Carlson Scholar·12 — CHEMBA07班 龙于涛Ivy

【个人简介】

CHRO of Meishang Cosmetics Corporate Ltd

President of Human Resources Development Chapter, Guangdong HR Management Associates

Co-Founder of CODN (China OD Network)

Co-Founder of Dedao Education andConsulting Company

美尚化妆品有限公司首席人才官，广东省人力资源管理协会人力资源发展分会会长，CODN （中国 OD 网）创始理事，得道教育咨询公司联合创始人

【学生感想】

To me, CHEMBA is a name with affections:

A CHOICE FOLLOWING MY HEART
14 years ago, in 2007, I got a recognition as High Potential from company, offering me a sponsorship of a further learning program in China – I can choose anyone MBA/EMBA program all over the China and the company would pay. Among all the programs I decided to choose CHEMBA because its curriculum are really for global and local which would definitely become a basic requirement for Chinese leaders in the next decades along with China’s economy growth.

When I started the CHEMBA journey, I found it a right decision: The courses were designed with right mix—5 finance related courses from Financial Accounting, to Managerial Accounting, to Corporate Finance, then to Advance Finance, and to Macro Economy, equipping us with financial knowledge and skills to gradually understand what business is and to run it. Based on that, Strategy Management, Marketing Management, Information Management, Organization and Human Resources Management, Legal and Leadership building on. I was a specialized in HR function before CHEMBA, after going through the whole journey, I got the whole business framework of business – it’s also a critical enabler in my career development after graduation from CHEMBA: to CHRO, to corporate VP and to entrepreneur.

VTP （Virtual Team Project）is the most exciting and valuable part of CHEMBA program –forming the team from China, US and Europe, we set up our business plan by collecting market information, doing business analysis, finding business opportunities, and designing the business model, strategies, organization and team, etc. Going through dozens of conference calls and emails, more than 10 versions of revision of the business plan, we explored our eye-sights from local to global. Finally when we met each others on US campus for project presentation, the virtual team came true! That's a fantastic experience in my life.

PROFESSORS WITH HIGH STANDARDS
Professors in CHEMBA are all strict in terms of teaching and assignment standard. A very impressive case I often share with my colleagues when we try to bargain on timeline or standard: January 2008, we finished the course of Operation Management, some of the students tried to bargain with professor to reduce some of the written assignments. Professor Anderson asked why. The answer is because CNY was coming, students would be busy in visiting clients or attending dinners. Someone said, “Professor, don’t forget, we are part-time EMBA students, not full-time! We are very busy!” Professor Anderson said, “Yes, I know you are part-time students. After graduation, when you seek a new job, can you accept a half-cut in your salary because you are part-time EMBA? If not, why do you think you can do half of assignments but enjoy same increase of your market value? Guys, it’s not about assignment, it’s about attitude and your values.” –Yes, why do you think you are enjoy a full return with half efforts? Silent. Nobody say anything more. In that CNY holiday, each one of us worked very hard to complete the 7 case write-ups and a team paper, but nobody complains. This is a learning on value and leadership.

CLASSMATES WITH LOVE
CHEMBA 7 is a class with love. We founded the Mingling Charity Foundation because we thought we should not just group together for a 2-year study, but should also do something benefiting the community. We are so glad to see Mingling Charity Foundation still runs well and keeping helping children in poor areas by CHEMBA students year on year.

CHEMBA 7 is a closely tightened class. After 14 years, we are now still actively interacting with the fellows. Some of the small groups, even active EVERY in WeChat groups, discussing macro economy, investment projects, career, personal life, etc.

THE ACADEMIC AWARD WITH HONOR
The academic award is a big recognition to my efforts in this 2-year study. Still remember the honor: in the big hall, hundreds of EMB/EMBA/Ph.D graduates and their families sitting there, the moderator asked the award receivers, those who wore yellow cord, to stand upand accept the applauses from all. At the moment, I know, the honor went to my family and all the classmates, team fellows and professors who helped me.

Last week, when I opened the files trying to find some pictures wearing yellow cord, I found 2 interesting ones: one is Atwood, my husband, helping me wearing my yellow cord, in 2009. Another one is Atwood himself stood on the graduation hall wearing yellow cord in 2015. Yes, he decided to join CHEMBA after getting to know this great program from me and my classmates.

Once someone asked me what would be my comments on CHEMBA in one or two sentences. My answer is : I took CHEMBA from a company sponsorship, but after finished the study, I found I would still choose it even if I’d pay by myself. It’s worthy of more than the tuition.

Ivy在2009年参加明尼苏达大学卡尔森管理学院Global EMBA晚宴代表CHEMBA致辞

对我来说，CHEMBA是一个有爱的名字。

一个跟从内心的选择

14年前，即2007年，我受到公司的表彰，为我在中国继续学习提供赞助——我可以选择国内任何一个MBA或EMBA项目，费用由公司支付。了解了众多项目之后，我选择了CHEMBA，因为它的课程是正真做到立足本土，放眼全球，随着中国经济的发展，这必定会成为未来几十年中国企业领导人的基本要求。
当我开始CHEMBA之旅后，我发现这是一个正确的决定：课程设计合理——5门金融相关课程让我们具备了财务知识和技能，逐渐了解什么是企业和如何经营企业。在此基础上，进行战略管理、市场营销管理、信息管理、组织与人力资源管理、法律与领导力的建设。参加CHEMBA前，我专职于HR工作；完成CHEMBA项目后，我获得了整个商业框架的学习——这也是我之后职业发展的关键推动力：成为CHRO，到企业副总裁，再到创业者。
VTP (Virtual Team Project)是CHEMBA项目中最令人兴奋和最有价值的部分。我们团队由来自中国、美国和欧洲的成员组成，通过收集市场信息、进行商业分析、寻找商业机会、设计商业模式、战略、组织和团队等来制定商业计划。经过数十回电话会议和电子邮件沟通，10多个版本的商业计划修订，我们实现从本地到全球视野的探索。最后，当我们在美国校园里见面并进行项目展示时，虚拟团队变成了现实！那是我生命中美妙的经历。

高要求的教授

CHEMBA的教授在教学和作业标准上都很严格。当同事们企图跟我就标准和时间讨价还价的时候，我经常跟同事分享一件印象深刻的事情：2008年1月，我们完成了运营管理的课程，一些同学试图与教授讨价还价，希望减少一些作业。安德森教授问为什么。同学告诉教授，因为春节快到了，大家会忙着拜访客户或参加晚宴。有人说：“教授，别忘了，我们是在职的EMBA学生，不是全日制的！我们很忙！”安德森教授说：“是的，我知道你们是在职的学生。毕业后，当你找新工作时，你是否能接受因为你是在职EMBA而薪水减半？如果不能，为什么你认为你可以只完成一半的任务，却得到同样的市场价值增长？伙计们，这不是任务的问题，而是态度和价值观的问题。”大家都沉默了。在那个春节假期，每个人都非常努力地完成了7篇案例总结和1篇团队论文，但是没有人抱怨。这是一种对价值观和领导力的学习。

有爱的同学

CHEMBA7是一个充满爱的班级。我们创立了明岭慈善基金会，因为我们认为班级不应该仅仅在一起学习两年之后就散了，还应继续一起做一些有益于社会的事。我们很高兴看到明岭慈善基金会仍然运作良好，通过每一届的CHEMBA 同学一年又一年地帮助贫困学生。
CHEMBA7是一个联系紧密的班级。14年后，我们仍然积极互动，部分同学甚至活跃于各大微信群，讨论宏观经济、投资项目、个人生活等。

荣获学术荣誉奖

这个学术奖项是对我这两年努力学习的肯定。我还记得那个光荣的时刻：当时在大礼堂里，数百名MBA/EMBA/博士毕业生和他们的家人云集一堂，主持人请戴黄丝带的领奖人起立接受大家的掌声。我知道，这个荣誉属于我的家人，以及所有帮助过我的同学、队友和教授。
上周，我打开了一个文件夹想找一些戴着黄丝带的照片时，发现了两张很有意思的照片：一张是我的丈夫Atwood在帮我戴上我的黄丝带，那是在2009年的时候拍的；另一张是2015年的时候Atwood自己戴着黄丝带站在毕业礼堂。他从我和我的同学那儿了解了这个优秀的项目后，决定加入CHEMBA。
曾经有人让我用一两句话评论CHEMBA，我的回答是：开始是公司赞助我来CHEMBA进修，但在完成学习后，我认为即便需要自付学费，我也会选择就读它。它的价值远超这笔学费本身。