On November 09, 2017, over 200 senior executives from diverse industries gathered at PwC innovation center in shanghai attending the breakfast seminar held by Bo Le Associates (Bo Le). 

At the event, Bo Le called for action and collaboration between corporate executives, human resources professionals and new generation of C-level leaders to respond to the talent/leader development of the new age.

The event began with an opening speech by David Chan, Managing director and the head of Shanghai office, who marked the event to give a snapshot of the latest trend of talent market for generation X and Y. He also thanked all attendees.

>>>> Ellen Lin, Managing Director and the head of Chengdu manager, spoke about “The young leaders in the age of globalization” and pinpointed “how do young leaders stand out?” She mentioned The New Four Great Inventions of China: The Bullet train, Jingdong.com, Alipay and Mobike.  These inventions have changed consumer behaviors and market practices.

▲Ellen Lin Managing Director and the head of Chengdu office

>>>> In David Chan’s speech, the topic “the generations of the 60s to 90s team management” illustrated the gaps between the 60s to 90s and talked about Bo Le’s own staff in terms of age groups. He then gave the major key themes to carry on no matter the age in management: ”Engagement, Empowerment, Respect, Trust, Faith and Passion”.

▲David Chan Managing Director and the head of Shanghai office

>>>> David Xu, Director and the head of Suzhou office, pointed out that the average age between Alibaba, Huawei, Tencent and Baidu was 27. He expressed that if the number of generation 80s’ takes up more than 70% of your company staff, then your company is embracing the new world. David then shared his experience on leading a young and over-achieving team in the Suzhou office.

                                                                                          ▲David Xu Director and the head of Suzhou office

During the roundtable chat, Managing Director Linda Li of Bo Le Associates, led the panelists to discuss the topic of "A new journey of Young Leaders". The four distinguished panelists were Pierre Zhuang, CEO at Bo Le Associates, Liming Zhang, COO and Co-founder at 51Talk, Grace Gui, HR Director at Burberry and Wentao Chan, Group Experience Director Great China at PwC. 

 
                                                                    Roundtable discussion of Four guests

   CEO at Bo Le Associates           Pierre Zhuang   

CEO and Co-Founder at 51Talk    Liming Zhang

HR Director at Burberry                     Grace Gui 

Group Experience Director, Experience Centre 

                    and Digital Services, Greater China at PwC     Wentao Chan 

Mr. Liming Zhang mentioned that allowing the youth to blossom and keep them motivated were major tasks.

Mr. Wentao Chan and Ms. Grace Gui both agreed that management needs to understand that while young talent may make mistakes due to inexperience, the mistakes would ultimately lead them to success.

Pierre Zhuang of Bo Le Associates stressed the importance of maintaining balance between giving the youth freedom while striving for company business goals.

• Pierre gave the closing remarks by thanking everyone for their participation and wished that it would become a social responsibility for all to develop the new generation of business leaders.