BRIEF PROFILE

Dr. Ranjit Singh Malhi is an internationally renowned consultant, trainer and a bestselling author in the areas of Total Quality Management, Management Development, Personal Development, Teaching and Learning, and Graduate Employability. Dr. Ranjit is the CEO and Principal Consultant of TQM Consultants Sdn. Bhd. and Self-Esteem Seminars Sdn. Bhd. He is also the Vice-President of the International Council for Self-Esteem.

Dr. Ranjit has contributed significantly towards new knowledge in the areas of personal quality, self-esteem, peak performance, management development, graduate employability and soft skills. He has formulated a practical model and blueprint for enhancing personal quality, developed the Empowering Cycle of High Self-Esteem which shows the reciprocal relationship between self-esteem and peak performance, and identified the competencies of Malaysian high-performance managers and most admired attributes of Malaysian leaders through a questionnaire involving 202 managers from 35 organizations. Dr. Ranjit is described in the website of the American-based National Association for Self-Esteem as one of “the most influential movers and shakers in the area of self-esteem.”

Dr. Ranjit has conducted more than 600 training programmes on management and personal development since 1990 in Asia, the Middle East and USA. Noted for his participatory, practical and motivating training sessions, Dr. Ranjit’s corporate clients include Media Prima Bhd.; University of Malaya;Malaysian National Reinsurance Bhd.; Sime Singapore Ltd.; Galfar Engineering & Contracting LLC, Oman; Nestle Malaysia Bhd.; Ministry of Development, Brunei Darussalam; Bahrain Petroleum Company; and Indiana University, USA.

Dr. Ranjit is the author of four bestsellers: Make Yourself Employable, Enhancing Managerial Performance, Enhancing Self-Esteem and Enhancing Personal Quality. The last book is currently being used as a textbook on personal development by Universiti Teknologi MARA. He has also published more than 150 articles on management and personal development, besides being a columnist for three of Malaysia’s leading newspapers.

Ranjit has a B.A. (Hons.) in History from University of Malaya, a Master of Public Administration degree from Syracuse University, USA and a Ph.D. in Organizational Behaviour from Warnborough College, Ireland.

CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL DATA

Name	Ranjit Singh Malhi
Date of Birth	1 August 1954
Nationality	Malaysian
Languages & Degree of Proficiency	English (Excellent) Bahasa Malaysia (Excellent)
Current Position	CEO & Principal Consultant of TQM Consultants Sdn. Bhd. & Self- Esteem Seminars Sdn. Bhd.
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
November 2003	Ph.D. in Organizational Behaviour Warnborough College, Ireland
December 1986	Master of Public Administration (GPA 3.93/4.00) The Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs Syracuse University, USA
June 1977	Bachelor of Arts (Honours—Second Class Upper) History University of Malaya
CAREER HISTORY
June 1990– to date	Management Consultant specializing in Total Quality Management, Management Development, Personal Development, Teaching and Learning, and Graduate Employability. Has conducted more than 600 in-house and public training programmes for Malaysian and international organizations including Nestle (Malaysia) Ltd., Ministry of Higher Education, University of Malaya, Media Prima Berhad, Sime Singapore Limited, Bahrain Petroleum Company, Galfar Engineering and Contracting LLC, Oman, Ministry of Education, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Ministry of Development, Brunei and Indiana University, USA
September 1977 – May 1990	Served as Administrative and Diplomatic Service Officer in the Malaysian Government for 13 years Positions held include Senior Project Officer at the National Institute of Public Administration (INTAN) and Principal Assistant Secretary at the Malaysian Administrative Modernization and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU), Prime Minister’s Department Provided consultancy and training services to government agencies in the area of Total Quality Management Gave numerous lectures on Total Quality Management and Personal Development to government agencies Edited 10 issues of CEKAP (MAMPU’s quarterly magazine on productivity)
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Make Yourself Employable: How Graduates Can Hit the Ground Running! (2009) Your Dream Job: How to Get It and Excel with A. Wahab Bakar as co-author (2008) Enhancing Self-Esteem: Reengineering Yourself for Success in the New Millennium (2007) Enhancing Managerial Performance: Empowering Yourself to Become a High-Performance Manager, 2nd Edition (2006) Enhancing Personal Quality: Empowering Yourself to Attain Peak Performance at Work (2004) Enhancing Managerial Performance: Empowering Yourself to Become a High-Performance Manager (2000)
Articles
Has published more than 150 articles on Total Quality Management, Organization Development, Management Development and Personal Development in various Malaysian newspapers, including New Straits Times, Business Times, Utusan Malaysia and The Sun
PUBLIC SPEAKING EXPERIENCE
25 February 2008	Made a presentation entitled Top Management's Role in Total Quality Management to members of the Saudi Chamber of Commerce, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
21-23 May 2007	Keynote speaker (Creating and Sustaining a Quality Culture) at the Saudi Second National Conference on Quality, Al-Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
8-9 November 2006	Presented a paper entitled Self-Esteem: Bedrock of Peak Performance and Personal Quality at PNB Group Quality Day 2006, Sime Darby Convention Centre, Bukit Kiara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
23 September 2006	Keynote speaker (Enhancing Your Employability in the 21st Century Workplace) at the Personal Development Club Seminar, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
20-21 September 2005	Presented a paper entitled Self-Esteem: Bedrock of Peak Performance and Personal Quality at the Second National Symposium on Quality Management, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
29-30 March 2005	Presented a paper entitled Empowering Malaysian Graduates to Thrive in the Twenty-First Century Workplace at the International Conference on Higher Education & Emerging Trends in Information Technology, Muscat, Oman
13-14 July 2004	Presented a paper entitled Creating and Sustaining a Quality Culture at the National Symposium on Quality Management, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
14-16 July 2003	Keynote speaker (Self-Esteem and Peak Performance at Work) at the Worldwide Self-Esteem and Peak Performance Conference, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
20 December 2002	Keynote speaker (Enhancing Personal Quality) at Quality Day of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment Malaysia, Putrajaya
30 November 2002	Keynote speaker (Implementing Total Quality Management Successfully) at the 11th Sime Singapore Quality Convention, Singapore
10 October 2002	Made a presentation entitled Creating and Sustaining High- Performance Organizations to members of the Abu Dhabi Human Resources Group, Abu Dhabi, UAE
1 October 2002	Made a presentation entitled Reengineering Yourself for Peak Performance to members of the Abu Dhabi Human Resources Group, Abu Dhabi, UAE
21-22 June 2001	Keynote speaker (Self-Esteem and Peak Performance at Work) at the International Self-Esteem and Peak Performance Conference, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
22 – 25 June 2000	Conducted a workshop entitled Enhancing the Self-Esteem of Youths: A Holistic Model at the Worldwide Summit Conference: Preparing Youth for the 21st Century, San Francisco, USA
16 May 2000	Keynote speaker (Towards Successful Implementation of Total Quality Management) at Sime Darby’s Quality Seminar, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia