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Our Events
Upcoming Events
30 September 2024
Going Global
Leadership
Leveraging the Power of Networks
This session is designed to equip you with practical tools and strategies to harness the power of professional networks for career advancement. Seize this opportunity to learn about leveraging your unique superpower to further your global leadership journey, backed by a powerful and influential network.
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16 September 2024
Going Global
Leadership
Sustainable Cities and Carbon Markets Panel
You are invited to an exclusive complimentary event dedicated to sustainability towards sustainable cities and carbon efforts. Join us on a learning journey to uncover how the economics of sustainability are important considerations in global business, surrounding carbon markets and sustainable finance.
11 September 2024
Going Global
Leadership
Embracing Social Sustainability
Join us for an enlightening and transformative event centred around social sustainability. Delve into the meaning and importance of integrating social responsibility into business practices and organizational culture. This event consists of a mindful cooking workshop, as well as a mindful eating and panel discussion.
Past Events
11 July 2024
Going Global
Leadership
Building Bridges: Leverage Cultural Intelligence in a Diverse World
This discussion led by Dr. Zsuzsanna Tungli, our panellists, Jenny Chua, Kulwant Bardh, and Mairin Reid, tackled cultural intelligence in leadership. We explored "crucible experiences" that shape cultural understanding, navigating the shareholder vs. customer balance, and overcoming communication barriers. Highlighting the importance of cultural awareness in feedback, soft skills, and adaptability, the conversation emphasised leading by example and fostering an inclusive environment built on respect and understanding.
8 July 2024
Going Global
Leadership
Taking Flight 2.0
SGLN hosted a career development event featuring expert panels and discussions. The evening was focused on equipping young professionals with the tools to navigate overseas careers and industry shifts. Key takeaways included embracing uncertainty, building strong local connections, and cultivating effective communication skills.
9 July 2024
Going Global
Leadership
Anniversary
SGLN 2nd Anniversary Celebration
SGLN celebrated our second anniversary with Piyush Gupta, the CEO of DBS Bank, as our special guest. The event featured a captivating debate on the thought-provoking motion: Do Singaporeans have what it takes to become global business leaders today? Participants got to engage in a stimulating discussion, hear insightful perspectives from industry leaders, and celebrate SGLN's journey.
20 May 2024
Going Global
Leadership
Leadership Dialogue with
Jim-Heng Lee
Jim-Heng Lee is an outstanding Singaporean business leader who was most recently the global CEO of a multi-billion dollar Zurich-listed company with over 15,000 employees in more than 50 countries around the world. He shared his personal story of how his global leadership journey took root, from his early school days in Singapore to his rapid progression in his career, venturing out to China and then to Switzerland. He offered authentic tips on how he used his Singapore roots to his advantage, and how he had to adapt as he moved to new environments.
22 February 2024
Going Global
Leadership
Leadership Dialogue with
Vinod Mahboobani
An inspiring leadership dialogue that featured an outstanding global leader Vinod Mahboobani, Group Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel at KFC and Pizza Huts (Yum! Brands). Vinod delved into his journey of global leadership. He gave us tips on venturing beyond our comfort zones, embracing lessons from failure, cultivating resilience, igniting potential within ourselves and others, and actively exploring opportunities for personal and collective growth.
25 January 2024
Community
Leadership
Our Community Odyssey: Welcoming 2024 with SGLN
A networking dinner to welcome the new year and embark on a captivating 2-hour journey into the heart of an immersive Open Space Technology (OST) experience. We co-ideated and explored strategies to cultivate a vibrant and self-sustaining community. This odyssey was facilitated by Roshini Ganesan and Dr. Swapna Dayanandan.
November 2023
Going Global
Leadership
Cultivating the Risk-taking and Entrepreneurial Mindset of Singaporean Leaders
An engaging 2-hour interactive workshop focused on cultivating entrepreneurial mindset and skillsets. The workshop featured moderated dialogues and group discussions, enriched by the invaluable insights of distinguished speakers: Magnus Grimeland, CEO & Founder of Antler and Dr May Yap, Senior Vice President and Global Chief Information Officer at Jabil.
August 2023
Anniversary
SGLN 1st Anniversary Celebration
The Singapore Leaders Network celebrated a momentous year with prominent Singaporean business leader Mr. Ho Kwon Ping, Founder and Executive Chairman of Banyan Tree Holdings, as our inspiring keynote speaker. We enjoyed an evening of learning and networking as we also shared some of the milestones we've achieved over the past year, and highlighted some of the plans ahead.
July 2023
Going Global
Taking Flight
An evening of thought-provoking discussions and world cafe-style dialogues that featured professionals who have already embarked on successful international stints. Participants got to explore both the opportunities and challenges of working overseas, understand more about cross-cultural immersion experiences, and expand their professional horizons.
June 2023
Going Global
Leadership
Positive Work Culture
Leading with Empathy
An interactive evening featuring table discussions with leaders, as well as a distinguished panel, where we discussed the importance of promoting mental well-being in the organisational setting and how we could best implement policies that support this.
April 2023
Leadership
Community
The Value of Community
An interactive evening that featured a panel of outstanding community leaders, each of whom shared about the value of community in developing their leadership journey. Participants learnt how to unlock the potential of their own community to help support their global leadership aspirations.
March 2023
Going Global
Global Mindsets
Our diverse panellists with regional experiences shared personal anecdotes on how they developed their global mindsets. Participants learnt about cultural intelligence and cross-cultural collaboration, gained tips on adapting to work in new cultural environments and managing regional teams, and heard insights on striking a balance between localization, global ideas and the importance of diversity for high-performing teams.
February 2023
Leadership
ESG
Elevating ESG as Organisation Leaders
The interactive panel workshop gave participants the opportunity to understand and appreciate the nature of ESG-related risks that organisations could encounter, as well as gain concrete ideas of how leaders can take actionable steps to move sustainability issues forward in the ESG landscape.
January 2023
Going Global
Leadership
Leading Beyond Barriers
As our workplaces have transformed rapidly in the last few years, more questions are being raised on how we can truly practice "Inclusion" as part of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), particularly for persons with disabilities (PWDs). The panel session addressed why PWD allyship by Singaporean leaders is important to truly create an inclusive, sustainable, and accessible workplace for all.
November 2022
Going Global
Leadership
Asian Leadership
Today, more Asian leaders are managing international businesses in their local countries. To prepare for these expanded roles, we hosted a workshop conducted by Kenneth Chan, a seasoned Singaporean leader with 30 years of hands-on experience in Fortune 500 companies, where he shared his personal experiences and his journey to the top as McDonald’s CEO for China and Division President for the Greater China region.
September 2022
Positive Work Culture
Designing Your Work Life
We believe that leaders today can empower themselves and their organisations – by helping their teams to reframe, innovate and thrive. This workshop with Bill Burnett took participants through a simple framework and tools to apply design principles of iteration and prototyping to find alignment between work and their goals in life – and to find joy in one’s work.
July 2022
Mentorship
Growing Through Mentors
As we launched the inaugural SG Leaders Network Mentoring Programme, participants got to hear from Mr Alvin Tan, Minister of State for Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth & Ministry of Trade and Industry on his personal mentoring experiences. Senior corporate leaders were also invited to share “the good, the bad and the ugly” about mentoring, as well as provide tips on how to prepare oneself as a mentor/mentee.
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