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2022 Client Survey Insights

Thanks to our trusted clients who gave us their valuable feedback through our annual Customer Feedback Survey. We asked them the following questions in the survey: In the post-pandemic, is your company still planning for virtual trainings? What types of virtual training would you plan to keep? With the rapidly changing work environment, what people development challenges has your company encountered? Why did you choose Talent Academy as your trusted training partner? Here are

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New Year New Goal, Yet .....

New Year, New Goal, Yet …... It’s been a week since the new year. Believe that you have already taken time to step back, reflect and set goals for the new year. Statistics show that over 25% of people will give up their goals after one week, while majority cannot sustain their goals attainment till end February and only 10% can make it till the end of the year. Given the above statistics, will you still set goals for the new year? Although many of us will give up and cannot s

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What Is that One Magical Thing to Make the Annual Performance Reviews Hassle-Free?

2022 is coming to an end in about two weeks. Managers are busy at work to prepare and get ready for their employees’ year-end performance appraisal meetings. Recently, we received a number of requests from our clients, asking for our signature training program on annual performance reviews that is geared towards helping managers create an effective performance review process. In the program, we often ask the managers, “If you have been doing this one magical thing in your d

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Harnessing the Power of Creativity through SCAMPER

Our training team was so excited to have facilitated the Orbis Team Offsite Program 2022, with the theme of “Embracing Changes with Adaptability and Resilience”. Apart from incorporating the principles of positive psychology about growth mindsets into the program, we also applied the famous creative thinking technique “SCAMPER” to stimulate participants’ creativity for breakthrough ideas in hopes of coping with the ever-changing environment in the NGO sector. To practise what

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Performance Management in the New Normal – Challenges & Opportunities

As 2022 draws to a close, another annual performance review season draws near too. Managers across the globe must be very busy by now preparing year-end appraisals for their employees. If the best practices of effective performance management have been put in place – having real-time, ongoing two-way performance conversations with employees throughout the year and tracking their progress – the year-end performance reviews should not be dreadful for both managers and employee

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Is the Leadership Transition Journey Never Easy?

When we work towards advancing our careers, as is commonly referred to as “climbing up the corporate ladder”, we often start at the bottom as an individual contributor where we build a foundation of critical technical skills. Once we start moving up the ladder from a solo contributor to a higher-level management role, our responsibilities and exposure increase. These include, but not limited to, leading and developing our own teams, working with cross-teams and a wide array

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Beyond Emceeing - Raising Visibility and Profile at Work

I reminisced about the moment when I emceed the annual dinner for my first employer after graduation, my heart was pounding with joy but also nervousness. I knew if I could win over my audience, that included my boss and co-workers, with a positive impression through my stage presence and confidence, I could build my creditability that might become a starting point to a world of opportunity for my career advancement – it’s definitely something beyond emceeing. And, I was pr

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Bolstering Team Effectiveness through our Bite-Sized MBTI Online Modules

The Myers-Briggs type indicator (MBTI) is one of the most well-known and popular psychometric tools that is widely adopted by organizations to empower employees, improve teamwork and collaboration, and promote diversity. Recently, we were commissioned by a healthcare company to help them build a stronger team through MBTI to improve relationships and communication among employees. When it comes to learning at work, time is always the biggest challenge. Getting dispersed emp

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IT Professionals Across 8 Countries Get Together Virtually to Learn How to Give Killer Presentations

Matchy Ma, the Founder and Principal Consultant, recently got the opportunity to design and deliver a four half-day presentation skills online program to more than a dozen IT professionals across 8 countries. Apart from learning the core essentials of giving a powerful presentation, such as getting well prepared, being audience-centric, having a well-thought-out design, adopting storytelling techniques, making the delivery passionate and memorable, participants also learnt to

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Talent Development Journey in a Hybrid Mode

After 2 years of COVID-19 halt, we are so excited to have officially resumed our signature program - Talent Development Program. Last month, more than twenty young talent of one of our long-term clients gathered together to embark on their 6-month talent development journey. Adopting a hybrid mode of learning, program participants will learn to build up their executive presence, equip skills to engage stakeholders, master the psychology of influence, and explore their leader

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Bring Your Team Together while Setting to Resume Normalcy

While we are on the path to resume our normal life amid the pandemic, more and more companies are opting for in-person training programs. Face-to-face team building events are no exception. Over the last two years when the waves of COVID-19 hit us hard, stringent social distancing measures were imposed and most companies practiced remote working to curb the spread of virus among employees in offices. Following the large-scale vaccination efforts, the society is now setting

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Develop your Employees through our Highly Impactful Webinars at Fingertips

The pandemic has changed how employees around the globe are trained without being physically present in traditional classrooms. Over the last two years, we have delivered over 50 highly engaging webinars to more than 1400 employees and managers in different industries, equipping them with the mindsets and tools to grow and thrive. What's special about our webinars? Accessible – With only a click, employees across multiple locations can connect and learn together Flexible – T

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7 Tips that will Make Your Hybrid Facilitation During the Pandemic a Cakewalk - By Matchy Ma

Grappling with the never-ending tidal wave of coronavirus variants, we are poised to manoeuvre between in-person and remote learning. As L&D professionals, you might have also encountered a surge in demand for hybrid facilitation, in which some participants meet face-to-face in a shared space while others join online from remote locations through digital devices. I have been delivering quite a number of training programs in these days that required effective hybrid facilitat

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New is the year, new are the hopes. My New Book Release for a Good Cause. - Matchy Ma, Director

To start anew in the Year of Tiger, I’m excited to announce the release of my new book “In Search of Your Talents” (Chinese book title《尋找你的天賦》). In collaboration with Beryl Chan, an illustrator and our ex-summer intern, this book explores in a fun, visual and insightful way why we need to discover our unique talents and how to make the most of these strengths in work and personal life for greater motivation and satisfaction. Thanks to Beryl who has turned our company logo int

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Talent Academy 里程碑 : Hong Kong Living「2021年INFLUENCER Award」

我們公司的創辦人 Matchy MA 榮獲Hong Kong Living頒發「2021年INFLUENCER Award」。感謝所有客戶多年來的信任和支持，讓我們團隊我以為你們設計了獨一無二的人才發展項目，注入了一些不同的領人和處事的理念和方法，加添一點點的正能量，成就了更有凝聚力的團隊，更有心有力的領導和更懂珍惜身心健康的員工。感激團隊中的好拍擋，在陽光的日子，彼此歡度，在風雨的日子，彼此支持，一起成長，一起經歷事業旅程的高低起跌，無論順境逆境，仍能堅信我們可以創造更多的可能。在未來的日子，讓我們繼續彼此好好配搭，創造更多有創意和影響力的人才發展項目。 "Make Hong Kong & the World Shine" 秋天 2021 按這裏閱讀INFLUENCERS的故事: https://hongkongliving.com/hong-kong-living-influencer-awards-2021-entrepreneurs-business/ #influenceraward #hongkongliving #talen

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Creativity as an Antidote to Insanity: Revamping L&D under the New Normal

“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” — Albert Einstein Let us consider we are all insane at some point in our lives. — Until our insanity has reached its maximum, when the pandemic catastrophe has swept the world. We are embracing a whole new world: Fewer transits to work, yet more micro-management at home. Fewer traveling, yet more Netflix binge-watching to feed our rampant desire for self-indulgence. Fewer social interactio

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Stop Robot Reading: Your Stage, Your Show-and-tell!

In the rumbling age of show business, our eyes never rest as there is always something new to see. On our hands we hold a small screen — yet an entrance to the world of millions of moving pictures, the unending discovery of intriguing personas, all in the edge of finely edited post-production, the ease of lightning speed, and the ecstasy of engrossing in its dynamic variety. We hold the key to all the razzle-dazzle that interests us in the state of full attentiveness. Until r

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Where Do You See Yourself in the Future? — Don’t Manage Time, Manage Yourself!

If you got a prize of $86400 today — how would you allocate it? So much more than dollar spending, the most valuable and scarce asset nowadays is another type of currency, except for it’s always fairly the same amount for everyone, and cannot be retrieved or earned once lost — our time and attention. 86400 seconds a day. In a world full of noises, how do you make your choices? How much time do you self-indulge in binge-watching and wake up tired? The way you “manage your time

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Uncover the Unsaid and Uncommon

"Coaching is unlocking a person’s potential to maximize their own performance. It is helping them to learn rather than teaching them." ~ The Inner Game of Life by Timothy Gallwey. All athletes have a coach to help them unlock the mind barriers. What about at the workplace? Practically every company these days is looking for a coaching program with good reason— in this era of constant change, control-and-command practices among the manager line is no longer “the right way”. R

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Feedback beyond Performance: The Key to Becoming Highly Effective, Infinite-Minded People Managers

Do you still remember that piece of feedback that created a lasting impact in your life? Was it from your family, your partner, or your manager? Our tongue is a two-sided blade. Words that come from our mouths are powerful. On one hand, they can deliver somewhat uncomfortable news to unsuspecting employees — a top-down exercise that many managers may dislike. On the other hand, they can instill and drive positive changes in employee behavior and attitude. Our Principal Cons

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