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Are your leaders VUCA ready?

Not many HR professionals would disagree that the world has grown more volatile in just the past few years. A whole range of factors executives have no control over have taken over business – political instability, geopolitical tensions, financial worries, just to name a few.

In this VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity) world, the need for high performance business leadership has never been greater.

According to Deloitte’s 2016 Global Human Capital Trends, business demands and changes have moved so fast that 56% of top executives worldwide report that the traditional leadership model is not producing leaders fast enough to keep up with demand.

With globalisation and increased employee mobility, leaders of multi-cultural teams have to first understand the intricacies of cultural differences, then develop a well-rounded team by tapping on each team member’s strengths and capabilities.

To help companies in Asia with their need to high performance leadership, the HR Academy has launched a specialised leadership workshop structured to solve dynamic business challenges. The intensive, 2-day training workshop is called "High Value Leadership and Coaching".

The workshop will be led by Craig Martin, one of the world’s most respected international leadership experts from San Francisco in the United States. This course will be held in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong and will equip senior HR professionals with everything they need to lead successfully in the new business world.

“After speaking with many senior executives from global companies, we realised many of them were armed with the technical knowledge required to do their job well – the ‘hard’ skills as we call it,” said Kenneth Neo, regional producer at Human Resources magazine.

“But many of these professionals in top leadership positions admitted that they do not possess adequate ‘soft’ skills to cope with change and to understand the psychological needs of their teams effectively.”

Neo added that building that foundation is a pre-requisite for business success, regardless of which industry or management level you are at.

READ MORE: Hiring managers prefer candidates with soft skills over hard skills

The HR Academy runs courses in an interactive workshop format, blending real-life case studies and practical examples with the expert knowledge and experience of external trainers to ensure maximum value is delivered.

Delegates undergo intense learning and interaction with their trainer and fellow course participants, and will take away global best practices, fresh ideas and customised solutions for implementation back in their organisations.

New concepts such as organisational and cross-cultural leadership, new world communications, strategic thinking and leading change, as well as world-class coaching principles will also be introduced at this course.

As with all HR Academy workshops, this session will be capped at 20 attendees.

“Leaders have a crucial role to play in any organisation – they can make or break a company,” said Aditi Sharma Kalra, regional editor of Human Resources magazine.

“Leadership principles have to be appropriately customised to talent and business strategies in order to ensure success and lack of such customisation will result in negative repercussions and far-reaching consequences.”

HR professionals interested in learning more about the HR Academy can visit the website www.hracademy.asia or call Seraphine Neoh, senior project manager, seraphinen@humanresourcesonline.net, +65 6423 0329.

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