Live To win

Wong Yoon Kiongr
Motivational speaker, trainer & authorr
YK TRUE PERFORMANCE CONSULTING
M.A. (Urban Anthropology) UM (Mal)
B.A. Hons. (Anthropology & Sociology) UM (Mal)
Certificate in Public Relations (Mal)
Certificate in Training & Development (UK)
Competent ToastMaster - CTM (USA)
Advance ToastMaster - ATM (USA)
MBTI Accredited Trainer (Au)
HRDF/PSMB Certified Trainer (Mal)

Ever since Wong lost both his eye sight at the age of twelve, his life was then filled with many ups and downs. However, these life challenges did not stop him from moving ahead with his dreams.

Visual impairment has not deterred Wong from obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honours in Sociology and Anthropology from the University of Malaya in 1987.

Visual disability again has not stopped Wong from getting a Master of Arts degree in Urban Anthropology from the same University in 1992.

In developing himself further, he successfully obtained two other professional qualifications namely Certificate in Public Relations from IPRM, Kuala Lumpur), and Certificate in Training and Development from IPD, (London).

Wong has worked in many different fields such as social work, education, human resources, and training & development.

After completing his first degree, he joined the Malaysian Association for the Blind (MAB) as a Trainee Executive attached with the Job Placement Unit.

Wong then was appointed as a tutor at the University of Malaya while pursuing his Master of Arts Degree. He was happily tutoring his fellow juniors for two years until he completed his research and dissertation.
In 1991, Wong joined Malaysia Airlines as a Management Trainee and was attached to the Human Resources Planning Department for three years. Having the passion for teaching and learning, Wong was then put in the Corporate Training Department and has been training and developing MAS employees for 12 years meeting people from all walks of life in different jobs such as cabin crew, security personnel, clerks, officers, senior officers, supervisors, executives and managers.

Some of the programmes Wong has conducted were Discovering Your Inner-Self (DYIS), Basic Effective Communication Skills (BECS), Inter-Personal Skills (IPS), Motivation - Staying Alive All Your Life (M-SAAYL), Values Awareness Programme (VAP), Effective Listening Skills (ELS), Values Integration Programme (VIP), Customer-Driven Service Programme (CDSP), Destination Service Excellence (DSE), etc.

Wong is also an Advanced Toastmaster, a title given to him by the Toastmaster International when he joined the MAS Toastmaster Club after he successfully obtained the Competent Toastmaster title in only 39 days finishing ten public speeches and completed another ten advanced public speeches in three months.

In 2003, Wong took another challenge of acquiring an accredited trainer certification of the world renowned Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) making him an Accredited Trainer for MBTI.

Wong is also a certified trainer for HRDF/PSMB, an organization under the Ministery of Human Resources, Malaysia.

Today, Wong is a motivational author and speaker, freelance trainer and an Associate Consultant to BP DAVIDSON CONSULTING GROUP SDN. BHD. And DIBTA Group (M) SDN. BHD.

Having the passion, skills, knowledge and experience in training and development, Wong has conducted programmes for organizations and companies such as GCH Retail (M) Sdn. Bhd., MHE Demag, Cannon Sales and Marketing, MAERSK, Dimensi Eksklusif, Association of Accounting Technician, Bio-Young, Great Eastern, AIA, Amway, Cosway, SEGi College, Sunway College, Totoku, MBF Cards, INTAN, Maybank, Power Light, Road Transport Department, UTM and UKM.

Last but not least, Wong is a source of inspiration and motivation for many as he has lived his life with vision, positive thinking, self-confidence, determination, and above all, the staying power in today’s competitive market despite being visually challenged.