Dr. Leonard Yong was an international consultant who trained and consulted in many countries worldwide. He was an Educational and Industrial Psychologist. Prior to his retirement as Professor at the Universiti Malaya Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, he had taught for more than 20 years at Universiti Malaya. He was also the pioneering Director of the Universiti Malaya Centre for Continuing Education.
Dr. Yong gained international recognition for his research and consultancy work on creativity and emotional intelligence. Based on his pioneering work on the LEONARD Personality Inventory (LPI) and the LPI Software, and their use in helping individuals develop Emotional Intelligence (EQ) and creativity, he consulted and conducted numerous training workshops on EQ and Creative Thinking for leaders.
He consulted and conducted numerous training workshops on EQ and Creative Thinking for leaders in organizations such as British Petroleum, Microsoft Thailand, Cathay Pacific Airways, Thai Securities and Exchange Commission, Reader's Digest, Reuters, Chularat Hospital, Tan Chong Motor Holdings, Maybank, Acer, Motorola, Intel, Unilever Thailand, Syngenta, Young Presidents Organization, Petronas, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, Oman Oil Company, and Saudi Aramco, among others.
Dr. Yong addressed groups in many countries such as the United States, Austria, United Kingdom, Australia, France, New Zealand, Germany, Italy, Russia, Japan, China, India, South Korea, Indonesia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Papua New Guinea. He also undertook creativity and EQ research in the United States, Australia, Austria, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom.
We thanked him for being associated with Krish Mark and for taking up the advisory role in guiding us to enhance emotional excellence among leaders and teams.