Tighter budgets. Cost down. Staff reductions. Fewer resources. Big business challenges & new initiatives. Urgent needs to improve efficiency and build greater value, all while under pressure to do more with less.
If this describes your team or company situation, then this upcoming workshop delivered by Larry Wang is for you. It will teach you how to raise the ability of others to do more with less, while supporting critical objectives and key results (OKRs) in an increasingly challenging business environment.
The Swedish Chamber of Commerce in China warmly welcomes you and your colleagues to join our upcoming one-day workshop in Shanghai on 16 April 2026 about " Leadership Development".
Based on Mr. Wang's PLSD Approach (Practical Learning & Skills Development), this workshop will include facilitated discussions, relatable case studies and hands-on exercises, where you'll learn simple, effective methodologies, habits and tools that will help you help others:
- Develop the right mindset & approach to take on new challenges & drive change
- Significantly improve their learning agility & ability to do new things faster
- Become more proactive, resourceful & solutions-oriented
- Better leverage what's available to you
- Gain support from others
- Work smarter, not just harder
Target audience:
This workshop is for team leaders and anyone who needs to develop the ability of others to pursue new and better ways to deliver key results and support key initiatives, especially in situations where they're facing big changes and difficult challenges.
The three main sections in this workshop include:
Nurturing The Right Mindset & Approach For Today's New Normal World
• Communicating truths & realities about their situation (Telling others what they need to know)
• Essential capabilities & qualities everyone must have today
· Addressing their development needs & challenges (Understanding & Addressing Your Key Development Needs & Challenges)
Enabling Others To Be More Proactive, Resourceful & Solutions-Oriented
· Instilling a self-driven learning & development approach in others(The PLSD Approach)
· Leveraging the resources, people & opportunities available to you (You don't need to reinvent success)
· Raising their learning agility & ability to improve faster (3 Step Approach To Learning From Others Quickly)
Providing Practical Guidance & Coaching To Help Others Develop New Solutions
· Getting others to develop ways to work smarter, not just harder
· Providing simple, effective guidance & coaching to others (3 Step Approach To Guiding & Coaching Others)
· Creating win-win situations to gain support from others
Trainer:
Larry Wang
Career, Talent & Leadership Development Trainer & Executive Coach
Founder/Managing Director of PLSD and Wang & Li Asia Resources
PLSD Designer & Lead Facilitator
Author of How To Develop Yourself As a Future Executive, Today
and Know The Game, Play The Game
Date
16 April, 2026 (Thursday)
Time
09:30 - 17:30 (Beijing Time)
Price
Member per person, standard price): RMB 1999
Non-Member (per person, standard price): RMB 3899
Early-Bird (per person, member-only, valid by 2026-04-01): RMB 1800
Small (3 people) & large group (10 people) tickets are also available, please contact jonatan@swedcham.cn for more info about group ticket.
Language
English
Venue
SwedCham Shanghai office
Hej!Workshop.3F, Livat Office Tower E, No. 788, Jinzhong Road, Changning District, Shanghai
Kindly notice
This course will only be held if we have more than 8 guests joining in.
Cancellation Policy
If you cannot attend a training for which you have registered, please cancel your registration no later than seven business days prior to the event. If you fail to notify us of your cancellation in a timely fashion, you will be charged for the training costs.
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Speakers
Larry Wang
Founder/Managing Director of PLSD and Wang & Li Asia Resources
Mr. Wang is the designer of PLSD (Practical Learning & Skills Development Approach) and the PLSD Approach ( www.plsdapproach.com ), which enables and empowers people to drive and manage their own career development by helping them create opportunities to improve faster within their daily job situation, while contributing more in their role. His PLSD Approach teaches practical learning and development concepts and habits that are simple and effective, where any person can apply it to any situation.
Mr. Wang has delivered his workshops and coaching services to clients that include HP, IBM, Emerson, Ericsson, Haworth, EF Learning, WeWork, ClubMed, and Manulife. Popular workshops include: How To Lead Yourself Through Change & Uncertainty, How To Communicate More Effectively & Influence Others, How To Become More Resourceful & Solutions-Oriented, How To Motivate & Lead Others In Today’s New Normal World and How To Develop Yourself As A Future Executive, Today, and How To Perform Well In Cross-Cultural Business Situations.
Prior to Zhishangwang, Mr. Wang managed Wang & Li Asia Resources, a recruitment firm that’s been placing top bilingual/international-caliber, management talent into leading multinational (e.g. Microsoft, Citigroup, Ford, Nike, NBA China, etc.) and Chinese companies (e.g. Alibaba, Tencent, Ant Financial, Yihaodian, Dianping, etc.) in China since 1994. Based on its value-driven approach, talent market expertise and quality services to clients and candidates, Wang & Li was recognized as China’s Recruitment Firm of the Year in 2008.
Mr. Wang has written two career development books, Know The Game, Play The Game and How To Develop Yourself As a Future Executive, Today, to help Chinese professionals develop the soft skills and career sense (Career Success IQ, or CSIQ) they need to learn and develop faster, handle bigger roles and responsibilities, and achieve greater success in a global company.
He has shared his career and talent development expertise and insights at top U.S. and China MBA programs (e.g. Harvard, Wharton, Stanford, CEIBS, Jiaotong, etc.) and with popular media (e.g. CNN, CCTV, Business Week, ICS, CBN Weekly, etc.).
He has worked for Mattel as a Sr. Project Engineer and Design Engineer, and for Wang Laboratories as a Marketing Specialist. He has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. Born and raised in the U.S., he’s been living and working in China for over 25 years.
Sponsors and Partners
Corporate Gold Partners
A special thanks to our Corporate Gold Partners for supporting the Swedish business community in China.
Corporate Silver Partners
A special thanks to our Corporate Silver Partners for supporting the Swedish business community in China.
