In June, Principal Consultant Michael Kwok, attended a course at the INSEAD Business School in Fontainebleau as part of his Prime Minister’s Business Leadership Scholarship.

Michael said the course, Leading for Results – Creating a Culture of Achievement, “was incredibly well thought out and provided room for me to reflect on my current assumptions about leadership, and make plans for the future. I particularly valued the opportunity to share my own leadership challenges, and to understand that many of the issues I face are common throughout the world, irrespective of company size and nationality.”

The course gave Michael the opportunity to interact with over 30 other business leaders from around the world, and with on-going scheduled conference calls, Michael says he’s able to maintain the momentum and energy he gained while there. If you’d like to hear more from Michael about his INSEAD experience, please contact him on 09 303 3461.

The 13th ITS Asia Pacific Forum will be held in Auckland from the 28-30 April, 2014, the first time New Zealand has hosted a global ITS conference. The event also coincides with the 10th Anniversary of ITS New Zealand, over which time the organisation has been a leader in the promotion, development and facilitation of sustainable, effective, efficient, safe and environmentally friendly transportation systems within the country. In keeping with this core vision, the conference theme, ‘SCORE’, will highlight five key areas:

• Safety – the role of technology in improving transport safety, including smart transport such as connected vehicles
• Choices – encouraging discussion, promoting cooperation, and ensuring productive relationships and the dissemination of information
• Opportunities – identifying and optimising future opportunities
• Results – celebration and sharing of positive results, whilst using all results as a learning platform
• Efficiencies – ensuring value for money from transport investments