Metizo staff at our Beijing office, accompanied by a Beijing Opera performer in the role of the Monkey King.
Entering a new continent with SAP
Anticipating explosive growth over the next two years, SAP’s Global Service Center in Brazil asked Metizo to develop a mentoring and leadership program for management at its Sao Leopoldo campus. Drawing on Metizo’s existing relationships with SAP in China, and with support from Metizo’s European operations, Metizo CEO Bob Aubrey recently visited San Leopoldo for the successful first round of this new Brazilian program. Read more here.
Career Opportunities with Metizo in China
Due to our continuing success in China, we have created two new positions in Metizo China (北京明卓咨询有限公司). This is a great opportunity to join a leading international consulting firm. More details can be found here.
SAP Labs China renews contract
SAP Labs China has decided to renew and extend its contract with Metizo. Read more here.
A presentation in Beijing
Metizo CEO Bob Aubrey recently participated in a workshop organized by the French Chamber of Commerce in Beijing. Representatives from a number of leading French companies participated in a fruitful discussion on the role of mentoring, personal development, and talent management. Read more here.
Developing new hires with ConocoPhillips China
Metizo China has added a Fortune 500 company to its list of clients. Meanwhile, Metizo is adding the oil industry to its areas of expertise. Read more here.
A new program for 2008: Cultural Intelligence
Metizo is proud to partner with one of the world’s most advanced cultural research centers, the Singapore-based Center for Leadership and Cultural Intelligence, to provide a new training program. This long-term training scheme will expand Metizo’s current personal development programs by training participants to understand and develop their ‘Cultural Intelligence’. In a global economy, professionals will interact more and more frequently with colleagues and clients from different cultural backgrounds. An understanding of the skills needed to successfully engage with other cultures is a clear asset.
Read more here.
“It’s really all about people”
As Metizo embarks on a new partnership with Kempinksi Hotels and Resorts, Kempinksi CEO Reto Wittwer outlines his vision of talent development in an exclusive video interview. Read more here.
A new worldwide partnership with Kempinksi Hotels and Resorts
Metizo have joined with Kempinksi Hotels, the 110-year old German luxury hotel group, in a global talent development program. Metizo launched the project at the flagship Kempinksi hotel, the Adlon, which overlooks the Brandenburg gate in Berlin. This landmark occasion provided training in ‘the Metizo method’ for all of Kempinski’s General Managers, as well as for all of the company’s HR managers worldwide.
Read more here.
Metizo partner with France Telecom in China
Metizo China have added a major French company to their list of clients in Beijing. Earlier this year we provided tailor-made training to France Telecom’s R&D labs in Beijing’s “Silicon Valley”.
Read more here.
Metizo to train key employees for SAP Labs China
We are proud and excited to have won a contract with SAP Labs China, the culmination of two years of effort. From mid-March 2007, Metizo will be training over 100 hand-picked staff, selected by their managers for their performance and potential. We will also be training senior SAP Labs China managers in mentoring techniques.
Read more here.
Mentoring Program at a major French Bank
We are delighted to announce our partnership with Groupe Caisse D’Epargne, France’s oldest bank. Groupe Caisse D’Epargne (GCE) is positioning itself to be a major player on international markets. As part of this strategy, GCE will be training several hundreds of its high-potential managers to become future leaders with a global outlook. Metizo are proud to have been selected to implement this training.
Read more here.
The Personal Development Vision at Euromed Marseille
Part one of the report from Metizo’s Second Personal Development Conference, held recently in collaboration with Euromed Marseille Business School, in the south of France. This section takes a look at how Euromed Marseille has made personal development a central theme of its students’ experience. [Read more].
You may also like to read our conference reports on the following themes:
- The Impact of Technology on Personal Development
- Corporate Best Practice
- Measuring Personal Development and ROI
- Areas of Research
Making an impact at Monash
Metizo’s program at the Graduate School of Business at Monash University, Australia, has started very well. Karen Young, Graduate Development Manager at the Graduate School of Business, describes our work as “one of those life changing events”, and “a rare opportunity for me”. Read more here.
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