The Founding
Work Inspires emerged from the personal journeys of its co-founders, Mallory Loone and Azfarazie Bin Amirolzakri. Both experienced the disheartening cycle of work dissatisfaction. They witnessed a common scenario in the workplace: people arriving with enthusiasm, only to become increasingly unhappy and eventually resign or retire unfulfilled.
This shared experience led to the founding of Work Inspires in 2019, with a commitment to transforming the work experience.
Mallory
Azfarazie
The Goal
To empower people to find fulfilment in their professional lives while enabling companies to pivot and position for continuous growth through people development strategies.
This is Work Inspires
Work Inspires is a people development company.
We are dedicated to designing and building training and development (T&D) programmes that foster growth for companies and individuals. Our expertise spans various industries and sectors and is tailored for diverse organisational departments and roles. We personalise programmes for the phases of work life cycles, from graduates to C-suite. Be it mentorship or company-wide programmes, we focus on self, others and organisational actualisation by empowering people in organisations to realise their full potential. Our clientele comprises SMEs, MNCs, and GLCs in Malaysia and the region.
Another word for actualisation is "realisation" or "fulfilment."
This is the highest level of Maslow's Need Hierarchy.
#WorkInspiresPurpose
“Inspired by You”
At Work Inspires, we are driven by a purpose to add massive value and be a force of inspiration for people and organisations. The most critical measure of success for Work Inspires lies in the growth, development, and transformation of each person we work with. Our T&D programmes are “Inspired by YOU,” and our philosophy and values drive us forward towards our purpose.
#WorkInspiresPhilosophy #WorkInspiresAttitudes
Our philosophy: Inspire, Initiate, Impact
Initiate
Impact
Our attitude values
We respect diversity in personalities and opinions, inspire trust through our words, thoughts, and actions, and demonstrate authenticity and integrity with all stakeholders. We never judge.
We work as a team to proactively work with clients to address organisational challenges, brainstorm for improvement, and follow through with actions.
We set measurable goals, seek continuous feedback, clarify for efficiency and impact, and provide the best training values for our clients.
Philosophy: a theory or attitude that acts as a guiding principle for behaviour.
Attitude: A settled way of thinking or feeling about something.
Values: Principles or standards of behaviour of what is important in life.
#WorkInspiresExpertise
Foundation Fundamentals
The foundation of our expertise lies in our trainers and partners, who possess comprehensive knowledge, skills and experience in T&D. Enriched by insights from our advisors who bring industry perspectives, our bedrock is a direction driven by the UNDP Human Development Index (HDI).
The Index emphasises the critical need for 21st-century skills such as critical thinking, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and global citizenship skills. These transversal skills are essential for building peaceful, tolerant, and inclusive societies. Our T&D programme standards are guided by these global guidelines.
#WorkInspiresEdge
Training should never be for the sake of training. People are a powerful asset that drives the momentum and inertia needed for an organisation to pivot and transform. The challenge lies in inspiring individuals in a massive way to become a force that positions and propels a business.
The Work Inspires Legacy, Protagonist and Catalyst approaches inspire proprietary and pioneering T&D programmes that equip individuals to contribute meaningfully in their roles and for organisational growth.
A pivot in business means fundamentally changing direction to realign strategy and processes to business goals.
The Approach
Focuses on people development to empower enduring organisational capabilities and long-term strategies for lasting positive impact.
Focuses on people development to position the company as a leading force in its industry, driving innovation and setting new standards.
Focuses on people development to ignite significant change within the organisation to accelerate growth and transformation.
5 Core T&D Pillars
Work Inspires T&D programmes are built on five core T&D pillars to address specific organisational needs and foster holistic growth.
At the core is our commitment to empowering organisations with the momentum to pivot effectively.
#WorkInspiresEdge
“They Understand Us”
One feedback we often hear is, “They understand us.” These three words define our methodology. Regardless of the industry, individuals want to contribute meaningfully to their roles and organisations want to make work fulfilling.
Our methodology empowers us to:
Understand organisation-specific challenges, needs and goals.
Connect with people and ascertain mindsets and levels of understanding.
Design training that is interactive, engaging and result-oriented.
Nurture mastery through personalised and curated assessments.
Persist on follow-up and follow-through beyond the training period.
Support progress with individual and overall growth reports.
Our
methodology
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Ideation
To discuss the challenges faced and goals the company would like to achieve. -
Focus Group
Conduct a focus group with the participants to assess their current situation and level of understanding. -
Delivery
Deliver the sessions with content adapted from the Focus Group along with assignments to ensure optimised results. -
Mentorship
To mentor and coach participants to complete their assignments so as to practice what has been learnt. -
Follow-up
To conduct follow-up sessions approximately 2 to 4 weeks after with the results of the initial assignments. -
Reporting
To submit an overall or individual report to the management in regards to the participants' performance.
Going Beyond training
We start by deeply understanding the needs of people and organisations, leveraging our expertise and experience to identify both spoken and unspoken needs and designing personal yet powerful programmes. We follow up and follow through diligently; providing data-driven feedback to bridge performance gaps, nurture continued leadership resilience, and sustain organisational culture. We conduct presentations to stakeholders to ensure continued input, and refine training deliverables.
#WorkInspiresInfluence
A Responsibility
At Work Inspires, we believe that we have a responsibility to advocate for human development. Our co-founder serves as a Board Member of the Asian Human Development Organisation (AHDO), a body under the auspices of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
We actively share ideas and insights through TEDx sessions and interviews with major media agencies, and we speak at Human Resource events organised by government agencies and corporations. We share our expertise on Holistic Human Development, Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and HR Transformation.
#WorkInspiresAwards
Thank you for believing in us.
Awards remind us how “Inspired by YOU” we are. Your trust, feedback, and belief in our mission inspire us to continually improve and push boundaries. Your support fuels our passion and commitment to creating solutions that make a difference.
Include: List of awards.
#WorkInspiresImpact
Inspiring Case Studies
Leadership and Development
Optimized leadership development programs for handpicked group of employees ranging from Non-Executives to Vice Presidents. Our programs prioritize individual growth and career advancement in alignment with business objectives. Participants engage in a 3 to 6-month program that includes an Action Learning Project and invaluable guidance from both internal and external industry mentors.
Industry: Property, Insurance, Media, Banking
KEY HIGHTLIGHTS
- Individual strengths and growth mindset
- Leadership styles and stakeholder management
- Business Acumen and Crticial Thinking
- Project Management and Execution
- Effective communication and presentation
- Emotional Regulations for self and team
Culture Transformation
Working with the client to turn their visions, missions and values into a series of workshops or engagement programmes which will be cascaded down to all employees in the organisations. The content will be customised to fit the job ranks of all employees while ensuring that it stays aligned with the business directions and Engagement Survey scores as measurement points.
Industry: Property, Insurance, Pharma MNC with employee sizes ranging from 200 to 4000.
KEY HIGHTLIGHTS
- Workshops with specific simulations
-Business Challenge
-Dialogue with Leaders
-Culture Icons
-Department specific engagement
Graduate & Management Trainees
Building young leaders with our clients has been our core since conception. We work with clients in designing their graduate trainees learning journey throughout their rotations acorss different units or departments, while ensuring work performance continues to improve. With some clients, we designed their assessment centre component to attract and hire the right talent as well.
Industry: Media, FMCG, Banking, MNCs (Across countries)
KEY HIGHTLIGHTS
- Internal and Industry learning programmes
- Leadership modules
- Business Acumen Skills
- Business projects (Internal and External)
- Action Learning Projects
- Individual and cohort assessments
- Personal Development Plan
- Individual reporting and recommendation (including supervisors feedback)
- Programme graduation
Team Building and Engagement
Team engagement and bonding are crucial to ensure unity and morale are kept. But besides fun, we also customised to fit key business strategies or culture goals that our client would like to deliver. Nonetheless, we like to keep things fun, memorable and seamless. Hence project management and team dinners are included.
Industry: Banking, MNCs, Oil & Gas, Insurance, Property, Ecommerce, FMCG
Size: From C-levels and management team to company wide
In Summary, we turn your wishlists into reality!
KEY HIGHTLIGHTS
- Dragon boat and White Water Rafting
- Themeparks based ie: Sunway Lagoon, Eagle Ranch, Genting Highlands etc
- Cook off OR Art Challenge
- Movie or game theme simulations (designed specifically for different clients) ie: Battleship, Indiana Jones, Maverick etc
- Beach Sand Castle War Craze
- Amazing Race and Treasure Hunts (cross city or states) ie: Kuala Lumpur, Melaka, Sabah, Ipoh, Penang etc
- Sports themed ie: Splash out, Ninja Warrior, Sports Day etc
Keynote & Speaking Sessions
Our co-founders have done many keynotes and webinars in and out of Malaysia. The largest crowd was 3000 pax in a session. Some stages that our co-founder has spoken on includes TEDx (4 times), The Economist Impact, HR Tech Festival, Asia L&D HR Tech, NHCCE (By HRDC) and many more. They have also done many webinars and keynotes specifically for organisations acorss industries like : Chemical, Oil & Gas, Education, Insurance, Property, FMCG, Banking and many more.
Some common media features are: BFM 89.9 and HRM Asia
Topics we are invited on:
1. Human Development in Malaysia and ASEAN
2. Advancing Generations
3. Employee Engagement and Culture
4. Managing Stress and Emotions
5. Women Empowerment
6. Building Entrepreneurs and Intrapreneurs
7. Designing Learning & Development
8. The future of work for culture and generations
