Alumni Career Essentials 101: Cracking the Code to Manage Up

Want to win the trust of your boss and colleagues with ease? Or, as a leader, understand your own management style and boost your influence?
The CUHK Business School Alumni Office invites you to an exclusive alumni career workshop with Gary Lo, founder of Glo Consulting and TEDx speaker, who will share practical techniques for managing upwards and across, helping you navigate workplace dynamics with clarity, confidence, and impact.
Ready to level up your career and become indispensable? REGISTER NOW – limited spots, first come, first served!
Workshop Highlights:
- Decode senior thinking and anticipate decision-making preferences
- Apply mirroring techniques to build trust
- Ask the right questions to uncover what it really matters
- Influence with a win-win mindset – Shift from task executor to trusted advisor and co-create outcomes
Speaker: Gary Lo
Gary is the founder of Glo Consulting, a TEDx speaker, and an experienced training mentor. He has worked at several Fortune 500 companies, including Apple, LVMH and Unilever, GSK, and Nestlé, with business management responsibilities covering Greater China and the entire Asia-Pacific region.
Date: Wednesday, 24 September 2025
Time: 18:30 – 20:45
Rundown:
18:30 – 19:15 Registration and light refreshment
19:15 – 20:45 Workshop
Venue: Sapphire Room, CUHK Business School Town Centre (Address: Unit B, 1/F, Bank of America Tower 12 Harcourt Road, Central, Hong Kong|Map)
Catering: Light refreshment
Fee: HKD80 (after subsidised by the CUHK Business School Alumni Office)
Language: English
Dress Code: Business casual
Registration Deadline: 17:00 on Friday, 12 September 2025
*The event is exclusively for CUHK Business School alumni.
Terms & Conditions:
1. The CUHK Business School Alumni Career Essentials 101: Cracking the Code to Manage Up (the “Event”) is organised by the CUHK Business School Alumni Affairs and Development Office (the “Organiser”). The Event is open to CUHK Business School alumni only. Seats are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
2. An email will be sent to successful registrants confirming their attendance within three working days. Walk-in participation on the event day without prior registration and confirmation will not be accommodated.
3. Unless the Event is cancelled or rescheduled, all payments are non-refundable and no seat transfer is allowed for any event once a confirmation email is sent.
4. Photos and videos taken at the Event are owned by the Organiser, and they will be used for promotional purposes. By joining the Event, participants agree to the usage of such photos and videos by the Organiser and its authorised parties for promotional purposes unconditionally.
5. The Organiser reserves the right to postpone or cancel the Event and/ or change the Event terms and arrangements at its sole discretion without prior notification, and it will not be responsible for any loss caused by the postponement, cancellation and/ or change.
6. Participation in this Event is at alumni’s own discretion. The Organiser will not be responsible for any personal and economic loss for the participation in this Event.