Breakfast Talks

I know this flyer is kinda small, but it's a busy training month this March, so I thought to do a quick post on this breakfast talk I am giving at HCS next Friday on a very topical issue of the day - Employee Engagement.

I will be sharing in part from work done by Towers Perrin in their Global Workforce Study and lessons about how organisations can improve engagement at the workplace and I look forward to a lively discussion from the attendees as they share their personal experiences - from the bad to the good to the great!

Kung Hei Fatt Choy

迎春接福 , 歲歲平安 ; 新年快乐 , 萬事如意 ! Wishing One & All

A Happy & Healthy YEAR of the DRAGON!

"THE" HR Guru

I just completed conducting a 3-day training about "aligning human resource services with business needs" where I was reminded about the work of one whom I consider as perhaps THE guru in HR.

Dave Ulrich is Professor of Business at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan and co-founder of THE RBL Group. He is greatly sought after as a speaker, management coach and management consultant, who has been listed by HR Magazine countless times as their "most influential person in HR".

More importantly he has authored/co-authored many books that are almost mandatory reading for anyone planning a career in HR.

Some of these essential readings include:-

The Why of Work: How Great Leaders Build Abundant Organizations That Win,with Wendy Ulrich 2010

HR Transformation: Building Human Resources from the Outside In,with Justin Allen, Wayne Brockbank, Jon Younger, and Mark Nyman, 2009

HR Competencies: Mastery at the Intersection of People and Business,with Wayne Brockbank, Dani Johnson, Kurt Sandholtz, and Jon Younger, 2008

The HR Value Proposition with Wayne Brockbank, 2005

HR Scorecard: Linking People, Strategy, and Performance
with Brian Becker and Mark Huselid, 2001

Human Resource Champions: The Next Agenda for Adding Value and Delivering Results, 1997

Happy Reading!

Cheers to 2012!

Wishing One & All - A Blessed Christmas

and A Very Happy 2012!

Human Capital Singapore Conference 2011

I am excited to be part of the inaugural Human Capital Singapore Conference 2011 this year, along with many other noted luminaries in the HR and consulting world.

http://www.hcsconference.com/hcs/speakers.asp

Day 2 - 7July 2011: Delivering Productivity Improvements In Singapore
11.30am Communities of Practices in Practice 4 parallel sessions

CoP workshop A: Retention Facilitated by: Dr Kimbal L. Wheatley, PhD, Principal, Flexner Wheatley & Associates

CoP workshop B: Skill / Capability Development Facilitated by: Mr Wong Tuck Wah, Associate Facilitator, Human Capital Singapore

CoP workshop C: HR for Further Effectiveness Facilitated by: Mr Kenneth KL Tan, Associate Facilitator, Human Capital Singapore

CoP workshop D: Innovation Facilitated by Dr William A. Flexner, PhD, Principal, Flexner Wheatley & Associates Inc

CEO Roundtable on "Challenges in Management and Retaining Talent" Facilitated by PwC (by invitation only)

For more details, do check out http://www.hcsconference.com/hcs/index.asp

Hope to see you there!

Aspiring to HR

I just completed a public training for a core module in the WSQ HR Framework ie Measuring HR Effectiveness.

Some of the participants have been in previous modules with me as they pursued their WSQ Professional Diploma in Human Resources (10 modules in all - in a combination of core and elective modules) http://app2.wda.gov.sg/wsq/contents/contents.aspx?contid=975&Pg=2

One participant stood out for me.

As part of her upskilling, interest and aspirations, she decided to take up this WSQ HR Prof Dip on her own accord (self-funded - still a sizable investment inspite of government subsidies for these programs) and in fact wanted to quit her job in Student Affairs so that she had the time to do these 10 modules progressively over the last year or so.

But her employer (to their credit), asked her to stay on and offered to let her take no-pay leave for the additional days required for classes, in an effort to retain her. And to engage her in her aspirations, has begun to transition her from her previous role into their Human Resources function.

Personal aspiration and determination, management & organisational support, the WSQ Framework and the CET eco-system, all working in tandem, to make it happen for her in her new career path in HR.

All the best SL!

Blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year!

“Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.”
William Arthur Ward (1921-1994)

William Arthur Ward was author of Fountains of Faith and is one of America's most quoted writers of inspirational maxims. He was also a dedicated scholar, editor, pastor and teacher.

Many variations have arisen from his original maxim, the one that I like and is popularly known and in circulation today is the one below :-

I will do more than belong, I will participate.
I will do more than care, I will help.
I will do more than believe, I will practice.
I will do more than be fair, I will be kind.
I will do more than forgive, I will forget.
I will do more than dream, I will work.
I will do more than teach, I will inspire.
I will do more than give, I will serve.

On this Christmas Day, as we remember the reason for the season and as we head towards the end of 2010, making plans and doing up new resolutions, I hope that you can reflect on these words, and that they may give you inspiration and encouragement, even direction - as you look forward to the coming of the New Year.

Have a Blessed Christmas and a Great 2011!