Sun Tzu Strategist Program

Developing future leaders

About Sun Tzu Art of War Institute

Sun Tzu Art of War Institute is a Strategic Leadership Centre of Excellence of Aventis School of Management. It is an independent, non-governmental International Think Tank based in Singapore with the mission to promote leadership and strategic thinking using Ancient Chinese strategies.

Tapping into the ancient Chinese stratagem – “Sun Tzu Art of War”, Professor Foo aims to unlock the “Strategic Impact” of business leaders by sharpening their leadership mindset and developing “Winning strategies” against all odds.

About the Founder: Dr Foo Check Teck

Dr Foo is known for his empirical, rigorous statistical studies on Art of War corporate strategy (Organizing Strategy; Blackwell in Oxford, Spring’s Choice). After his corporate studies, he then embarked on an in-depth psychological analysis of the mind of Sun Tzu (Reminiscences of an Ancient Strategist: Mind of Sun Tzu; Singapore’s top NBDCS prize).

Dr Foo is concurrently Honorary Chair of Competitive Strategy, University of St Andrews and his works on Art of War have been published by various medias including BBC, Korean Times, The Australian, Japanese Radio as well interviews. The Straits Times in selecting him as one of Asia’s movers and shakers, hailed him as Singapore’s “Man of Renaissance. Recently he was invited to act as expert on US History Channel ’s production on Sun Tzu.

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Recruitment Process

Outsourcing (RPO)

Recruitment

Roadshows / Events

Graduate Managemen

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CEO Leader Search

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Sun Tzu Art of War Strategies

(One) Tao

(Two) Heaven (Three) Earth

(Four) General (Five) Organisation

Tao （ 道 ） of Survival.

Mastery of Way.Leading to Survival.Winning without fighting.

Art of War CEO programTogether with Singapore Tourism Board

May 2010

Art of War Talk for invitedBusiness Owners and Directors

December 2009

Game Session for Entrepreneurs

March 2010

NTU Leadership Development

Programme Feb 2010

Sharpening Mind Using Art of War

Grey MatterOf the Brain

Art of WarIdea-cards

•Key points on Art of War•Art of War Activities•Art of War Values•Assessment

Pedagogy

© Dr CT FOO

Competiting, Adapting and Leading ModelChanging Dynamics

© Dr CT FOO

On your own

Join Others

“General”Rotation in Scoring System

•Sharing a Common space•Interaction of interest

Program FormatOutline

© Dr CT FOO

Role Assignment andPre-session readings

Competitive Team Game with Individual Scoring

Assessment and Review Session

Program DeliveryFormat

© Dr CT FOO

Lesson Format

• Pre-lesson readings

• 10 sessions• Once every

two weeks• 2-hour/

session

Camp Format

•Pre-camp readings

•2-day, 1 night•Meals

provided

Developing a Young StrategistStage development

© Dr CT FOO

Level 1Sharpening

mind

•Know Art of War

•Art of War Illustration•Art of War

Artwork•Culture

Level 2Deepening

mind

•Art of War Story

•Art of War Game

•Art of War Challenge•Culture

Level 3Mastering

mind

•Art of War Mind

Analysis•Contemporary Art ofWar•Art of War Boardroom

•Culture

Program ObjectiveTakeaway

© Dr CT FOO

Shaping 5

Qualities of a

General

Developing a

Strategic Mind

Cultural Knowled

ge

Game Style-

Learning

Social – Emotion

al Learning

Public Speaking Skill

Developing

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• Aventis School of Management is a Graduate School dedicated to the provision of Professional training and graduate education.

• Aventis is one of the only 5 business schools in Singapore that is registered with European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) and European Council for Business Education (ECBE).

• Aventis is listed amongst the Top Business School in QS Grad School listing 2010.

• Annually Aventis trained over 2500 students and participants across a wide spectrum of professional courses and graduate programs.

Executive Master Programs

• EMBA• Executive MSc Finance• Executive MSc Marketing• Executive MSc HR & Global Leadership• Executive MSc Organizational Psychology• Executive MSc Information System & Business Computing• Master of Business Administration

Postgraduate Diploma Programs

• Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing

• Graduate Diploma in Finance & Investment• Graduate Diploma in Accounting & Finance• Graduate Diploma in Wealth Management• Graduate Diploma in Portfolio & Investment Strategy• Graduate Diploma in Brand Management• Graduate Diploma in Social Psychology & Counselling• Graduate Diploma in Organizational Psychology• Graduate Diploma in Talent Management• Graduate Diploma in Human Capital Development• Graduate Diploma in Training & Development

• Professional Graduate Diploma in Counter Terrorism & Security• Professional Graduate Diploma in Hospitality & Events Security Management

• Aventis Annual CEO Summit

• Aventis 5 Day CFO Program

• Advanced Management Program (AMP)

• Young Manager Program (YMP)

• Seminars & Workshops

• Partnership Program – Customized Workshop

For more information, Speaking or collaboration opportunity

Please contact Mr Frankie Thong | Mr Samuel Teo at

enquiry@suntzuartofwar.org or (65) 6720 3333