Certified HR Practitioner Programme

The 5-month Certified HR Practitioner course is a comprehensive and practical program designed to equip HR professionals with the knowledge and skills needed to excel in the modern workplace. This workshop covers the latest trends and developments in HR, the challenges of talent management in global contexts, emerging HR technologies, integrating human capital and business strategies, and adapting to rapid changes. Participants will gain insights into creating effective HR strategies, leveraging technology, and navigating the evolving business landscape, enabling them to drive organisational success in the future of work.

Course Format:

• Duration: 5 months
• Frequency: 2 days per module
• Schedule: Every 1st Thursday and Friday of the month

Module Schedule:

• Module 1: 2nd and 3rd Nov 2023
• Module 2: 7th and 8th Dec 2023
• Module 3: 4th and 5th Jan 2024
• Module 4: 1st and 2nd Feb 2024
• Module 5: 7th and 8th Mar 2024

By the end of this course, learners would have learnt:

• A viable HR Development plan that can be executed in the near term
• Practical learning, adopting a LEARN-APPLY-FEEDBACK approach
• Guided mentoring at group levels by senior HR practitioners
• Understand how firms operate across borders by developing and retaining global leaders
• Be exposed to HR analytical tools and understand technology’s role in developing human capital
• Peer learning and cross-collaboration about best practices across different industries
• Continuous networking, with the regular community and alumni events
• Glean fresh insights from global industry experts with guest lectures throughout the programme
• Examine real-world business cases and understand how to apply the learnings to your job immediately

Designed for developing the next generation of HR leaders, this programme offers a unique combination of classroom learning with ‘doing’, right from the start. The programme integrates learning, industry talks and guided mentoring at every juncture to support the development of HR Leaders.

• HR Generalist with minimum 8 years of HR Supervisory or Managerial experience
• Senior HR leaders across talent management, compensation, engagement, and performance
• General Managers with human capital responsibilities
• Other functional leaders with management experience and an interest in human capital management

Programme Director

Ms Carmen Wee, Programme Director Founder & CEO | Board Member | CHRO | Global Transformation Master’s degree in Organisational Leadership (OD Consulting) – Regent University, USA

Carmen Wee is the Founder & CEO of her HR Advisory Services firm, Carmen Wee & Associates. She is an accomplished Global CHRO with over 25 years of international business experience, driving large-scale business transformation & change management within fast-growing companies with multiple & complex mergers and acquisitions. She is known for strategic leadership excellence. She has led and managed large, complex, and multicultural teams based on six continents, coaching business leaders, building high-performing teams, and influencing stakeholders across the business ecosystem. She is the author of the book, ‘From The Kampung To The Boardroom: My Leadership Journey’, which is currently in circulation in 11 countries globally. She is an experienced Board Member in several domains, spanning government, academia and public institutions in Singapore and the UK. For the past decade, she has served in many task forces, to transform the HR ecosystem and build capabilities in the workforce. Carmen holds a Bachelor’s degree from NUS (National University of Singapore), a post-graduate diploma in HR from SIM (Singapore Institute of Management), and a Master’s degree in Organisational Leadership, Regent University (specialising in Organisation Development Consulting, summa cum laude).

Faculty & Industry Speakers 

Dr Christopher Fong, Council Member | Director | Academia Doctor of Professional Studies - University of Southern Queensland, Australia

Dr Fong has a distinguished career in strategic leadership and coaching that spans over 2 decades. He was appointed National Fellow to the Singapore Ministry of Social and Family and advised the total capability framework of the social service professionals to include mentoring sector leaders and those in the leadership pipeline. In addition, he was the Principal Researcher for the nationwide study on fathers at the workplace. His findings have impacted government and business organisations to review their current pro-family and work-life friendly policies. He has also trained sector leaders in multicultural issues in cross-cultural marriages and clinical case formulations from a multicultural perspective. He earned his Doctorate Degree in Professional Studies (Practice Research) in 2015 and is also a member of the prestigious American Psychological Association (APA). As a strong advocator for practice-based research, Dr Fong contributes actively by speaking at international conferences and is a thought leader on multicultural and diversity issues and their impact across organisational matrices and businesses. His evidence-based framework that measures culture has since been published and taught across various universities. As an international award-winning orchestra conductor turned psychologist, Dr Fong brings a wealth of knowledge and experience from the concert hall to the corporate boardroom.

Mr Bernard Tay, HR Leadership Coach Master’s in Human Resource Development and Education - George Washington University, USA

Bernard brings with him more than 20 years of full-spectrum human resource experience in both the private and public sectors. He held senior human resource positions and his experience spans across different sectors including exposure to companies in the region. He is competent in human resource development and conversant in human resource management. Bernard is also a Senior Assessor with Spring Singapore where he has helped organisations attain People Developer and the coveted People Excellence and Singapore Quality Award. As an associate trainer with the Civil Service College, his training assignments bring him to countries like Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar. Locally, he has delivered human resources in the public service to international delegates from commonwealth countries, ASEAN and in the region. In the academic profession, he is an adjunct lecturer to students pursuing diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate master’s degrees in Singapore. Bernard holds has a first degree in Economics from the then the University of Singapore, a second class upper honours degree in Sociology from the National University of Singapore. His master’s degree in Human Resource Development and Education is obtained from George Washington University, USA.

Mr CP Tham, ASEAN HR OD Leader | Coach | Facilitator | Consultant | MSC, SHRM-SCP, IAF-CPF PhD Human Resources - Swinburne University, Australia

• C-Suite HR Executive with more than 30 years of working experience in various industries (Pharma, FMCG, Manufacturing, Advertising, Service industry) in an international setting
• Maximized Human Capital, comprising 3000+ headcount, 16 offices in 12 countries to build agility and business growth at his current company

CP is an Asian HR Leader based in Singapore with more than 10 years of combined experience in HR Business Partnering, Learning, Talent and Organisation Development locally and regionally in Asia. He has worked in various HR roles in the Singapore Civil Service, Multi-National Corporations (IT, Medical, Insurance Brokerage & Professional Services), Banking & Finance Institutions and high-growth technology-driven start-ups. He is active with HR professional bodies in US (SHRM), UK (CIPD), Singapore (IHRP and SHRI) and Australia (AHRI), contributing to the HR profession in both voluntary and paid roles as a content developer and reviewer, committee member (ethics and continuous professional development), mentor, career coach, adjunct lecturer and trainer. As a Singapore Certified Management Consultant by TÜV SÜD, he also provides ad-hoc HR consultancy and advisory services to companies based in Singapore. He is also currently serving in a contractor capacity as the Master Facilitator and Representative for SHRM in South-East Asia.