Welcome back to Chief of Staff Asia; and welcome to what is set to be another transformative year in HR excellence!
As we step into 2024, the Chief of Staff Asia community, with platforms including printed magazine, social media, video, and events, is gearing up to unveil even further opportunities to engage, share, and connect with the vast fraternity of HR professionals across Southeast Asia.
You’ll soon be able to embrace the power of collective learning with our new team subscriptions. That content experience is set to be expanded with a developing library of real-world HR case studies from around the region. Audiences will also experience our new market reports, offering a deep dive into key service areas that HR teams rely on throughout the year.
Also, our HR Stars Awards programme is scheduled to roll out across four markets this year, extending our annual search for the best, brightest, and most innovative HR practices to each of the Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia over the coming year.
So for this Chief of Staff Five, the first for 2024, let us share with you plans and opportunities for the year ahead. What follows is five things HR professionals and teams can look forward to seeing from Chief of Staff Asia in this exciting new year.
1. Team and Organisation Subscriptions
Chief of Staff Asia offers a healthy, balanced content meal of news, views, and real-life case studies from the HR profession across Southeast Asia. And like any good meal, it is always even better when shared! That’s why Chief of Staff Asia is introducing team and organisational subscriptions from February this year. We’re here for “the love of HR”, and we hope our content, whether it is an interview, specialist research paper, or news and real world insights can help spark new and far-reaching conversations within HR teams as we all search for new, innovative ways forward in people management.
2. HR Stars Awards
In 2023, we launched the HR Stars Awards in Singapore and Indonesia, seeking out – and finding – some of the best examples of HR innovation and leadership from across those two markets. In 2024, Chief of Staff Asia will be adding the Philippines and Malaysia to that list, with separate programmes for HR teams and leaders in all four markets. Fully online, and with a focus on creativity, innovation, and achieving more with limited resources, these awards offer some of the best value and widest reaching recognition for HR professionals in Southeast Asia. Things kick off just after Chinese New Year, with nominations for the Philippines Awards open from February 19.
Philippines HR Stars Awards: Nominations open from February 19, 2024
Singapore HR Stars Awards: Nominations open from April 22, 2024
Indonesia HR Stars Awards: Nominations open from June 24, 2024
Malaysia HR Stars Awards: Nominations open from October 28, 2024
3. Market Reports
Chief of Staff Asia prides itself on its comprehensive research papers, made available free and easily to all subscribers, In 2024, we’ll be adding to this portfolio with papers focused on specific service markets associated with HR teams. From the latest trends in recruitment, to everything happening with training and staff development services in each of the biggest Southeast Asian markets, these reports feature plenty of insight and advice, as well as listings of real world service providers ready to help your team achieve more. The scheduled market reports for the year ahead are:
Business Process Outsourcing and the Employer of Record Sector
(Publishing online from February 27; and part of the Q2 Chief of Staff Asia magazine)
Training, Learning, and Development services
(Publishing online from May 21, and part of the Q3 Chief of Staff Asia magazine
Recruitment and Talent Acquisition
(Publishing online from August 13, and part of the Q4 Chief of Staff Asia magazine)
Talent Mobility and Relocation Services
(Publishing online from October 29, and part of the January, 2025 Chief of Staff Asia magazine)
4. Case Studies
Have you or your team ever wondered how other HR professionals handle the same situations and workforce challenges that your team is facing? Chief of Staff Asia‘s “Case in Point” series, introducing from February 2024, will showcase the real world case studies from throughout the Southeast Asia region, touching on every market, industry, and organisation size and style. These bite-sized, fact-driven pieces feature insights from the HR leaders at the coal face and are presented with the view of sharing ideas and further sparking conversation across the HR community in this unique part of the world.
Do you have a case study to share or suggest? Let us know the details here.
5. Magazines
The first issue of the Chief of Staff Asia print magazine for 2024 is currently being printed and delivered to subscribers based throughout the Southeast Asia region, with new editions available quarterly for the rest of the year. Delivery is free, but you can also find copies at participating co-working facilities, and at a range of HR-focused conferences and events in 2024. Digital copies are available via the chiefofstaff.asia website, and will be sent to all subscribers on the designated publishing day.
January 2024 issue: Launching January 24, 2024
April 2024 issue: Launching April 3, 2024
July 2024 issue: Launching July 5, 2024
October 2024 issue: Launching October 4, 2024
January 2025 issue: Launching January 3, 2025
