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TiE Singapore Eminent Speaker Series

Date	:	Wed 23 Jun 2010
Time	:	11.45 am - 2.30 pm
Venue	:	The Singapore Cricket Club @ Gilmour Room
Fee per pax	:	SBF Members - $48.00
Dress Code	:	Office Attire

In 2007, when Google began instituting its corporate university (now named “GoogleEDU”), the founding team wanted to go beyond teaching Google employees (called “Googlers”) to do stuff, they wanted to help Googlers develop themselves as full human beings. They did so by instituting a Personal Growth program initially called the “School of Personal Growth”. Their initial intention was to “do the right thing” for their fellow Googlers, but there was also a strong business reason. Google believes that every Googler is a leader, and in the words of Dr Annie McKee, “the best leaders develop themselves holistically throughout their whole careers”. Hence, personal growth is a strategic move for developing leaders in Google.

The person who ended up spear-heading that effort was a man nicknamed the “Jolly Good Fellow of Google”, a long-time Google engineer from Singapore, Chade-Meng Tan (”Meng”), who spent his “20% time” leading the effort to create a Mindfulness-based Emotional Intelligence program for the then-fledgling corporate university. His initial effort eventually formed the core of the Personal Growth program.

Join Meng as he tells the story of pioneering Personal Growth in Google and shares some of the lessons learned.

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Seminar Programme

Time	Programme
11.45 am	Registration & Networking
12.10 pm	Sit down & Welcome
12.15 pm	Lunch
12.50 pm	Talk by Chade-Meng Tan (Meng)
1.30 pm	Q & A Session
2.00 pm – 2.30 pm	Networking & Photo Session