Dear DIOP members and friends,

We are having another interest group meeting on Mar 13 (Tuesday) 2007.

The topic is Change Management. Kwok LEUNG and Neil COWIESON will facilitate the discussion to address from both a theory point of view approaches and concepts of change management, and a practice point of view case studies and examples of change management. Specifically, ?K

• Leadership issues in change management
• People management issues in change management
• How to handle resistance to change
• How to sustain change over a long period of time
• Culture/process change process in an internal technology support function in a global tobacco firm, involving change workshops on overcoming resistance to change, how to lead change, how to create a vision, etc
• Change workshops in a large MNC in China - focusing on overcoming limiting beliefs, self-talk, positivity vs optimism (i.e., at a very individual level in dealing with reactions to change)
• Change process in a global FMCG for the "N - 1" (next level down from top team) to turn top team vision and strategy into a change programme for the rest of the organization

Kwok LEUNG (PhD in psychology, University of Illinois) is professor of management at the City University of Hong Kong. He specializes in human resources management, organizational psychology, consumer behaviour, the psychology of culture, and research methodology. He has extensive experiences in management consultancy projects and training workshops for major organizations in a variety of industries and Government departments. He has led workshops on organizational change and people management for a wide range of companies and government departments.

Neil COWIESON (MSc Occupational Psychology, University of Hertfordshire) is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist. He specializes in talent management, assessment and development, psychometric testing, coaching, leadership development, assessment & development centres and change management/OD. He has over 18 years of experience in the field of Human Resources and I/O Psychology and has led a number of change management projects, focusing in particular on the management of change at the individual level.

Fee: Free (bring you own refreshment)

Maximum enrolment: 15 (priorities given to DIOP members)

We are pleased to announce a dinner talk by Dr. Meredith Belbin on "Management in a New Era".

"Management in a New Era"

Hierarchical management systems have operated throughout the ages but their inherent weaknesses are becoming increasingly apparent in the modern world. More dynamic systems demand flexibility and teamwork. Experimental studies have given rise to the language of "team roles" which can be learned and applied. Teamwork also demands an understanding of how work can best be distributed. Here the colour language of "work roles" offers an international tool for managers, especially in overcoming language barriers.

Brief Biography:

Meredith Belbin graduated in Classics and Psychology at Clare College, Cambridge and gained his second degree for his doctoral dissertation on Older Workers in Industry. After training at the Institute of Engineering Production at Birmingham and a Research Fellowship at Cranfield, he became a management consultant working in a wide range of industries. Later he returned to Cambridge to become, in turn, Chairman of the Industrial Training Research Unit, Director of the Employment Development Unit and founding Partner of Belbin Associates (www.belbin.com). He is currently External Examiner for the Department of Engineering Management in the University of Bristol, and has recently been appointed Visiting Professor and Honorary Fellow of Henley Management College.

As an author his books include Management Teams: Why They Succeed Or Fail (1981), The Job Promoters (1990), Team Roles At Work (1993), The Coming Shape Of Organization (1996), Changing The Way We Work (1997), Beyond the Team (2000) and Managing without Power (2001), and The Evolution of Human Behaviour and its Bearing on the Future (2006).

In a consulting capacity Dr Belbin has advised the OECD, the US Department of Labor, the Commission of the EEC and many manufacturing companies and public service organisations.

Date: Monday, November 6, 2006

Time: 7:00-9:30pm

Fee: $150 ($120 for DIOP Members) to be paid on-site

Please enroll through the website or email diop_gensec@hkps.org.hk.

We are pleased to announce that we will have another Interest Group meeting on "Coaching".

This is an informal meeting targeting about 10-15 people for some in-depth discussion. There will be no formal presentations but typically a few people will take a more major role in facilitating the discussion.

In the coming meeting, ?K

Dr. Susan Mistler (Executive Coach and Senior Consultant for PDI) will lead a discussion in how to effectively use coaching - reviewing what the critical elements are for ensuring the participants and organizations benefit. While coaching can be a powerful development process, its value can be primed at the start. She will lead an interactive discussion about what happens in coaching, the 'magic' of this potentially powerful change process. She will lead the group in some practice in maximizing 'coachable moments'- a way to start thinking about coaching as an ongoing dialogue with those you touch rather than as a formal process.

Cost: Free (Bring your own refreshement)

For any enquiries, please email diop_gensec@hkps.org.hk.

Dr. Susan Mistler

Senior Consutant / Director (Coaching Practise Area), Personnel Decisions International

Susan Mistler is a senior consultant with Personnel Decisions International based in Hong Kong; She directs the coaching services for Greater China. In addition to 4 years experience at PDI, Susan draws upon more than 10 additional years of working as a clinical psychologist and in roles as clinical director of services and consultant to physicians and organizations. Her work as an executive coach is built upon her expertise in learning and change, complemented by her broad international experience and industry exposure, allowing her to address a broad range of executive needs. She works predominantly with key senior leaders, including CIO, Managing Director level, CFO and CEO of the fortune 100 companies. Susan Mistler received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Denver, and did her residency with Harvard Medical School. She is a licensed psychologist and maintains a clinical practice in addition to her work with organizations.

"Strategically Leveraging Coaching for Senior Leadership"

To make the most of coaching engagements with senior leadership and to ensure an impact on the business, coaching must be thought of as a key strategic initiative. In the presentation, the speaker will discuss about the best practices in utilizing coaching with senior leaders, and how to ensure the impact is felt positively by the organization on the bottom line results.

Ms. Ivy Ning

Director, PeoplePlus Training & Consulting

Ivy is a Master Coach, Designer and Facilitator of leadership and transformational coaching programs. During the last 10 years, Ivy has worked with many leaders and leadership teams in bringing transformation to their culture, expanding leadership competencies and enacting on their visions/missions. She is also one of the most well-known executive coaches who has helped many executives experience life and business turn-around within a matter of months. Her current clientele spread over Asia and Australia.

"Transformational Coaching??

Coaching with a transformational approach is a working from the ??inside-out?? methodology. This approach goes directly to the core, identifying the values and beliefs of the clients, understands what??s operating ??behind the scene?? and what has to be changed fundamentally to generate better results. It is empowering and high impact and its results are sustainable over time.

 

Rundown
3:30-3:35 Opening by Seminar Chair
3:35-4:05 Strategically Leveraging Coaching for Senior Leadership by Susan Mistler
4:05-4:35 Transformational Coaching by Ivy Ning
4:35-4:55 Question & Answer
4:55-5:00 Closing Remark

This seminar is part of the HKPS Annual Conference. Click here to download the registration form.

We are pleased to announce a dinner talk by Dr. Harry Hui (University of Hong Kong) and Dr. Kevin Cheng (Lingnan University) on "Simpler is Better: Representing Dollar-Based Utility of Psychometric Instruments for Personnel Selection".

??How accurate is it??? is the question human resources managers often ask when invited to consider adopting a psychological test or a new interview method. A more sophisticated user may want to know the validity coefficient. However, test-related information can be made user-friendlier to prospective adopters. Along this line, some psychologists proposed formulae for computing dollar-based utility indices, to facilitate communication with the corporate world, which is used to thinking in dollar terms. In this talk I shall discuss a more straightforward approach that helps human resources managers understand how well a psychological test might boost the bottom-line. I shall illustrate this with data on the Chinese Personality at Work Questionnaire collected from an insurance company. Participants will be invited to discuss the pros and cons of using this index of utility.

Date: Thursday, June 1, 2006

Time: 7:30-9:30pm

Fee: $200 ($150 for DIOP Members) to be paid on-site

Please enroll through the website or email wintonau@cuhk.edu.hk.