Kenyataan Akhbar: Persidangan Tahunan Kecemerlangan Pengurusan Modal Insan Ke-3

Modal insan merupakan pelaburan terpenting bagi pembangunan sesebuah negara dan menjadi teras kepada inovasi dan ekonomi berpendapatan tinggi yang produktif. Bagi mengungguli modal insan, mencerna kreativiti dan mencetus inovasi, Perdana Menteri Malaysia telah mengumumkan 2012 sebagai tahun Gerakan Inovasi Nasional. Inovasi merupakan satu kelebihan daya saing yang kukuh dan mampan. Ianya sering dilihat sebagai tanggungjawab unit perniagaan (business unit) sesebuah badan organisasi korporat. Inovasi bermula daripada pemikiran kreatif modal insan yang bekerja dalam persekitaran yang menggalakkan inovasi. Menarik, mengekal dan melatih modal insan berinovatif adalah amat penting bagi membolehkan sesebuah organisasi itu menyerlah dalam dunia persaingan dalam jangka masa panjang. Bahagian pengurusan modal insan adalah unit yang akan memberikan impak yang paling besar dalam menerajui arus pembangunan ini.

Dengan tujuan mengupas isu-isu dan cabaran-cabaran semasa dalam aspek pengurusan pembangunan modal insan, Persidangan Tahunan Kecemerlangan Pengurusan Modal Insan Ke-3 dianjurkan oleh Comfori Sdn. Bhd. di Hotel Istana, Kuala Lumpur pada 14 & 15 Mac 2012. Persidangan ini yang dihadiri oleh lebih kurang 85 delegasi terdiri daripada pemimpin-pemimpin dari bidang pembangunan sumber manusia di Malaysia, telah dirasmikan oleh YBhg. Dato Haji Mohd Sharif Hussin, Timbalan Ketua Setiausaha, Kementerian Sumber Manusia Malaysia dan diiringi oleh Encik C.M. Vignaesvaran a/l Jeyandran, Pengurus Besar, Pembangunan Sumber Manusia Berhad.

Persidangan dua hari ini telah mendedahkan delegasi kepada isu-isu seperti strategi penyelesaian kreatif dalam pengurusan modal insan, penerapan inovasi dalam pengurusan ke arah transformasi dan pembentukan acuan pengurusan korporat organisasi yang lestari. Di samping itu, persidangan ini turut memfokuskan aspek sistem, metodologi dan model pengurusan yang berkesan, pembentukan dan pembangunan modal insan dan bakat berkepakaran dan lain-lain isu yang berkaitan.

Persidangan ini dibarisi oleh panel speaker jemputan yang sangat dinamik dari pelbagai industri, iaitu:

1. Dato’ Dr Ismail Alias, Timbalan Ketua Pengarah, Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam (JPA)

2. Dr. Michael Heah, Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif, Corporate Coach

3. Tuan Haji Ab Razak bin Omar, Pengarah, Business Excellence, Perbadanan Produktiviti Malaysia (MPC)

4. Nor’Aini Jalaludin, Head, Leadership and Capability Development, Petronas

5. Nor Ayuhan Abd Majid, Talent Development, Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB)

6. Dr. Balan Dass, Timbalan Presiden, Malaysian Institute of Human Resource Management (MIHRM)

7. Mohd Hanif Hamdi, Ketua Eksekutif, HR System & Consultancy (HRSC)

Di samping itu, kehadiran Bizzy Body, Worthy Book, dan Earth Again sebagai penaja dapat memeriahkan lagi majlis persidangan ini. Selain itu, persidangan ini turut mendapat sokongan daripada HR Matters sebagai rakan media rasmi untuk persidangan ini.

Tanpa sokongan daripada semua pihak, Persidangan Tahunan Kecemerlangan Pengurusan Modal Insan yang dianjurkan untuk kali ketiga ini tidak akan berjalan dengan lancar. Pihak penganjur merakamkan setinggi penghargaan kepada semua pihak yang telah bekerjasama untuk menjayakan persidangan ini. Besarlah harapan pihak penganjur agar persidangan ini akan dapat diteruskan sekali lagi di tahun hadapan. Sekiranya terdapat apa-apa pertanyaan, sila hubungi Huey Ying di hueyying.leong@comfori.com.

Employee Communication: 5 Tips To Engage Employees

When we think of employee communication most organizations focus on information tools. These include intranet sites, staff magazines, CEO blog, Town Hall meetings and so on. Whilst all these employee communication methods are to be applauded, they inform employees about what is going on. To truly engage employees in the process of change, for instance, a merger or acquisition, a re-organization, financial results or corporate social responsibility, employee communication methods need to be designed to actively engage employees.

Employee engagement should always result in some positive change of behaviour which will then lead to the achievement of organizational goals. Just distributing information by any of the above methods will not achieve the change in employee behaviour and organizational outcomes you are looking for.

Here are 5 tips that will ensure that your employee communication methods do achieve those outcomes.

1. The first tip is to establish whether the tools and methods you are currently using to communicate with employees are engagement strategies or information tools. So gather all the tools used and identify all the methods used, their frequency, intended audience, whether they are one way or two way communication vehicles and review the key messages.

2. The second tip is important because your ultimate aim in employee communication has to be to create the "Aha Moment". The "Aha Moment" is based on information that challenges the employee's belief about an aspect of the business. The information that suddenly helps employees say, "Now it makes sense", "Now I understand", "Now I can do something about it". Once you know what the "Aha Moment" is this will form your key message and the basis of your design of your employee communication strategy.

3. This third tip explains the best type of research to find out what the "Aha Moment" is, and the best type for this purpose is focus group research. Focus group research allows you to ask employees about your business and their thoughts on competitors, to identify the largest gap between what customers think and what staff think customers think, and to identify what would create a paradigm shift in employee's thinking. It also helps you identify how you will measure the impact of the change in employees thinking and to determine how significant it is to achieving the business objectives.

Focus groups are a good format as they allow you to explore issues further and sometimes you will discover issues or ideas you hadn't considered prior to the session. Focus groups generally are held for one and a half hours duration and in groups of 8 – 10 participants. As the facilitator, your role is to lead the discussion but leave the actual dialogue to the participants, bringing them back to the main issue if they have gone off on a tangent or to ensure that all the topics that you wanted to cover within the allocated timeframe are covered. A well facilitated focus group will identify the key messages for your employee communication strategies as they relate to a particular business issue.

4. The fourth tip is that once you have your focus group outcomes, you can then begin designing employee communication strategies that engage employees. You should have a clear understanding about what employees know and what the facts are, and the gap between the business facts and staff perceptions. This forms your key message to create the "Aha Moment".

5. The fifth tip is that you take the key information from the focus groups, identify a business issue that you feel sure your employee communication strategies can impact on. By using that information and work together with that area of the business you then implement an employee communication strategy that can be measured by business outcomes.

Once you have gathered all this information you then need to design employee communication strategies that engage employees around the one central message. Many of these employee communication strategies will actively involve employees in some aspect of change by designing communication methods that will require employees to participate. These engagement strategies are then supplemented by employee communication information tools.

Source: Human Resources Directory

Malaysia Annual Property Conference 2012 Press Release

On the 18^th and 19^th January 2012, the Malaysia Annual Property Conference 2012 was held at Renaissance Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. Mr. Ahyat Ishak, Chief Operating Officer of Greater Synergy Group, officiated this event. The conference was organised by Comfori Sdn Bhd and attended by 100 delegates, comprising top-level decision makers in the property and real estate industries.

Along with the Malaysian government’s successful implementation of the Economic Transformation Plan, the commercial property sector is expected to become more competitive. New supply of offices, luxury condominiums, and serviced apartments will affect supply over the next three years and will inflict downward pressure on occupancies and rental prices. The Malaysia Annual Property Conference 2012: Commercial Property Forecast aims to gather the top minds and practitioners, to discuss and dissect the current development and direction of the Malaysian property market.

The conference introduced a line-up of high profile speakers that presented their wealth of knowledge and experience in the property and real estate industry. This includes:

· Mr. Elvin Fernandez, Managing Director, Khong & Jaafar

· Mr. Gavin Tee, President, Swhengtee International Real Estate Investors Club

· Mr. Danny Goh, Director, MCT Consortium

· Mr. Girubaharan, Member Lawyer (s), Teh & Azlina

· Mrs. Ainoriza binti Mohd Aini, Department of Estate Management, Faculty of Built Environment, University Malaya

· Mr. Marco Robinson, Entrepreneur, Marco Robinson Sdn. Bhd.

· Mr. Ahyat Ishak, Chief Operating Officer, Greater Synergy Group

· Mr. Kevin Cheong, Managing Director, AceScube (M) Sdn. Bhd.

· Prof. Madya Dr. Hishamuddin bin Mohd. Ali, Deputy Dean (Academic Faculty of Geo Information and Real Estate) Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

This conference was sponsored by Earth Again and supported by SwhengTee International Real Estate Investors Club. On-board as a media partner for the conference was RFP Magazine.

Issues addressed in this conference included:

· In-depth understanding of Malaysia commercial property and economic market outlook

· Recognising developers and investor perspective and expectation in commercial property market

· Discussing the current amendment of compliance in Malaysia Commercial Property Market

· In-depth comprehensive discussion regarding Malaysia incentive and initiative for commercial property

· Recognising availability of financial vehicle assistance to finance property development projects

· Understanding the Malaysian legal REIT framework and commercial property investment vehicle: the diversification of real estate investment trust (REITs) investor property portfolio

eiring dengan pembangunan Malaysia sebagai negara membangun, tanggungjawab dan peranan wanita dalam pembangunan negara semakin penting dan berkembang. Walaubagaimanapun, pada masa yang sama terdapat pelbagai isu-isu penting berkaitan hak-hak dan cabaran konservatif yang perlu dihadapi, ditangani dan diperbincangkan bersama oleh ikon-ikon wanita negara dan para ilmuan.

Dengan tujuan mengupas isu-isu dan cabaran-cabaran semasa dalam aspek peranan dan sumbangan wanita Malaysia dari pelbagai bidang, Persidangan Kepimpinan Wanita 2011 dianjurkan oleh Comfori Sdn. Bhd. di Hotel Istana, Kuala Lumpur pada 21 & 22 November 2011. Persidangan ini yang dihadiri oleh lebih kurang 70 delegasi terdiri daripada pemimpin-pemimpin wanita di Malaysia, telah dirasmikan oleh Puan Wan Hasmah Wan Mohd, Ketua Pengarah di Jabatan Pembangunan Wanita.

Sepertimana Datuk Seri Dr. Mohd Najib Tun Razak, Perdana Menteri Malaysia menekankan kepentingan kemajuan wanita sedunia sebagai teras pembangunan, persidangan dua hari ini mendedahkan delegasi kepada isu-isu seperti transformasi wanita di Malaysia, hak wanita dari konteks perundangan, tanggungjawab wanita dalam kerjaya dan rumahtangga dan lain-lain lagi. Selain itu, persidangan ini menyediakan platform perbincangan untuk mengetengahkan dan mengulas isu-isu wanita terkini yang berhubungkait dengan kepimpinan wanita dalam pembangunan negara dan unsur-unsur kepimpinan dalam diri.

Persidangan ini dibarisi oleh panel speaker jemputan yang sangat dinamik dari pelbagai industri, iaitu:

Puan Wan Hasmah Wan Mohd, Ketua Pengarah di Jabatan Pembangunan Wanita
Y. Bhg. Prof. Emeritus Datuk Dr. Nik Safiah Haji Abdul Karim, Ketua Satu Pertubuhan Tindakan Islam Malaysia (Pertiwi)
Dr. Roziah binti Mohd Rasdi, Jabatan Pemajuan Profesional dan Pendidikan Lanjutan, Fakulti Pengajian Pendidikan, University Putra Malaysia
Asst. Professor Dr. Solehah Yaacob, International Islamic University Malaysia
YM Tengku Rozidar Tengku Zainol Abidin, Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif, Nineteen O One Sdn. Bhd.
Dr. Syid Ayob Syid Mustafa Al-Qudri, Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif, Eskayvie Sdn Bhd
Ms. Betty Yeoh, All Women’s Action Society Malaysia
Puan Hajjah Ainon binti Hj. Kuntom, Pengerusi, MRP Advisory Services Sdn. Bhd., Pengarah Riger Corporation
Assc. Professor Dr. Rusni Hassan, Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws, International Islamic University Malaysia
Prof. Madya Dr. Harllina Halizah Hj. Siraj, Naib Presiden Pertubuhan Jamaah Islah Malaysia (JIM)
Dr. Harlina Halizah binti Hj. Siraj, Naib Presiden Pertubuhan Jamaah Islah Malaysia (JIM)

Di samping itu, kehadiran Bizzy Body, Worthy Book, Earth Again dan Nutox Oxyfusion sebagai penaja dapat memeriahkan lagi majlis persidangan ini. Selain itu, persidangan ini turut mendapat sokongan daripada Sisters in Islam. Majalah-majalah termasuklah Franchise Asia, Her World dan Natural Health turut serta sebagai rakan media rasmi untuk persidangan ini.

Tanpa sokongan daripada semua pihak, persidangan kepimpinan wanita yang dianjurkan untuk pertama kali ini tidak akan berjalan dengan lancar. Para penganjur merakamkan setinggi-tinggi penghargaan kepada semua pihak yang bekerjasama untuk menjayakan persidangan ini. Dengan itu, para penganjur ingin mengambil kesempatan untuk mengumumkan bahawa persidangan kepimpinan wanita ini akan dianjurkan sekali lagi pada tahun hadapan. Sekiranya terdapat apa-apa pertanyaan, sila hubungi Huey Ying di hueyying.leong@comfori.com.

On the 26^th and 27^th September 2011, the 2^nd Annual Green Tech Asia Conference was held at GTower Hotel. It was officiated by Puan Hjh. Nor’Aini bt Abdul Wahab, Deputy Secretary General, Green Technology and Water (KeTTHA) on behalf of Y.B. Dato’ Sri Peter Chin Fah Kui, Minister of Energy, Green Technology and Water whom was unable to attend the conference. In her opening speech, she stressed the importance of adopting green water and waste technology to help improve and obtain the final objective of green building. The conference was hosted by Comfori Sdn Bhd and attended by 100 delegates, which comprised of engineers, developers, building owners and many more.

Green building is the practice of escalating on how efficiently buildings use energy, water, and other resources to reduce their waste and impact on human health and the environment. According to a study by the EPA, commercial buildings account for 18% of the total energy consumption in the U.S. An estimated 30% of this energy is used inefficiently. Commercial buildings also generate an astounding quantity of waste and other by-products that cause impairment to the environment. The 2^nd Annual Green Tech Asia Conference reviewed the effectiveness of water and waste management to help achieve key green building objectives and introduced innovative green technology in line with the aim to reduce cost and energy consumption.

The conference introduced a line-up of high profile speakers that presented their wealth of knowledge and experience in the green building industry in the conference which included:

Prof. Dr. Nor Azazi Chairman River Engineering & Urban Drainage Research Center (REDAC)
Margaret Lee Senior Executive Director PricewaterhouseCoopers Taxation Services
Zul Azri Energy Management Energy Commission of Malaysia
Dr Nazily Mohd Noor Chief Executive Officer Malaysian Green Technology Corporation (GreenTech Malaysia)
CK Tang Managing Director GBeat
Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Maulud Haji Latif Head of Renewable Policy and Financial Modelling Studies Institute of Hydrogen Economy
Matthias Gelber Greenest Person on the Planet
Melissa Hon Marketing Communications Manager Goldis Berhad

This conference was supported by Malaysian Green Technology Corporation (GreenTech Malaysia) and Malaysian Water Partnership (MyWP). On-board as media partners for the conference were Green Purchasing Asia, Eco-Business.com, RFP EcoBuild, Macau Business, Green Business Times and Asia is Green.

Issues addressed in this conference included:

Green building standards, rating and policy across the region for commercial and industrial buildings
Holistic view of green building design
Efficient building management
Increasing energy efficiency
Reducing cost and energy consumption
Alternative energy resources
Updates on cutting-edge existing and future green technologies
Transforming less efficient existing buildings to green buildings
Return on investment
Possible collaborations among nations within Asia Pacific

In accordance with Comfori’s aim to adopt green initiatives, Comfori organises many workshops and conferences on sustainability-related issues. For more information, please contact Huey Ying at (603) 5621 3630 ext. 108 or hueyying.leong@comfori.com

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