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The second year of my financial management diploma is almost over!
I still can’t believe it. The time surely did go fast.
This year was definitely an exciting one. I enrolled in the BCIT Peak Leadership program which was a great experience.
The Peak Leadership program is a program at BCIT for all students that want to improve their leadership skills while meeting new and exciting people from all over the campus. During the year every students need to complete a goal setting activity, volunteer 15 hours and attend at least 3 events in order to be eligible to complete the program. The workshops are extremely valuable since you can talk to many professionals and learn all of their experiences as a leader in the business community. We had some great speakers this year, leaders that proven themselves in the real world. People we can really admire by the success they showed.
As a student you don’t have many chances to meet people like that and this opportunity is definitely one of those one you shouldn’t pass. Go and get involved in the program, you will not regret it!

At the end of my first year at BCIT I took an opportunity to lead my set in one of our classes, Financial reports. I successfully manage a set of 30 students for our BCIT Financial Reporting class. The class was designed so that 2 set managers are coordinating all of the work in each set and do proper evaluation of student work. The instructor relied completely on the set manager’s help in the organization and development of the course.
The job seemed easy at the beginning but soon after I realized managing all kinds of different people can be a difficult task. I was in charge of discipline resolution, complains and course structure which wasn’t as easy as it looks. However, I did manage to finish the program and with hard work and student support I manage to successfully bring all of my students towards the end with excellent result. Team work was really a big part of my strategy and at the end it all worked out.