This presentation was delivered at the World HRD Congress in Mumbai, India on 15 February 2019 This presentation looked at the vexing issue of how Asians are under represented in C-suite & Board levels What do these potential leaders have to do in order to get those top jobs & appointments

1. BREAKING THE BAMBOO CEILING
“FROM MANAGER TO LEADER”
World HRD Congress, February 2018, Mumbai
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4. The Bamboo Ceiling is all over media & academia
There is an unconscious bias preventing Asians
from moving to the executive level
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HARD WORKING…

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SACRIFICE TIME….

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TRAIN THEIR NEW MANAGER

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SUPPORTING THEIR NEW MANAGER….

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FRUSTRATION….
TIRED…..
DEMOTIVATED…

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EXECUTIVE
COACHING FOR
EMERGING LEADERS

11. INTRODUCING THE “LEADER WHEEL”
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12. 1. ACHIEVEMENTS
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13. 2. NETWORK
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15. 4. EXECUTIVE PRESENCE
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ACT & DRESS THE PART OF AN EXECUTIVE

17. A LEADER IS ONE WHO
KNOWS THE WAY, GOES THE
WAY, AND SHOWS THE WAY.
JOHN C. MAXWELL
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18. THINGS ARE CHANGING
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21. UPCOMING BOOK
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