Talent Management Forum: Ice . Fire . Iron . Humour

WHEN: August 28, 2014 (Thursday), 9:10 am – 12:50 pm
WHERE: Cliftons, L5, Hutchison House, 10 Harcourt Road, Central, Hong Kong
Registration: Invitation Only. Email dannycheung@seniorhrforum.com for details.

1. Talent Acquisition Game Changers from Sourcing to Succession Planning
2. Team Building and Collaboration Activity
Greg Basham & Andrew Cheung

Greg is an experienced executive with a background leading a large Human Resources Management and Organization Development group for one of Canada’s largest P&C insurers. His success in leading in HR led to a non-HR role as an executive vice president & officer and acting CEO.

Andrew is an inspiring marketer, event organizer and successful leader of groups and teams where he has worked with Managing Directors and CEOs and voluntary teams of varying sizes.

3. Sales Performance in the 21st Century – Tackling the Elephant in The Room
David Lambert

Co-author of Smarter Selling, the best-selling book (now in its second edition) that describes how to work with customers, colleagues, partners and suppliers to build trusted relationships that deliver enduring value for all parties.

Principal of IOWEU International, a networked training organization comprising over a hundred certified affiliates who deliver coaching and training programs based on the approaches detailed in the Smarter Selling book, working with leading organizations from many sectors and many countries.

David began his career with Coopers & Lybrand in 1983, in London, before co-founding TraQs Consulting in 1990. He moved to Hong Kong in 1995, where he joined PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). At PwC he held positions as Business Development Director, Marketing and Communications Director and Head of PricewaterhouseCoopers Leadership Academy.

4. How Humour Encourage Positive Mindset at Work
Vivek Mahbubani

Vivek is a Hong Kong-bred bilingual stand-up comedian performing in both Cantonese and English. Having been crowned the Funniest Person (in Chinese) in Hong Kong in 2007 followed by his victory in the English category at the Hong Kong International Comedy Competition in 2008, Vivek has had the opportunity to take his sense of humor all over Asia including Hong Kong, China, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia, Bangkok, Sri Lanka and India. When not doing comedy, Vivek is a self-employed web designer running his own business and plays drums for his loud, metal band Eve of Sin. One of Vivek’s passions is reading and his favorite book is Sun Tzu’s Art of War. Oddly, his favorite color is hot pink.

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