Is Your Company On FORTUNE’s Most Admired Company List?

Is Your Company On FORTUNE’s Most Admired Company List?

from New Learning Playbook by Jeanne Meister

Every year I wait to see which companies made FORTUNE’s list of America’s Most Admired Companies. This year, Apple is not only ranked #1 in America, but also #1 Globally and in the category of Most Innovative Company. Apple has not only created successful new products but it has disrupted three different industries - computers (with the Mac), music (with the iPod) and movies (with Pixar).

Let me make a full disclosure here: I own most of Apple’s latest products with the exception of the MacBook Air (though, it’s next on my list).

What I found most interesting about the Apple coverage in the latest FORTUNE article was the comment by COO Tim Cook, ”Apple hires people who are never satisfied. You don’t get a foot in the door unless your eyes light up when you talk about your Mac.” It really is passion that provides the secret sauce to talent management at Apple. It’s so easy to forget the passion quotient in thinking about talent management, but in the end it’s what drives customer satisfaction.

This is what Steve Jobs has this to say about recruiting and managing talent:

“When I hire someone really senior, competence is the ante. They have to be really smart. But the real issue for me is, Are they going to fall in love with Apple? Because if they fall in love with Apple, everything else will take care of itself. They’ll want to do what’s best for Apple, not what’s best for me or them. Recruiting is hard. It’s finding the needle in the haystack. In the end I ask myself: How do I feel about this person? What are they like when they are challenged? Why are they here? Hopefully the answer will be: They cannot do what you can do at Apple anywhere else.”

Below are the lists for this year’s top 10 most admired companies and the top 10 most innovative.

Top Ten Most Admired Companies
Apple
Berkshire Hathaway
GE
Google
Toyota
Starbucks
FedEx
Procter & Gamble
Johnson & Johnson
Goldman Sachs

Top Ten Most Innovative Companies
Apple
Nike
Medco Health Solutions
Procter & Gamble
Herman Miller
Walt Disney
Fortune Brands
Burlington Northern Santa Fe
McDonald’s
ProLogis

Source: http://newlearningplaybook.com/blog/2008/03/20/is-your-company-on-fortune%e2%80%99s-most-admired-company-list/

HRDF Award Workshop

HRDF Award is an award organized by Human Resource Development Council Malaysia.

Winners of 2007:

PENERIMA “ANUGERAH MENTERI SUMBER MANUSIA 2007”
KATEGORI MAJIKAN BESAR (SEKTOR PERKILANGAN)

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS (M) SDN BHD Lot 2, Lebuh 2, North Klang Straits Area 21, Industrial Park 42000 Port Klang Selangor. U/P : Mr Suh Dug Kun/Mdm Jessica Loretta
Tel Faks H/P E-mail	: : :	03-31761068 03-31763461 012-4607207 yeweik.kit@samsung.com

PENERIMA “ANUGERAH MENTERI SUMBER MANUSIA 2007”
KATEGORI MAJIKAN KECIL&SEDERHANA (SEKTOR PERKILANGAN)

PROREKA (M) SDN BHD No. 17, Jalan Industri PBP 3 Taman Industri Pusat Bandar Puchong, 47100 Puchong Selangor Darul Ehsan. U/P : Mr Yong Nam Yun/Mr Thomas Lim Teck Ling
Tel Faks H/P E-mail	: : :	03 – 5882 2661 03 – 5882 2660 012-3556455 liza@proreka.com

PENERIMA “ANUGERAH MENTERI SUMBER MANUSIA 2007”
KATEGORI MAJIKAN BESAR (SEKTOR PERKHIDMATAN)

WESTPORTS MALAYSIA SDN BHD P.O.Box 266 Pulau Indah Port Klang 42009 Selangor Darul Ehsan. U/P : Joanne See Yoke Eng/Tan Sri Datuk Gnanalingam/En. Elzak Shafarrino Bin Mohamed Anuar
Tel Faks E-mail	: : :	603 – 3169 4000 603 – 3169 4101 yokeeng@westportmalaysia.com.my

PENERIMA “ANUGERAH MENTERI SUMBER MANUSIA 2007”
KATEGORI MAJIKAN KECIL&SEDERHANA (SEKTOR PERKHIDMATAN)

INSTITUT BANK-BANK MALAYSIA Wisma IBI, 5 Jalan Semantan Damansara Heights 50490 Kuala Lumpur. U/P : Dr Kamal Mohd Khir/En. Mohd Asri Sulong
Tel Faks E-mail	: : :	03 – 2093 8803 03 – 2095 2322 julianaos@ibbm.org.my

PENERIMA “ANUGERAH MENTERI SUMBER MANUSIA 2007”
KATEGORI PENYEDIA LATIHAN

INSTITUT LATIHAN SULTAN AHMAD SHAH Tenaga Nasional Berhad KM7, Jalan Kajang-Puchong 43009 Kajang Selangor Darul Ehsan. U/P : Dato’ Kamaruzzaman Jusoh/Pn. Khalidah Binti Haron
Tel Faks E-mail	: : :	03 – 89258250 03 – 89264437

PENERIMA “ANUGERAH PEMBANGUNAN SUMBER MANUSIA BERHAD 2007” KATEGORI MAJIKAN BESAR (SEKTOR PERKILANGAN)

BASF PETRONAS CHEMICALS SDN BHD Jalan Gebeng, Kawasan Perindustrian Gebeng 26080 Kuantan Pahang Darul Makmur. U/P : Pn. Suhaila Abdullah/En. Jason Choi Kam Heng
Tel Faks E-mail	: : :	09-5855077 09-5834623 kasmads@basf-petronas.com.my

PENERIMA “ANUGERAH PEMBANGUNAN SUMBER MANUSIA BERHAD 2007” KATEGORI MAJIKAN KECIL&SEDERHANA (SEKTOR PERKILANGAN)

CAPE TECHNOLOGY SDN BHD Plot 25, Bayan Lepas Industrial Estate Phase 4, Non-FTZ 11900 Bayan Lepas Penang. U/P : Lu Eng Shean/Cynthia Tan Soo Hong
Tel Faks E-mail	: : :	04 – 6426363 04 – 6426369 lclim@cape.com.my

PENERIMA “ANUGERAH PEMBANGUNAN SUMBER MANUSIA BERHAD 2007” KATEGORI MAJIKAN BESAR (SEKTOR PERKHIDMATAN)

HOTEL ARMADA PETALING JAYA Lorong Utara C, Section 52 P.O.Box 691 Pejabat Pos Jalan Sultan 46780 Petaling Jaya Selangor Darul Ehsan. U/P : Mr Hoon Tai Chee/Ms Suganeas Sures
Tel Faks H/P E-mail	: : :	03 – 7954 6888 03 – 7803 5133/7956 0236 012-9831520 suganes@armada.com.my

PENERIMA “ANUGERAH PEMBANGUNAN SUMBER MANUSIA BERHAD 2007” KATEGORI MAJIKAN KECIL&SEDERHANA (SEKTOR PERKHIDMATAN)

HOTEL CAPITOL SDN BHD Jalan Bulan Off Jalan Bukit Bintang 55100 Kuala Lumpur. U/P : Simon Leong Chee Meng/Hanim Binti Bakar
Tel Faks H/P E-mail	: : :	03 – 2140 4372 03 – 2143 0000 012-2393617 janet@capitol.com.my

PENERIMA “ANUGERAH PEMBANGUNAN SUMBER MANUSIA BERHAD 2007”
KATEGORI PENYEDIA LATIHAN

NATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY CORPORATION (NPC) P.O.Box 64, Jalan Sultan, 46904 Petaling Jaya, Selangor. U/P : Y. Bhg. Dato’ Nik Zainiah Nik Abd Rahman/En Goh Swee Seang
Tel Faks E-mail	: : :	03 – 79557266 03 – 79551824

PENERIMA “SIJIL PENGHARGAAN”KATEGORI MAJIKAN BESAR (SEKTOR PERKILANGAN)

MOTOROLA TECHNOLOGIES SDN BHD Plot 2, Bayan Lepas Technoplex Industrial Park, Mukim 12 SWD, 11900 Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang. U/p : En. Kamaldin Bin Nordin
Tel Faks E-mail	: : :	04-8503988 / 04-8503288 04-6124801 / 04-6124809 Cornelius.Koh@motorola.com/Euginie.Chua@motorola.com

GRAND BANKS YACHTS SDN BHD Plo 488, Jalan Suasa, Kawasan Perindustrian, Pasir Gudang, 81700 Pasir Gudang, Johor. U/p : Pn. Normala Binti Abdul Samad
Tel Faks E-mail	: : :	07-2517488 07-2517388 normala_s@grandbanks.com / halil_a@grandbanks.com

PENERIMA “SIJIL PENGHARGAAN”KATEGORI MAJIKAN KECIL&SEDERHANA (SEKTOR PERKHIDMATAN)

MSTS ASIA SDN BHD 539-A, Taman Melaka Raya 75000 Melaka. U/p : En. Anwar Anis Bin Anis Ahmad
Tel Faks E-mail	: : :	06-2922069 06-2922067 hr@msts-my.org

PENERIMA “SIJIL PENGHARGAAN”KATEGORI PENYEDIA LATIHAN

INS. PENGURUSAN MALAYSIA (MIM EDU. S/B) Wisma Pengurusan, 227, Jalan Ampang, 50450 Kuala Lumpur. U/p : Dr. Wilson Tay
Tel Faks E-mail	: : :	03-21413712 03-21643171 wllai@mim.org.my

UMW INDUSTRIES (1985) SDN BHD Jalan Utas (15/7), P.O.Box 7052, 40915, Shah Alam Selangor, Darul Ehsan. U/p : Mr Lee Chong Kuan/Ms Chan Chiau Khoon
Tel Faks E-mail	: : :	03-51633887/019-3874276

INFOR RESOURCES SYSTEM SDN BHD 3-7, Subang Business Centre, Jalan USJ 9/5 Q, 47620 Subang Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan. U/p : Alex OW C. K.
Tel Faks E-mail	: : :	03-80241208

Source: http://www.hrdnet.com.my/anugerahPSM.htm

OBJEKTIF PENUBUHAN KUMPULAN WANG PEMBANGUNAN SUMBER MANUSIA OBJECTIVES OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT FUN(HRDF) Pewujudan Skim Kumpulan Wang Pembangunan Sumber Manusia (KWPSM) adalah sangat penting dari segi pembangunan negara dan selaras dengan usaha-usaha untuk menjadikan Malaysia sebagai sebuah negara maju menjelang tahun 2020. Objektif penubuhan KWPSM adalah seperti berikut:- Meningkatkan pengetahuan dan kemahiran pekerja Melengkapkan pekerja dengan kemahiran yang khusus dan terkini Membantu untuk mempercepatkan pemindahan teknologi dan operasi industri Meningkatkan produktiviti dan operasi yang memberi nilai ditambah Mencegah kemahiran pekerja daripada menjadi usang dalam persekitaran teknologi yang sentiasa berubah-ubah Mewujudkan kemahiran pelbagai sesuai dengan pekerjaan yang fleksibel dan tetap memupuk budaya latihan dikalangan majikan The Establishment of the Human Resources Development Fund is pf paramaount importance to the development of the country and in tandem with efforts to make Malaysia a developed nation by the year 2020. The policy objectives of the HRDF are as follows:- Upgrading the knowledge and skills of workers Equipping workers with the latest and specific skills Facilitating the transfer of technology in industry operations Increasing productivity and value-added operations Preventing workers' skills from becoming obsolete in an environment of technological change Creating multi-skilled workers for functional flexibility and Enhancinf the training culture amongst employers

FUNGSI PEMBANGUNAN SUMBER MANUSIA BERHAD (PSMB) FUNCTIONS OF PEMBANGUNAN SUMBER MANUSIA BERHAD Fungsi PSMB seperti diperuntukkan di bawah Akta Pembangunan Sumber Manusia Berhad, 2001 adalah seperti berikut:- Untuk menilai dan menentukan jenis-jenis dan takat latihan dan latihan semula pekerja selaras dengan keperluan-keperluan sumber manusia bagi industri-industri Untuk menggalakkan dan meningkatkan latihan tenaga manusia Untuk menentukan terma-terma dan syarat-syarat yang dibawahnya apa-apa bantuan kewangan atau pemberian yang hendak diberikan The functions of PSMB as stipulated under the Pembangunan Sumber Manusia Berhad Act, 2001 are as follows:- To assess and determine the types and extent of employees' training and retraining in keeping pace with the human resources need of industries To promote and stimulate manpower training and To determine the terms and conditions under which any financial assistance or other benefits are to be given

VISI VISION Untuk menjadi sebuah organisasi yang cemerlang bagi membantu membangunkan pekerja yang berpengetahuan dan berkemahiran tinggi selaras dengan pembangunan negara To be an excellent Human Resource Development institution, facilitating the skills upgrading of the workforce in the private sector, leading to productivity enhancement and competitiveness in line with the nation's development

MISI MISION Melengkapkan tenaga kerja dengan kemahiran khusus serta terkini ke arah pencapaian Wawasan 2020 To equip the existing workforce with the latest knowledge and specialized up-to-date skills in line with the nation's effort to achieve Vision 2020

OBJEKTIF OBJECTIVE Menggalakkan lagi majikan di sektor swasta supaya lebih berusaha melatih semula dan meningkatkan kemahiran pekerja-pekerja mereka bagi memenuhi keperluan pelan strategik perniagaan mereka selaras dengan pembangunan negara To encourage employers in the private sector to retrain and upgrade the skills of their employees in line with their business’ needs and the industrialization strategy of the country

DASAR KUALITI QUALITY POLICY Pembangunan Sumber Manusia Berhad (PSMB) adalah komited dengan sepenuhnya untuk berkerja rapat dengan para majikan dan penyedia latihan bagi memberi perkhidmatan yang cemerlang mengikut prosedur kerja dan kehendak Piagam Pelanggan yang telah ditetapkan untuk memenuhi kehendak dan kepuasan hati majikan dan penyedia latihan. Selain itu, pihak pengurusan akan memberi komitmen secara berterusan untuk memperbaiki keberkesanan sistem. Pembangunan Sumber Manusia Berhad (PSMB)is commited to work closely with employers and training providers to provide excellent services according to the stipulated work processes and the requirements of the Client Charter, in fulfilling employers and training providers' satisfaction. The management will also emphasize in continuous commitment to improve the effectiveness of the system

Source: http://www.hrdnet.com.my/

Visit to Shell Malasia

Shell Training Manager with Malar and Ros
















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Maksim Exodus

I use this song for team building and the sense of togetherness. I switch off the light and play the song. After that, I ask the participants few questions to bond the team such as

"when was your high point with the team?"
"what is the strength of the team?"
"how has the team worked together in a crisis?"
"who is your best friends in the team?"

Delta Goodrem Believe Again

Motivation song that talk about faith and believe yourself again. We can use the song to motivate audience.

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Australia ITD National Conference 22&23 April 08

AITD National Conference 22nd & 23rd April 2008 - Sydney	Professional Development
VISIT THE CONFERENCE HOMEPAGE BY CLICKING THE BANNER ABOVE OR CLICK BELOW TO DOWNLOAD A PDF VERSION OF THE BROCHURE Keynote speakers now confirmed: Prof. Michael Marquardt - George Washington University - The Father of Action Learning Barry Bloch - Global Practice Leader, Leader & People Development for RIO TINTO Ed Cohen - Senior VP Satyam Computer Services - Creating multi-award winning CLO's (and best practice learning strategies!) Suzy McKenna - National Project Director Reframing the Future - the learning imperative for trainers Drs Anne Junor & Ian Hampson - Australian School of Business - the latest research on identifying and developing 'below-the-line' to enhance individual, team and organisational performance PLUS COMPREHENSIVE EXHIBITION PLUS AITD'S NATIONAL AWARDS NIGHT 22 April AITD Learning & Development Achievement Award Excellence in Design Business Strategy Award E-learning Achievement Excellence in a Learning Resource Mark Pompei Student Award PLUS OPTIONAL POST CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS 24 APRIL ACTION LEARNING 9:00am-4:30pm MARKETING ESSENTIALS FOR TRAINING & CONSULTING ORGANISATIONS 9:00am-4:30pm EXTENDED DISC QUICK ACCREDITATION WORKSHOP 9:00am-12:30pm	April calendar NSW: 9/4/08 QLD/NT 15/4/08 Click for full details
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