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David Chard

David Chard

Managing Director, Taiwan

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    President @ EngagingMinds and The Unstoppable Zone

  • Education

    • Power and Systems

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      Organizational Leadership

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    • Gaia Consultants

      2003 - 2007
      None Ontological Coaching

      Activities and Societies: Participated in ongoing distance learning in Ontological Coaching from Gaia Consultants (later name changed to Talking About.) Learned the model and skills of ontological coaching which has many applications in organizational consulting, personal coaching and executive coaching. Have integrated many of these key principles into professional training for Edelman Public Relations in Asia-Pacific. Studied Ontological Coaching over a 2 year period.

    • Power and Systems

      2010 - 2010
      Certified Trainer The Organization Workshop

      Certified to deliver "The Organization Workshop" a powerful tool for transforming organizaitonal leaders and cultures.

    • American Board of Hypnotherapy

      2007 - 2007
      Certified Hypnotherapist NLP, Hypnosis

      Certified as a therapeutic hypnotist.

    • Leadership in International Management: Action Learning Coaching

      2000 - 2002
      None Action Learning Coaching

      Activities and Societies: Studied Action Learning Coaching with Leadership in International Management (LIM) in Miami, Florida. Not a degree program. Acquired valuable facilitation experience and gained expertise in the use of the Action Learning Coaching model. Studied Action Learning Coaching with Ernie Turner.

    • NLP Performance Institute of Canada

      2007 - 2007
      NLP Practitioner Neuro-Linguistic-Programming

      Certified as NLP Pracitioner.

    • NASAGA 2006

      2006 - 2006
      Certificate Creation of learning games and simulations

      Activities and Societies: The North American Simulation and Gaming Association (NASAGA) conducts an annual training and certification process, featuring the best and brightest among developers of learning games and simulations in North America. Certified in Game Simulations.

    • Institute of Cultural Affairs (ICA)

      1995 - 1995
      Non-degree program Group Facilitation Methods

      Activities and Societies: Completed ICA's internationally recognized Group Facilitation Methods course in 1995. Since then have adapted these methods to hundreds of facilitation engagements and attained a high level of mastery as a facilitator of large and small groups. Major facilitation engagements include:Johnson and Johnson China: led programs in Shanghai and Beijing to support marketing teams gearing up to include Olympic Sponsorship in their programs. As a result, J&J was able to "catch up" after a rather late entry as an Olympic sponsor.Philip Morris Taiwan:Led a 4.5 day creativity retreat for PM's marketing team. Was engaged to develop and deliver a turn-key retreat experience to help the organization re-engage with their… Show more Major facilitation engagements include:Johnson and Johnson China: led programs in Shanghai and Beijing to support marketing teams gearing up to include Olympic Sponsorship in their programs. As a result, J&J was able to "catch up" after a rather late entry as an Olympic sponsor.Philip Morris Taiwan:Led a 4.5 day creativity retreat for PM's marketing team. Was engaged to develop and deliver a turn-key retreat experience to help the organization re-engage with their creative abilities. 9 new PM projects resulted, preceded by an 18-month period with zero projects.Bristol Myers Squibb: led a 2-day facilitation assignment assisting NGO's from around the Asia-Pacific region to engage with each other around the issue of Hepatitis B awareness. Charles Gore, president of the World Hepatitis Alliance attended and stated "this was the most powerful event of its kind I have ever had the pleasure to be involved in." Show less

    • The University of Kansas

      1972 - 1977
      BA Chinese Language and East Asian Studies

      Activities and Societies: Asian Film Club Participated in the first-ever overseas studies program in Chinese language from Kansas University in 1976. We followed a course of directed studies in Taipei, Taiwan.Subsequently I received a scholarship to attend the prestigious Stanford Center at National Taiwan University in Taipei with a focus on advanced Chinese language studies.

    • National Taiwan University

      1978 - 1979
      Masters Advanced Chinese studies

      Graduate studies in Chinese language and literature.

  • Experience

    • Hill & Knowlton

      Oct 1989 - Mar 1991
      Managing Director, Taiwan

      Established the Hill & Knowlton office in Taipei, Taiwan in 1989. Grew the business from zero to over one million US dollars in the first 12 months of operations. By 1991 Hill & Knowlton Taiwan was among the top three multiinational public relations firms operating in the Taiwan market.

    • Profiles Corporate Communication Consultants

      Jan 1992 - May 1997
      Managing Director

      Owned and operated a full-service corporate communication consultancy in Taipei, Taiwan serving the multi-national community. Known for expertise in corporate reputation strategy, icrisis and issue management engagements, media training and high-profile media events. Acquired by Edelman Public Relations Worldwide in May 1997.

    • Edelman Public Relations, Asia Pacific

      May 1997 - Jun 2000

      Served as regional president for Edelman's Asia-Pacific service network which included offices in 12 locations across the Asia-Pacific region. From Edelman's regional headquarters in Hong Kong, was responsible for regional P/L performance, business strategy, new business development, recruiting of senior executives, corporate communication and human resources. Also provided senior counsel to key multinational corporations in the Asia-Pacific region. After Profiles Corporate Communications was acquired by Edelman Worldwide in May 1997, served as managing director for Edelman Taiwan with full P/L responsibility. Remained in this position until promoted to Regional President, Edelman Asia Pacific in October 1997.

      • President, Asia Pacific

        Oct 1997 - Jun 2000

      • Managing Director

        May 1997 - Oct 1997

    • CCG Worldwide, Inc.

      Jun 2000 - Oct 2002
      President

      Founder and principal consultant for CCG Worldwide, Inc. CCG is focused on the development of high-performance crisis teams for multinational corporations.See: www.crisisteams.com

    • Edelman

      Jan 2002 - Jan 2010
      Director, Asia-Pacific Edelman Academy

      Responsible for the creation and delivery of professional training for Edelman consultants in 12 locations around the Asia-Pacific region.

    • Engaging Minds and The Unstoppable Zone

      Apr 2010 - now
      President

      Engaging-Minds provides Leadership Development, Executive Coaching and Meeting Facilitation to leading organizations in the Asia-Pacific region. The firm engages executives and their teams in challenging conversations that inspire the futures they truly want to create together. Engaging-Minds keeps the focus on action driven by the passion of authentically engaged leaders. Our new venture, The Unstoppable Zone brings experiential leadership development to a new level.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Master Trainer, 8 Skill Coaching Model / TIPS Coaching

      Center for Management and Organizational Excellence
      Jul 2012

    • Licensed Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming

      Richard Bandler, Society of Neuro-Linguistic Programming
      Sept 2006