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Timeo's Talent Spotlight

December 2023

Dear Guest,


Leading the Charge: Transformative Leadership in Action.


While collaborating with a client on the design and facilitation of a large-scale workshop, our goal was clear: to foster trust and collaboration across diverse functions and geographies, all while preparing participants for imminent and significant changes on the horizon. Little did we know that we were about to witness the embodiment of Transformational Leadership in action, just days later. Rather than relying solely on the typical approach of gathering feedback through internal surveys, this time was different. The answers and solutions weren't to be provided by a select few; instead, it evolved into a collective endeavor, with everyone taking ownership of the change process. 

What started as a call to management soon transformed into a rallying cry for collective intelligence and action. In a remarkable display of unity, the team spontaneously crafted a 'Ways of Working 2.0' initiative, complete with dedicated sponsors and a clear roadmap for the future. It was aptly nicknamed 'WOW,' and it exemplified the power of transformational leadership."


In today's dynamic business landscape, leadership isn't just about guiding a ship

Leadership is also about setting sail into uncharted waters. Welcome to the era of transformational leadership—the compass for navigating the tumultuous seas of modern business. Transformational leaders aren't mythical beings with superpowers; they're individuals who understand that leadership is more than a title—it's a call to action. They don't just manage change; they inspire it. 

So, why is understanding transformational leadership vital in today's corporate world? Picture this: Google receives a staggering 1,000+ searches every month for "traits of a transformational leader." 


People aren't looking for mediocre managers; they're in search of inspiration. 

And that's exactly what transformational leaders provide. Statistics reveal that organizations with transformational leaders at the helm experience higher innovation, increased employee engagement, and a remarkable 75% reduction in employee turnover. The impact isn't just in numbers; it's in a culture that thrives on collaboration and a shared vision. 

As Heraclitus wisely said, "Change is the only constant in life." Transformational leaders embrace change not as a challenge but as an opportunity. They inspire their teams to take the initiative, fostering a culture of innovation and disruption. When the status quo is no longer an option, these leaders chart a new course toward success. 


So, how can you become a transformational leader? 

It starts with a mindset shift—from managing to inspiring. We'll explore the traits, strategies, and real-world examples that will empower you to embark on this transformative journey. You will find below programs and articles to uncover the secrets of transformational leadership. 

Together, we'll learn how to inspire, innovate, and lead in a world where change is the new norm. Get ready to set sail!


Let's be good together™.

   

10 Highly skilled individuals who we believe 

could be excellent additions to your teams

Ref #1 Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Country Base
& Nationality		SINGAPORE
Singaporean
Industries

FMCG and Retail

Candidate highlights

    • 5 years of talent acquisition experience across the Retail and FMCG industry
    • Experienced in full cycle of recruitment, from sourcing, interviewing candidates to offer management and on-boarding
    • Proven track record in high volume recruitment and experienced in managing mid to senior level hires.
    • Effective communicator, adept at engaging with stakeholders at all levels
      Specific skills

      Talent engagement, Recruitment, Onboarding, HR projects

      Education 

      Bachelor’s Degree in HR
      Languages

      English and Mandarin
      Availability1 month
         

      Ref #2  Manager, Sustainability & Communications

      Country Base
      & Nationality      		SINGAPORE
      Singaporean
      IndustriesHospitality
      Candidate highlights

        • Over 12 years of experience in Sustainability and Communications within the Hospitality industry
        • Experienced in fostering a culture of sustainability and plays a leading role in internal and external communications of the sustainability’ initiatives.
        • Strong communicator with excellent interpersonal skills to engage both internal and external stakeholders effectively.
        Specific skillsInternal and external communications, Sustainability, Corporate affairs
        Education Bachelor’ Degree in Mass Communications
        LanguagesEnglish and Mandarin
        Availability2 months
           

        Ref #3 Senior Demand Planner


        Country Base
        & Nationality        		SINGAPORE
        Singaporean
        IndustriesManufacturing and Chemicals
        Candidate highlights

          • More than 15 years of experience in demand planning, S&OP and analysing sales variances
          • Experienced in partnering with the sales and commercial team to analyse demand and sales forecast.
          • Strong communicator to engage individual across all organisational levels.
          Specific skillsDemand planning, Sales forecasting, S&OP, Order fulfilment
          Education Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management
          LanguagesEnglish and Mandarin
          Availability1 Month
             

          Ref #4 Country HR Manager - Indonesia

          Country Base
          & Nationality          		INDONESIA
          Indonesian
          IndustriesFood production, Mining and Manufacturing

          Candidate highlights

          • A proactive business partner to senior management; highly skilled in communications, mentoring, and integrating diverse teams around a common cause. 
          • Offering progressive experience leading effective resources teams and developing human resources framework and strategies for large organization in the manufacturing-based industries, plantation industry, mining services industry, and healthcare industry. 
          • An effective communicator who builds consensus with nonunionized and unionized workers, and effectively resolves grievances and arbitrations.

          Specific skillsIndustrial Relations, Talent Management, Conflict resolution, Contract negociations and compliance, Six Sigma Black Belt.
          Education 

          Master of Science - University of Indonesia - 2011
          Bachelor of Psychology, Gadjah Mada University - 2003

          LanguagesEnglish, Bahasa Indonesia
          Availability1 month
             

          Ref #5 Human Resources Manager

          Country Base & NationalitySINGAPORE
          Singaporean
          Industries

          Food & beverage services, Insurance and Financial services, Chemical Manufacturing

          Candidate highlights

            • Set and drive HR operational masterplan for center and ensure alignment with overall R&D and market people priorities.
            • Champion HR transformation while establishing sustainable HR systems, processes and practices.
            • A problem solver who combines business acumen with a HR generalist background to bring innovative solutions.

            Specific skillLeadership Development, Staff Coaching & Mentoring, Employee Relations, Organizational Development, Workforce Planning, Talent Acquisition, Campus Engagement, Performance Management
            Education BSc Business (2nd Upper Hons) – University Of London (SIM)
            LanguagesEnglish and Mandarin
            Availability1 month
               

            Ref #6 Chief Commercial Officer

            Country Base
            & Nationality            		SOUTH KOREA
            Korean
            IndustriesHigh Technology Healthcare, Medical Device, Diagnostics (IVD), Molecular Biology
            Candidate highlights
              • Strong Business Leadership with a proven track record in building successful businesses with competitive growth and sustained profitability through business cycles
              • Turning around Business with full Insight of Healthcare, Biology, Medical Solutions
              • Expertise on Clinical, Research Program Development with Local and Global group
              Specific skills Sales & Marketing Management and Strong Execution with Full P&L Responsibility, Business Commercialization, New Business Developments and Execution, High level Business Negotiation Skills, Communications
              Education 

              Master of Business Administration (Major in Marketing)

              LanguagesKorean and English
              Availability3 weeks after notice
                 

              Ref #7 Senior Talent Acquisition Partner


              Country Base
              & Nationality              		SINGAPORE
              Singaporean
              IndustriesFood and Beverage manufacturing, Consulting, Hospitality and IT Services
              Candidate highlights
              • An experienced Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist with a demonstrated history of working in the staffing and recruiting industry.
              • Skilled in HR Consulting, Executive Search, Interview Preparation, and Staffing Services, comes with both in-house and external recruitment experience.
              • Excels at the professional level but also stands out as a great conversationalist, making interactions with him engaging and insightful.
              Specific skills

              Strategic Thinking, Retail Management, Budgeting, P&L Management, Microsoft Excel, Merchandising Strategy, E-Commerce, Licensing Strategy, Merchandise Planning, Data Analysis, Executive Leadership, Leadership, Strategy, Demand Planning, Project Management, and Merchandising Strategies

              Education 

              Diploma in Business Computing - major in Human Resources Management

              LanguagesEnglish, Mandarin and Cantonese (spoken)
              Availability1 month
                 

              Ref #8 Vice President of Sports (Asia)

              Country Base
              & Nationality              		VIETNAM
              South African
              Industries

              Retail and Manufacturing

              Candidate highlights

              • Built a partnership portfolio of leading sports brands
              • Digitized various in-store customer interactive touchpoints to improve footfall category by 15%.
              • Increased conversion rates to 20%+ using an in-store analytics solution, cameras, and AI.
              • Launched limited-edition collaborations to achieve circa 90% sell-through in the first week.

              Specific skillsStrategic Thinking, Retail Management, Budgeting, P&L Management, Microsoft Excel, Merchandising Strategy, E-Commerce, Licensing Strategy, Merchandise Planning, Data Analysis, Executive Leadership, Leadership, Strategy, Demand Planning, Project Management, and Merchandising Strategies
              Education 

              University of South Africa - Universiteit van Suid-Afrika, Diploma in Retail Marketing and Merchandising

              LanguagesEnglish and Afrikaans
              Availability2 months' notice period
                 

              Ref #9 Regional Senior Human Resources Manager

              Country Base
              & Nationality              		SINGAPORE
              PR
              IndustriesLaw Practise and Legal Services
              Candidate highlights

              • Experienced in international partnership and professional services environment
              • Knowledge of business services and free-earning population within the region
              • Strategic and operational regional scope involves liaising with various levels of HR Team members, senior management, practice groups, and departmental leaders, within the firm's global and highly matrix structure

              Specific skills

              Employment Law, Recruiting, Graduate Recruiting, Human Resources, Employee Relations, Onboarding, Succession Planning, Talent Management, Employee Engagement, HR Policies, Performance Management, and Talent Acquisition

              Education Kingston University - PG Human Resource Management Diploma (CIPD)
              Leeds Beckett University - BA (Hons) Business Management
              LanguagesEnglish
              Availability2 months' notice period
                 

              Ref #10 Managing Director (Manufacturing)

              Country Base
              & Nationality              		CHINA
              Chinese
              Industries

              Industrial Machinery Manufacturing, Automotive

              Candidate highlights

              • Over 20 years of extensive experience as an Executive Manager with domestic and international experience in the main operations of manufacturing companies with high specialisation in B to B. 
              • Experienced in the hydraulic sector of the automotive off-highway (cylinder and power transmission), ring gears for power reducers application, and fasteners for automotive (car/truck, Tier1/OEM).
              • Effective oversight of the P & L with the capability to expand the business and the turnover discovering new ways to improve the profitability.
              Specific skills

              Team Management, Leadership, Delivery performance, Automotive networking, Business Development, Budget/Sales/Forecast/BP, Project management, Department Efficiency & OEE

              Education 

              M.A. Degree in Business and Administration – Faculty of Economics

              Languages

              Mandarin (native) & English (Fluent)

              Availability2 months
                 

              Food for thoughts and actions 

              Our training/coaching programs to help you become an inspiring Transformational Leader :

              "Leading People through Change and Transformation” & “Take Up the Challenge of Change” 

                 

              Leading & Managing through Change and Transformation

              Successful change management strategies & skills are critical for implementing smooth and efficient business changes in times of disruption. Implementing successful business changes requires a combination of planning, communication and behavioural skills for managers and employees with change responsibilities. In order to overcome the natural tendency of people to resist change and ping back to the status quo, managers must follow certain rules and processes to gain acceptance for transformation and change initiatives.

               

              You will learn how to : 

              • Impact employee mindsets: Exploring the emotional impact of business change on the mindsets of employees and how to manage and overcome psychological barriers.​
              • Empower communication: Develop change communication plans and skills for when and how to communicate, align people with a change goals, appeal to emotions, deal with facts and avoid change resistance.
              • Nudge employees through Change: Manage the crucial steps in a people change strategy, motivate, build support, enhance resilience and flexibility for change acceptance among employees.
              • Lead change: Methods & techniques for leading change meetings, celebrating a successful change implementation and engaging and empowering sharing the results and benefits.


              Take Up the Challenge of Change

              Today change at any level represents both an ongoing challenge and a constant and vital need. Change is a challenge you have no doubt had to face—perhaps you are facing it now. This Skill Path supplies you with a number of effective tools including the Elisabeth Kübler-Ross grief curve and other techniques to help you make a real success out of change.

              What you will learn

              The stages involved in the change process How can you embrace the process of change and accept the challenge


              Training course overview

              • The five stages of reaction to change
              • Gain control over the change process and succeed
              • Deal with a current change in your life

              Benefits

              • A better understanding of your own feelings and reactions
              • An enhanced capacity to deal with change
              • An ability to positively program yourself

                 

              Our readers digest with 3 inspiring articles from HBR,  Forbes and The Wall Street Journal for inspiration and action.

              4 Actions Transformational Leaders take

              In a changed, post-pandemic environment, employees, customers, and investors have high expectations for the companies they work with and they expect leaders to be effective, authentic, and compassionate.

              Leaders who want their organizations to meet this moment and succeed long-term need to move away from the status quo and change their approach to how they’ll lead the necessary transformations.
                 

              Proof That Transformational Leadership Can Become The New Normal

              Transformational leadership means repeatedly committing to doing the hard work to get from where you are to where you want to go. In this article, you will follow the journey of a transformational leader and his team and discover this journey can become the new normal if we so choose. And imagine, then, what we can accomplish.


                 
                 
              Leadership Through Transformational Change: A Framework

              As business and technology evolve, technology leaders can consider their approach to transformational change, says John Marcante, former global CIO of Vanguard and CIO-in-residence at Deloitte. Consider his suggested framework for understanding, envisioning, and undertaking transformational change. 

                 

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