Post-Pandemic Leadership Research Institute

           

On April 21, the 2024 Asian Women Leadership Forum was successfully held in Silicon Valley. This Forum is co-organized by the Post-Pandemic Leadership Research Institute (PLRI), Injury-free Piano & Dance Institute, San Mateo Piano, and Dobe USA. The 2024 Asian Women Leadership Forum invited 12 Asian American women who were born in Asia but are now thriving in the U.S. to share their remarkable leadership experiences and stories. The primary purpose of this forum was to recognize the significant contributions of Asian American women and use their examples to inspire more ordinary people to unlock their potential, reach their goals, and contribute to the kingdom’s eternity. Such an idea was created by Dr. Yanli He, the co-founder and CEO of the PLRI.

Panel Members

Unlike other immigrants who came to the U.S. at a very young age, these 12 Asian women, 10 out of 12, came to the U.S. in their 30s or 40s. Although they faced massive challenges initially, with wisdom and courage, step by step, they fulfilled their American dreams. From mastering English to earning a Ph.D., from a restaurant worker to a successful business owner, from an international student to a project manager, from an H1B worker to a chairman of non-profits, from a single mother to an entrepreneur, from the district manager to the global director of a Fortune 500 company, from international students to entrepreneurs, from a housewife to a bank manager, their unique stories and examples are a testament to the power of diligence, resilience, and determination, and demonstrate the wisdom of East Asians. Unlike the famous ones, they are not well-known. However, they represent the most real, common, and traditional Asian women of integrity, diligence, humility, compassion, tolerance, dedication, and resilience.

Some of the 12 Asian-American Women Leaders

Very special, the 2024 Asian Women Leadership Forum invited next-generation musicians to perform a rewards concert and add fresh ingredients to the forum. These next-generation musicians’ passion, dedication, and talented skills represent the quality of our future leaders. In conclusion, the 2024 Asian Women Leadership Forum was integrated with five themes: (a) Asian American, (b) Women Leadership, (c) Next Generation Leaders, (d) Rewards, and (e) Concert.

Rewards Concert

The Next Generation Leaders

Sponsors

On February 23, 2024, the world’s first in-person virtual team leadership summit was successfully held in Silicon Valley, California, United States. This summit was hosted by Post-Pandemic Leadership Research Institute and Dobe WE”.  As one of the global premier co-working space providers, Dobe WE” used this opportunity to invite their virtual office tenants offline to develop social interaction and interpersonal relationships. Additionally, some of Silicon Valley’s executive leaders, business owners, project managers, engineers, researchers, and virtual team leaders and team members attended the summit. The distinguished guest speakers were Dr. Yanli He, Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership; Dr. Lorna-Michelle Wright, D.B.A. in International Business; and Yanfen Wu, CPA.

The first speaker, Dr. Yanli He, is the co-founder and CEO of the Post-Pandemic Leadership Research Institute and Wealthford LEAD. At this summit, Dr. Yanli He delivered a speech regarding leadership on virtual teams’ success. Specifically, she discussed virtual leadership challenges, addressed the trend of hybrid virtual and in-person work model in the post-pandemic world, used her own examples to perfectly explain the importance of familiarization with virtual meeting software functions and how she kept employee retention and moved challenges to opportunities in successfully leading virtual teams. Dr. Yanli He’s impressive speech and excellent examples greatly inspired virtual team leaders to cultivate attractive leadership traits, develop social interaction, encourage the heart, and build relationships to achieve virtual teams’ sustainability in the post-pandemic world.

The second speaker, Dr. Lorna-Michel Wright, currently serves as the director of the State of TN. Remarkably, Dr. Lorna-Michel Wright has 22 years of experience working in the state governance and international business field. At this summit, she delivered a speech on virtual team leadership in international business and addressed the advantages and disadvantages of virtual teams within a multinational corporation. The third speaker, Yanfen Wu CPA, currently serves as the VC CFO at Kranz Consulting and the CFO for the Post-Pandemic Leadership Research Institute. Prior to her current role, Yanfen CPA was a Tax Partner at PwC, a managing director at BDO San Francisco, and worked on partnership taxation at KPMG for nine years. At this summit, Yanfen Wu CPA, made an informative and updated speech discussing the Influence of the Corporate Transparency Act on the Global Beneficial Owner. Notably, located on the East Coast, Dr. Lorna-Michelle Wright and Yanfen Wu CPA, delivered speeches via virtual Zoom meetings.

More impressively, some attendees actively shared their virtual team leadership experiences and discussed the effective ways to achieve virtual teams’ effectiveness in the post-pandemic world. The attendees’ industries included IT, project management, finance, biotechnology, personal services, retail, accounting, real estate, grading designing, restaurants, photography, etc. For example, Mr. Ralph Hodgen, who has 30 years of experience as a real estate broker, discussed AI technology advancements in virtual team development, from big screen devices to smartphones, and addressed the importance of promoting offline interaction for virtual team settings. Mr. Harry Wang, who has seven years of virtual team experience and is leading a huge global virtual corporation in the Semiconductor fields with more than 300 team members in Shanghai and Chengdu (China), Hongkong, California, Arizona, Taxes, New York, and South Keora, addressed the importance of pleasant communication and formal training in the digital world. Mrs. Tina Wang, who has more than ten years of global virtual team experience both in China and US, shared her virtual team leadership stories and addressed the benefits of global virtual teams. Additionally, Mr. Mengning Zhou highlighted the efficiency of the work of local virtual teams being done with AI and shared his virtual social activities in enjoying ordering food from a local restaurant together with social animals.

The 2024 Post-Pandemic Virtual Team Leadership Summit brought both global and regional virtual team leaders and team members online to offline, promoted in-person social interaction with cross-industries professionals, shared virtual leadership stories, developed innovation and interpersonal relationships, and explored effective ways in successfully leading virtual teams in the post-pandemic world. All the attendees enjoyed the summit and made great comments.