In this HR Summit exclusive presentation, John Shackleton will show you how your managers can apply simple sports psychology techniques to help their team to 'raise their game' in the business world. No matter what they are trying to achieve, an employee's performance will ultimately be determined by their confidence and self-belief and it's long been understood that it's the manager's job to coach their staff in these areas. However few managers understand how they can inspire their team and help them to develop greater levels of self belief and personal responsibility. Drawing from his background in international sports coaching John shows how you and your managers can use such coaching strategies and techniques to help staff become more self motivated and truly believe in their abilities. The sports coaching model suggests that the individual has within them all the potential necessary for achievement, all they require is a deep belief in themselves and their goal and the encouragement to achieve. Therefore the way we help others to learn must be by their direction, not ours, and for most managers this is the opposite of what they are doing currently!

John Shackleton has a background in Sports Psychology and has coached many world class athletes including Olympians and World Champions. He has also coached CEOs and senior executives from many of today's blue chip companies including Coca-Cola, IBM and Pfizer. John has been speaking for more than 25 years and has won many accolades and awards including the coveted Speaker of the Year award from NSANZ.

John's first book Life is for Living became a best seller before it arrived back from the printers and his most recent, Inspire Your Team is fast becoming a 'coaching bible' for managers throughout Australasia and Asia.

Today's organisations continue to be challenged to improve their bottom line. Yet despite all the research and experience confirming that 21st Century organisational success depends on the collaborative efforts of all the key stakeholders including HR - HR in many organisations continues to be seen as a support function and not a Strategic Business Partner that adds value to the bottom line. In this Singapore exclusive presentation, Nanci Appleman-Vassil will share some of her 20 years of experience to gain a better understanding and invaluable take home strategies.

• Explore how a strong relationship between leaders and the HR function positively impacts the organisation's bottom line.
• Better understand how HR can help to drive change and learning to support future growth for the organisation.
• Gain an understanding of 18 key tools and techniques that support improving the bottom line.
• Identify 2 keys you will begin to implement in your organisation immediately to improve the bottom line

Nanci Appleman-Vassil is a seasoned business professional with more than 20 years experience in training, organisation development, executive coaching and corporate consulting with a focus on change management, developing leaders, managers and building high performing teams. She specialises in facilitating individuals, groups and organisations toward better solutions for increased effectiveness. Her consulting experience includes technology, health care, engineering, manufacturing, education and retail. Her clients include, GSK, International Paper, Red Hat, Nomacorc, LLC, Sony Ericson, Cisco, Cigna Health Systems, Governor's Institute, The Body Shop, Nationwide Insurance, Sara Lee and John Deere.

BP believes that talent management processes need to stay in step with the environment in which we all operate. While everyone speaks about the war for talent and building an employer brand, they endeavor to combine tactics in order to achieve organisational success - integrating their internal and external processes to ensure they attract and retain the best talent.

In this HR Summit exclusive presentation, Matangi Gowrishankar will share BP's principles and practices that they draw from the Sales & Marketing functions to develop a robust, contemporary process for talent management.

Key topics include:

• Building congruence in the employer brand - internal and external "Voice of the customer"
• Using Six Sigma tools to enhance effectiveness
• Aligning partners and service providers
• Key Lessons Learned

Matangi Gowrishankar is responsible for driving the Human Resource practice for the Asia & Pacific region of BP's Lubricants business. Working with business leaders and HR colleagues, her role is to lead the implementation of a business driven Human Resources strategy across a wide geography covering the Middle East across to ANZ. With nearly three decades of business and HR experience with large multinational companies, Matangi has worked across industries and internationally. She has a passion for, and has a successful track record in leading organisation development initiatives and change leadership both for individuals and corporations.

She is an experienced speaker and has written for business and professional publications on various subjects in Human Resources.

In our global business environment HR professionals are focusing more than ever on ways to improve the effectiveness of their diverse and dispersed employees while reducing associated expenses. Traditionally, mobility managers have directed most of their energy at providing the best services for their expatriates regarding housing, schools, compensation, taxes, and cultural do's and don'ts. However, the business of navigating successfully in a different work environment and integrating and reconciling different business practices to achieve business objectives has been mostly left to trial and error. In these challenging times, managing and motivating international employees are keys to gaining a competitive advantage. HR professionals must take a critical look at - and a fresh approach to - providing the necessary tools for their employees to achieve business objectives. Furthermore, an increasing number of companies are sending employees on fewer and shorter business trips and commuter assignments and these employees' ability to execute and implement corporate strategies is the key to surviving and thriving in today's challenging times. This presentation will discuss working and communicating effectively across differences in work style and culture to achieve measurable business results.

Sheida Hodge is one of the leading global experts on cross-cultural and international business, with over 28 years of experience in cross-cultural training, coaching and speaking. Sheida began her career with GE, where she gained invaluable experience traveling to Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East in support of GE's international business development. More recently, she led the Berlitz International's Cultural Consulting Division as its Worldwide Managing Director. Sheida has been quoted as a leading expert in her field in such major publications and television networks as The Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Tribune, CNBC, and CNN. She has also authored the book Global Smarts: the Art of Communicating and Deal Making Anywhere in the World and published numerous articles in major trade publications.

In this Singapore exclusive presentation, Dr Ken Hudson will share with you how Speed Thinking can be used as a simple, practical Mental Training System that will enable you and your team to think better, faster and unlock breakthrough results. In a short time you will learn how you and your employees can become more productive, energised, creative and decisive at work. In these tough times this workshop is the key to doing "more with less".

In this presentation, you will learn to create new ideas and solve problems in powerful new ways using a simple, practical 4-step process as well as interacting with a diverse and lively group of people. It is an ideal way to thrive in a time-poor world.

Dr Ken Hudson is a world-class authority in helping individuals and teams think better and faster. He is a compelling speaker, trainer, consultant and facilitator. Ken is also the best selling author of The Idea Generator and his new book The Idea Accelerator: How to solve problems faster using Speed Thinking. He has worked with organisations as diverse as DuPont, Heinz, Citibank, Network Ten, Roche Pharmaceuticals, Dell Computers, Papal right through to The Benevolent Society.

Most strategy implementation efforts don't work; they fade out along the way and fail to deliver. Overwhelmingly, this is because most leaders underestimate the challenge, effort and commitment involved in executing strategy.

After the leadership team has crafted the strategy it often falls to HR to oversee the execution. In this straight-talking, highly engaging, no-nonsense presentation Robin Speculand will examine the latest thinking in the field of strategy implementation, how people respond to the implementation (most do not resist, despite popular belief) and how HR can leverage the opportunity.

Hear about how you can:

• Know where you're going and how to get there with the "Implementation Compass"
• Discover how to galvanize your workforce into action beyond a coffee mug and t-shirt
• Keep-up-to-date with the latest findings from Singapore and regional research
• Identify what works and what to avoid
• Find out why most staff members don't resist strategy implementation

Robin Speculand is a pioneer and global specialist in strategy implementation. Referred to as the "Master of Strategy Implementation" by industry peers, he has written a bestselling book Bricks to Bridges - Make Your Strategy Come Alive, which set the benchmark for new thinking in this field. Robin's follow-up book Beyond Strategy - The Leader's Role in Successful Implementation, specifically identifies the actions leaders must take to reverse their staggering failure to deliver on their strategy promises. Robin's pioneering work has been featured in international print and electronic media, including BBC Global, CNBC and Financial Times. He has become a known expert and sought-after speaker at key strategy and international business forums.

Ineffective meetings are one of the greatest bottom-line costs to business, estimated worldwide at some US$3 trillion per year.  In this HR Summit presentation, Cliff Shaffran will show you how HR can transform your organisation's own meeting processes and in doing so assist both employee efficiency and organisational bottom line.

Cliff will share how the business solution lies in two key areas: 1) building relationships and 2) transforming meeting processes. And how combining the integrated knowledge of the MIND (how we connect intellectually, emotionally and physically) with the very latest collaboration processes and technology, you can deliver  breakthrough solution within your own organisation.
This presentation will also demonstrate how these proven processes are transforming face-to-face and virtual meetings in global organisations. How they have top management approval and are being implemented with HR support and guidance with tracked savings to the bottom-line - thus impacting productivity and performance at every level throughout the organisation.

Cliff Shaffran is a global expert in strategic business communication and has worked with hundreds of companies in over 25 countries and cultures. In this Asia exclusive presentation he will share his knowledge and demonstrate how by implementing creative and collaborative communication to your meeting processes - you can have an immediate and positive impact within all departments of your organisation.

In this invaluable hands-on presentation, Elizabeth Martin-Chua will share her many years of experience to show you how to improve performance across Asia. In it she will cover:

• Engagement as a product of inclusive leadership and a good fit of employee's competencies
• Meeting all performance indicators of the organisation and how to measure
• Growing people competence
• Motivating to exceed expectations
• Raising the bar to improve tomorrow's roi
• Creativity to expand the top line
• Accountability as a combination of motivation and engagement

PLUS: Cross cultural do's and don'ts

Elizabeth Martin-Chua is one of the pioneering HR veterans of Asia. Having spent more than 30 years with Philips, her international experience is vast and includes:

• Head of Philips Singapore HR function for more than two decades
• Head of HR for the Philips global audio business with centers in Europe, Hong Kong and Singapore in the mid 1990s
• Founder and Chairman for the Asia Talent Pool for a decade, 1997-2006
• Diversity and Inclusion Champion for Asia Pacific from the mid 1990s and for this function had to work with many counterparts in the US
• Her last assignment was as Senior Vice President of Philips China responsible for the HR function and also HR Head for Asia from 2006-2008. Philips China, in 2008 had a headcount of 18,000.
  

Today's dynamic business landscape has driven organisations to continuously evolve and transform the way they compete and operate. This acceleration of change has led to new challenges in the deployment and management of human resources. And it has become imperative for organisations to align their people strategies with their business, ensuring that they have the right people in critical positions capable of shaping the business and consequently its success or failure.

In this HR Summit case study, you can engage in a discussion about how you can better align your HR strategy with the Business whilst learning  practical ways to improve including:

• An overview of business strategies
• Developing the elements of a Human Resources strategy
• Understanding KPIs and measurements

Bryan Lim is Head of Human Resources for Southeast Asia & China at BG Group plc.  He leads the delivery of BG's regional Human Resources strategy in support of the global energy group's aggressive business development activities across the Asia Pacific.

A seasoned Human Resources practitioner, Bryan has held senior roles as Regional HR Business Partner, Global Learning & Development leader, and Regional Compensation & Benefits leader at leading multinational organisations such as British American Tobacco plc, British Telecom plc, Kraft Foods Inc, and Neptune Orient Lines Limited. 

Only 30% of strategic initiatives are successfully executed. Of those that are, most CEOs view the process as too slow. What's going on? And how can you accelerate execution in your company?

Start by understanding the barriers to execution: Employees don't grasp where an initiative is going. They don't adopt new behaviours. They're not committed to working together to achieve results. Meanwhile, their leaders try to speed things up by adjusting processes or installing new technologies.

Better processes and systems won't remove the barriers. Instead, you need to unleash three people factors:

• Clarity - understanding the goal
• Unity - collaborating across work groups
• Agility - adapting quickly

Find out how to unleash these factors through four leadership abilities:

• Affirming strategies - ensuring everyone knows the destination and wants to go there
• Driving initiatives - accelerating projects called for by your strategy
• Managing climate - controlling what it feels like to work in your team
• Cultivating experience - harnessing employees' knowledge and expertise

This HR Summit special 'Strategic Speed' presentation is packed with examples of these practices in action - from companies as diverse as Tata Sky, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Ameriprise, and Fender Guitars. It also provides tools and assessments for diagnosing where your execution efforts are in trouble and choosing specific actions for accelerating results in your firm.

For the past 20 years, Dr Edwin Boswell has advised senior executives on executing strategic change. Some of the major clients Ed has helped achieve breakthrough business results through superior leadership throughout his career at Forum include Irving Oil, DuPont, Mellon Financial, and Merck.

In this presentation, Alysson Do will share a case study on how corporate programs that impact culture can drive engagement in a media company. Corporate culture is more than the feel good stuff, it is possibly one of the most powerful engagement tools that HR Professionals have at their disposal. Culture may seem amorphous and intangible, but any high performance organisation must pay attention to culture and shape it for long term engagement. Engagement has a direct correlation between performance and the bottom line of any business. If you can get the culture right, a company can sustain itself through the good times and the bad. Alysson will share the assessment, design, implementation and ROI measurements that help build the case for culture.

Alysson Do is currently Regional HR Director for Yahoo! Southeast Asia, working as a strategic business partner to open offices within emerging markets. In this position, she takes a green field approach to building HR within the region, using innovative approaches to solve traditional HR challenges. Her extensive background includes working for tech and professional organisations managing HR, Ops and Finance. She is a strong leader with progressive experience transforming and empowering organisations with tools and strategies to achieve business goals in an environment of continuous change and complexity. Alysson holds a BA in Psychology and Philosophy from Santa Clara University. Prior to Yahoo!, she was co-founder and VP, Business Development for ASD Technology, SARL based in Burkina Faso.