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ASIA PROGRAMME
FOR LEADERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT
Preparing for today’s business realities and
tomorrow’s challenges
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PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS
•Enhance capacity to manage initiatives in an
Asian context
•Develop leaders of influence
•Implement strategies to drive company growth
ABOUT THE PROGRAMME
WHAT WILL YOU GAIN
Transforming the challenges of the modern organisation into sustainable
and profitable outcomes requires sharper and more targeted decisionmaking than ever before. Investment in a strong pipeline of upcoming
leaders is now of great urgency if the organisation is to maintain and
grow as well as sustain competitive advantage in a constantly evolving
corporate landscape.
Asia PLD is designed to accelerate your personal and professional growth.
The programme reflects current challenges and opportunities created by
disruptive innovation, trends and market volatility. You will be equipped with
the skills, insights and confidence to drive change, lead innovation and sustain
a competitive advantage in your organisation.
You will gain:
• Implementation-focused knowledge incorporating industry trends and
practices from key markets
• Greater self-awareness which will sharpen decision-making abilities
and drive sustainable executive performance
• Identification of opportunities through exploration of innovative
business models and a deeper understanding of opportunities and
threats in today’s rapidly changing marketplace
• High-level networking with executives from different backgrounds,
industries and cultures
Asia Programme for Leadership Development (PLD) is designed to
provide executives with the professional knowledge and confidence to
drive change and lead innovation.
The programme enables executives to reflect on their experience as
leaders, develop effective action plans as they obtain the powerful
insights, applied knowledge, skills and techniques needed to achieve
new capabilities for their continued success. These include management
of initiatives, identification of new areas of revenue, and implementation
strategies to steer growth.
SMU’s full-time world-class faculty facilitates participants to discover
what leadership means for those at the top. Taking place within a
stimulating environment, the motivation and engagement of participants
remains high as outputs are directly linked to business issues.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Designed for executives at vice president, director or senior manager
level with 10 or more years of experience, faculty and participants in this
programme are drawn from a diversity of companies, sectors and cultural
backgrounds. The synergy works to complement the programme’s
emphasis on personal development, action learning and executive
leadership in Asia.
EXECUTIVE CHALLENGE
A key aspect of Asia PLD is the Executive
Challenge which can reap significant return
on investment.
• Learn powerful insights and recommendations for addressing real and
critical business challenges
• Gain clarity and transform a business challenge into an action plan
• Deepen understanding of theories taught in class by applying
knowledge, skills and techniques to a real business challenge
• Expand business knowledge and network after completion of the
programme
LEADERSHIP
FINANCE
COMMUNICATIONS
STRATEGY
INNOVATION
HUMAN CAPITAL
SUPPLY CHAIN
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
CHANGE AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT
MODULES
MODULE
1
MODULE
2
MODULE
3
COMMERCIAL GROWTH
PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE
•General Management Core
•Business of the 21st Century
•Finance, Operations, Marketing, Sales and Strategy
APPLICATION
•Ethical and Authentic Leadership; Your
Management Model and Brand Growthled Innovation; Business Model; Innovation
Capacity, Capability and Discipline
•Mindfulness and Global Mindset
PROGRAMME DATES
•Business of the Future: Analytics and Digital
Strategy Implementation; Change Management
•Mega Trends and Uncertainty; DecisionMaking; Shared Mental Models and Biases
•Value Creation through M&A and Alliances
To register for the programme, apply online at
http://exd.smu.edu.sg/programmes/asia-programme-for-leadershipdevelopment
Module 1: 10–12 March 2016
Module 2: 14–16 April 2016
Module 3: 19–21 May 2016
Module 4: 16–18 June 2016
PROGRAMME FEES
SGD 19,800
LOCATION
Singapore Management University, Singapore
DEADLINE
Applications close 12 February 2016.
MODULE
4
•Alignment of Strategy and Human Capital;
Diversity and Inclusion
•Risk and Crisis Management
•Using the Global Supply Chain for Competitive
Advantage
•Roles of Executives: Duties and Effective
Executive Communications
For further enquiries, please contact:
Mr Paul Li
Assistant Director, Open Enrolment
SMU Executive Development
DID : +65 6808 5393
Email : [email protected]
PROGRAMME DIRECTOR PROFILE
LI YAN
Senior Lecturer of Strategic Management,
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Programme Director, Executive Development, SMU
Li Yan came to Singapore from Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF), Shanghai Jiaotong University (SJTU), where he was
Assistant Director of Executive Education Department, leading the Programme Design Team and the Custom Programme Team. Prior to that
appointment, he worked for Executive Education in China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) and HEC, Montréal.
Li Yan is the lead in many corporate programmes tailor-made for global and Asia-Pacific clients such as Merck, Jaguar Land Rover, Nestlé,
Towers Watson, Omnicom, L’Oréal, AB-InBev, Nitto Denko, and more. He holds a Ph.D. in Administration from HEC Montréal, Canada, and
Master of Business Administration (Option Finance) from ESG Paris, France.
FACULTY PROFILE
SRINIVAS K.
REDDY
Professor of Marketing,
Director, Centre for Marketing
Excellence, Singapore
Management University
Prior to joining Singapore Management University, Srini was Executive Director and
Group Head, Corporate Strategy and Leadership Development at Maytas Holdings. His
academic career includes tenure as Robert O. Arnold Professor of Business and the
Director of the Coca-Cola Centre for Marketing Studies, Terry College of Business at the
University of Georgia, a member of the faculty of New York University‘s Stern School of
Business, Columbia University and the University of California, Los Angeles as well as
visiting professor at Stanford Business School. He holds M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees in
Business Administration from Columbia University. Srini’s expertise is in new product
development, marketing and competitive strategy involving new brands and services.
RICK SMITH
Senior Lecturer of Strategic
Management, SMU
Rick is a Senior Lecturer of Strategic Management at Lee Kong Chian School of
Business, Singapore Management University. He is also the Line of Business Director
at the Executive Education and Development department. Rick has been the Global
Managing Director, Talent and Organization Consulting at Accenture. He has received
the Best Teaching Award on multiple occasions, Singapore Management University
MBA Program and is an Advisory Board Member for the Global Leadership Center at the
Villanova University Business School.
Rick Has been an invited Conference Speaker and Moderator, 2010 Singapore Human
Capital Summit and was the Keynote Speaker at the HR Forum in Manila, Philippines
last year. Rick has also been an invited Conference Speaker at the International Human
Resources Conference, Hong Kong in 2005 and 2007.
TAN HWEE HOON
TANVI GAUTAM
Associate Professor of
Organisational Behaviour
and Human Resources
Lee Kong Chian School of
Business, SMU
Adjunct Faculty of
Organisational Behaviour
& Human Resources,
SMU Programme Director,
SMU-ExD
Tan Hwee Hoon is actively involved in Executive Teaching, both in English and Chinese
and has trained for major organizations such as the International SOS, Monetary Authority
of Singapore, Singapore Health Services, SingTel, SIA, Kerry Oils, Alcatel Asia Pacific etc.
She also consults for organizations such as the Singapore Tourism Board, IE Singapore
and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. She taught at the School of Business at the
National University of Singapore from December 1996 to November 2005 and was Head of
Department from 2004 to 2005. Hwee Hoon has been with the Lee Kong Chian School of
Business, Singapore Management University since December 2005.
Hwee Hoon earned her PhD in Management from the Krannert School, Purdue University
in December 1996. Hwee Hoon’s research interests are in the areas of interpersonal trust,
cross cultural awareness and emotional management at the workplace.
Dr Tanvi Gautam, Programme Director for SMU-Executive Development’s Women and
Leadership Programme, is also a faculty at the SMU Business School where she
teaches courses in Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management.
She is the Founder of Leadershift Inc., and is an international speaker, facilitator
and consultant. Dr Gautam is the recipient of the Game Changer 2014 award by
Workforce Magazine (USA) and the Change Leaders of Tomorrow award by the Asian
Thought Leadership conference.
Dr Gautam is recognised as a force to be reckoned with by the Business
Manager magazine and her views on creating the workplace of tomorrow have
been quoted and published by international forums such as Lean in, Harvard
Business Review, Forbes.com, The Business Times and The Economic Times.
Dr Gautam also serves on the board of ARTDO International.
ROY CHUA
MICHAEL NETZLEY
JOCHEN REB
Associate Professor of
Organisational Behaviour &
Human Resources, SMU
Academic Director, SMU-ExD
Associate Professor of
Organisational Behaviour &
Human Resources
Area Coordinator, Organisational
Behaviour & Human Resources,
SMU
Roy Chua is an Associate Professor of Organisational
Behaviour and Human Resources at the Singapore
Management University (SMU) – Lee Kong Chian School
of Business. Prior to joining SMU, Roy was on the faculty
of Harvard Business School for six years where he taught
the core Leadership and Organizational Behavior (LEAD)
course in the MBA program as well as the executive
education program on talent management.
Roy’s research draws on human psychology to
understand important social processes in business
organizations. In his primary stream of research, he
studies how multicultural interactions in a globalized
workplace influence creativity and innovation. Roy
also has a keen interest in understanding Chinese
organizational behavior and management processes.
He is an active management scholar and has published
in leading academic periodicals such as the Academy
of Management Journal, Organizational Behavior and
Human Decision Processes, Journal of International
Business Studies, and MIT Sloan Management Review.
Michael moved to Singapore in 2002 to help build the nation’s
third university, the Singapore Management University. Over
the past decade he has developed courses and executive
programmes on digital media, corporate reputation,
leadership communication and strategy. In 2010 and 2011
Michael was named a Research Fellow to the Society for
New Communication Research. The following year he was
awarded the prestigious Champion’s Award from the Central
and Eastern European Management Association (CEEMAN)
for innovative course design and delivery.
Jochen Reb is an Associate Professor of Organisational
Behaviour and Human Resources at the Lee Kong
Chian School of Business, Singapore Management
University. His previous appointments were as Senior
Lecturer, Cambridge Judge Business School, University
of Cambridge, and Assistant Professor, Singapore
Management University. Upon completing his studies in
management at Technical University Berlin, Germany, he
moved to the University of Arizona, Tucson, USA, where
he completed his PhD in Management in 2005.
The classroom has played a central role in Michael’s
twenty-two- year educational career. He completed Harvard
Business School’s Programme on Case Method and
Participant---Centered Learning and served as the founding
director of SMU’s faculty teaching excellence initiative.
Michael has also penned numerous case studies and books
discussing workplace communication. At the executive level
he currently serves as the Faculty Programme Director of
the Wharton-SMU Business and Industry Insights for IBM
and previously, the SMU-Wharton Strategic Leadership and
Change Management Programme.
His research focuses on three main areas: judgment
and decision making in organizations, the interpretation
of dynamic performance, and the role of mindfulness
in organizational contexts such as leadership and
performance. His work has been published in leading
academic journals such as Journal of Applied Psychology,
Journal of Management, Organisational Behavior and
Human Decision Processes, Personality and Social
Psychology Bulletin, and Personnel Psychology, among
others, and has been cited more than 500 times
(Google Scholar).
DONALD FERRIN
LES BUCKLEY
KEVIN ASBJÖRNSON
Professor of Organisational
Behaviour & Human Resources,
Lee Kong Chian School of
Business, SMU
Affiliated Faculty of Strategic
Management, SMU
Inspirational Speaker
Don Ferrin is Professor of Organisational Behaviour
at the Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore
Management University. Don received his Ph.D.
from the University of Minnesota (Carlson School of
Management) in 2000. Prior to joining academia, Don
worked seven years as Senior Consultant with Deloitte
Haskins + Sells Los Angeles, and Audit and Technical
Manager with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Hong Kong.
Dr. Les Buckley was most recently Regional Managing
Director – SE Asia/Oceania for Asia Pacific Breweries
Limited, now part of multinational brewer Heineken’s
worldwide network. He is currently advisor to SIIA, and
runs his own consultancy company in addition to being
an active investor in several US, UK and Singapore
start-ups.
Don’s research focuses primarily on trust in the
workplace, including the development of trust,
the impact of trust on leader and negotiator
effectiveness, trust repair strategies, trust networks
within organizations, and the effects of culture on
interpersonal trust. Group & Organization Management
(2007), the Conflict Management Division of
the Academy of Management (2011, 2005), the
International Association for Conflict Management
(2004), the Best Papers Proceedings of the Annual
Meeting of the Academy of Management (2000, 2003,
2004), and the Barry M. Richman Best Dissertation
Award (2000).
Born in UK and educated in NZ, UK, and USA, Les
holds a Ph.D. in History from Columbia University, and
has more than thirty years experience in the areas of
commercial, operations, supply chain and sales and
marketing globally and in Asia.
Les has also been involved in a range of extracurricular
appointments and has been a council member and
Advisor to local think tank, Singapore Institute of
International Affairs since 2012.
Kevin D. Asbjörnson, MIM is a professional educator,
international performing artist, inspirational speaker,
panelist and author in the areas of global leadership;
global mindset, creativity & innovation in the workplace,
cultural competency, emotional-social intelligence
(ESI) and performing arts-based learning techniques.
He is a Master Facilitator, Leadership Consultant &
Certified Coach who designs, facilitates and coaches
within customized learning & development programs
and workshops to enhance leadership, performance
and productivity of individuals, work-groups, and
teams. He is a certified in a variety of individual,
team and organizational surveys, instruments and
assessments including Hogan Assessments and he is a
member of the Hogan Coaching Network (HCN).
ABOUT THE INSTITUTION
OPEN ENROLMENT PROGRAMMES
SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY (SMU)
Highly regarded for excellence in management
practice, SMU is one of Asia’s leading
universities. SMU offers an unparalleled
wealth of expertise in issues of business
and management in Asia, distributed across
its six schools (Accountancy, Business,
Economics, Information Systems, Law and
Social Sciences). The SMU city campus is a
modern facility, enabling a technologically
integrated learning experience in the heart of
the Singapore business district.
Uniquely, SMU represents a fusion of Western and Asian theory and practice, with a strong
foundation in our own research of management and business practices in Asia. SMU prides itself on
the publication of research papers, its extensive library of teaching case studies and the business
relevance of its programmes and courses. SMU emphasises an interactive and practice-driven
approach to teaching, combining small classes (that are conducive to dialogues and discussions)
with practical experience in which participants apply the knowledge gained. Known as a pioneer in
the holistic approach to producing well-rounded, multi-talented programme graduates, SMU also
seeks to incorporate leadership and team skills in all programmes.
ABOUT SMU EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT
SMU Executive Development enables executives to be “Future Ready–Now”, equipping them with the
knowledge, skills and confidence that managers and leaders operating in Asia and globally require
today and will be increasingly relevant tomorrow. Our portfolio of programmes empowers you to
make key decisions in a context of technological revolution and contextual uncertainty; lead teams
and organisations across borders, generations and genders; and to ‘do good and do well’.
Be empowered to make a difference. Be Future Ready-Now.
Singapore Management University (SMU)
Executive Development (ExD) takes a progressive
approach to pedagogy that emphasises
knowledge, application and empowerment. The
academic and practice-track faculty members
use multiple formats and multi-channel methods
to support a learning journey that guarantees a
rigorous real-world learning experience.
Each programme weaves together rich expertise
and industry experience to give participants a
profound understanding of managing in Asia. The
integrated learning process emphasises:
Developing Future Ready Leaders
1. Asia Advanced Management Programme
2. Asia Programme for Leadership Development
3. EXCEL Leadership Programme
4. Leadership Communication
5. Leading Authentically with Mindfulness
6. Women and Leadership
Managerial Capabilities
1. Accenture–SMU Change College:
Managing Change
2. Advanced Negotiation Strategies
3. Aligning to Win: Excellence in Strategy
Implementation and Change Management
4. Competitive Advantage with Human Capital
5. Executive Skills for Board Members
6. Future Ready Forum
7. Winning Business Performance in Asia
Global Industry Excellence
1. Asia Leaders Programme In Infrastructure
Excellence (ALPINE)
2. Global Manufacturing Network & Supply Chain
Management
3. Hospital Management Programme
4. International Corporate Coaching
INTERACTIVE
CLASS DISCUSSIONS
CASE
STUDIES
COACHING
AND MENTORING
EXPERIENTIAL
LEARNING
SIMULATION
ROLE
PLAYS
ACTION
LEARNING
TOOLKITS AND
FRAMEWORKS
PEER
LEARNING
SELF
REFLECTION
Information in this brochure is correct at the time of printing. SMU reserves the right to change curricula, fees etc. without prior notice.
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www.exd.smu.edu.sg
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