Expertise

Negotiation, sales, presentation and public speaking

The Negotiation Institute

The Negotiation Institute is the longest running negotiation skills seminars and training organization in the world. Ad Astra is the sole representative of The Negotiation Institute in the Far East.

ASTM programs

AdAstra is also ASTM International’s official Far East representative office. ASTM International, formerly known as the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), is a globally recognized leader in the development and delivery of international voluntary consensus standards. Today, some 12,000 ASTM standards are used around the world to improve product quality, enhance safety, facilitate market access and trade, and build consumer confidence.

ASTM’s leadership in international standards development is driven by the contributions of its members: more than 30,000 of the world’s top technical experts and business professionals representing 135 countries. Working in an open and transparent process and using ASTM’s advanced electronic infrastructure, ASTM members deliver the test methods, specifications, guides, and practices that support industries and governments worldwide.

Some of ASTM programs available:

Ball Bearings

Building & Construction

Coal Chemistry

Corrosion

Entry into European Union

Environmental

Oxygen

Petroleum

Plastics

Retroflective Materials

Rubber

Statistics

Textiles

To receive more information about this service and / or the above programs, please contact us at sales@adastra.com.sg

Business Continuity Management
Emergency Disaster Preparedness
Crisis Management and the Development of Resilient Communities

Our world-renowned specialists who are the founder members and directors of the internationally renowned Business Continuity Institute will assist you to provide your own business continuity products and services to generate substantial revenues and brand confidence.

They are very highly qualified but their theoretical skills are applied using cost-effective systems benefiting their partners and clients alike. As well as experience from businesses across the private sector they bring expertise from the public sector including the police, local government and the health service.

In addition, they assist those responsible for Emergency Disaster Preparedness and BCM within companies and organisations to develop effective and efficient BCM programmes by:

  • Authoring BCM policies, strategies and plans

  • Providing BCM training to all involved in the implementation of BCM

  • Devising BCM audits and key performance indicators

  • Providing BCM staff either full-time, part time or on a consultancy basis

  • Guiding the development of BCM within new projects, products and services

  • Gathering BCM underwriting information for business interruption insurance.

We provide service/program that is developed with concentration for public sector organisations involved in crisis management and the development of resilient communities. This program is accredited by the prestigious institute.

We will assist you who complete the program to be certified BCM specialist.

To receive more information about this service/program, please contact us at sales@adastra.com.sg

Developing and Maintaining a Successful Oil Retail Businesses that covers issues on network planning, brand management and developing, the profitable operation of car washes and shops/convenience stores.

Our world-renowned oil retail specialist worked with one of the largest oil and gas companies in the world for 38 years in many marketing appointments, starting in Retail as a Sales Representative.

He was made Marketing Director for all the company’s businesses in Hong Kong and Greater China. He was also one of the key leaders within the organization for its operations in Australia and Europe.

To receive more information about this service/ program, please contact us at sales@adastra.com.sg

Brand and Corporate Reputation Management

The effective management of both consumer and corporate brands can make the difference between business success and business failure.

Our world-renowned Brand and Corporate Reputation Specialist is an Associate Professor of a university. He is a Business Studies graduate who in a 37 year career with one of the largest oil and gas companies in the world held a wide range of positions in marketing and corporate affairs both in the company’s central offices and in operating units around the world. He was the director of the company’s Retail, Brand and Visual Identity re-imaging project in the 1990s and visited more than 60 branches in different continents to advise on its new identity and brand positioning. He has managed corporate and marketing communications in Europe, the Middle East and in the Far East. He was based in Hong Kong for four years where he was responsible for fuels, lubricants and corporate communications in Hong Kong and China. He has written and lectured extensively on Brand, Corporate Identity and Reputation Management issues.

IT Security

Too much security can hamper a business and, in the end, be more damaging than not enough security. Reacting to all the latest attacks and vulnerabilities can result in a directionless security strategy that ends up slowing down business instead of helping it.

Our world-renowned IT Security specialists have delivered their presentations in America, Europe and Asia during the last few years. In every occasion, a truly satisfied audience has praised the contents, which provide a very high view of how Computer Security must be integrated with the Business and the IT Infrastructure, covering at the same time the specifics of which technologies can be used, and how to use them in a cost-effective and efficient way.

One of our IT Security specialists currently holds numerous prestigious positions. Our recommended IT Security programmes:

  • Web Application Security

  • Developing Software Security

  • Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems Hands-on

  • Incident Response Tutorial

To receive more information about this service/program, please contact us at sales@adastra.com.sg

Smart Phone Applications

To receive more information about this program, please contact us at sales@adastra.com.sg

HR Related Issues, such as

  • Competency-based Performance Management

  • Change Management

  • Problem Solving and Decision Making

  • Effective Interview

  • Creative Thinking: how you can identify, leverage and develop your creative thinking skills.

Our specialists train and develop programs in Human Resources Management, and the range of competency based WSQ courses, including Personal Effectiveness, Learning and Personal Development, Initiative and Enterprise, Problem Solving and Decision Making, Customer Relations Management, and ACTA. He has more than 20+ years of experience in the field.

To receive more information about this service/program, please contact us at sales@adastra.com.sg