Inside Asian Gaming
May 2016 inside asian gaming 27 with plenty of opportunity for Q&A with the program leader. The course was positioned at an incredibly low introductory price point of just MOP$888 per participant – less than 10% of the price of some comparable courses around the world. Some IAG readers might be aware that I ran a casino training school in Australia with a variety of course leaders. The two constants will be that courses will always relate in some way to the Asian gaming, entertainment, tourism and hospitality industries and that we will endeavor to always have program leaders of the highest caliber. We’ve long written in IAG and our sister publication WGM about the shortage of for over a decade in the 1990s and early 2000s. The time spent operating this school were some of my happiest days; there are few things more rewarding in life than teaching people new skills and abilities. So it is with great to be back in the training game through IAG. It is our intention to run many more such courses in the future, on a wide range of subjects Brian is Senior Practice Professor of Strategy and Leadership at many leading universities and a Senior Fellow at The Wharton School. He has served as Management Adviser for over 25 years to Fortune 500 Corporations, Governments, Emerging Companies and ultra-high net worth Asian Family Owned Enterprises. He maintains a solid track record in strategizing for Value Creation, Global High Growth and Revenue Expansion in Asia, North America and Europe. Brian has strategized and facilitated several IPOs. He teaches Strategy, Innovation, Growth and Ethics in several leading EMBA, MBA, MSc, PhD and Executive Development programs and has taught at Oxford, HEC, CMU, SMU, LSE and numerous other internationally recognized institutions. Brian is a graduate of Harvard, HEC Program Leader Professor Dr Brian To Industry Training “Absolutely superb and a lot of fun”, “When is the next one?” and “It was too short – I want more!” were just some of the comments made by participants after the enjoyable and engaging event. Paris, Oxford, John F Kennedy, INSEAD and Wharton. He holds a Master in Management (MM), Master in Science (MSc) and a Master in Public Management (MPM) along with a Doctor in Business Administration. In 2004 he received a Doctorate (DUniv) from Middlesex University and most recently he has completed a Doctorate in Chinese Business and Management (DProf). He teaches Leadership and Strategy to State Owned Enterprise leaders in Beijing and Shanghai and Staging for China Business to the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in the Advanced Master’s program. He has advised and coached numerous CEOs and Managing Directors in North America and throughout Asia regarding strategy toadvanceprofitability and to increase their personal and professional performance. Brian’s interests include Advancing Human Potential and The Intersection between Strategy and Leadership. Dr To wrote the January 2016 cover story of Inside Asian Gaming.
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