Dragonfire Corporate Solutions Sdn Bhd (SSM registration # 201201023413/1007905-K) was established on 28 June 2012 as a private limited company. We are a management consulting firm and HRDC Registered Training Provider whose areas of expertise include:
- Sustainable Career Management for Individuals & Organizations
- Learning & Development
- Digital Skills Training & ICDL Certification
- Islamic Entrepreneurship & Finance
- Content Creation & Communication
Our Motivation & Mission
Our motivation and mission are:
- To help individuals discover and leverage their strengths to achieve success in their professional and personal lives.
- To assist organizations in unlocking and harnessing the potential of their people, processes, and systems to maximize business performance.
In short, we are in the people and business optimization business.
Our Values
Integrity
We strive to always do the right thing and honor the commitments we make.
Balance
We endeavor to attain an overall balance in our work and non-work lives to ensure that we always have the motivation, energy, passion, and commitment necessary to produce and deliver the best possible results.
Accountability
We hold ourselves answerable at all times for the outcomes of our actions or inactions.
Diligence
We work conscientiously, attentively, and accurately, always giving our best effort to achieve the same result for others that we would want for ourselves.
Appreciation
We cherish the gifts of knowledge, skills, and experience that Allah has given us, and welcome every opportunity to use them in beneficial service to others and ourselves.
Honesty
We conduct ourselves in an upright manner and will not knowingly or willingly cheat, deceive, or mislead others.
The result of these combined values is “IBADAH” or “worship”. We view the performance of our work as an act of worship of Allah, the Most Merciful and Generous Creator and Sustainer of us all. We seek His favor through the best possible performance of our work to achieve positive results for our clients, stakeholders, and ourselves.
Our Philosophy
There is no one size fits all at Dragonfire: there is you and the unique needs and aspirations you have for yourself, your organization, or your people. We focus on listening to you and to what’s worked and what hasn’t, so we can understand the pain and the roadblocks in the way of your success. Then we propose solutions based on our critical and honest assessment of your needs.
We believe that EVERY issue has a solution and that it’s just a matter of developing it and assembling the right team to deliver it.
Leadership @ Dragonfire
George Bohlender
Managing Director & Co-Founder
George has over two decades of experience in the fields of MSME development, and community economic development. He has worked for NGOs and governments in operational and strategic roles at mid- and senior management levels as Executive Director, Program Manager (SME and microfinance programs), and Economic Development Officer. He obtained his certification as a Professional Aboriginal Economic Developer (PAED) from the Council for the Advancement of Native Development Officers (CANDO) in 2010. George possesses an Associate Qualification in Islamic Finance (AQIF) awarded by IBFIM in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and is a certified StratPad Coach, Level 2 (Workshop Leader). Prior to his career in economic development, George worked for several years in retail sales and management.
George’s areas of expertise include MSME development, community & economic development, operational and strategic planning, corporate social responsibility (CSR), program management and delivery, database development, accounting, and business writing. George’s passion for service excellence in the area of Aboriginal economic development has been recognized with awards from the Government of Canada (2006 INAC Deputy Minister’s Award of Excellence), and the Government of Alberta (2009 Aboriginal Relations Team Merit Awards for Corporate Planning and the Gathering for Success Symposium).
George is an accomplished English language proofreader, editor, and writer. He has served as editor of the Malaysian Management Review published by the Malaysian Institute of Management and has proofread and edited reports for submission to the government of Malaysia. He is regularly called upon to proofread and edit PhD theses, as well as the articles of faculty members of various Malaysian universities for publication in foreign academic journals. As a writer, George has solid experience developing a wide range of material for a variety of audiences, including business plans and proposals, reports, speeches, and film/video scripts.
George is an HRDC-certified trainer. He is currently pursuing his Intermediate Qualification in Islamic Finance (IQIF) at IBFIM in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Outside of work, George’s interests and passions include community radio, genealogy, and travel.
PAST APPOINTMENTS
- Member, FAA Accreditation Panel for FAA Programme Accreditation
- Member, Industry Advisory Panel, Taylor’s Business School
- Member, Dragon Panel, School of Business, Monash University Malaysia
- Treasurer, International Association of Facilitators (IAF) — Malaysia Chapter
Hanie Razaif-Bohlender (The “Career Doctor”)
General Manager and Co-Founder
Hanie is widely known as “The Career Doctor” for her coaching roles with clients in their quest to find clarity, happiness, and fulfillment in their career journey.
She began her career with the establishment of her first business at the age of 18. Over the next 20 years, she went on to co-own, operate, and manage businesses in the restaurant, food service, entertainment, hospitality, consulting, and training industries. In 2001, through a business platform that catered exclusively to the hospitality, entertainment, and service industries, Hanie grew her company into a multi-million Ringgit business. In the corporate sphere, Hanie was trained and served as an Executive Search professional with two Fortune 500 companies in career transition, outplacement, human resource (HR), and organizational development (OD) practices. Utilizing her background in OD and learning & development (L&D), Hanie has been involved in several change management initiatives within Malaysian PLCs and the public sector. Hanie’s past and present clients represent a broad range of organizations and industries, including GLCs, MNCs, SMEs, and public sector departments and agencies.
Hanie has been a participant in several nation-building projects related to women, single mothers, and youth talent capacity building, and she contributes her time to providing coaching, mentoring, skills development, and motivational workshops to help these groups achieve success. Her programs focus on helping them to identify their ready, marketable skills and to get them to use all available opportunities to move forward. Hanie has been recognized by the Ministry of Human Resources Malaysia and the Ministry of Transport Malaysia for her role as a career coach in uplifting the employability of Malaysian talent.
In 2016, Hanie founded The Fauad Initiative, a special program to honor her father, the late Fauad Razaif Mohd Nasib (1944-2001). Under The Fauad Initiative, Hanie and her husband, George Bohlender (the other co-founder of Dragonfire), continue her father’s work of contributing to the education and care of others by offering free or heavily discounted training and upskilling programs and motivational talks to those in need of a hand up.
Hanie coaches, facilitates, trains, and speaks internationally in the following areas and subjects:
- Sustainable career management & development
- Talent learning & development
- Transition and outplacement
- Encore careers
- Diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging
Her qualifications include:
- HRDC-accredited trainer
- Certified StratPad Business Coach (Level 2)
- Certified Emergenetics Associate & Consultant
- Certified Business Assessor & Internal Verifier with Pearson BTEC Level 5 Qualification
- Certified Stakeholder Centered Coach with Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS
- President-elect, Industry Advisory Board, School of Business, Monash University Malaysia
- Member, Continuous Professional Development, MyLeaD (Malaysian Association of Learning and Development.
PAST APPOINTMENTS
- Vice-President, Continuous Professional Development, MyLeaD (Malaysian Association of Learning and Development).
- Member, Working Committee for the International Federation of Training & Development Organizations (IFTDO) 2015 Kuala Lumpur Conference.
- CCC (Conference Coordinating Committee) for the International Federation of Training & Development Organizations (IFTDO)
- Member, Membership Committee for the International Federation of Training & Development Organizations (IFTDO)
- Member, Industry Advisory Panel, Taylor’s Business School
- Member, Dragon Panel, School of Business, Monash University Malaysia