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Finding the Balance


Asian Wall Street Journal - 'A Wealth of Happiness' (feature)
A
3 week special series looking at happiness research throughout the world. The final week features Andrew & Gaia Grant's lifestyle change
that carefully balances a successful work and family relationship, and how they are now able to help other executives manage this balance.
more on Finding the Balance sessions

XL Magazine: Global Speakers Summit   pg 1   pg 2
Speaking and training opportunities in Asia ...

As professional speakers Andrew & Gaia Grant moved to Bali, but this was not the end of their success as speakers and facilitators but rather the beginning ...pg 1   pg 2

Creativity


Asian Wall Street Journal Wanted A Breath of Fresh Air
(How to Morph Into a More Creative Manager )
"Creativity is like air, hard to see and difficult to find but if companies don't get enough of it they will die. Andrew Grant (Managing Director of Tirian) says that creativity should be at the core of everything from team building to brainstorming ..." more on Creativity
 

 

Team Development

Bangkok Post Using Experiential Learning: Breaking the ice to build a team
APM spent two years seeking the best provider for Experiential Learning, and has invested 15 million baht in the programs. "We're certain that it's time to change. We do need a new technique for learning," says CEO Mrs Arinya...

MICE International: Corporate playgrounds…
Quality teambuilding programmes should enable individuals to become more tolerant of each other and develop communication strategies vital in multi cultural regions such as Asia and the Middle East.”

Successful Team Building Secrets
FAQ transcript from media interview with Michael Bode CEI Asia Pacific

Incentive & Meetings Asia Lateral Golf, A culture mix
“Lessons they learn in the way we present golf can be taken back and applied in an office context, while we challenge them that the wisdom they learn as managers, should be applied to win the golf games...”   more on Lateral Golf

Incentive & Meetings Asia Team Building Bonding Rituals - Looking for strong returns. "Discerning clients are starting to distinguish between team activities and team development and want much more than childish games. Clients are looking for clearly defined outcomes..."

Human Resources Exotic Adventures
Tirian's cultural adventures encourage participants to learn about themselves through eyes of others... more on Cultural Adventures

TV interview TVBS Retreat Programs Taiwan (Chinese) @ Villa Waru Bali
Andrew and Gaia Grant interviewed about the value of retreat style programs where executives spend a weekend in an exotic location to focus on team development

Prachachart  Experiential Learning: Feel – Think – Act It is time to accept the truth that learning and training alone are not sufficient to fully develop human resources, despite the substantial effort, in time and money, many organizations have invested in their human resource development programs.

 

Crisis & Reputation Management

Australian Financial Review  
Coping in a Culture of Perpetual Crisis
An Australian company is helping businesses in Asia learn how to deal with a crisis. As Bill Pheasant discovers, it’s now being put to the test. 
more on Crisis Management

HR Monthly Australia: Are you Secure? (Cover Story)
"Tirian: Surviving Bali: For organisational development company Tirian, the Bali bombings were just one more crisis ..."  more on Crisis Management

Crisis on, chicken off the menu
Gary La Moshi from Asia Times Online interviews Andrew Grant, MD of Tirian and designer of Catch Me if you Dare, to look at how organisations can prepare themselves to avoid costly mistakes. “ more on Issue  Management

The Bulletin / Newsweek
“The Damage Done: Who’s to Blame for the Corby Fiasco and how it’s hurting Australia”
Andrew Grant and other expats interview by Fortune Magazines journalist Eric Ellis for the Bulletin as an Australian living in Bali -on international relations.  "The Bali expats and intelligentsia are disgusted by Australia’s racist reaction. The other 230 million Indonesians ask, “Schapelle who?”..." (06/05)

ABC Radio
Bali's economy struggling
For most of the past 10 years Gaia Grant's home has been beachfront Jimbaran, just 20 metres from the where bombs ripped through a seafood restaurant two weeks ago.

Other


INTERVIEW with Gaia Grant,
Author of a "A Patch of Paradise" about living and working in Bali during turbulent times.  (2002)

INTERVIEW with Anita Billings
Setback propels Executive along dynamic career path. (South China Morning Post- feature article 2005)

Asian Wall Street Journal  3 hours in Bali with Gaia Grant
 

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ARTICLES BY TIRIAN -FEATURED IN THE MEDIA

Straits Times Singapore How to Bounce Back from Failure

Some people seem to have the ability to bounce back from defeat quickly whilst others lose all strength. Because of this resistance, they can achieve more in their work, on the playing field, or even in their relationships. by John Harvey / Andrew Grant

Newsradio 93.8 Singapore: Third Dimension Leadership

Audio  Transcript:
The successful leaders of the future will be those who do not just have the knowledge and expertise, but who can tap the creative knowledge of the group and create a positive environment of enquiry. In fact tomorrow’s leaders will be team leaders... more on Leadership with Andrew Grant

A Patch of Paradise   (Random House)

"The desire to leave stressful city life behind and move to a tropical island is, for most, just a dream ..." by Gaia Grant

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