ENGLISH LANGUAGE
VERSION
This course is usually facilitated
by Dr. Graham Tyler. Graham is a fully
registered organizational psychologist,
Chartered Scientist and executive
director of PsyAsia International.
His PhD thesis concentrated on psychometric
assessment with particular emphasis
on the validity of international and
local models of personality in Asia.
Previously an MBA lecturer for the
UK’s University of Leicester
Dubai Campus and more recently a visiting
lecturer for a Hong Kong university
(teaching MSc HRM),
Graham spends most of his time involved
in training and consultancy in organizational
psychology commuting between Hong
Kong, Shanghai, Singapore and Australia.
Graham's training and consultancy
work in job analysis, selection and
development systems, performance appraisal,
assessment centres and generally maximising
performance at work has seen him work
with organisations such as Cathay
Pacific, Citibank, BP, guinness, Hewitt
Consulting and FedEx in addition to
government organisations such as the
Hong Kong Institute for Vocational
Education, the Singapore Ministry
of Defense and the Singapore Civil
Service College.
He is a full member of the Australian
and British Psychological Societies
and his research with psychometric
tools has been recognised by the British
Psychological Society with their prestigious
prize for Scientific Contribution
to Organizational Psychology. Graham
is also an Associate Fellow of the
Hong Kong Psychological Society and
a member of the Hong Kong Institute
for HRM. He continues to be interested
in assessment and selection research
and his research has been published
in international peer-reviewed and
professional journals whilst he is
a reviewer for the Journal of Personality
& Individual Differences as well
as for the annual SIOP (Society for
Industrial & Organizational Psychology)
conference in the USA. In recognition
of voluntary contributions to society
and the less fortunate, Graham has
been awarded honorary life membership
of the British Red Cross Society and
was nominated for the Wesley Hospital
"Ideals in Action" award.
CANTONESE VERSION
This is usually facilitated by Austin
Tay. Austin has sixteen years experience
across various specialisations including,
psychological assessment services
and recruitment, training, project
management, sales and marketing, business
development and operations. Austin
has worked in the service, construction,
security and recruitment industries.
Austin started his career with Coffee
Club Pte Ltd, Singapore in 1993. He
then moved to Bethamesh Singapore
Pte Ltd, a construction company, in
1995 and was subsequently seconded
to its operations in Hong Kong as
its Sales Manager. He rejoined Hiang
Kie Singapore Pte Ltd; a coffee trading
company headquartered in Singapore,
parent company of Coffee Club Pte
Ltd, Singapore, and was seconded to
its subsidiary, Hiang Kie Hong Kong
Ltd, as its Operations and Training
Manager. He joined Gurkha International
Group, a security and employment company
in 2000, as its Business Development
Manager and was subsequently promoted
to Business Development Director in
2001. Austin then joined Hudson Global
Resources HK Ltd, to head its Talent
Management and Development practice
in 2008 with focus on developing the
business and delivery of projects
providing: Psychological assessment
services; Assessment and development
centres; Competency based interview
training; Competency modelling and
profiling consultancy; 360 degree
feedback surveys; and Outplacement
& Executive coaching consultancy.
He has also authored the article in
Efinancial Career – ‘How
banks keep High Potentials’
(17 October 2008).
Austin holds a BSc in Psychology
with Socio-Legal Studies and a Masters
in Commercial and International Law
from the University of Buckingham,
UK, a Post Graduate Diploma in Law
from the College of Law, London, and
a Masters in Psychology of Work from
the University of Leicester, UK. He
is a graduate member of the British
Psychological Society, the Hong Kong
Psychological Society and an international
affiliate of the American Psychological
Association. He is a member of the
Division of Industrial Organisational
Psychology for both the British Psychological
Society and the Hong Kong Psychological
Society, the Society for Industrial
and Organisational Psychology of the
American Psychological Association
and the Hong Kong Institute of Human
Resources Management. He is also a
member of the Hong Kong General Chamber
of Commerce.
PsyAsia's facilitators have been running
Assessment and Development Centre
training courses for over 13 years
now. Our experience in training in
this topic as well as designing and
running corporate assessment centres
spans the UK, Africa, Australia, United
Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman,
Singapore, China, Macao SAR, Malaysia
and Hong Kong SAR. We have worked
at ministerial and government level
as well as with the world's most notable
and blue-chip organizations. Our courses
are only ever run by registered organisational
psychologists who are answerable to
registration boards for competency
and practice and must undergo hours
of professional development each year
to ensure they remain current and
to be able to renew their registration. |
