The past few weeks have been quite exciting for me and my company:
a) Stop Selling! and First-Class Leadership programs now available in Chinese
I found two new associates, Tan Chew Yen and Diane Chan who will help me develop Cantonese and Mandarin versions of our First-Class Leadership and Stop Selling! programs. At present, we work out the association agreement and I've started with a train-the-trainer program for them.
With Chew Yen, I'll be able to provide bi-lingual (English/Cantonese and English/Mandarin) versions right away as Chew Yen is a qualified translator.
Being able to cater for the Chinese speaking market, will enable us to take Progress-U to the next level.
b) Website Update
Please visit our re-designed home page http://www.progressu.com.hk and give us your comments
c) New Strategic Partnership with SGS
The Hong Kong / China branch of SGS, a world leader in testing and certification, recently started to expand their offers to include soft skills training. Progress-U started a collaboration with SGS in this area and will provide leadership and sales training services for programs organized by SGS.
d) Manuscript Evaluation
The first two experts have given me their feedback which is quite encouraging:
1) Marshall Goldsmith
In his email to me he said that he liked my book and allowed me to use the following endorsement:
"A great guide for building collaborative leadership in today’s rapidly changing world."
Marshall Goldsmith, considered by Forbes to be one of the five most-respected executive coaches. He is co-editor or author of 19 books including "The Leader of the Future" and "Coaching for Leadership".
2) Mick Bennett
"I enjoyed the book and the anecdotal style. There are lots of suggestions and distinctions that leaders will find useful. The Groupness Factor may well create a stimulus for them to look at themselves, their behavior and quality of leadership."
Mick Bennett, Managing Director of Hewitt's Asia-Pacific operations. He is co-author of "Leadership & Talent in Asia - How the Best Employers Deliver Extraordinary Performance".
My further schedule for publishing seems now quite fixed. If nothing important goes wrong, The Groupness Factor should be readily available in the market in the course of August 2005. I'm excited to be so close to the target. Thanks to all who supported me so far in this special project.
