መሪዎች Join Us for an Inspiring Episode with Dr. Arega Yirdaw, President of Unity University: the former longest-serving CEO of MIDROC Technology Group! In this enlightening episode of the MERI Podcast, we feature Dr. Arega Yirdaw, a distinguished leader known for his transformative impact on Ethiopia’s business and education sectors. With a remarkable career spanning over four decades, Dr. Arega served as the CEO of MIDROC Technology Group, leading one of Ethiopia’s largest conglomerates for two decades. In this episode, Dr. Arega dives deep into a broad range of topics: - Leadership Journey - Business Philosophy - Management and running big operations - Personality and Running a Business - Business Sectors Tune in as he shares valuable insights from his professional journey and offers advice for managers! Please find his books, Managing Organizational Structure: Practical Design and Application, Managing Gold Mine Production and Operation: A Practical Application, The Role of Governance in Quality of Education in Private Higher Education Institutions: Ethiopia as a Case Study on Amazon as well as Jafar Book Store and Unity Library at Gerji. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and hit that notification bell for more incredible content from us. More from our partners: EthioTelecom Website: https://www.ethiotelecom.et/ Telegram: https://t.me/ethio_telecom Dashen Bank Website: https://dashenbanksc.com Telegram: https://t.me/DashenBankEthiopia 00:00 - Introduction 02:53 - Opening 03:59 - the begining of his professional journey 05:07 - from professional work to the business world 08:15 - Running Midroc 20:42 - Decsion making process 29:30 - Running 26 Companies 36:54 - Role of Personality in managing a business 54:28 - the influence of coming from an engineering background and lesson learned from the USA 01:02:22 - The thought process of joining a whole new business sector 01:05:24 - Organizational structure 01:16:07 - Focus area as a CEO 01:31:24 - is it possible to run 26 companies at once? 01:37:40 - Reporting and Meetings Social Links https://www.linkedin.com/company/meripodcast/ https://www.tiktok.com/@meripodcast https://twitter.com/MERI_Podcast https://www.instagram.com/meripodcast/ https://t.me/MERI_PODCAST https://youtube.com/@Meriwoch?si=yIpJ3byprnVNwKi1 n/ Copyright Notice for Meri Podcast: All rights reserved. The content featured in this podcast is protected by copyright laws. Unauthorized reproduction, distribution, or modification of any portion of this podcast is strictly prohibited. For permission to use our content, please contact us at meripodcastet@gmail.com Thank you for respecting our copyright.