Resilience is becoming the secret ingredient of an organization and its members, especially after the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic and various lockdowns. It is more than just a necessary component to the functions and operations of the business, but also the ‘secret sauce’ for capable leaders and staff.
Today, 4 December, AMCHAM held a virtual discussion roundtable with seasoned HR executives on what would make a good recipe to a resilient organization in the new and next normal. The discussion was moderated by Siobhan Das, CEO, AMCHAM, and the HR executives were Kala Kularajah, Consultant at Egon Zehnder, Nisha Padbidri, Country Human Resource Head , Citibank Malaysia at Citibank Bhd, Anwar Yusoff, General Manager, HR & External Affairs at ConocoPhillips Malaysia and Norlida Azmi, Deputy Group Chief Human Resource Officer / CHRO Designate at Axiata Group Berhad.
Each speaker brought insight into how they and their organizations approached resilience, how the sudden changes due to the pandemic forced everyone to adapt and drive themselves further, and what efforts were initiated to help cope with mental stress in the process.
We would like to thank all the speakers for taking the time of their busy schedule to be with us and to share their insights on an important topic.
The U.S. Embassy wants to make you aware of an opportunity to engage with Malaysia’s rising start up community. The Malaysian organization Sizzlescience, which is a participant of the U.S. Department of State’s Global Innovation through Science and Technology’s partnership, is seeking executives of American companies to advice start up founders for a period of 2-4 months. As per Sizzlescience’s proposal, volunteers could:
– Join the Board of Advisors of these startups. In exchange for their time commitment each participant could receive an advisor’s equity of 1%.
– Have the right to co-invest for 7% equity upon the startup securing seed funding via government fund managers or angel investors.
-Become a key player in the development of Malaysia’s start up scene.
If you are interested in the program or have any questions, please contact Murali Prasad Vandayar ([email protected]) or Juan Clar ([email protected]).
Following the signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement on November 15, 2020 along with the 14 countries, the RCEP will see the integration of the FTAs into a single, cohesive trade and investment architecture in the region.
In this regard, FMM is collaborating with the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) to organise a Webinar on Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP): Understanding and Benefiting from the World’s Largest Free Trade Arrangement on:
- Date: December 15, 2020
- Time: 9.00am-1.00pm
- Virtual Platform: ZOOM
YBhg Dato’ Sri Norazman Ayob, Deputy Secretary General (Industry), MITI would be delivering Keynote Address at the Webinar.
Join this Webinar to understand how the signing will improve market access with tariffs and quotas eliminated in over 65% of goods traded and make business predictable with common rules of origin and transparent regulations, upon entry into force!
There are many challenges that women face when getting into the working environment and when returning to it. A good number of these challenges are often unspoken or unheard of. As part of AMCHAM’s Women’s Week, a virtual discussion forum was held on the topic of the journey from girls to leaders.
This forum featured two panel discussion sessions. The first panel featured Dr Asma Abdullah, InterCultural Specialist at Culture Matters, Shantini Vanniasingham, Clinical Psychologist at Gleneagles Hospital, Abdul Rahman Abu Haniffa, Government Affairs & Policy at General Electric and Chye Neo Chong, Independent Director moderated by Siobhan Das, CEO, AMCHAM. This session’s primary focus was on raising girls, the traditional approaches and the contemporary counterpart as they are groomed for the working environment. Panellists shared their experiences and findings on the socio-cultural impact on girls, the shifting times brought about by the pandemic, what are often causes for girls and women to avoid advancing further into their careers and leadership roles and what could help to rectify that, without coming off as upsetting the harmony of a society.
The second panel discussion was centred around women entering the job market and rising in the ranks. Panellists for this session included Ang Weina, Partner (Global Employer Services) at Deloitte, Dave Mitchell, Vice President, Operations at Boston Scientific Medical Device (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, Tara Latini, Country Head, Wealth & Personal Banking at HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad and Leah Samson-David, Senior Counsel at Philip Morris (M) Sdn. Bhd. moderated by Johnny Liew, HR Director of In-Tech Electronics Sdn Bhd. Panellists here talked about how their organizations found ways to bridge the gender gap and offered insightful and practical tips on what changes, even seemingly minor changes that can be made to enable more women in the workforce to excel further.
The third entry in AMCHAM’s Women’s Week was yet another successful with over 100 attendees and an in-depth discussion that addressed angles normally unknown. Special thanks to all our panellists and attendees for a great virtual event.
At AGCO, we help our customers nourish an exploding population, respond to increased demand for high-quality protein and preserve more of what’s produced.
We believe in smart innovation that allows farmers to flourish and create productive agriculture operations. So how does EDGE® Controller help farmers?
EDGE® is a single platform that is versatile and intuitive allowing it to handle all control application whether is it for swine, broiler, breeder, pullet, or layer houses.
It is a unique controller that allows users to control, monitor and managing the entire farms’ operation in ventilation, feeding, cooling, heating, lighting and more. With EDGE®, users are able to control the farm operation in just a click, reducing the management complexity and eliminating the need to own more controllers for each individual houses.
The EDGE® gives real time status update of the entire operation. Farmers now have the freedom to leave their farm knowing that still have control of all aspects of operation in the palm of their hands.
EDGE® is more than just a product. It is the next generation of controllers. A platform designed to evolved and expand operations. As quoted in our mission, “Profitable growth through superior customer service, innovation, quality and commitment”, we are constantly finding new ways to increase farmers’ productivity through value-added innovation and through that we help to build a sustainable high-tech solutions for farmers feeding the world. Together, we shall ensure food security and never stop feeding the world.
