Research is showing that gender diverse companies are more successful, more attractive as employers and enable more positive Corporate reputation. House of Rose Professional’s Training vertical is anchored around its Break the ceiling touch the sky® brand – the world’s fastest growing movement to train, inspire and enable women in leadership to success and unlock the positive impact of diversity & inclusion on business across the world.

The Break the ceiling touch the sky® movement is inspired by an inspirational Mum (and home enterprise founder) – Leonie Rose, mother of House of Rose Professional Pte Ltd Chairman Anthony A. Rose who built her home based business from scratch but had no access to formal leadership training.

In 2012, Anthony while leading Corporate Affairs for Walmart Asia, had a life changing experience whilst caring for his Mum who was by then stricken with Alzheimers. To honor his mother and to support and enable women in leadership across the world in 2014 Anthony published his book “Break the ceiling touch the sky: success secrets of the world’s most inspirational women” highlighting the inspirational career paths, struggles and successes of over 40 inspirational, international women leaders. All proceeds from sale of the book go to Save the Children.

In mid 2014 Anthony moved to set up House of Rose Professional Pte Ltd. and evolved the summit to Break the ceiling touch the sky – the success and leadership summit for women® in Singapore. This has grown to editions of the summit around the world including the Americas, ANZ, the Middle East, Asia, Europe, Greater China and Africa. New locations are added annually. HORP has also launched Break the ceiling touch the sky 365® – year round leadership training and Break the ceiling touch the sky Online – virtual training to continue the learning and development of its participants at the summits/continue their learning despite restrictions of Covid-19. All enable best-practice sharing from the world’s best Companies on leadership, diversity & inclusion and success. Over 350 Global Companies leverage the brand to enable their female leaders and male champions for diversity & inclusion to success. Over 35000 women leaders have benefited to date from the brand.

In 2018 the annual Break the ceiling touch the sky Leonie Awards for global diversity & inclusion and leadership excellence were established.

The 2023 World tour of Break the ceiling touch the sky® kicked off in March 2023, with the 2023 Americas Edition and continues across the world in support of HORP’s MISSION 2029 FOR A BETTER WORLD – the multi-year initiative to shape a better world via better diversity & inclusion, leadership and business. The 2023 tour comes to a climax with the 2023 World Edition of Break the ceiling touch the sky® in Nov 2023 LIVE in Singapore which will be attended by over 600 of the world’s most successful leaders.

Training

Break the ceiling touch the sky (The book)

Break the ceiling touch the sky ( The Summit)

- Register for 2022 North America Edition - 2015-2021 Editions Highlights Break the ceiling touch the sky 365 Break the ceiling touch the sky Online

Break the ceiling touch the sky Leonie Awards

- 2019 Leonie Awards - 2018 Leonie Awards Global advisory council

“I have seen Break the ceiling, touch the sky conference go from strength to strength every year. This year’s conference was the best yet, bringing together great participation from CEO’s, C-Suite executives, Diversity & Inclusion practitioners and founders/heads of businesses. Anthony’s BTCTTS summit is really mobilizing a movement for building more gender balanced workplaces. It has something for everyone – CEO’s to learn from one another on how to drive change and progress towards gender diversity Women who are looking for advise on how to take their careers forward and Men who want to be champions of change.”
(2018 World Edition)

Amita Chaudhury

Director, Sustainable business, South East Asia and Australasia at Unilever

“Thanks Anthony, for everything. I think this book (Break the ceiling touch the sky) may have been a cross point in your life. It seems so much positive energy and creativity has come from this adventure that you are now reaching a new dimension: closer to the sky. I do not know if our paths will cross again, but I sincerely hope so. There is something inspiring about the kind of magic you can create, as a man honoring women: I think it’s unique. Stay blessed.”

Valerie Khan

Chairperson of the Acid Survivors Foundation, Pakistan

“Progress comes slowly at first, then all at once. Anthony Rose has deftly articulated the moment of empowerment currently being seized by female business leaders around the globe. The title says it all: “Break the Ceiling, Touch the Sky.” That’s what Anthony and the 43 woman who shared their stories with him have done, shattering gender stereotypes in the process.”

Laura Desmond

Global CEO, Starcom MediaVest Group

Thank you so very much for supporting mothers and children in India through the book sales (of Break the ceiling touch the sky). I’m so pleased that your organization continues to make such tremendous progress on issues that are vital to the core of Save the Children’s own work in gender diversity, and that you raise awareness about women’s leadership to new heights. You have done so much to drive this movement forward! It was an honour for Save the Children to once again be the recipient of the proceeds of your book. I join my colleagues in sending my grateful appreciation for your continued support for Save the Children’s work – in India and around the world. Thank you for your commitment and dedication.”

Carolyn Miles

Global CEO, Save the Children

Women play a vital role in today’s economy and this event Break the ceiling touch the sky® has helped and empowered the women in the UAE to address the huge opportunity for them,

Abdul Rahman Al Thehaiban

SVP, Oracle Middle East and Africa

“It was a great pleasure participating at the 2018 Middle East Edition of Break the ceiling touch the sky. I enjoyed engaging with the panelists and the participants. It was a great turn out and the speakers were phenomenal”

Dr. Dalya Al Muthanna

President GE Gulf

“Thank you Anthony. It was a privilege to attend this event. So many new thoughts and perspectives to learn from. Thank you for letting me be part of the panel. I loved sharing my experiences and learnings with the wider community.”

Sapna Balan

Walmart Labs

“Thank you for the wonderful opportunity to meet and interact with such inspiring and amazing women. Every panel offered diverse opinions and practical solutions. I enjoyed all the sessions. All the panelists were excellent.”

Farina Kidwai

Lead Engineer, Emerson

“I just want to say thank you for a wonderful engaging day. There were many moments where I was able to reflect on my career, my management practices and areas to focus/improve. Thank you for the opportunity you have created for us all to be a part of something bigger! Being the father of two amazing daughters this hit home more than just in my career and the careers of my employees. This event will make me a better father and a better leader.”

Jeremy Perkins

IS Director, Stryker

“Break the ceiling touch the sky® fuels conversations and strategies around development of women as leaders at all levels, with the aim of keeping them on track to the top. We applaud initiatives like this one to fast-forward gender-balanced boardrooms across Asia Pacific. In the battle for top talent, embracing diversity and inclusion is today’s smartest, most rewarding competitive advantage.”

Lynne Anne Davis

President of Asia Pacific for FleishmanHillard

Tata Sampann and House of Rose Professional share a common objective of helping tap the phenomenal potential of women as leaders- at home , in business & society. We are delighted to be a part of Break the ceiling touch the sky®

Richa Arora

Chief Operating Officer, (Consumer Products Business), Tata Chemicals

“I’m so inspired by the Break the ceiling touch the sky mission and it was a privilege to be a part of such a special day. I am proud that Coca-Cola is a World Sponsor of Break the ceiling touch the sky®.”

Carrie Niggli

Senior director of customer development for Middle East and North Africa, The Coca-Cola Company

Break the ceiling touch the sky – the success and leadership summit for women® is the world’s fastest growing forum for women in leadership and male leaders who champion diversity launched by House of Rose Professional in 2015, with current editions in Singapore (World Edition), ANZ, Asia, Middle East, Europe, North America, Africa and new locations to be launched in 2022.

Break the ceiling touch the sky® 365 provides organizations in multiple locations around the world the opportunity to leverage the vast international network of House of Rose Professional to leverage customised training on-demand, onsite, delivered by the world’s best business leaders and coaches. Lead by trainers with a minimum 20 years of business experience each.

Break the ceiling touch the sky® Online is the virtual training effort, available for leaders to join from around the world, fuelled by a team of 0ver 1000 senior business leaders working with House of Rose Professional to provide online training of the highest possible quality and content. Especially valuable in an era of less face to face meetings and changing generational preferences.