Leadership Resilience to Thrive in Challenging Times

June 17, 2026

About the Leadership Series

The MIoD Leadership Series is designed to provide insights, knowledge and thought leadership to enable board directors and senior management to stay abreast of evolving challenges and trends and pursue continual learning to remain effective leaders.

We are delighted to announce that the sixteenth instalment of this series will be delivered by the well-known and well-respected Prof. Dr. Aung Tun Thet on the topic of “Leadership Resilience to Thrive in Challenging Times”.

 

About the Webinar

Overcoming challenges amid instability require leadership resilience. With resilient mindset, more perceptive to windows of opportunity and take calculated risks in volatile times where scenarios can change at moment’s notice.

Leaders engage resourcefulness and creativity to innovatively develop new solutions. Leveraging on 5Fs of Focus, Fast, Flexible, Fearless and Fun, the 5 pillars empower to move decisively and so build resilience to flourish’.

 

Speaker’s Profile

Prof. Dr. Aung Tun Thet Professor Dr. Aung Tun Thet is a Founding Patron of the Myanmar Institute of Directors and an Advisor to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI). He is Professor Emeritus at Yangon University of Economics, a Visiting Professor at Payap University in Chiangmai, Thailand as well as an Honorary Professor at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. He is a Former Principal Officer, UN Systems Staff College in Turin, Italy. Professor Dr. Aung Tun Thet holds a number of degrees including B.Com. (YGN); Post Graduate Diploma in Management Studies (Brighton, UK): M.Sc. (Warwick, UK); Ph.D. (UMIST, UK); Post-doctoral Fellow (Germany).