Research-based
Programmes
Specialising in Corporate Culture and Creative
Leadership, Dr. Lim has designed and implemented
large-scale Research, Training and Quality
Performance and Potential Audit and Management
programmes and systems for various Corporate,
Government Organisations and multi-national
corporations. Research projects and services
currently cater to over 3 million people. As the
Founder of Research Communication International,
Dr Lim researches on developing effective
corporate communication for peak performance at
all levels. Dr Lim has created a growing
Singapore-based data bank for contextualising
International assessment approaches for greater
precision when used in Asia. Dr Lim's insights
on corporate culture and creative leadership at
all levels are reflected in various articles and
books she has authored. Dr Lim has been
interviewed for her views by leading magazines
& and television and news media.
Dr Shirley Lim has been working with world
experts in the areas of Leadership and
Organisational Development and Assessment since
the 1990s. In the1990s, Dr Lim launched into
Asia, several initiatives in Creativity and
Thinking including the work of Yale and Harvard
Professors, the Global Leadership Mentoring
Congress and programmes in "Peak
Performance", "Leadership Benchmarking"
and Profiling such as, "Adversity Quotient",
"The Big Five" or the Five Factor
Model and PEAKS PROGRAMMES such as Profiling,
Training, "Mentoring", Counselling,
Coaching, Consulting and Research.
Dr. Lim and RCI's team of experts have developed
a research-based profiling and consulting
programme to enhance individual and corporate
excellence used internationally. She trains and
certifies consultants in the administration,
interpretation and analysis of leadership
training and occupational benchmarking in Asia
Pacific countries.
Profiling, Training & Benchmarking for
Corporate Clients
Dr Lim has been consulted by numerous corporate
clients that include government as well as
private corporations such as financial
institutions like MAS, UOB, DBS, multi-national
corporations and national corporations such as
IBM, Singapore Telecommunications, British
Petroleum, Singapore Airlines, Shell
International, Petronas, Sunway, Gemplus
Technologies, Honeywell, UPS, DDI, OTI, etc and
many government ministries including Ministry of
Defence, Ministry of Manpower, Ministry of
National Development, Civil Service College,
Outward Bound Singapore and lecturers and deans
of the National University of Singapore (NUS),
Singapore Management University (SMU), Nanyang
Technological University (NTU), Polytechnics,
Schools and Colleges.
Certification of Consultants & Corporate
Personnel
Dr. Lim has certified more than two hundred
consultants and key corporate personnel from
local, regional and international corporations
in the use of research tools, psychometric
profiling, performance assessment and training.
Certified personnel use RCI's leadership
programmes and psychometric profiling for
benchmarking performance and potential audits,
for staff development and training, recruitment,
deployment, career tracking, career transition,
succession planning and strategic planning.
Lecturers and Educators from major universities
and colleges in Singapore and Malaysia are
trained and certified in the use of RCI's
Psychometric Profiling Technology for learner-centred
teaching and curriculum development.
Global Leadership & Mentoring Congress
Dr Lim supports best practices world wide in
leadership mentoring and one of her initiatives
include her partnership with multi-national
corporations like British Petroleum in the
inauguration of the "Global Leadership
& Mentoring Congress" which confers
Leader Mentor Awards to outstanding leaders in
various sectors, recognised for their effective
mentoring of other leaders. The congress is
supported and co-organised with various
organisations such as the BP Mentoring
Foundation, IBM, JobStreet, Association of Small
& Medium Enterprise, Singapore Management
University and the International Mentoring
Association.
Research University on Leadership
A long tradition as an educator has culminated
in collaboration with enterprise leader, Dr
Diana Young in the incorporation of the Research
University on Leadership (RUL) which aims at
accredited courses and degrees on Leadership. On
the demise of beloved partner Dr Young, Dr Lim
continues to work toward the dream of raising a
world class University on Leadership that
promotes leadership research and education. RUL
has gained considerable media interest as a
corporate Singapore-based enterprise to focus on
and broaden the platform for leadership research
and development. RUL aims at martialling
together world-class expertise, merging academic
rigour and pragmatic excellence to contribute
locally and globally in the development of
leaders at all levels.
Dr Lim's passion in leadership development stems
from a lifelong commitment to quality teaching,
people development and innovative curriculum
development, having been teacher, university
lecturer and corporate researcher, spending more
than a decade in each role. Her personal vision
is to develop homegrown talent in individuals
and organisations to meet world-class standards
in human and organisational performance.
Academic Qualifications
Formerly a Senior Lecturer at the
National Institute of Education of the Nanyang
Technological University, Singapore, Dr Lim
holds a BA (Hons), MA and a PhD in Applied
Linguistics from the National University of
Singapore as well as Professional Diplomas in
Education and Psychology (First Class
Distinction) from the University of Aberdeen,
Scotland. In 1988, she was given a grant as
Visiting Scholar to Harvard University. |
