Wednesday, 19th October 2016 – The Singapore Business Group (SBG) organised a special Raffles Night with the topic “How extraordinary leaders double profits” at Saigon Prince Hotel, Ho Chi Minh City that attracted almost 60 participants.
Wednesday, 19th October 2016 – The Singapore Business Group (SBG) organised a special Raffles Night with the topic “How extraordinary leaders double profits” at Saigon Prince Hotel, Ho Chi Minh City that attracted almost 60 participants.
This event was aimed at business people, who desire to learn more about leadership and strengths-based methods to improve their organizations and the people within them. Besides, the event was an occasion for all attendees to create new business opportunities, strengthen existing relationships and experience an informal, relaxed and fun networking session with members from British Business Group Vietnam, Hong Kong Business Association Vietnam and Chambers of Commerce of Canada, France, Italy, Korea and Malaysia.
The invited speaker was Dr. Joseph R. Folkman,who is the co-founder and President of Zenger Folkman. He is a respected authority on assessment and change, and an acclaimed keynote speaker at conferences and seminars the world over. His topic focused on a variety of subjects related to leadership development, feedback, and individual and organizational change.
During the seminar, the participants were provided the effective leadership development and measurement methods, as well as approaches to develop leadership based on one’s strength and raise the overall performance of their organization with leadership. After the presentation, Dr. Folkman, with his extensive knowledge and valuable experience, also answered various questions from the audiences and gave them useful suggestions to solve their longstanding issues.
“I learned a lot about when/how to use different leadership styles and communication techniques. The feedback was great; I gained self-awareness regarding my leadership style. Very much worth the time invested.” shared by Ms. Sheila working at Iconic Co. Ltd.
Photo: Dr.Joseph R. Folkmanwas giving presentation at the Raffles Night.
Along with the seminar, the intimate networking session followed by a fun lucky draw enabled all participants to meet lots of like-minded people, who shared similar interests, but various experiences and business stories.
“Having tried a number of networking events we found SBG Raffles Night to be very interesting, informative and above all else useful. We made a number of contacts during the event. We would have no hesitation in recommending your event to other likeminded business people. We are looking forward to the next one.” shared by Mr. Thanh Binh, PEB Steel Buildings Co., Ltd.
Many exquisite gifts were given to the event attendees as lucky draw prizes making the event atmosphere more joyous and exciting. Three attendees won return airline ticket, which can be used for all available domestic and international routes of Vietjet Air. Also eight bottles of premium wine were given to the lucky winners.
Photo: The relaxing and joyful atmosphere of the networking session
Photos: Lucky draw winners were happy when receiving prizes
SBG was honoured to be supported by Le & Associates JSC as the event sponsor. Their sponsorship contributed greatly to the success of the Raffles Night. Also, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to Vietjet Air and Jolen Consulting for the lucky draw prize sponsorship.
Photo: Event attendees took photo together after the event.
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