Asian learners flock to global education platform
Upskilling is proving popular in the region with technology, programming, and data courses striking the right note with users.
DBS Bank: Seven skills for the future finance professional
Paul Cobban, Chief Data and Transformation Officer for DBS Bank, highlights the seven vital skills that bankers will need in the era of Industry 4.0.
The advanced economy in urgent need of AI talent
Companies are taking matters into their own hands as the third biggest economy in the world isn’t training up enough experts in artificial intelligence
Elevating the HR function through digitalisation
To seize the opportunities that digitalisation brings, it is essential to equip employees with the right skills by digital training and digital upskilling.
How to create a culture of courage, and why
Brave leadership is teachable—and essential to business success—according to researcher Brené Brown.
How Goldbell helped staff embrace the tech transition
For the last seven years, Goldbell Group – a veteran of the commercial vehicle and warehousing space – has focused on adopting technology in a big way.
Five more tips to supercharge your employees for workplace success
Following up from last week’s installment, five more steps to developing an integrated focus on the entire employee experience.
Building learning agility across an organisation: The three Cs
Curiosity, connection, and contextualisation will help organisations to define and build learning agility, says Deddi Tedjakumara.
Organisations in Asia-Pacific need to do more to drive integration
Most businesses in the region do not offer employees the soft skills training or flexible working policies needed to prepare for an inclusive workforce.
Anticipation and alignment at global beauty giant L’Oreal
Yenita Oktora from L’oreal’s HRD Consumer Division Asia-Pacific says good HR practices lie at the core of the company’s success.
Power Talks set to electrify Day Two of HR Festival Asia
A full schedule of short, sharp Power Talks is set to wow visitors to the HR Festival Asia expo on the final day of the event.
GE: An industrial titan that is always learning
Wouter Van Wersch, President and CEO, GE ASEAN-ANP, has shared how the legacy company remains agile in a world of short attention spans and startups.
Talking HR innovations at Microsoft’s #FutureOfWork Summit
Join HRM Magazine Asia’s Yamini Chinnuswamy for Microsoft’s #FutureOfWork Summit on May 7 – a special virtual livestream event.
HR Festival Asia 2019: All bases covered
With more than 100 speaker presentations and discussions scheduled across seven separate stages, HR Festival Asia offers something for everyone.
Behind Asia-Pacific’s new surge in coaching
As the digital era cements itself in organisational discourse, one-on-one coaching is being utilised to help leaders face the new and unexpected challenges.
Henkel starts worldwide digital upskilling initiative
Henkel has launched a digital upskilling initiative for its 53,000 employees around the world, to meet the demands of digitalisation.
Tailoring people strategies to industry trends at Schroders Singapore
Daniel Tam, Head of HR, Schroders Singapore, chats about the investment firm’s local talent challenges and strategies.
The changing expectations of talent in 2019
What do employees want in Workplace 4.0? HRM Magazine Asia continues exploring their big concerns, and what employers need to know.
Three barriers to digital learning implementation
Budgets, competencies, and indifferent stakeholders are holding organisations back from truly upskilling and engaging staff, George Aveling warns.
#IWD2019: How Starbucks enables a gender-balanced workforce
In an exclusive interview Sara Trilling – who leads the Starbucks business in the Asia-Pacific region – talks about gender equality at the coffeehouse titan.
Singapore vocational education institution to offer RPA training
Singapore’s Institute of Technical Education aims too equip students with knowledge and skills related to robotic process automation.
OCBC’s head of learning on the outlook for 2019
OCBC Bank’s Head of Learning and Development chats exclusively with HRM Magazine Asia about the outlook for 2019.
Indonesia government to spend US$35.5 billion on education
The government of Indonesia will invest substantially this year to improve the employability of country’s workforce.
Talent search isn’t as easy as pressing a buzzer
Shopee’s Head of Regional Operations and People weighs in on how the successful startup has grown its talent base in a competitive market.
Looking ahead to 2019: HR leaders weigh in
We asked some rising stars of HR in Southeast Asia for their views on what’s ahead for employees, organisations – and, of course, HR.
$4.6 billion for Singapore companies and workers to transform
SG$1 billion has been earmarked in Singapore’s budget for the coming year to help companies transform, and $3.6 billion to help workers.
When leadership development misses the mark
New research has found leadership development programmes are not creating the transformational leaders that businesses need today.
How to ensure your leaders are primed for the era of disruption
As organisations continuously transform, they need to ensure that their people strategies of today are developing the leaders of tomorrow.
Developing talent at Amgen Singapore Manufacturing
We recently spoke with Foo Wah Teng, the HR Director for Amgen Singapore Manufacturing, about the company’s people challenges and initiatives.
Breaking down the barriers to a skilled workforce
It’s not just up-skilling and re-skilling that workers will need in the age of Industry 4.0. A significant amount of “new-skilling” will also need to take place.