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In many ways the official statistics of a country tell us little about a county and its people. The bloodless GDP is always available， but it tells us very little about the activities that are positively contributing to the general welfare. We thought about that once more when we were in Brazil last month.
China is Brazil’s largest trading partner. A position the US held until 2009. In 2011， bilateral trade between China and Brazil surpassed that between China and Russia. In 2012 imports and exports between the two countries reached $75.5 billion. Brazil is a huge exporter of commodities， and China is a big consumer and they invested in each other’s economies. Both countries have very well developed and underdeveloped regions. Both argue for a more multi-polar world and both countries are not willing to act under the tutelage of the U.S.
Brazil， the country often said to have a future that never comes， has hit another economic bad patch， but life goes on. And Brazil has a lot of people who are positively contributing to the country continue their work. One of them， Amana Key， our favorite institutions in Brazil， contributes a lot to raise leadership
and management standards even above international levels.
This company is highly regarded in leadership education and development programs. Amana Key is training about 100 leaders every month and offers facilities for 40 people to live at the property during the program. The beautiful campus is located in the dynamic city of Sao Paulo. Brazil， like all other countries， is in desperate need of qualified workforce. Especially in top positions.
Now as levels are already high for any leadership training at Amana Key， what would be needed to become a staff member of such a high level enterprise？ We are lucky to be good friends with Oscar Motomura， the CEO. He told us about a very special program developed for this purpose： Amana Key’s Young Leaders Project. Candidates should not only have the chance to be hired， but have the opportunity to benefit from a rich and diverse experience simply by participating in the process. It is very much worth having a closer look at Amana Key’s Young Leaders Project. The latest program ended just a short time before we visited the company in November. This time 1，047 candidates had applied for the selection. Only 10 finally made it and are now part of the Amana-Key staff.
The selection process began with a rather unusual pre-selection. Instead of sending resumes， the candidates were asked to write a letter referencing the quality of their commitment as a student， their academic achievement， their values and their interests， and also what criteria they use to choose the company in which they want to work. Amana Key’s conditions to be chosen as a candidate were：
China is Brazil’s largest trading partner. A position the US held until 2009. In 2011， bilateral trade between China and Brazil surpassed that between China and Russia. In 2012 imports and exports between the two countries reached $75.5 billion. Brazil is a huge exporter of commodities， and China is a big consumer and they invested in each other’s economies. Both countries have very well developed and underdeveloped regions. Both argue for a more multi-polar world and both countries are not willing to act under the tutelage of the U.S.
Brazil， the country often said to have a future that never comes， has hit another economic bad patch， but life goes on. And Brazil has a lot of people who are positively contributing to the country continue their work. One of them， Amana Key， our favorite institutions in Brazil， contributes a lot to raise leadership
and management standards even above international levels.
This company is highly regarded in leadership education and development programs. Amana Key is training about 100 leaders every month and offers facilities for 40 people to live at the property during the program. The beautiful campus is located in the dynamic city of Sao Paulo. Brazil， like all other countries， is in desperate need of qualified workforce. Especially in top positions.
Now as levels are already high for any leadership training at Amana Key， what would be needed to become a staff member of such a high level enterprise？ We are lucky to be good friends with Oscar Motomura， the CEO. He told us about a very special program developed for this purpose： Amana Key’s Young Leaders Project. Candidates should not only have the chance to be hired， but have the opportunity to benefit from a rich and diverse experience simply by participating in the process. It is very much worth having a closer look at Amana Key’s Young Leaders Project. The latest program ended just a short time before we visited the company in November. This time 1，047 candidates had applied for the selection. Only 10 finally made it and are now part of the Amana-Key staff.
The selection process began with a rather unusual pre-selection. Instead of sending resumes， the candidates were asked to write a letter referencing the quality of their commitment as a student， their academic achievement， their values and their interests， and also what criteria they use to choose the company in which they want to work. Amana Key’s conditions to be chosen as a candidate were：