The finalist of “Leaders of Russia” on why the Kremlin’s personnel reserve cannot be created from the winners. Knowledge of the Constitution and the basic socio-economic foundations of our country
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 public administration 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 main goal 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 contestant 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 learn from 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 others famous personalities states. 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.
On at the moment from among almost two hundred thousand who dared to submit an application, the “Leaders of Russia” competition has already eliminated most of 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 the North-West region it ranks first - 53.6% of registrations. Leningrad region takes 13.6%, and Kaliningrad region- 6.3% B won Novosibirsk region- 22%. And in the Southern District the championship is shared Krasnodar region 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 details of online testing
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 the best experts countries. 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 of the 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 Vzglyad newspaper 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 calculated that there would be no more than 15 thousand people willing to try their hand at management. 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 it.
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. Each federal district will have 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 bring a whole series strong arguments to support your words. But as you know, as many people as there are, so many opinions. Therefore, you should never trust the words of those who are too joyful and too 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, Evgeniy 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 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 the very 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 took part in all city mathematical Olympiads and emerged, 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 permanent 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 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 campaigns, 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, but 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 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, who work experience exceeded Zhenya's age from 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 government and municipal government 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 greatest competence of a consulting company, the most complex and most expensive product is conducting sessions strategic planning. 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 a 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 new model training, which was called “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. Evgeniy personally 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.
We talked in detail about this competition, which took place from November 2017 to February 2018. By general recognition, the Leaders of Russia competition is the best social elevator currently available in Russia.
In this article we will tell you about the main innovations, testing stages and ways to prepare for successfully passing the tests of the Leaders of Russia 2018-2019 competition.
In 2018, the all-Russian competition Leaders of Russia began on October 10 and lasted until March 17, 2019. In 2017, let us remind you that about 200 thousand people registered to participate in the competition. And this year, as of October 25, 2018, the number of applications submitted was 227,193.
In the 2018-2019 competition, the stakes are even higher. 20 largest Russian corporations (Rosatom, RAO UES, Roscosmos, Rusal, Rosseti, RT, Severstal, Sibur, Rosneft, Gazpromneft, RusHydro, Rostec, Norilsk Nickel, Lukoil, NLMK, Sberbank, Russian Railways, Rostelecom, Aeroflot, Sirius) announced that they are opening for finalists and winners of Leaders of Russia separate places for training at corporate universities, for internships, and, what is especially attractive, preferences for hiring for management positions in these companies. That is, for the finalists and winners of the competition Leaders of Russia 2018-2019, doors will be open not only to the government of the Russian Federation, but also to largest companies with billions in revenue. Agree: this is something that is really worth fighting for.
To select the winners of the competition, a longer and more complex stage of remote selection is being introduced - testing of the Leaders of Russia competition.
The test stage of Leaders of Russia 2018-2019 is scheduled for the period from 8.00 am on November 5 to December 27, 2018, that is, testing will take almost 2 months. According to the conditions of 2018, the Leaders of Russia tests will be carried out in 3 stages and will be the same as last year. Types of tests, their number and timing of testing Leaders of Russia:
- numerical, verbal, abstract thinking test- from November 5 to November 7 (in the numerical test in 2018 there were 20 questions, 20 minutes were given to pass, in the verbal test - 20 questions, 22 minutes were given to it, the test for abstract logical thinking consists of 25 questions, to pass it 20 minutes were allotted)
- erudition testing (test of general knowledge about Russia)- in 2018 it is carried out from November 19 to 21 (in the 2017 test there were 60 questions, 60 minutes were given to complete them, in 2018, this test had 50 questions - 40 minutes were given to complete them). The 2018 test includes a test of knowledge of the Russian language.
- testing for management potential- from December 2 to December 4 (in the 2017 test there were 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 abstract thinking tests were announced in the 2018-2019 Leaders of Russia competition. This is an innovation in 2018 and it has significantly added 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.
A reasonable question arises: how can you prepare to improve your chances of passing the main stage of selection - remote online testing. Indeed, according to the experience of 2017, after this stage, out of 78,170 competition participants admitted to the test stage, 97% dropped out - only 2,600 of the best passed (about 3% of all participants). This year there are even more test participants in the Leaders of Russia competition - 91,445, and, in addition, this time they are more prepared people who know what to expect from the tests. Many participants have been preparing all year to guarantee themselves a place in the full-time semi-finals.
According to the organizers of the 2018 competition, ALL participants who passed the in-person stage will once again be tested in person under supervision. According to the organizers of the Leaders of Russia competition, this will be a shortened test, but it will be just as difficult.
Only they know what specific questions the organizers will use in the official competition in 2018. We are monitoring the information and will update it regularly. On current moment It is known for sure that in general the format of the tests has been preserved. After all, the technologies for selecting applicants used in the competition are widespread in the world and very effective. They are used by many international companies when selecting and assessing the personal abilities of candidates. Therefore, without wasting time, let’s look in detail at what tests were in the Leaders of Russia 2017 competition and will be in the 2018-2019 competition.
Testing for general knowledge (erudition) of the “Leaders of Russia” competition
The test of general knowledge about Russia of the Leaders of Russia competition covers a huge layer of information on the history, geography, culture and socio-economic structure of our country.
For the 2018 competition, the organizers said that the general knowledge test will be easier compared to the 2017 competition. Half as many questions are planned for ranking - arranging, for example, rivers by length or historical events in chronological order. But a complication will be that some questions that the competition organizers consider easy will be given only 20 seconds. For example, the question is in what century did Ivan the Terrible live? The time limit is very strict.
According to the results of the 2017 competition, it was revealed that the participants had enough time to find the correct answer in Yandex; in 2018, the organizers want the contestants to use only their knowledge.
Let us remind you that sample test tasks for the general knowledge test are available from 8.00 on November 18, 2018, and the test itself must be completed before 8.00 on November 21. Be sure to read the test tasks in advance.
Questions on Russian history
It was required to arrange in chronological order:
- famous historical events from the emergence of Rus' to the present day;
- years of activity of historical figures (from Rurik to the present day).
Questions on the geography of Russia
Required to rank:
- subjects of the Russian Federation by population (in one question there were up to 15 objects for ranking);
- in a certain geographical order (for example, from west to east) islands of the Russian Federation (peninsulas, mountain ranges, lakes and other geographical objects).
Questions on literature and poetry of Russia
It was necessary to quote from the work:
- identify the hero of this work (mostly these were classical works of the Golden and Silver Age);
- define this work.
Questions about Russian architecture
It was necessary to identify the architect of a particular famous monument or building.
Knowledge of the Constitution and the basic socio-economic foundations of our country
The correct answer had to be given:
- questions about knowledge of the Russian Constitution;
- to questions on taxation and finance of the Russian Federation.
Free examples of erudition tests for the Leaders of Russia competition with answers can be found at the link at the end of the article.
Testing for numerical abilities of the competition Leaders of Russia
The tests used by the organizers are similar to the numerical (mathematical) tests of well-known test developers SHL, KENEXA and Saville. The tasks contained graphs, tables and diagrams. Solving them required a calculator, paper for notes and a monitor with a diagonal of at least 17 inches. The test contained 25 tasks and took 25 minutes to complete - 60 seconds per task. test task.
Free examples of numerical tests of the Leaders of Russia competition with answers can be found at the link at the end of the article.
When preparing for the numerical tests of the Leaders of Russia competition on our website, focus on tests from the SHL company.
Testing for verbal abilities of the competition Leaders of Russia
The 2018 competition test consists of text fragments, each of which is accompanied by 5-6 statements. Based on the information provided in the passage, you will be required to choose one answer. Questions might sound like this:
- choose the statement that best conveys general meaning excerpt;
- What conclusion can be drawn based on information from the text?
- choose a synonym for the definition given in the text.
It was necessary to choose the most correct option, suitable for the context, among the listed words that have approximately the same semantic meaning. The 2018 competition test consists of 20 tasks and 22 minutes were allotted to complete it - an average of 60 seconds per question; switching between questions is prohibited.
Free examples of verbal tests for the Leaders of Russia competition with answers can be found at the link below.
Testing for abstract-logical abilities of the competition Leaders of Russia
An innovation of the 2018 competition was the use of tests for abstract logical thinking in the first stage of testing. Logic tests are designed to assess your ability to understand abstract forms and the rules for forming groups of them. These are quite difficult tests for those who have not seen them before.
In the test of the 2018 Leaders of Russia competition, 25 logic tasks are given, 20 minutes are allotted for their completion, that is, about 45 seconds per question. After practicing on HRLider, you will be able to solve such tasks in 20-30 seconds.
Testing for managerial potential of the Leaders of Russia competition
Tests for managerial potential and leadership abilities represented the last fourth stage of correspondence distance testing Leaders of Russia. This test consisted of 120 questions and was the most voluminous and longest. It took 3.5 hours to complete.
Each test task consisted of a description of a specific or general work situation and proposed options. The tasks were presented in various question formats:
- choose one answer option that represents the best or worst or first response to the situation;
- mark 2 answers - the best and worst answers;
- rank the answers in order from worst to best;
- rate the answers on the effectiveness scale.
Questions and tasks of the Leaders of Russia competition will be changed in 2018. They will become more complex and more diverse. To feel more confident during testing, you need to try to make the most of all the opportunities provided and the information available for preliminary preparation.
- Prepare in advance for the remote selection stage for all known categories tests: for general erudition, numerical, verbal, logical and for management and leadership qualities.
- Pay special attention to preparing tests for managerial potential - this is the most difficult stage of testing. After this, the largest number of participants were eliminated. The tests in this block were prepared to select the best candidates for management positions. With their help, you can evaluate yourself on the following competencies: leadership qualities, communication skills, management potential, personal characteristics and your leadership experience.
If you have already passed the full-time stage of the competition and you are interested in information on the semi-finals and finals, we recommend that you read our special article:
From our community members
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
The other day, the best of the best managers in the country were identified. The “Leaders of Russia” competition has ended in Sochi. Our Tatarstan compatriot, 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 go further, I lack systematization practical experience, obtained in the 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
The mentor whose selection I now expect before the end of February is additional opportunity 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 supervisors who gave advice, shared their experience, gave me the opportunity to take initiative, in a word, who helped me grow .
How was it?
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 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 a very high-quality feedback to our group - told about the pros and cons of our solution, 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 this 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 entire squad, and I think this turned out to be the right strategy. Pavel is also a 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. It was incredibly comfortable to work with him as a team, I really envy his colleagues and employees, high level people management.
Dmitry Stapran - Moscow, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting LLC - megabrain and megaman. In his head there is an incredible amount of the most interesting information about everything, while he does not “press” with his intellect, but tells it 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 strengths each of us, 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 account with results of all stages, reports on competencies, 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 new trend light shaggy hair is in fashion for female managers.
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 training grant, 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. 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 for a company that cares about your success.
I came to the competition to win a training grant, and now I am 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. Many thanks to my parents, who came and supported us throughout the competition and helped my husband cope with his 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
Yoshkar-Ola, October 19. The winner of the “Leaders of Russia” competition from Mari El shares secrets on how to become the first in the prestigious competency competition.
Now the qualifying stage of the most interesting competition “Leaders of Russia” begins in the country. Throughout the country, people are being looked for who, due to their knowledge, life experience, and charisma, could finally become future leaders capable of giving Russia a new impetus in development.
The “Leaders of Russia” competition is open. Everyone can participate in it. And for me, this is a kind of revolution in the approach to the formation of the elite in Russia. The fundamental principle itself has changed. This is when the nobles were replaced by the bourgeoisie: you get into the elite not by blood or relationship, but by your abilities - and that’s all!
How tough is the selection for this competition? What did you need to present? How to win? MediaPotok asked about this and more entrepreneur and arbitration manager Nikolai Vitchukov, the only representative of Mari El, who last year reached the finals of the “Leaders of Russia” competition.
— Nikolai Mikhailovich, how did you come up with the idea to participate?
“I turned on the TV, saw a story about the competition and thought: “Why not? » Registered on the site. Next, I had to record a video interview with myself.
- Um, did you ask questions... to yourself??
— Rather, it’s a video essay, a three-minute story about myself in the first person: who I am, what successes I already have, what interested me in the competition, what I expect from it.
— What did you want from the competition?
— I wanted new perspectives, so that new opportunities would be opened. And in fact, they opened up. The level of communication that was provided to us during the competition greatly expanded my scope - ideological, intellectual, and social. And most importantly, the level of acquaintances that I now have, I think, will be applicable in my life.
- So, you recorded a video and...
— ...Sent the video along with a package of documents to the organizers’ website. Then the organizing committee called me and said that I was in. I was admitted to the correspondence stages, there were two of them, on the Internet.
— What awaited you at these stages?
— Within two days it was necessary to answer a certain set of questions. The questions are absolutely varied, from mathematics to logic. Knowledge was tested in literature, geography, etc. Evaluated general level development, this is a kind of extended IQ test. At the second stage, managerial qualities were tested more.
— And based on the results of the correspondence stages, you are invited...
- ...to the semi-finals, to Nizhny Novgorod. Frankly, I was surprised. Because I couldn’t answer all the questions - I’m not a genius, and I can’t know everything. Meanwhile, it was necessary to respond within a strict time frame. I would like to advise those who will storm this competition: if you come across a difficult question, skip it, otherwise you will waste time. I’ll tell you a secret: my wife stood behind me and, if she noticed that I was thinking for a long time, she said: next question! My wife was generally very supportive of me. And the fact that I became the winner and reached the finals was largely due to her.
— What did you see in Nizhny?
— Various competitions were held there for two days. It was a set of business cases, business games, where an assessment was already given of a person’s managerial qualities, what he is capable of, how he can communicate, negotiate, make decisions in stressful situations. In the semi-finals there were three of us from Mari El, and although all the guys turned out to be worthy, I made it to the final alone, taking seventh place in the Volga Federal District.
The final took place in Sochi, and 300 people from all over the country came here. Here we had speakers who spoke about problems in the Russian economy, in the public consciousness, and proposed solutions. Kudrin, Lavrov, Sobyanin and others spoke.
But most of all, of course, I remember Gref, a man who already lives in another world, far ahead of us, he has very innovative ideas. And when we solved business cases here, we already had mentors - either governors or equally high-level managers.
— What did communicating with such blocks give you? Russian politics?
“I began to look at many things differently. They see our regional problems from a completely different point of view. We think that our retirement age has been raised, our dears are bad, etc. But they think more globally: simply by patching up a hole in the asphalt, but without changing the entire structure of the road infrastructure, we will not solve the situation with roads. The same with pensions: people should receive vocational education to be competitive until age 65. In a word, a look on a completely different scale, and we were given this opportunity to look at all of Russia as a whole.
— What did you get, besides experience? Have there already been any offers?
— Yes, I have already received some offers, however, from other regions and from slightly different professional fields. In addition, as a finalist, I received an educational grant of one million rubles. And now with these funds I am studying at the Skolkovo School of Management, studying the public administration system. One of the modules of this course will take place in Beijing at the Business School.
— But as for the civil service, are you now in some kind of “golden reserve”?
“I’ll say this: I hope that they remember me.” In fact, there is a feeling that a new management team is now being formed in the country. And the President entrusted this important task to Sergei Vladilenovich Kiriyenko.
“Moreover, if you look at the new governors, we need people, even young ones, who are energetic, active and, most importantly, educated.
“It seems to me that the goal is to have accomplished people in government who will think not about their pockets, but about the country.” Yes, a person who comes to the civil service should receive a decent salary, but he should not use the civil service as a business. It is no coincidence that, as a rule, already established people who have reached certain levels participate in “Leaders of Russia”.
- That is... already, in essence, leaders?
— Yes, each in their own industries. Of course, we had unemployed people and young guys who were just starting their own business, and they even made it to the finals and won. Here the knowledge and skills of a person were really assessed, and not his condition. And these people are also leaders, only potential ones.
— Will this year’s competition arouse interest among our fellow countrymen?
— Several people have already called me, asking how to take part in the competition, how to answer the tests. Even people I don't know find me. There is already quite a lot of interest in this competition in the republic.
— And yet, judging by the number of applications for the “Leaders of Russia” competition, Mari El is not yet among the leaders. Why? Are our people just shy?
- You know, I would give instructions to the directors: if you have young, smart guys who want to participate in this competition, there should be no restrictions! I know that many people say: “They won’t let me go at work”, “I don’t have time”, “I’m very busy”... But the potential is enormous!
In this sense, state corporations are more far-sighted and flexible in this regard. We had a lot of participants from Russian Railways, Gazprom Neft, and Sberbank. I hope for the same foresight from our corps of directors. People don't even ask for money, just give them a chance to enter a new orbit of development!
