ClarkMorgan
ClarkMorgan Ltd is a corporate training company with the head office based in Shanghai, China, and with offices in 4 Mainland China cities. The company delivers a complete range of integrated training programs to help companies in China develop the skills of their workforce, decrease operating costs associated with labour, and improve company bottom line profitability.
History
ClarkMorgan was founded by Australian (also British 'Right of abode'), Morry Morgan (born Andrew Christopher Morgan) and Brit, Andy Clark (born Andrew John Clark) in 2001. The company began operations as a Business English training company and then expanded into soft skill training in 2005. In 2006 the company began publishing 'Network HR' magazine. In 2008 ClarkMorgan created the 'Premier Events' business unit. The first Thought Leader invited was Michael Hewitt-Gleeson who presented his 'x10 Thinking' concept, first taught to General Electric as GEx10. On March 28, 2009, ClarkMorgan created Spark09 at the Shanghai World Financial Center which aimed to raise money for local charities, while creating an environment for idea and solution solving. The charities involved were Hands on Shanghai, LifeLine Shanghai, and 51Give.51Give has since invited Spark09 to be the venue for the awards ceremony of the Student Innovation Competition.
Awards
2006: ClarkMorgan was a finalist in the AustCham Hong Kong & Macau Australian Business Awards.
2007: ClarkMorgan won the Wolters Kluwer CCH China Staff 'Training Firm of the Year'.
2007: ClarkMorgan was awarded the title of 'Panda Friend' by the Worldwide Fund for Nature.
2008: Andy Clark (co-founder) was awarded 'Outstanding New Trainer Award' by the Hong Kong Management Association (HKMA).
2008: ClarkMorgan won the Wolters Kluwer CCH China Staff 'Training Firm of the Year'.
Business Units
ClarkMorgan Business Units are:
- ClarkMorgan Corporate Training (Soft Skills)
- OneTeam (Team Building and Corporate Vision/Mission/Values)
- Critical Pathway (Project Management)
- Premier Events (Professional International Speakers)
- Network HR magazine (Human resources magazine)
- Spark China (IDeaS Conference)
Corporate Training (Soft Skills) Programs
The company has the current training programs under the 'Corporate Training' brand:
- Business Etiquette
- Creative Thinking
- Communication Skills
- Cross Cultural Understanding
- Intensive Business Writing
- Needs Based Selling
- Negotiations for Win-Win
- Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP)
- Performance Management
- Powerful Presentations
- Problem Solving
- Time Management
- Train the Trainer (TTT)
Customers include Accenture, Arup, ConnocoPhillips, BearingPoint, Ford, McKinsey & Co, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, and SAP AG.
OneTeam (Team Building)
Under the OneTeam brand the company conducts team building training with a focus on vision, mission, and values creation, as well as company, division, and department goals.
Customers include Rimagine, enjoyclassifieds, and the American Chamber of Commerce.
Critical Pathway
Critical Pathway is the brand that conducts project management training, which is recognised by the University of Peking and is Project Management Professional acredited program.
CMO
CMO (ClarkMorgan Online) is an online learning platform originally developed for English language learning.
Customers include Eaton, and Sony Ericsson.
CMAS
CMAS (ClarkMorgan Assessment Service) is a combination of soft skill, language, and psychometric tests administered face to face and online.
Customers include Cognis, Ernst & Young, and Otis Elevator.
Premier Events
The Premier Events business unit introduces 'Thought Leaders' to the China market. To date, Premier Events has promoted Michael Hewitt-Gleeson, Sun Yongling, and Terence Sheppard. ClarkMorgan is also the major sponsor of Shanghai idea conference Spark09.
Network HR
Network HR is published bi-monthly and has a distribution of 10,500 across mainland China and Hong Kong.
Spark China
Spark09 is an ideas conference which was first run at the Shanghai World Financial Center on March 28, 2009. The purpose of the event is to highlight ideas and bringing multiple disciplines (Humanity, Environment, Business, and Science together). The next Spark09 event is scheduled on August 8 in Hong Kong, and on October 23 in Beijing.