Institute for Human Resource Professionals

23/12/2025

✨ Season’s Greetings from IHRP! ✨

As we wrap up the year, we want to extend a heartfelt thank you to our vibrant HR community, valued partners and stakeholders for walking this journey with us.

This festive season is about celebration, connection and renewal, giving us a time to pause, recharge and appreciate the people who make the work meaningful. As we look ahead, we do so with optimism, purpose and excitement for what’s to come.

Wishing all a festive season filled with warmth, joy and laughter, and a bright, fulfilling year ahead. Here’s to closing the year on a high note and stepping into the new one together!

22/12/2025

🎄✨ Celebrating the Joy of Togetherness at IHRP ✨🎄

It was an afternoon filled with festive cheer, laughter and meaningful connections as the IHRP team came together for our Christmas celebration. From a mystery Santa gift exchange to plenty of smiles over tea and refreshments, the spirit of the season was truly felt.

This year, we placed emphasis on sustainable gifting — choosing gifts that are thoughtful, practical and kind to the environment. A small but meaningful way to reflect our collective responsibility towards a more sustainable future.

The highlight? A lively (and hilarious) round of drawing a reindeer — blindfolded! A simple game that reminded us how much joy there is in working as a team and sharing a laugh together🦌🎨

Wishing everyone a warm, joyful festive season and a wonderful close to the year. 🎁✨

19/12/2025

Brian Lim’s HR journey is a testament to reinvention, resilience, and relevance — spanning nearly three decades in the Republic of Singapore Navy where he honed leadership and human capital expertise, to building and transforming HR functions across FinTech and TransitTech, and now advising organisations as an Associate Partner at Syntroph.

Proudly certified as an IHRP Senior Professional (IHRP-SP), Brian has remained committed to professional accreditation since IHRP’s early pilot days, actively renewing his certification to stay future-ready and credible in a fast-evolving HR landscape.

“IHRP keeps me curious and current. Through its learning journeys, dialogues, and community, I stay connected to emerging HR trends and real-world practices — sharpening my ability to design strategies that are both practical and future-ready.”

Brian has seen firsthand how certified HR professionals bring stronger credibility, strategic clarity, and confidence to the table, and believes the true value of IHRP Certification lies in both credibility and community.

“It signals that HR is a profession — not just a role — and connects us to a trusted network where we learn, grow, and even form lasting friendships along the way.”

Today, Brian continues to advocate for IHRP Certification, encouraging peers and organisations to invest in structured professional development so HR teams remain agile, relevant, and trusted partners in transformation.

Whether you are navigating complex change, shaping workforce strategy, or redefining HR’s impact on business, being empowers you to lead with confidence and purpose.

👉 Get IHRP Certified. Your journey starts here: https://ihrp.sg/certifications-overview/

18/12/2025

New year, new workforce strategy. Is your organisation ready for tomorrow's workforce? 🤔

Here's the reality: Every role in your organisation needs to evolve—and HR is the key to making it happen.

Kick off 2026 with our Job Redesign Capability Development Workshop and learn to:
✅ Transform roles across all departments
✅ Deploy practical tools from day one
✅ Position HR as a strategic powerhouse

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17/12/2025

📣 Attention IHRP Certified Community — Share Your Voice, Complete the IHRP Annual Survey!

This survey is exclusively for our IHRP-Certified professionals, and your voice directly shapes the programmes, tools, and support we build for you in 2026 and beyond.

⏳ Why act now?
• Your insights guide next year’s HR capability and resource priorities
• Your contribution strengthens the collective HR community

🎓 Plus: This is one of your last chances to earn CPD hour for 2025.

Don’t miss out on influencing what comes next. Take the survey now: https://forms.office.com/r/THENJ0HLpF

16/12/2025

Calling all HR professionals: Your go-to resource hub for Career Health is here. ✨

As you close out the year, you’re not just planning headcount and budgets—you’re shaping the skills, capabilities, and career pathways that will power your organisation in 2026 and beyond.

But you don’t have to figure it out from scratch.

The IHRP Career Health Resource Hub brings together everything you need to move confidently at any stage of your Career Health journey:
→ Clear guidance on how to strengthen Career Health in your organisation
→ Practical tools and resources you can apply immediately
→ Real company case studies showing what good looks like
→ Information on government support you can tap into

Whether you're assessing skills gaps, building capability roadmaps, or improving hiring practices, the hub keeps things simple and actionable.

Explore the resources: 👉 https://ihrp.sg/career-health/?tab=overview

15/12/2025

We are excited to invite you to the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) launch of the IHRP Workforce Agility and Retention Guidebook — a national publication that brings together insights, best practices, and validated recommendations to support industry leaders across Singapore.

This initiative offers your organisation a unique opportunity to be recognised as a progressive employer while contributing to the development of a resource that will guide workforce agility and talent retention efforts across the nation.

Why Attend?
✅ Shape National HR Best Practices: Refine a national guideline shaping HR practices for professionals, employers, and policymakers.
✅ Gain Exclusive Access to the Guidebook: Explore the guidebook and understand its structure, tools, and applications before its official release.
✅ Connect with Key Stakeholders: Network with fellow industry leaders, early adopters, and professionals shaping the future of workforce agility.

Be part of an exclusive 2-hour, in-person session where we will walk through the MVP, share key recommendations, and gather impressions ahead of the official guidebook release.

Event Details
Venue: BDO Singapore, 600 North Bridge Road, #17-01 Parkview Square, Singapore 188778
Date: 22 Jan 2026 (Thu)
Time: 4pm – 6pm
Register at https://forms.monday.com/forms/7f62bbce61486b752cffb8b98cf0b612?r=use1

Please RSVP by 19 Jan 2026, 12pm to secure your seat, and kindly bring your laptops to the session to access and navigate the guidebook effectively.

12/12/2025

🔍 What 2025 HCDT Results Tell Us About HR Readiness for 2026

Organisations that completed their HCDT assessments this year are gaining sharper visibility into their organisation capabilities — and the trends are telling.

Across the 2025 dataset, we are seeing:
⭐ Strengths in Talent Attraction, Organisational Culture, and Strategic Workforce Planning
⚠️ Gaps in Talent Management, Succession Planning, EVP, and Compensation

These insights highlight where organisations are doubling down… and where underlying vulnerabilities may be holding them back from achieving their growth ambitions.

As we enter 2026 planning, the organisations that act on these signals early will gain the advantage. If you are looking to strengthen your HR foundations and make evidence-based decisions, join us on 14 January to understand how HCDT can help.

👉 Register here: https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/hcdt-clinic-series-january-2026-tickets-1976689886662?aff=oddtdtcreator

10/12/2025

Aviation professionals, great news! Aside from our Job Redesign Playbook for Human Resources, we are excited to launch a specially curated Aviation edition — designed for you and co-created with Workforce Singapore, SAAA@Singapore, and Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore.

Inside, you will find case studies that show how Job Redesign is already transforming the sector. Here’s a glimpse:
✈️ Air Market Logistics revamped operations → unlocking higher-value work & boosting job satisfaction
✈️ SATS elevated the Customer Service Agent role → strengthening service excellence for the future
✈️ Union Air Freight digitised billing → achieving a 25% productivity lift and upskilling employees

These stories offer practical, proven approaches you can adopt to redesign roles, build digital capabilities, and future-proof aviation careers.

📘 Download the generic JR Playbook for Aviation: https://myhr.sg/guest/contentdetails?id=7be3b4b6-31b4-4229-ab5b-9a8ae82512fe
📙 Download the JR Playbook for HR: https://myhr.sg/guest/contentdetails?id=5e46927c-cd21-4fb9-99e3-9243b833cc8b

Scroll down to download the extended version of this playbook. This Job Redesign Playbook for Aviation guides organisations embarking on job redesign through a structured process and methodology (REVAMP) with recommended actions, illustrations, tools and templates. It also facilitates the creation o...

05/12/2025

🌟 A Day of Vision, Purpose & Collaboration

What an energising day we had at IHRP's workplan session! Our teams came together to share exciting plans that will shape the future of HR excellence in Singapore and beyond.

Starting Strong: CEO Aslam set the tone for the day with powerful insights on "Mastering Time, Energy & Decisions for Sustainable Effectiveness" – a timely reminder as we gear up for an ambitious year ahead.

A Moment of Reflection:
A highlight of the day was hearing from Mr Darren Tan, lawyer and Yellow Ribbon committee member, who shared his deeply personal journey on "Hope, Courage, and Reinvention." His authentic story reminded us why we do what we do – to create meaningful impact in people's lives and careers.

Looking Ahead with Innovation & Growth:
Our Assessment & Insights team showcased impressive roadmaps: from elevating certification standards and skills development initiatives to expanding continuing professional development opportunities for our certified community.

We also heard from Marketing & Partnership Development as they unveiled plans for upcoming events (with special buzz around our 10th anniversary celebrations! 🎉).

Whilst Professional Practices & Certification spoke about new initiatives including enhanced job redesign and workplace transformation offerings, our Digital team also shared innovative projects on the horizon. Finance and HR also covered ground on their upcoming programmes and strategies for the next year.

Days like these reinforce why collaboration matters. Seeing each team's dedication to advancing the HR profession fills us with pride and purpose as we move into the new year.

Here's to building a stronger HR community together! 💪

04/12/2025

Team IHRP took a day to step back from our regular work and focus on what makes us effective as a team through a team bonding session at Cohesion Day 💪🏻

The morning started with sessions on self-awareness and communication styles. It is easy to overlook how differently we all process information and approach problems. Taking the time to understand these differences has a real impact on how we work together day-to-day.

Mid-morning, we moved into an innovation exercise where teams created products and developed pitches around actual customer needs. The quality of ideas that emerged—and more importantly, the way people built on each other's thinking—was genuinely impressive.

The afternoon brought a plane-building challenge with one deliberate constraint: no direct lines of communication and instructions! What started as “organised chaos” quickly became a lesson in collaborative problem-solving. Watching our teams navigate ambiguity, improve communication and adapt on the fly reinforced something important: our ability to work through uncertainty together is one of our greatest strengths.

🫱🏻‍🫲🏻 The trust and understanding we build during these experiences directly influence how we tackle challenges, support each other, and deliver results.

Looking forward to carrying this momentum forward!

03/12/2025

This festive season, give yourself the gift of staying fresh, relevant, and ready for what’s ahead in 2026.

With the limited-time Enhanced Subsidy for HR Certification*, eligible candidates can enjoy an additional $100 off certification fees — bringing your total cost down to just $163.50 to $272.50 (inclusive of GST), depending on your certification level.

And here’s an added boost: If you still have your one-off $500 SkillsFuture Credit top-up (2020), now is the moment to use it before it expires at the end of this year.

Check “Get IHRP Certified” off your 2025 wishlist and step into the new year with renewed purpose and professional confidence.

📍 Save your spot today for the last clinic session of 2025: https://forms.office.com/r/fvLBdVZasX

*This subsidy is available only to Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents. Other terms and conditions apply.