ICFE Group of Companies

Mr. Noel Tan

Noel E K Tan
Human Learning and Organisational Development Professional
Principal, Trailblazer Associates International

Key Competencies

Futures Foresight & Strategic Planning Facilitation

Consulted with an educational non-profit and its governing board to clarify its mission and align core programme and service offerings.
Facilitated team identity formation and consensus-building on strategic thrusts and tactical actions for a new public hospital department facing resource challenges, involving senior consultants and nurses.
Facilitated strategic planning session for a resource-challenged department in a government ministry facing a broadening of its mission scope.

Organisational & Culture Change

Consulted on a public-sector inter-organisation clustering project involving 5600 personnel, involving culture change, vision-mission-values creation and development of internal catalysts.
Consulted on a public-sector merger of 2 groups of experts within a uniformed parent organisation, providing advice on culture change issues, vision-mission-values creation, and organisational design.
Consulted on a collaboration venture for an inter-ministry collaboration to spearhead the rehabilitation of offenders with psychiatric needs. Facilitated meetings focusing on vision development, shared mental models and work processes.
Consulting with a homegrown SME on organisational values development as part of its development of a corporate social responsibility strategy to support overall business goals.
Lead facilitator for the Culture Development 101 module organised by the Civil Service College, Centre for Organisational Development, for public sector Organisational Development practitioners.

Team Development

Facilitated team development for the senior management team of a public service branch of specialists.
Worked with an educational sector management team on improving communication and enhancing inter-department collaboration.
Facilitating ongoing virtual team development for a homegrown SME in the semi-conductor industry, with sales offices in major Southeast Asian capitals, helping local and overseas sales teams improve performance through aligned communications and enhanced customerexperience processes.

Management & Leadership Development

Trains in association with the Social Service Training Institute on programmes for in-house supervisory skills, renewal of helping professionals and systems thinking to raise the capacity of non-profit organisations and their people.
Trained new and high-potential managers in the Public Service for the Civil Service College, Institute of Policy Development on the 12th through 14th Executive Development Courses
Selected to be one of 6 external consultants worldwide to roll out global leadership development programmes for new managers and managers of teams, by the Corporate University of a European electronics multi-national company in the larger Asia-Pacific region.
Developing customised content for "Appreciative Leadership for Positive Change" programme for OCs of Housing Units for Cluster B, Singapore Prison Service.

Training & Curriculum Delivery

Facilitated workshops on inter-personal communications in workplace settings for the Corporate University of a European electronics multi-national company’s Asia-Pacific HQ in Singapore.
Delivers training in team and leadership development and systems thinking for senior management in corporate contexts. In his work in the education sector, he designs interventions for teachers and parents in applications of Appreciative Inquiry and other strengths-based approaches, brain-based learning, social and emotional learning and common-sense leadership for student leaders. He also works with educational leaders in developing competence in using Learning Organisation tools.
Applies his expertise in human learning processes to his supervision of student-teachers at the National Institute of Education in using Understanding by Design for unit planning, postpracticum Reflection module and teaches Government and Politics of Singapore to undergraduates at the Nanyang Technological University. Educational Qualifications
MEd, (Research Methods), The University of Western Australia
MEd, (Educational Management), The University of Sheffield, UK
MSc, (Strategic Studies), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Post-Graduate Diploma in Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
BA, (Political Science and English), National University of Singapore

Professional Qualifications

Forthcoming & Recent Conference Paper & Workshop Presentations

Incidents and Images: Re-telling your Facilitation Story'. Workshop presentation. Singapore Facilitators Conference. November 2010 The Journey to Community: Applying Appreciative Inquiry to Create Heart-Ware in a Prison Merger Setting'. Conference paper submission. 1st Organisational Development World Summit, Budapest, August 2010
Panelist, Public Service OD Practitioners' Seminar on Appreciative Inquiry, Centre for Organisational Development, Civil Service College, June 2010.
Speaker, Seminar for Non-Profit Organisations 'C.A.R.E: Creating A Rejuvenating Environment for Helping Professionals - An Appreciative Inquiry Experience', Social Service Training Institute, June 2010.
'Teaching from my Strengths'. Conference Workshop, World Appreciative Inquiry Conference 2009, Kathmandu, Nepal. November 2009.
'Teaching Thinking? Towards a Coaching Process Model to develop Metacognition through Reflection'. Conference Paper, 14th International Conference on Thinking, Kuala Lumpur. June 2009.
'The Impact of an Overseas Service Learning Experience on Participant Self-Awareness'. Conference Paper, 2nd International Conference on Character Development through Service and Experiential Learning, National Institute of Education, Singapore. March 2009.

Contact
Email: noel@go-trailblazer.com
HP: 98002788