Totally Unrelated, Random, and Debatable: 2009

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Re-engineering the roles and tasks of the Finance Officer

ABF Singapore Conference on Finance Function Excellence
Singapore, October 2009

*Finance and the company's Business Model
*Finance and Strategic Planning
*Finance and Resource Allocation and Optimization
*Linking Finance with the Sales & Marketing Function

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Re-engineering the roles and tasks of the Finance Officer

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Sustaining Your Brand in the Economic Downturn

ABF Conference on Managing Corporate Branding & Image In An Economic Downturn
October 2009

• How do you ensure that your brand delivers maximum value for your consumers
• What are the tips to adapt your brand strategy to fit in with shrinking and tighter budgets
• How to tighten your budgets without compromising your brand value and deliver the message
• Case studies

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Sustaining Your Brand in the Economic Downturn

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Monday, August 24, 2009

The Use Of HR Performance Management Measurement in Strategic Business Planning

ABF CONFERENCE ON PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT & KPIs IN HR FUNCTION
August 2009

* Evaluate the links between systems of high performance work practices and strategic business planning
* How can HR practices add value to business performance?
* The best practices of HR performance management that contribute to successful business planning

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Thursday, August 20, 2009

LexisNexis Strategic Investor Relations and Public Disclosure

LexisNexis Capital Raising for Corporations Conference
August 2009

Establishing Sustainable Growth through Successful Funding Strategies and Addressing the Shareholders’ Crisis of Confidence through Strategic Communications
• Assess the importance of communications for Investor Relations and Public Disclosures
• Differentiating communication initiatives in maximizing their value
• Defining the communications, investor relations, and statements and why they play
an integral role in a corporations financial activity
• What is the information that companies are required to make public?
• Frequency of disclosure and maintaining confidentiality

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Strategic Investor Relations and Public Disclosure

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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

The Powerful Role of PR in Branding and Marketing

ABF Conference on Media Relations
July 2009

*Yesterday’s and today’s Public Relations
*What role does PR play in promoting your brand
*Determining the best PR strategies for greater brand impact
*Best practices for integrating PR with traditional marketing
*Case studies

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The Powerful Role of PR in Branding

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

CNI and Kenny Ong Live webcast throughout US

CNI and Kenny Ong Live webcast throughout US - Human Capital Institute
17 July 2009, 2.00pm ET

Strategic Performance Systems
The challenge presented by effective and strategic performance management is one that has ignited intense interest and debate. Beyond performance reviews, performance management systems and processes are being integrated with hiring, retention, learning, compensation and career transitions initiatives. For performance management solutions to fulfill their potential, it must inform the other critical components of strategic talent management. Strategic and integrated performance management not only drives effective measurement, it aligns hiring and retention efforts with corporate objectives and focuses those efforts where they will produce the greatest returns.

Next Webcast
Title: Enhancing Business Performance with Systematic Talent Management
When: Thu, Jul 16 2009 / 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM ET

Presented By: Kenny Ong , Vice President, Corporate Strategic Planning & Development , CNI Holdings Bhd
Register Here: http://www.hci.org/hci/events_register.guid?_trainingID=2345&_trainingScheduleID=20203

Recast Dates:
Fri, Jul 17 2009 / 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM ET Register »
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Business performance is achieved when systems leverage talent to make their best contribution. Do your business and talent systems communicate? Performance management connects the business plan implementation with talent management. This webcast will explore how to link your systems for bottom-line performance and measurable results. Leveraging your talent's performance can position your company to be a leader in product development, customer loyalty and operational excellence. Gain insight to performance management effectiveness of the process, the form, the people, and the measurement. This webcast will reveal how performance management can be a "predictable process to improve controllable achievements.

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Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Criteria of a Successful Project Leader (How to Get Things Done...)

M2 Asia ESSENTIAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT SKILLS FOR THE PUBLIC SECTOR
June 2009

Criteria of a Successful Project Leader (How to Get Things Done...)
• Leadership styles that suit your organizational structure
• Motivational strategies to win trust and commitment from your team
• People management strategy to enhance the deliverable of the projects
• Guiding the project team to success through effective leadership
• Setting a leadership benchmark for others to follow

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Criteria of a Successful Project Leader

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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Strategy Focused Planning System beyond Traditional Budgeting

ABF Financial Controllers Conference
June 2009

Strategy Focused Planning System beyond Traditional Budgeting
• What is strategy
• What is a strategic plan
• How to convert a strategic concept into an actionable plan with a realistic budget
• Overview of the mechanism for developing a strategic budget

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Strategy Focused Planning System Beyond Traditional Budgeting

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The Evolution Of Corporate Communications

ABF Annual Corporate Communications and Public Relations Conference
June 2009

The Evolution Of Corporate Communications
• The evolving role of corporate communications and PR
• Business strategy and corporate communications
• Technology and corporate communications
• Corporate communications as value creator

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The Evolution of Corporate Communications

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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Strategic Planning And Organization Clarity

ABF Strategic Corporate Planning Conference
March 2009, KL

What are the key pitfalls that can derail strategy planning and implementation efforts?
What are the critical activities that are anecdotes for driving the development of organisational clarity?
Examples and case studies

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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Leadership Lessons from GM - The Buck Stops Here, Finally

Finally. General Motors (more like the US Government) has come to their senses and remembered the fundamental truth about Leadership: The Buck Stops Here. Finally, they have deiced to remove the Chief, Rick Wagoner, the source of GM's problems.

This is an exeprt from a news article online:

General Motors chief Rick Wagoner to quit under Obama auto plan

Agence France-Presse

Washington, March 30, 2009

US President Barack Obama has asked the head of General Motors to resign, US media reported, a day before the US leader spells out his plan for the future of the crippled auto sector.

"The Obama administration asked Rick Wagoner, the chairman and CEO of General Motors, to step down and he agreed," Politico.Com reported, citing an unnamed White House official.

You can catach the entire article here: http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=RSSFeed-business&id=e269ccc8-67e7-46dc-b38a-7bb6e0d27206&Headline=GM+chief+Rick+Wagoner+to+quit+under+Obama+auto+plan

What are some quick lessons of Leadership that we need to remind ourselves?

1. The buck stops at the Chief. Not those below him or her.

2. Three years in a row is the maximum time period a leader is allowed to non-perform

3. A non-performing leader better quit before they are asked to leave

4. There is no blame. No excuses.

Finally, someone (thanks Obama) has the guts to kick Wagoner out. It has been too long, and he has provided too many excuses. Time to get to work.

-TURD-

Saturday, March 28, 2009

PROTON: A fine example of an incomptent leader from an incomptent company talking rubbish

OK. Read this short report:

Proton's losses widen in Q2, New Straits Times December 1, 2006

PROTON Holdings Bhd saw its losses widen during its second fiscal quarter, but its managing director says the outlook will improve with the launch of new car models and the sealing of a strategic alliance expected by early next year.

Datuk Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohamed Tahir said Proton should perform better in the near- to medium-term with a strategic blueprint already in place.

These include the planned launch of two new models in ...

**Refer to: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P1-131797824.html

Now.. Read this excerpt

Local auto makers patiently wait, The Star Online Saturday March 14, 2009 By JAGDEV SINGH SIDHU

For the long-term, Syed Zainal says the Government should consolidate the national car industry. ...he suggests that the national car maker that has given the most value add to the industry, which has too many players for it to sustain, be given the lead. That company he feels should be Proton.

**Refer to http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/3/14/business/3470772&sec=business

My point?

1. Proton has a terrible business model, with terrible products, and well protected.

2. Perodua has been consistently rolling out quality products, at excellent prices to the Malaysian consumer, without much protection.

3. Syed Zainal has been in the leadership of Proton for eons, yet the same poor business model, cloudy strategy and waste-of-time products continue until today. (A 3 years period is usually the cut-off point for determining whether a leader is competent or not)

4. PERODUA is the best competitor to Proton, eating up its market share quietly all these years

5. Proton has no way to beat Perodua in the open market

6. Yet, Syed Zainal still has the cheek to suggest that the Government consolidate the industry (hinting that Perodua should fold under Proton) because (get this irony)... "Proton has added the most value to the industry".

7. Do I need to say more?

Still don't believe me? Then read these posts:

How suck is Proton? On http://www.wahlau.net/2007/02/25/how-suck-is-proton/
Perodua or Proton? On http://geminigeek.com/blog/archives/2005/06/perodua-or-proton/
Proton Sucks! On http://ecstacyelmo.blogspot.com/2008/03/proton-sucks.html

-TURD-

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Touch-N-Go: From Poor to Worse

This is just going to be a short rumbling exercise by me...

Yesterday, I forgot to bring my Smart Tag and Touch-N-Go card. So, I decided to buy an extra one (which means giving business to PLUS) at the toll. However, I was told by the toll person that I cannot buy it anymore from the toll booth, and instead I have to buy it from the PLUS station (which is highly inconvenient). That's terrible business sense and down right customer un-friendly.

As such.. I have decided to name a few things PLUS (Touch-N-Go) is doing terribly wrong from a customer of view:

1. Changing from an O.K. Smart Tag technology to a WORSE Smart Tag, and charging more for it

2. Changing from a convenient toll booth reload timing (7am to 10pm) to the most ILLOGICAL and inconvenient timing (9am to 4pm)

3. Occasional (very often) error reading from a Smart Tag machine plus the fact that you have to drive really slow and very close to the 'reader' before your Smart Tag can be detected (look at the technology that Singapore has and you will know what I mean)

4. Changing from the ability to buy a new Touch-N-Go card at the toll booth to 'no more selling of cards' at toll booths.

This is what happens when a business is in monopoly and there is nothing a consumer can do to 'punish' the provider. If there was real competition, PLUS would have folded long time ago.

To make things worse, the customers are also the people funding the incompetent provider, such as PLUS, either through direct revenue (toll charges) or indirect (tax - government subsidies).

And I am one very unhappy and angry customer.

-TURD-