Some of you may already know, I launched my book recently on 23rd January 2016. Before my book was officially launched, I gave a copy to someone I knew. This person works in a financial institution here in Singapore and she leads a small team of people. For years, she had been struggling to get … Continue reading A True Story of How One Manager Hired the Right Person and Brought the Team to a Whole New Level
Happy New Year! Another year has passed and a brand new year is now upon us! I know many of us have already written down our new year resolutions – feeling motivated and determined to achieve all those objectives that we failed to achieve in the year before. I also know that many of us … Continue reading How to Conquer All Your New Year Resolutions
Many of us are already or are thinking of writing down our new year resolutions for 2016. But before you dive head-on into writing your resolutions for 2016, I would like to suggest that you take a couple of minutes to think back and ask yourself this question: What have I learnt in 2015 that … Continue reading What Will You Bring With You into 2016?
Looking to improve employee motivation, engagement and fire-up the passion of your employees? Over the last decade, a lot of things have been said about employee engagement, motivation and passion, and most leader know the “Whats” and the “Whys”. However, most are still in the dark about HOW to actually engage, motivate and inspire your … Continue reading 10 Ways to Improve Employee Motivation, Engagement and Passion
Did you know that a recent survey of 4000 employers in Singapore revealed that virtually all of them (99%) say they have between 10% to 50% bad hires in their organization? What this means is that if an organisation has 10 employees, it may have between 1 and 5 employees who are not performing to … Continue reading 7 Shocking Truths about Candidate Resumes
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 out the window. So why are all these large organisations ditching performance ratings? The more important question you should be … Continue reading Should You Throw Performance Ratings Out the Window?
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 of hiring and recruiting, most hiring managers ignore the fact that past performance is no guarantee of future performance. … Continue reading Is Past Performance a Good Predictor of Future Performance?
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 team and identify the individuals who have not performed up-to-mark and decide what to do with them. However, not … Continue reading Performance Management: How to Manage an Under-performer
Research has found that people have a natural aversion to idleness: we’ll go out of our way to stay busy, even if we have to invent things to do. But being too busy can be counterproductive. Studies have also shown that we have a bias toward action: when faced with a problem, we prefer to … Continue reading Being Busy Isn’t the Same as Being Productive
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 friend at work?” The question is: Does the measure of friendship determine the level of employee engagement? The answer I … Continue reading Is friendship a good measure of employee engagement?
