As we transit to the fifth industrial revolution, many organisations find that their competitive advantage is their people and the talents of their people. This is especially true of organisations that are composed of mainly knowledge workers. Yet, survey after survey report that employees are disengaged, with little opportunity to do what they are best at. How can leaders transform their organisations into workplaces where their employees apply their strengths to their jobs and contribute their best work to the organisation? What can leaders do to transit from their current organisational cultures to a strengths-based organisation?

Objective

• Understand what is a strengths-based organisation (SBO)
• Understand the benefits of transforming to a SBO
• Learn what are the steps in transforming to a SBO
• Learn what are the possible obstacles or pitfalls, and how to avoid them

Outline

Module 1: Understanding Strengths-Based Organisations (SBO)
Understand what is a SBO and how it differs from other organisations.

Module 2: Advantages of SBOs
Discover the advantages in today’s market of becoming a SBO for your organisational and team performance.

Module 3: Organisational Assessment
Assess how strengths-based your organisation currently is and where is the gap between your organisation and a true SBO.

Module 4: Creating SBOs
Know the culture change process necessary to transform into a SBO.

Module 5: SBO Case Studies
Apply the culture change process to a series of different organisations based on real case studies.

Module 6: SBO Transformation Roadmap
Map the transformation to a SBO for your organisation.

Who should attend

- Senior leaders
- HR

Methodology

Experiential learning, classroom learning, individual reflection, group discussion, class discussion, practice, roleplay, case study, lecture, presentation

Serene Seng's Profile

Over ten years of interesting and dynamic work experiences in consulting and training, health and beauty industry, entrepreneurial business, construction and education services.

In her last position as General Manager for an overseas management consulting firm, Serene specialised in organizational development for healthcare, wellness, fitness, and education industries as well as government ministries.

She also designs and facilitates customized experiential programs and has been invited to speak by Singapore Telecoms, Land Transport Authority, Citibank, NTUC Income, and Ogilvy as well as interviewed by MediaCorp Radio and Singapore Press Holdings.

Previously, Serene was Business Development Manager for a distribution company, developing the regional market for them. Prior to that, she was a Business Development Manager at an electrical engineering firm developing new initiatives for business opportunities in labour supply to be based in India. Her main focus on both assignments was building new markets for strategic operational development and business ventures in South East Asia.

As an entrepreneur, she had her own consultancy seeing clients for health management issues. She also set up from scratch a consultancy company and brought its sales to seven figures in four years.

Certifications:
• Masters in Human Nutrition (Deakin University)
• Bachelors in Business Administration (National University of Singapore)
• Clinical Exercise Specialist (American College of Sports Medicine)
• Graduate Diploma in Comprehensive Psychology (Association for Psychology)
• CPR and AED (American Heart Association)
• Workplace Health Consultant (Health Promotion Board of Singapore)
• Practicing Management Consultant (PMC Certification Board)
• Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment (Workforce Development Agency of Singapore)