old managers whose work experience exceeded Zhenya’s age at birth. How did he manage to get grown people to listen?

“Yes, there is such a problem,” our speaker laughs. - But it’s there for the first five to ten minutes. As soon as people realize that I have something important and interesting to tell them, skepticism disappears. I’ll tell you the most difficult case: I had to teach at the department of state and municipal administration of a university. I walked in, and three quarters of the audience were men in uniform, over the age of forty. There was naked doubt in their eyes that I could teach them anything. But ten minutes later no one remembered my age.”

At the very beginning of his career, Evgeniy sometimes tried to artificially give himself maturity and seriousness, but he quickly realized that in his business, the more natural the behavior, the more adequate the perception. Age is not important, it is important to be prepared on all issues.

The consulting company's greatest competence, most complex and most expensive product is conducting strategic planning sessions. All top managers of the enterprise gather in a meeting room and, for example, within two days they decide how to live further. The moderator of such a session, that is, the person who organizes a civilized discussion, asks the right questions and ensures the progress of negotiations, is precisely an expert from a consulting company. Lupinos personally conducts 7-8 such sessions per year.

Live easy

It must be said that Evgeniy invented one of the unique tools that the company uses today under the pressure of the last crisis - 2014-2015.

“At the beginning of 2015, the business began to sharply cut costs, primarily abandoning luxury services,” he says. - And consulting is just a service in this spectrum. Many went bankrupt. We quickly restructured, starting to focus on training. Moreover, they invented a new training model, which they called the “business gym”. The point is that instead of long classes, we began to conduct short but frequent ones. People began to come to us as a training session - say, twice a week for two hours. The method turned out to be effective."

Thanks to the MOST Consulting “gym,” the crisis passed without losses. Today the company has 18 employees and a beautiful office in the center of Omsk, and has more than 20 training programs in practice. Personally, Evgeniy has developed a whole series of proprietary teaching methods, conducted more than 2.5 thousand training hours, continues to teach at Omsk State University as a hobby, organized the regional project “HR Brand Workshop in Omsk”, collaborates with the regional administration and in the near future plans to take his mother out of "Cupid".

Summing up the story about himself, Zhenya says that his main task is to teach and train people to manage and communicate with subordinates so that they feel a thrill from it, and the main marker of the company’s effectiveness is that people and companies come back again and again.

One of the best

Zhenya came to participate in the “Leaders of Russia” competition by accident. A friend advocated, they say, “very large-scale and interesting.” At first Evgeniy was skeptical about the idea, but he went to the competition page.

“I teach people leadership, the ability to motivate, management techniques, negotiation skills, and teamwork,” says Evgeniy. - And the “Leaders of Russia” competition is just about this. And I wanted to test myself. Understand how much I have the right to teach others. And I managed to register.”

According to the results of the first stage, Zhenya entered the top hundred, although 20 thousand people participated from the Siberian Federal District. According to the results of the second stage, he took 52nd place. According to the results of the semi-final - one of the two first places (more precisely, it is not reported). He says that the level of qualifying tests at the competition is very high. For Evgeniy Lupinos personally, getting into the semi-finals, regardless of winning the competition, brought a lot of satisfaction - he talked to very interesting people and speakers, and completed his personal minimum task. He says that the level of qualifying tests at the competition is very high. The questions did not force one to demonstrate precise knowledge, but rather revealed the ability to think quickly and critically.

Today he is one step away from first place in the “Leaders of Russia”. What to do with the prize - a year of mentoring from the most famous businessman or manager in Russia - who to choose? Evgeniy says that he thought a lot about this and can name Gref, Kiriyenko and Potanin as his favorites.

Evgeniy does not yet know where to spend the second prize - a million rubles on training. Everything will depend on the range of possibilities and limitations. What he knows for sure is what he would like to develop further in himself - leadership, negotiations and management. There is no such thing as too much intelligence, as they say.