Memories

April 19th is a day that will be etched firmly in my memory. It was a great day in my life. His Royal Highness, the Sultan of Perak bestowed on me the title of '‘Dato’' , it was a great honour.

My wife and I were extremely nervous but delighted with the recognition. It was a recognition for the Human resources community

Habits

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore,
is not an act but a habit.
Aristotle

Annual Survey of the Training Industry

The Annual Survey highlights the Training Industry status. We need to create Rainbow Creators but budgets have been cut. How do we exceed retrun on expectations as Jim Kirkpatrick calls or provide greater value to the end user. Some key points from the Bersin survey.
The Bersin & Associates Annual Training Industry Survey is interesting; visit their website for more details. Some salient points:
In 2009, the faltering U.S. economy continued to take its toll on training organizations. Companies cut their L&D budgets by another 11 percent from 2008 levels, with median spending falling to $714 per learner. Combined with the budget reductions that occurred in 2008, training budgets have fallen a total of 21 percent over the past two years. Spending was down across all company size categories. Small companies cut their L&D spending by 10 percent; midsize companies cut 11 percent and large companies cut 12 percent of their L&D spending.

Many L&D organizations also shed jobs in 2009. The median L&D staff fell from 7.0 staff per 1,000 learners in 2008 to 6.2 in 2009. Small businesses reduced their training staffs by four percent, while midsize firms cut five percent and large companies cut eight percent of their L&D headcount.

These budget and staffing figures show that large businesses have taken the hardest hit in 2009. Large companies generally have more “fat” to cut, with more L&D program offerings and more L&D staff playing specialized roles. Although they are often slower to respond to economic changes, they are assessing – and cutting now. As part of these cost-cutting efforts, many large companies are centralizing their training operations and moving toward a shared services model.

Appointment

I have been honoured with the appointment as a Director of the Human Reources Development Corporation by the Honourable Minister of HR, Government of Malaysia. It gives me an opportunity to contribute to the development of human capital.

The Human Resources Development Council manages the Human Resources Development Fund and aims to support human capital development. For more details visit their web site.

WACRA Cebu, Phillipines

I am here in this beautiful island of Cebu with representatives of 49 airlines.

The journey from Kuala Lumpur was a long one - from KL to Singapore to Manila to Cebu but what a place. Hospitality is excellent.

I will be speaking on the subject Creating Your Own Rainbow and Talent Management- B players.

Some interesting statistics:

2.2 billion air travellers last year - this contributed to 35% of global trade.

Creating Your Own Rainbow

Finally, I have started the Creating Your Own Rainbow blog.

Based on my book, this blog hopes to share inspiring stories for Rainbow Creators. It is more of a contemporary ravings unlike the book that has a unified theme.

I do not believe that Rainbow Creation is only about Wealth Creation. It is about a purpose in life, it is about SELF. It is about making a disproportionate contribution to society.

Let us share ideas that can help us GROW.

Let us make this world a better place to live.