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ON THE COVER ON THE COVER
CLAYTON TAN
SUNWAY GROUP SENIOR GENERAL MANAGER
Putting people first OF ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

While the world has become increasingly volatile, uncertain,
complex and ambiguous (VUCA), the talents of today have
not changed much, in that they still want an employer that
treats them well, said Foo. Cultivating innovative and
“It’s the environment that has changed – the economic, social enterprising talent
and technological environments have given talents more
choices, more information and more speed. Employees now February 2022 saw the launch of the 42KL’s Code4Work
look at the company’s identity and values, leadership and trust, coding bootcamp, providing Sunway employees a platform to
workplace environment as well as good managers who care for upskill themselves alongside opportunities to work on future
their growth and wellbeing,” she elaborated. technology projects.
Sunway’s cascading culture of leadership, where managers and During the ve-day bootcamp, participants were tasked with
leaders are encouraged to keep an open communication with creating their own automated arti cial intelligence (AI) bot
their teams to identify employees’ personal challenges and through coding and peer-to-peer learning, encouraging a
opportunities, becomes increasingly vital as the organisation grows. problem-solving mindset to devise innovative solutions
addressing new challenges.
According to Sunway Group senior general manager of Working for a cause
organisational development Clayton Tan, Sunway continues Code4Work participant Tong Shermaine, a medical laboratory
to work on digitalisation, process improvement, upskilling and scientist at Sunway Medical Centre, had joined the bootcamp
reviewing workforce e ciency to ensure employees are as she was keen to learn something new. Foo noted that the employees of today place greater emphasis
well-supported. on purpose and a sense of belonging, which bodes well for
“As the Chinese saying goes, ׆౸࿝, ֶ౸࿝ – one is never Sunway as it champions sustainable development in all it does.
Driven by employees’ changing expectations and an increasingly too old to learn,” said Tong, who continues to explore the
VUCA environment, Sunway launched the Workplace potential use of CSV, with hope of applying it at her Since 2015, Sunway has aligned its business operations to the
Sustainability initiative with the aim of creating a sustainable workplace. 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the
workplace, ensuring Sunway is ‘future-skills ready’ to continue goal of becoming Asia’s leading corporation in sustainable
attracting and retaining diverse talents. Other Sunway initiatives that promote innovative thinking development.
include design thinking sprints such as the Property
Sunway’s e orts to foster a sustainable working environment Development Innovation, ideation challenges across the Taking it a step further, Sunway aims to achieve net zero
include supporting mental health through its Employee business units as well as Sunway iLabs’ LaunchX, a startup carbon emissions by 2050, stemming from its aspiration to
Assistance Programme (EAP), actively hiring from the local incubation programme for Sunway Education Group students. build a sustainable future.
community and ensuring a 30% women representation on the Sunway Leadership Centre also collaborated with iLabs On a micro level, Kelab Sosial Sunway spurs on
Board of Directors of Sunway’s listed companies. Foundry and Knolskape to equip employees with digital volunteer-driven CSR initiatives that create a culture of
For a start, Sunway is currently focusing on two key areas – awareness and simulations. volunteerism within the community, providing a platform to
Future of Work and Diversity & Inclusion. Since March 2022, Sunway has organised Future of Work mobilise those who want to help but were unsure of how to.
Future of Work addresses areas such as workplace exibilities, Innovation Ideation Jam – a series of online workshops Today, around 90% of Sunway’s employees have registered as
future workspace, technology and automation, future skills-ready, through which Sunway crowdsources feedback and ideas from CSR volunteers. In 2020 alone, Sunwayians clocked up more
gig economy, future work teams, employer branding, and employees beyond surveys and focus groups. than 18,400 hours of volunteering.
talent globalisation. Tan said that Sunway believes in empowering and trusting “Being a responsible employer matters, not just by giving a
Meanwhile, Diversity & Inclusion covers the non-executive their employees, with the top leadership being accessible and hand out, but by giving a hand up. We are also mindful of the ESG
workforce, women in leadership, voices of the young, often engaging young talents for new ideas. (environmental, social and governance) factors in our business
becoming truly Malaysian and Master Community Developer. Being a diversi ed conglomerate proves advantageous for decisions, as well as having a larger cause than pro t-making.
Our commitment towards community and nation-building
rough the Workplace Sustainability initiative, Sunway is Sunway, as it can drive entrepreneurship through its various also resonates well with employees today,” said Foo.
positioning itself for further growth as it continuously reviews ventures within the ecosystem – Sunway iLabs, Sunway
its ways of working, said Tan. FOO SHIANG WYNE Ventures, Sun SEA Capital – among students, employees and
SUNWAY GROUP CHIEF HUMAN the community.
“Sunway is always looking ahead in business ventures and RESOURCES OFFICER
growth, and constantly listening to our people’s needs. We believe As a living lab comprising 13 business divisions, Sunway also TODAY, AROUND
in developing our people for long-term success – the same has a pipeline of young talents to engage with among
principle we hold on to when building the business,” said Tan. employees across di erent industries as well as students in 90% OF SUNWAY’S
SUNWAY IS ALWAYS universities and student bodies, to better understand the needs EMPLOYEES HAVE
and demands of the future workforce.
LOOKING AHEAD IN BUSINESS “We are established enough to have proper structures in place, REGISTERED AS

VENTURES AND GROWTH, but nimble enough to allow room for innovations, CSR VOLUNTEERS
experimentations and better ideas. Talents who join us are not
AND CONSTANTLY LISTENING con ned to a set of best practices or directives from regional or
global o ces,” said Tan.
TO OUR PEOPLE’S NEEDS

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