As early signs of economic recovery emerge, organisations throughout Asia are presented with a unique opportunity to outperform their competitors. Only those organisations agile enough to respond to changing customer requirements faster than their competitors will be able to achieve this. Now more than ever, companies must take a strategic approach to workforce planning to ensure they have the key talent necessary to move quickly in support of long-term business objectives. Rapid turnover and an ageing workforce will pose a real challenge to Human Capital Management. As a result, forecasting capability and resourcing requirements will allow businesses to adapt to changing markets and this provides an opportunity to marry the strengths of both Eastern and Western management approaches.

This session will address key strategic workforce planning issues facing CEOs, such as:

• Managing tomorrow’s world

• Translating business plans into human capital plans

• Achieving the right balance between local and foreign talent

• Developing global leadership skills

Professor Ron Collard 

Programme Advisor

Ron Collard is a Partner in PwC Singapore, responsible for the team providing financial services and change practice in the Asia-Pacific region. He is a member of the Global Financial Services Leadership Team representing HR Services. Ron has extensive consulting experience serving high profile global clients. In addition, he spent a number of years as Head of HR internally for PwC UK as well as being part of the Global HR internal leadership team. 

Ron is a visiting professor at Bath University School of Management in the UK and a high profile international speaker.