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Week9’s LPO classes were sort of building more on the Change-Management perspectives. We had Guest lectures from David Loree(Organizational behavior professor at Ivey), Wade Oosterman(Chief Brand Officer at Bell Mobility and Channels), David Estok (Editor-in-Chief, The Hamilton Spectator) and Violet Konkle (former COO, Walmart Canada). In addition to the regular decision making, leadership and career cases and, communications classes, Career Management had organized resume review sessions, and Finance and Consulting industry overview clinics. The consulting club officially kick-started its activities with an introductory session on case interviews. There was also an optional (paid) Financial Technical training workshop (IBI) during the weekend. The most important highlight in week9 was the self assessment report that was due on the Thursday. We deployed numerous self-assessment techniques such as PERSONAL VALUES, MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR (MBTI), CRITICAL INCIDENT TECHNIQUE (CIT), DAVID BAUM LEADERSHIP WHEEL, Sigma Testing PERSONALITY RESEARCH FORM, 360* FEEDBACK and CAREER LEADER. Honestly, I found this to be very useful in terms of providing useful insights on my career aspirations and skills. It’s true that the no self assessment tool can be 100% accurate, however, the tools did reasonably predict personal traits and behaviors, enabling me to understand myself better and make better/effective career decisions.