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Management
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The problem with performance appraisals
Dread and foreboding is the typical feeling anyone has whenever annual performance appraisals come around every year. Several things depend...
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Going the way of reverse mentoring
Mentoring is not a new concept where organisational development initiatives are concerned. Many companies have put into place mentoring programmes...
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Debunking age-old myths
Tapping onto silver talent would benefit many employers – only if they look beyond myths and common misperceptions of older workers...
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Retain your best people
Higher life expectancy of older workers coupled with declining birth rates mean that employers today are facing a serious talent crunch...
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From transactional to transformational leadership
A quiet revolution has been taking place over the past few decades. Significant global economic change such as rapid technological...
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Are you a manager, a leader or an engaging leader?
If you have read any of the books written on employee engagement or seen the results of the numerous major...
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Managing and communicating across the generations
There are currently four different generations employed in our organisations. Each generation has distinct values and characteristics that often lead...
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A good team needs a good leader
If you want to have successful teams in your organisation, make sure you have successful leaders. What do I mean...
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Leading a new generation
They are young twenty- somethings who are well-educated, well-connected, techno- savvy and consider themselves to be in great demand on the job market...
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Keeping your best stars
Running a company is much like making a full- length feature film. It requires firm management of staff and talents, serious...
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Appointing a crown prince
When the possibility of expecting a male heir from Japan Crown Prince Naruhito and Princess Masako had diminished, there was...
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One-on-one
There is a well-known adage that says that experience is the best teacher. However, pure experience alone is an untamed...
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Managing diversity the tom yum goong way
One stalk of lemon grass. Three kaffir lime leaves. Two tablespoons of fish sauce and twelve black tiger prawns. Who...
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Work-life
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Working with different cultures – the Singapore experience
Having made Singapore my home for the last eleven years and working in many other countries during this period I...
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Doing the balancing act
In today’s talent war, attracting and retaining talent continues to be a top priority for organisations across all industries. Recruiting...
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Raising the Stakes
Most employers expect their employees and potential candidates to negotiate for higher salary and benefits. Whether you are going for...
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Strategy
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Make them smile!
As a specialist in the area of humour in the workplace, I have seen some great examples of howleading companies...
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In love for life
If you look at some of the fastest growing businesses and brands in the world today like Google, Facebook and iPod,...
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Aim to be weird
Having been in the business of professional speaking for over two decades, and with the exception of maybe 2 of...
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Get dumped early and sell more
When I was dating, I hated getting dumped. Even when I knew deep down that she was right in wanting...
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Driving communication to a better bottom line
If employees make up part of the workings of an organisation, communication between management and staff is the lubricant...
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Tuned for performance
More than just consummate practitioners of music, symphonic conductors are impeccable as managers, orchestrating every instrument to pitch and rhythmic...
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Be a Talent Magnet
Just like any strong consumer brand, a great employer brand can do wonders for your recruitment and retention strategy...
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Under the influence
In the corporate world, there are certain traits that any leader would like to boast about his organisation. Proactive participation,...
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The value of executive search
Engage a head-hunting firm to locate the right executives. The process of hunting, recruiting, interviewing and assessing candidates is a...
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Workforce
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8 conversations that engage
Whether your issue is keeping your engaged people on track or helping the disengaged to get back on track, all managers...
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Employee engagement for leaders
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The art of lifting spirits
Motivation is applicable to any season. Whether the economic climate brings forth thriving growth or torrential decline, motivation remains a...
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Women Power
Women are still the untapped workforce that employers often side-step – and need. Women today have been described as the main...
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Finding the silver lining
Tapping the mature workforce can boost the much needed talent in today’s shrinking labour market. Singapore has one of the...
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Recruitment
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No more Russian Roulette recruiting
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When the going gets tough, the tough go hiring
A recession should not stop companies from recruiting the best talents. Massive lay-offs are the hallmark in recessions as firms...
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To Lay Off Or Not To Lay Off
To retain or to retrench – that is the question many companies ask themselves as they consider their cost-cutting options during...
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