CHRO Malaysia 2024 to address key HR strategies amid new HR roadmap
HRM Asia’s CHRO Series will take place on 10 July 2024 for its Malaysia edition, guiding CHROs in aligning people with business strategy.
Encouraging lifelong learning in the workplace
Embracing lifelong learning will, in the long run, be beneficial to employees of all ages, and organisations can do more to support this goal.
Revolutionising workforce training for a dynamic hospitality landscape
With the launch of Ascott Global Academy for Excellence (AGAX), Ascott aims to empower its workforce for the future.
Gen Z and millennials in Asia-Pacific want purpose, sustainability in jobs
Deloitte’s Sonia Breeze urges organisations to adapt to Asia’s young talent’s desire for purpose and sustainability in their job roles.
If you are watching your employees, it may be time to look away
Organisations who persistently monitor employees’ work may be losing an opportunity to build workplace inclusiveness and belonging.
Siemens’ journey to empowerment and hybrid work
Siemens’ Evelyn Stier highlights the need for personal connections, understanding preferences, and fostering trust in hybrid work.
Empowering a more diverse workforce in Singapore with FWAs
Workplaces in Singapore should cultivate a culture of support and empathy for employees who are also caregivers.
Few report workplace bullying in S. Korea despite legal protections
Many employees, despite experiencing workplace harassment, choose not to file formal complaints against their bullies.
SGTech’s approach to creating an inclusive tech community
Yean Cheong, SGTech, asks how HR can integrate DE&I principles into everyday life in the technology sector, with the help of leadership.
Tailoring solutions to organisations for effective human development
Similie shares how intentional work to go above and beyond what an organisation does can help guide their teams to maximum potential.
Transformative leadership: Be the inspiring leader your team wants
By understanding how personality and self-awareness impact how people lead, organisations can take the next step to transform leadership in the workplace.
How large organisations can elevate their human development strategies
City Holdings’ Pwint Phyu Han shares the importance of bringing human development into South-East Asia.
Keeping agile and continuous communication key to HR leadership
Sasiwimol Arayawattanapong, UOB (Thailand), and recipient of HR Leader of the Year award, shares what the accolade means to her and her career.
Aligning people with business strategy: Malaysia’s new HR roadmap
The CHRO Series returns to Malaysia to discuss and strategise how organisations can cultivate their workforce to drive growth in 2024 and beyond.
Going above and beyond: The DNA of a modern workday leader
Paul Chong, CEO at Certis, receives Best C-Suite Leader of the Year at the HR Fest Awards 2024, and shares what it means to be a leader.
Agility, technology, humanity: Success factors of HR teams
Singapore Land Group received HR Team of the Year at the HR Fest Awards 2024, a testament to the team’s commitment to positive work culture.
Young employees in India face more ageism than other age groups
The idea of older employees being more adversely affected by ageism is not happening in India; in fact, the opposite is happening.
Beyond hiring: How inclusion fuels innovation
Andrew Newmark shares how Marriott’s commitment to DE&I drives innovation and excellence across Asia-Pacific excluding China.
CHRO Series 2024: Measuring the pulse of work in South-East Asia
CHRO Series returns to South-East Asia in 2024, kicking off on June 13 in Ho Chi Minh City with CHRO Vietnam 2024.
A dynamic workforce through skills-driven talent management
At a recent roundtable, Oracle and Workforce Singapore shared the importance of reskilling employees for a resilient career journey.
Amid rapid technological change, reskilling is the key to success
With the rise of new digital transformation at work, it becomes more important to reskill employees for an engaged, technologically savvy workforce.
Google’s human-centric approach to pioneering workplace inclusion
Google’s Roman Matla champions a workplace culture that values diverse perspectives and fosters inclusivity through transparent practices.
Forget ‘quiet vacationing.’ HR has a bigger problem
More should be done by employers to pinpoint the root reason for quiet vacationing rather than eliminating those who do it.
What organisations can do to help employees beat the heat
Employees in Asia are facing unbearable temperatures, and organisations can do more to ensure safe working conditions for their workforce.
Indonesia weighs in on long holidays affecting productivity
Indonesia debates on whether the number of national holidays and collective leave is beneficial for the country’s productivity and competitiveness.
Organisations in Japan see biggest wage increase in three decades
Pay hikes in Japan are exceeding or meeting the initial target of a 5% increase set by organisations to address rising prices.
Wage floors must be set in APEC economies to protect women
To encourage more women within the Asia-Pacific region to participate in the workplace, wages have to remain competitive enough.
Mental health at work: Building an engaged and healthy workforce
Larisa Beckhouse Okeke, Cigna International Health, discusses how HR professionals can help inculcate good mental health practices at work.
Raise wages to resolve hiring issues, urges Japanese government
A new government paper is urging small-to-medium organisations in Japan to push for wage increases to curb labour shortage.
Gender norms skewing workplace family-friendly policies in Australia
Perceived gender norms are affecting family-friendly workplace policies, giving female employees more of a disadvantage in caregiving duties.