Find and Keep the Outstanding Leaders You Need to Win in Asia!
- Specific solutions for recruiting and retaining great people in North Asia,
South Asia, Australia, and New Zealand
- Seven new case studies, plus in-depth insight into IBM’s experience
- For every CxO, director, manager, HR leader, strategist, or consultant working
with or for companies in Asia
Right now, even as Western economies struggle, Asia is experiencing an unprecedented
war for talent. Organizations are competing ever more aggressively to find the right
people, motivate them, and retain their highest performers. There’s only one route to
success in today’s Asian talent wars: innovation. In this book, one of IBM’s top Asia
Pacific managers identifies powerful talent management innovations that are working in
Asia right now for dozens of the region’s most forward-looking enterprises.
Christina SS Ooi begins by revealing why Asian talent shortages are even worse than
they appear. Next, she presents breakthrough solutions from industries ranging from IT to
hospitality, manufacturing to telecommunications. Learn how winning companies are
recruiting more effectively through partnerships and word-of-mouth...bringing innovation
to onboarding and training...understanding the changing needs and diverse lifestyles of
today’s Asian employees...shaping corporate culture and engaging their
employees...developing great leaders and keeping them.
With more than two decades of corporate management experience, Christina SS Ooi
spent a majority of these years in various senior management and leadership positions in
IBM across the Asia Pacific region. It was during this time that she developed a strong
interest and passion in cross-country talent management. As a hands-on people manager and
leader, she experienced the early struggles in Asia Pacific to attract, motivate, and
retain the best talent for her organization. In the early years of Christina’s
professional life, she worked in both advertising and law. Even in her spare time now, she
contributes research articles to legal journals, especially in the area of mediation. Her
other passions are creative photography and fiction writing. Christina is a certified
advocate and solicitor, having been admitted to the High Court of Malaya, and is a member
of the Malaysian Bar. She holds two Master’s degrees (MBA and Master of Laws) and two
Bachelor degrees (Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts). She is currently based in Asia.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Asian Economic Growth 1
Chapter 2: The Talent Shortage Challenge 13
Chapter 3: Embracing Innovation 29
Chapter 4: The IBM® Experience: Innovation That Matters 41
Chapter 5: Tested and Proven Innovation Ideas: Retail and Restaurant Industries
57
Chapter 6: Tested and Proven Innovation Ideas: Hospitality and Recruitment
Industries 71
Chapter 7: Tested and Proven Innovation Ideas: Manufacturing and
Telecommunication Industries 87
Chapter 8: Tested and Proven Innovation Ideas: Cross-Industry 103
Chapter 9: The Asian Dilemma 119
Chapter 10: Innovate with “Find-Grow-Keep” 137
Chapter 11: Final Thoughts 163
216 pages, Paperback