Randy McAlister

Few weeks ago, I got Randy's notes from LinkedIn. I was surprised that we still get connected after many years. Randy was our Head of Global Talent Management in Novartis. He left our company many years ago for his own career.

He noted : My new passion is "hot rodding" ala American Graffiti. I have been building and restoring a "Pro-Street" 1950 Ford Business Coupe for the past four years. It has a 315 Cleveland engine that has been modified and all new underpinnings, including a/c, p/s, disc brakes, etc. The wife and I enjoy taking it on the car show circuits in the summers. I attached pictures of it for you.

Other than that, Randy have a consulting business to keep him occupied. www.rdmglobalconsulting.com

I am looking forward to talking to him to know more about his life and new career. It is always good to talk to senior person and learn from Them.

Special Luncheon by the ECCT HR Committee

Strategic Innovations under the Financial Crisis:
HR Strategies in Times of Economic Recession

Speaker:
Prof. Ming-Je Tang, Vice President, National Taiwan University
湯明哲 教授, 台灣大學副校長

12:00 pm- 2:00 pm., Monday, November 24, 2008
Grand Formosa Regent Taipei, 4F VIP 1 / 台北晶華飯店四樓VIP 1
41 Chung Shan N. Road, Sec 2, Taipei / 台北市中山北路二段41號
In the year 2008 the world has witnessed an unprecedented amount of shifts and changes in corporate structures. All around us mergers and acquisitions are happening, corporate reorganization is taking place and many companies are firing more than they are hiring.
What kind of impact do mergers and acquisitions have on the structure and organization of involved corporations?
In response to recent events, should HR managers take on new approaches to hiring and firing people, and if so, what are they?
What are the positive aspects of corporate reorganization?
Amidst the financial turmoil, there are opportunities, and it is important for companies to invent or identify ways to take advantage of economic downturn as a chance for positive reorganizing. During this luncheon, Professor Ming-Je Tang of National Taiwan University will present cases of strategic innovations and a new business model, and demonstrate how these strategies can help corporate managers respond to the current financial crisis.
About the speaker: Prof. Ming-Je Tang is the Vice President of National Taiwan University.
Prof. Tang holds a PhD degree from the MIT Sloan School of Management and taught for several years as a tenured professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. He received an offer to teach at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and has served on the boards of corporations such as Mediatek and Trend Micro. He is the first director of National Taiwan University's EMBA program, and has dedicated much effort to NTU's School of Professional and Continuing Studies.
Prof. Tang currently also serves as a professor at the Department of International Business at National Taiwan University.

Sunday Gathering in Hsin Chu

Meeting young talents in Korea

從橫山到紅樹林

I took High Speed Rail from Heng Shan to Taipei then took MRT to Hungshulin to join a HR gathering. There are over 30 young HR talents from local companies participate the self-organized meeting for there learning and growth in HR career. I am happy to devote my time to learn and share with them. During the gathering we discussed how to became a professional HR manager,how to demostrate HR leadership and the trend of talent management. It was a wonderful day and great experience of learning from young HR generation.

新人資的五種定義:
1,像一所商學院 2, 不只支出 更有獲利 3, 培育並收割新點子 4, 連結大家把世界變小 5, 重點放在積極的事務上“Why Did We Ever Go Into HR? HBR, July-August 2008

人才培育與傳承的策略思維 李吉仁 台大商學院

三個迷思:1. 人才培育的責任誰屬 2. 楚才晉用的疑慮 3. 高層承諾與信仰

四個慣性: 1. 忽視通才的重要 2. 事業群的藩籬 3. N 減 1的結構 4. 量化指標弱化管理行為

四個提示: 1. 保持透明 (Transparency) 2. 誘因教準 (Interest Alignment) 3. 程序嚴謹 (Process Integrity) 4. 系統鑲嵌 (System Embedded)

台灣多數大型企業雖然成功走過第一個三十年 但人才培育的努力與領導傳承成敗 對台灣企業下一個三十年絕對會產生極為關鍵的影響

Corporate Emergency Management

I was invited to Taichung 榮總 to make a speech. The topic is Corporate Emergency Management. Departed from Taipei office around 3.35pm, took 4.00 pm High Speed Traing from Taipei Station and arrived Taichung around 4.50pm. Without the THSR, it will not make things so easy. The station looks quite busy, the THSR became very important for our life in Taiwan.

Novarits 2008 International BioCamp - Hong Kong

This is the fifth BioCamp since 2004 started from Taiwan. This year, the program is taking place in Hong Kong from 25th to 27th Oct.

I met 57 young talents from 20 countries. I quoted some words from welcome dinner speakers:

• It is our responsibility to make the nice city sustaintale and we need young talents to make this happen. - Marjorie M. Yang, Member of the board of Directors, Novartis AG