Around the world and back again
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Working globally expands your mind.
Builds capability. Stimulates innovation. Helps you see the future. Let me share that with you. |
Pamela Young
I feel so fortunate to have had the opportunity to work across so many nations, cultures and industries and I get enormous pleasure out of sharing my experiences, and those of my global clients, with you.
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Sharing know-how, linking people
I have enjoyed an extensive global career in both consulting and executive management. I have lived and worked in many cultures including Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom, continental Europe and the USA.
On my journey I acquired deep cross-cultural and international experience with global and local businesses that enriches my insights and vision for the future. When I returned down-under, the distance and physical isolation of Australia and New Zealand was more evident than before, but there are strengths that come from that too and my aim is to make them work for you. 
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The journey: gathering skills and know-how
Sydney, Australia
Auckland, New Zealand
California, United States of America
Singapore, Singapore
Paris, France
London, United kingdom
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Asia-Pacific-USA
I established my first consultancy business in New Zealand after a couple of years in marketing management in service industries. Cording Young Ltd was one of the first management consultancy firms in Asia-Pacific to specialise in professional and financial services. It delivered strategy and change consultancy to clients in New Zealand, Australia, Singapore and the USA. SE Asia
I then started on my quest for 'lived experience' in other cultures. My first stop was Asia. I established the inaugural role of Executive Director for Singapore-based Shook Lin and Bok, a top-4 regional law firm, learning how to operate in the East. I relished the opportunity to work across the SE Asia region representing my firm with major global clients as we repositioned the business for growth. Europe
I then joined Kinsley Lord Towers Perrin in London, United Kingdom, a strategy and organisation change consultancy firm as a member of the executive team. From my London base, I worked across 12 European nations learning much about global business, while adapting on a weekly basis to working in another culture and appreciating the differences. My clients were mostly global professional firms and major listed financial institutions. Asia-Pacific
My next stop was Sydney, Australia, where I established consulting firm growthcurv Pty Ltd to advise clients across Australia and Asia to be more effective in the Asian Century. Services included how to formulate growth strategies that included expansion across the Asia Pacific region, aligning culture to deliver it, and designing transformational change to support businesses to move along their growth curves without interruption. Arriving back down-under after many years in the northern hemisphere, illuminated how isolated New Zealand and Australia are, and how different our Island cultures are from continental nations that enjoyed shared borders and blended cultures. I wanted to help local business develop their cultural adaptability to survive the Asian Century and I embarked on a listening tour, interviewing over 100 board members and CEOs, that culminated in my book Stepping Up. Going Global We have been advising clients for some years to 'think global' and to use the latest technology to provide less costly solutions that meet future needs of businesses in these fast changing times. Well, we followed our own advice and launched an online 'DIY growth strategy program' called CEOExpand. Clients can now complete their next growth strategy using our 'self-directed' online process that comes with live-Zoom mentoring. It takes just 12-weeks instead of 6-9 months. The online solution has many benefits: it is faster and therefore more affordable; busy executives can complete planning from any convenient location; that saves travel and accommodation costs as top teams from different geographies no longer need to meet face-to-face for strategy planning in boardrooms; and that means there is no disruption to their daily operations. The process delivers an awesome growth strategy AND expands executive thinking, ability and confidence to execute as well. CEOExpand has been launched across Asia Pacific and is available to any business from anywhere in the world. Read more about what's included in the program here. |
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Stepping Up: Lead culture change for diversity and growth in the Asian Century
Stepping Up is a leadership book. It explains how to change organisational and industry cultures to boost diversity and productivity, and stimulate growth in the Asian Century. I interviewed 100 leaders from 16 cities and 26 industries across Australia and Asia and there are 100’s of quotes in Stepping Up that provide a true and accurate picture of the challenges and opportunities for businesses and society to consider. Also see: preface, endorsements and a free chapter |