MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Dear Members, It is with great pleasure that I write this message in the first quarterly issue of the CMI Newsleer for this year which has recommenced aſter a period of me. As menoned in my inaugural speech at the AGM, we are looking to achieve four main goals this year. I am happy to inform you that the progress made so far is quite promising with the support of my able ExCo members and few volunteers. Our first goal is to encourage, enroll and retain members. We are working to increase membership this year since over the period membership has decreased considerably. I invite you to introduce potenal members through your contacts and support this drive. Secondly, we intend to introduce an Awards Scheme for Management Excellence in the country. We have been able to do a considerable amount of groundwork and hope to stage the awards ceremony in the first half of 2017. We believe this event will help to fill an important gap - recognion of competent management skills and enhance professionalism in the management fraternity in the country. Thirdly, we wish to introduce the Chartered Manager programme which is the highest status that can be achieved in the management profession and we have started working with CMI UK and, hopefully, before the end of this year, the programme will be available locally. The fourth goal is to organize programmes that can develop skills and knowledge of our managers and we are planning to organize several such events and the first evening presentaon will be organized with our knowledge partner KMPG in the month of October. Similarly, programmes are planned during the months of November and December, which will be informed to you in due course. Furthermore, I’m happy to announce that we have been able to successfully conclude the CMI Quiz Challenge for the third consecuve year on the 7 th of August 2016. I would like to congratulate our Co-Chairs of PR, Publicity and Web commiee, Mr. Sajith de Silva and Ms. Niranjali Goonasekara for making this a reality as I have promised in my inaugural speech. Management Guru Peter Drucker once said “The best way to predict the future is to create it”. So let’s work towards creang a bright future for CMI Sri Lanka and I urge you to be a part of it! Malraj B. Kiriella, FCMI President, CMI Sri Lanka Branch “LET’S WORK TOWARDS CREATING A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR CMI SRI LANKA AND I URGE YOU TO BE A PART OF IT!” SRI LANKA Quarterly Newsletter Volume 1 Issue 1 July to September 2016 THE MANAGEMENT NEWS
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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
Dear Members,
It is with great pleasure that I write this message in the first quarterly issue of the CMI Newsletter for this year which has recommenced after a period of time.
As mentioned in my inaugural speech at the AGM, we are looking to achieve four main goals this year. I am happy to inform you that the progress made so far is quite promising with the support of my able ExCo members and few volunteers. Our first goal is to encourage, enroll and retain members. We are working to increase membership this year since over the period membership has decreased considerably. I invite you to introduce potential members through your contacts and support this drive.
Secondly, we intend to introduce an Awards Scheme for Management Excellence in the country. We have been able to do a considerable amount of groundwork and hope to stage the awards ceremony in the first half of 2017. We believe this event will help to fill an important gap - recognition of competent management skills and enhance professionalism in the management fraternity in the country. Thirdly, we wish to introduce the Chartered Manager programme which is the highest status that can be achieved in the management profession
and we have started working with CMI UK and, hopefully, before the end of this year, the programme will be available locally. The fourth goal is to organize programmes that can develop skills and knowledge of our managers and we are planning to organize several such events and the first evening presentation will be organized with our knowledge partner KMPG in the month of October. Similarly, programmes are planned during the months of November and December, which will be informed to you in due course. Furthermore, I’m happy to announce that we have been able to successfully conclude the CMI Quiz Challenge for the third consecutive year on the 7th of August 2016.
I would like to congratulate our Co-Chairs of PR, Publicity and Web committee, Mr. Sajith de Silva and Ms. Niranjali Goonasekara for making this a reality as I have promised in my inaugural speech.
Management Guru Peter Drucker once said “The best way to predict the future is to create it”. So let’s work towards creating a bright future for CMI Sri Lanka and I urge you to be a part of it!
Malraj B. Kiriella, FCMIPresident, CMI Sri Lanka Branch
“LET’S WORK TOWARDS CREATING A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR CMI SRI LANKA AND I URGE YOU TO BE A PART OF IT!”
S R I L A N K AQuarterly Newsletter Volume 1 Issue 1
July to September 2016
THE MANAGEMENT NEWS
PresidentMr. Malraj B. Kiriella, FCMI
Immediate Past PresidentMr. Varuna Ratnaweera, FCMI
1st Vice PresidentMr. K. Dharmasena, FCMI
2nd Vice PresidentMr. Murali Prakash, FCMI
Honorary SecretaryMr. Sanjeeva Jayasinghe, MCMI
TreasurerMr. M.M.S. Quvylidh, FCMI
Assistant SecretaryEur. Ing. Lakmal Senanayake, CMGR MCMI
Assistant TreasurerMr. Nimal Mamaduwa, FCMI
Other Members Mr. Indra Kaushal Rajapakse, MCMI Mr. Ramesh Dassanayake, FCMI Mr. Panduka Weerasinghe, FCMI Ms. Niranjali Goonasekara, FCMI Ms. Sanjeewani Pitadeniya, MCMI Prof. Ajantha Dharmasiri, MCMI Mr. Sajith de Silva, FCMI
The Chartered Management Institute UK (CMI) Sri Lanka branch held its 15th Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday, the 23rd of June 2016, at the Kingsbury amidst a large gathering of its members. Mr. Malraj B. Kiriella (FCMI) was elected President for the year 2016 / 2017.
His Excellency James Dauris, the High Commissioner for UK in Sri Lanka and the Patron of CMI Sri Lanka Branch, graced the occasion as the Chief Guest.
THE CORE VALUES OF CMI
Delivering a very informative and instructive speech on Management and Politics, the High Commissioner spoke on the importance of the core values of CMI, all starting with P - Professional, Progressive, Passionate and Practical. He continued to emphasize on the importance of being Professional and Progressive which are words of priority for business leaders globally. It was important to be Professional and Progressive when governing a country, a government department or a regional government.
His Excellency Dauris added that it was impossible to achieve today’s goals without being Passionate in your work and Practical in your approach. He also intimated that “Politicians like Company Directors need to be focused on making progress.”
The High Commissioner also spoke about Paul Hawken’s book Natural Capitalism “Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them.”
Quoting Thomas Watson’s premise, H. E. Dauris indicated that the difference between success and failure in a corporation can be traced on how well the organization brings out the energies and talents of its people. Likewise, in a country, the difference between success and failure depends on how well the country engages its people, brings out their energies and talents so that they will aim for the remarkable without settling for the routine.
He posed a question to the members of CMI “whether the CMI members are bringing all the skills as Chartered Managers to help Sri Lanka to aim for the remarkable.”
THE FOUR GOALS
Incoming CMI Sri Lanka Branch President, Malraj B. Kiriella in his inaugural speech said that he hopes to continue with the good work that the branch has been performing and aims at achieving four main goals this year. He described these four goals as working on developing the membership strength, introducing a recognition scheme for management excellence in the country to encourage greater professionalism of our managers, developing and promoting the CMI Chartered Manager Programme locally and introducing programmers that can develop knowledge and skills of managers.
The President explained that developing membership strength is very important for long term success of the Sri Lanka Branch.
Chartered Manager status, awarded by CMI - UK, is the highest status that could be achieved in the management profession. He spoke about the importance of the qualification and said that currently the CMI Sri Lanka branch has only 6 Chartered Managers out of its 130 members. One of his goals, he said, is to develop the Chartered Manager programme in Sri Lanka.
He also reminded why the CMI stands out among many other institutions. Having infrastructure and experience to deliver Custom Programmes to meet training requirements, having professional consultants to meet the highest standards, acting as a unique body to tackle today’s key HR issues and the only institution offering Chartered Manager status and well as recognition of CPD.
FELICITATION OF MEMBERS
The institute traditionally felicitates members who complete 25 years of membership with the award of special recognition certificates at AGMs every year. This year too three members were presented with certificates of recognition. The three members were Mr. Stuart Chapman FCMI, Mr. Dharshan John FCMI and Mr. Wajjiya Hettiarachchi MCMI.
Executive Committee
AGM & ELECTION OF THENEW COMMITTEE
“IF WE COLLECTIVELY WORK TOWARDS A GOAL, WE CAN BE LIKE THE MIGHTY OCEAN, THOUGH WE MAY INDIVIDUALLY BE LIKE LITTLE DROPS OF WATER.”
A total of 29 teams took part in CMI Quiz Challenge- 2016, for which the questions were compiled by the International Quizzing Association (IQA) country representative, Mr. Ruwan Senanayake.
Team ‘Invictus’ led by Hasini Minuwanpitiya, IQA top female quizzer in Sri Lanka, emerged the overall winners and were awarded with the CMI Quiz Challenge Trophy, certificates and a cash award of Rs. 100,000. The other members of team ‘Invictus’ included Kasun Pathirage, Lakshmi Radhakrishnan, Gayani Minuwanpitiya and Ranuka Dharmaratne.
The second placed team was led by Kasun Bandara Ekanayake, and was supported by Akila Abesinghe, Kasun
Jayakody, Chamath Kayakody and Charudaththta Ekanayake. The first runner-ups also received a trophy, certificates and a cash prize of Rs. 75,000.
The 3rd place honors went to the team led by Shehan Kumar comprising Pramod de Silva, Dulantha De Silva, Asela Olupeliyawa and Gihan Indraguptha and they received Rs. 50,000 as prize money and certificates of excellence.
In 4th place was Dialog ‘A’ team while 99X Technology was placed on the 5th placed. Each team was presented with a cash award of Rs. 30,000 and Rs. 25,000 respectively along with certificates.
Dialog Axiata A team emerged the winners in mercantile section of the competition and 99X Technology was placed the first in IT and BPO Sector.
DFCC Bank team led by Nalin Karunathileka became the winners for the second consecutive year over the other teams from People’s Bank, Seylan Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Pan Asia Bank and HSBC.
All the participants were presented with a certificate of participation while Helanka Vacations was the Event Management Partners of CMI Sri Lanka for this quiz.
The Sri Lanka Branch of Chartered Management Institute (CMI) UK, successfully conducted its Quiz Challenge for the third consecutive year on Sunday, August 7, 2016 at the Kingsbury Hotel, Colombo.
CMI SRI LANKA ORGANIZES CMI QUIZ CHALLANGE
Mr. Varuna Ratnaweera, FCMIProject Chairman - CMI Quiz Challenge Past President - CMI Sri Lanka Branch
Winners' Trophy being presented by Keith Davies Country Director British Council to team Invictus led by Hasini Minuwanpitiya
Runners Up Kasun Bandara Ekanayake's team with CMI President Malraj B Kiriealla
3rd placed Shehan Kumar's team - being presented with Certificates by Varuna Ratnaweera, Immediate Past Preseident of CMI
Dialog Axiata Mercantile 4th placed and sector winners with K Dharmasena, CMI Vice Preesident
GAIN PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION
CMI SRI LANKA UPCOMING EVENTS
CMI membership - Affiliate, Associate (ACMI), Member (MCMI) & Fellow (FCMI) - commands great recognition worldwide while offering access to qualifications, courses, mentoring and unrivalled support resources. You can display your post nominal as a commitment to continuous professional development and accomplishment as a manager.
CMI Membership also prepares you to meet daily management challenges in a professional, proficient way. Improving performance and effectiveness at
October- CMI Sri Lanka and KPMG Evening Seminar
November - Launch of CMI Management Excellence Awards Scheme
(More details will be circulated in due course)
managing people and projects will reinforce your confidence and ultimately, status in your organisation.
All in all, whether you’re looking to advance to a senior management role or join the ‘C’ suite, it’s bound to help you tremendously.
For more details about CMI membership or Chartered Manager Programme, please contact Mr. Vajira Jayawardhana, Admin Secretary, CMI Sri Lanka (Mobile: +94710676600, Email: [email protected])
Chartered Management Institute - Sri Lanka Branch, C/O The Management Club, Galadari Hotel, Room 206, 2nd Floor, No.64, Lotus Road, Colombo-01.
Chartered Manager is the highest status that can be earned in the management profession. Awarded only by CMI, it's recognized, respected and valued across all the sectors.
In today’s competitive job market, it’s essential for individuals to establish their credentials as professionals to distinguish themselves from the crowd if they intend to succeed. Employers too are searching for evidence that an individual is motivated and committed enough to be considered for investment in their professional development.
The findings of the research reveal that Chartered Manager is viewed as a route to become a professional manager. Of those interviewed, 90% say they became Chartered Managers to enhance their management skills. Nearly four in five (79%) state that they took on Chartership to better their performance at work. The process of securing the Chartered Manager status clearly boosts the overall skill levels, with 83% believing they have become better managers for it. Earning the Chartered Manager accreditation is efficient and cost-effective compared to many other management development inventions.
CMI Sri Lanka invites you to take your first step to secure the prestigious Chartered Manager status and broaden your horizons.
