Culture Change

In Japan, there is a bizarre cultural dissonance with the foreign, or as they call it “gaikoku” (literally meaning “outside country”). But in a country where 99 out of every 100 people are Japanese, how could you blame them? (The population of non-Japanese living in Japan is less than 2% of the ...

Recently, ChapmanCG and AIA co-hosted another HR Leader Networking Section in Hong Kong. Chaired by Ben Davies, the group discussed how HR leaders can generate the highest level of influence and impact on the culture of an organisation in the context of Generation Y. There were contributions from Regional HR Leaders ...

ChapmanCG hosted a lively roundtable in Singapore at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML), which was attended by a host of regional HR leaders from DaVita, ED&F Man, JF Hillebrand, Microsoft, Monsanto, Morgan Stanley, RedMart, Schneider Electric, Standard Chartered Bank and Syngenta. The discussion centred on managing cultural change, in the context of the workplace ...

In March this year, ChapmanCG returned to India with a series of roundtables held across Bangalore, Mumbai and Gurgaon. The meetings were co-hosted by a number of long-term contacts at Intel, Credit Suisse, Ericsson, Expedia, BP, NCR and the Manipal Group. We were joined by senior HR leaders from a broad ...

In mid-February 2016, ChapmanCG held a series of meetings in Seoul for our community of HR and Talent Leaders in Korea. We were kindly hosted by Standard Chartered Bank and Energizer, and attendees at the meeting came from a wide array of industries. Among the groups were senior HR leaders from companies such as Amazon, ...

Change is never easy. Transforming an organisation’s culture is an initiative that requires business leaders to analyse their strengths, as well as their weaknesses. And in a lot of cases, it means saying goodbye to legacy systems and behaviours that have been shown to impede future success. Dr Urs Karkoschka, Head of ...

In late November, ChapmanCG and GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) co-hosted 20 Singapore-based Regional HR Heads at the GECAS offices to discuss progressive performance management. Representatives from a diverse range of companies attended including Barry Callebaut, Cargill, DHL, Hyflux, Intercontinental Hotels Group, JDA Software, Johnson & Johnson, Liberty Insurance, Mizuho Bank, Monsanto, NTT Com Security, ...

Leaders are constantly looking for that one great product or service that will set their company apart from the competition, but the reality is that patents expire and your top performers today can easily become top performers for your competitors tomorrow. So what is it that truly makes your organisation unique? Why should ...