Monica Mok, Author at FutureTHINK!

How do I tell my staff she has not performed well this year?

If you are a leader or a manager of a team, are you comfortable conducting a performance review with an under-performer on your team? As Leaders and Managers, it is inevitable that one day we will

Should You Throw Performance Ratings Out the Window?

by Monica Mok / Blogs / Employee Engagement / Leadership & Management / Performance / No Comments / September 29, 2015

The big boys have done it. Juniper, Adobe, Deloitte, Accenture and Cigna have all done it. And even General Electric (GE) – the one that popularised Performance Ratings – have all thrown Performance Ratings

Is Past Performance a Good Predictor of Future Performance?

by Monica Mok / Blogs / Employee Engagement / Interviewing / Leadership & Management / Performance / No Comments / September 15, 2015

In almost every investment brochure, you will see a disclaimer that says: “Past performance is no guarantee of future results”. However most investors (or so they call themselves) completely ignore this disclaimer. Similarly in the world

Performance Management: How to Manage an Under-performer

by Monica Mok / Blogs / Employee Engagement / Leadership & Management / Performance / Team Building / No Comments / September 8, 2015

It’s that time of the year again when performance appraisals are done, budgets are set and strategies are put in place. This is the time of the year when you identify the weakest links in your

Is friendship a good measure of employee engagement?

by Monica Mok / Blogs / Employee Engagement / Leadership & Management / Organisation Culture / Performance / No Comments / August 25, 2015

The measure of friendship on employee engagement has been touted by Gallup for the longest time. In their employee engagement surveys, one of the questions employees have to answer is: “Do you have a best

Do Happy Employees Make Successful Companies?

by Monica Mok / Blogs / Employee Engagement / Organisation Culture / Team Building / No Comments / August 4, 2015

NOTE: This article first appeared on LinkedIn in June 2014. There has been so much focus on Employee Happiness recently. There is even a National Workplace Happiness Survey Information Session coming up soon right here in

Assessing the Dark Side of Your Candidates

by Monica Mok / Blogs / Interviewing / Strategy / No Comments / July 14, 2015

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