Meridian

A flexible and personalised leadership course that offers modular learning and development for established leaders in Hong Kong and Greater China.

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What is Meridian?

A leadership course for established leaders from all sectors and backgrounds based in Hong Kong and Greater China. Meridian is currently offered in Hong Kong and six other countries. Participants often choose to do some of their modules in other locations and countries.

Meridian offers a flexible modular format that means leaders can tailor it to meet their individual needs and to match their diaries. Participants have up to six months to complete their hours.

"I send my most promising people on the course to develop their skills and experience leadership challenges outside their normal workplace environment, and find they come back as more self-aware, complete leaders. The course's flexibility makes it even easier for me to accommodate and allow my future leaders to take advantage of the overall experience."

Gordon Merrylees, Regional Director, Scotland, RBS Business Banking (UK)

 

Cheung Chor Yung - Playing different roles - Merdian 2011

Who is Meridian for?

Meridian is for established leaders who are already experienced at delivering objectives and managing people and priorities. It is ideal for leaders who are responsible for developing partnerships, engaging with internal or external stakeholders, working across several locations, divisions or countries or who simply need to broaden their horizons.

As with all our open courses, the participant group on Meridian will be diverse in terms of background, experience, sector, outlook and approach. Participants share and challenge each other and discover that this diversity - far from being a weakness - provides a key strength of the course.

Participants can expect to:

  • become more accustomed to going outside their familiar environment and better able to adapt to new situations.
  • develop lasting working relationships with people they would almost certainly never have met otherwise.
  • learn how to lead in situations where they have no authority and how to become the kinds of people who can build and lead collaborations when required.
  • become responsible leaders who understand their local surroundings - in the national and international context - and the impact of their decisions.
  • discover how their own language, behaviour and biases can get in their way as leaders.
  • find out when and how they can make their own contribution in society.

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What is the course format?

Meridian participants complete between 60 - 90 hours of learning. For each activity, participants meet at a different venue within the area to give them a range of perspectives.On the three core days - at the start, mid-point and end - participants look at why, where and how they lead and at how their biases influence their leadership. Between the core days, participants select from a series of modules.

Participants can choose to do some of their hours on a Meridian course internationally.

Meridian modules are:

  • Understanding place - behind-the-scene insights about how the metropolitan area really works.
  • Understanding change - real-life leadership scenarios based in hospitals, schools, businesses and council chambers, meeting and quizzing the leaders who make the decisions there.
  • Leadership insights - key leaders share their first hand knowledge - from their successes and failures - of leading beyond their immediate area of authority to create positive change.
  • Learning groups - tackling the challenges brought by participants to the group sessions.
  • Practices - participants are set a series of leadership 'practices', small challenges to complete in their own time that will broaden their thinking.
  • Quests - a day immersed in the economic, political and social context of another city, either in the India or internationally.

Where are Meridian courses held?

Apart from Hong Kong, Meridian courses are offered in larger metropolitan areas across India, the UK, Germany, Hungary, Ireland and South Africa.

Upcoming courses

The first Meridian course in Hong Kong launched in May 2011.

For more information please contact us by:
E: hongkong@commonpurpose.org
T: 3975 1056 or 9421 1016

 

What is the cost to attend Meridian?

Course fee: HKD $45,000

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Financial Assistance

There are a number of almost full (every participant must make some contribution) and part scholarships provided on every Common Purpose course for participants who are genuinely unable - as opposed to unwilling - to meet the full fee. Applicants who cannot pay the full fee should not be deterred from applying.

If you would like to apply for a scholarship, please fill in the finanacial assistance section on the application form. If you need to discuss this further, please contact your local Common Purpose office.

Common Purpose Plus
Everyone who has completed a Common Purpose course will be offered a 20% reduction on the fee of any future courses they attend. Please notify us in your course application if you wish to apply for this reduction.

How can I apply to attend Meridian?

To apply, complete the online form or download the Course Application Form and send it by fax, email or post to:

Fax: 3016 9587

Email: hongkong@commonpurpose.org

Postal address:
Common Purpose
Level 43, AIA Tower,
183 Electric Road,
North Point,
Hong Kong

For more about the overall application process, please visit the application page.

If you have any enquiries, please call our office on 3975 1056 or 9421 1016.

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"I have met many impressive participants from a diverse background through Meridian. They have given me fresh perspectives. The trust and openness with which we shared our views have made us all-time friends. The learning journey of Meridian has made me want to speak out more, listen more, and engage more. I would be asking more what other people expect of me. I would be doing more sitting back and thinking, so that I would not lose sight of important issues."

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