In an HBR article titled The Big Idea: 21st-Century Talent Spotting, Claudio Fernandez-Araoz, senior advisor at global executives search firm Egon Zehnder and the author of “It’s Not the How or the What but the Who???, says the first era of talent spotting leaders were done based on their physical abilities. For instance, if you … Continue reading How to Hire Successfully in the 21st Century
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 Singapore to talk about – you guessed it – Workplace Happiness! Not too long ago, I came across a … Continue reading Do Happy Employees Make Successful Companies?
I recently came across a very interesting article in the Harvard Business Review. In this article, the author reveals that when companies hire lower-wage workers, the productivity of both its current employees who are paid higher wages and the new workers who are paid lower wages, are negatively impacted. This leads to an overall decrease … Continue reading The Downside of Hiring Lower Wage Workers
A recent doctoral study of 3200 candidates by Christian Enger Gimsø at BI Norwegian Business School found that those with narcissistic personality traits tend to ace interviews and get selected for management and leadership positions. The study found that when organizations set out to recruit new leaders, they typically look for candidates who are … Continue reading Assessing the Dark Side of Your Candidates
It was 1986. It was a cold January morning at Cape Canaveral. Engineers had been frantically preparing for the launch of the space shuttle Challenger. On board the space shuttle were 7 crew members. Just as in all previous launches, safety checks had to be done prior to the launch of the mission to ensure … Continue reading What We Can Learn from the 1986 Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster
Here are some articles and blogs I came across recently that you might find interesting. All consolidated here for your convenience. Read them at your own convenience. Enjoy! How Not to Choose a Manager This is an interesting piece that highlights some common assumptions we make when deciding who to promote or hire as manager. … Continue reading Articles & posts that you may find interesting
Why do most teams and organisations under-perform? Even if you hired all the right people into your team, your team might still under-perform because of one reason. When I say “under-perform??? I mean the teams or organisations fail to perform their best beyond what they are already doing today. So what is the primary reason … Continue reading One Thing You Can Do to Improve Team Performance
It does not matter if you are a team manager leading a team of 5 or a Division Manager leading an organization of 500, the challenges with team and people management are fundamentally the same. It does not get any easier with a smaller team. All you require is a couple of difficult employees or … Continue reading How to be a Better Manager – 4 Things You Can Do Today
Yes, Purple Cow. This was a concept popularized by Seth Godin in his bestselling book Purple Cow. The basic concept of the Purple Cow is to stand out and be insanely different from your competitors. According to Godin, the world is full of mediocrity and if you want to be successful in business or in … Continue reading Stop Hiring Your Purple Cow!
This article first appeared in the the HR & Education Section of Singapore Business Review portal on 20 March 2013. http://sbr.com.sg/hr-education/commentary/top-3-secrets-high-performance-teams Productivity is a big buzzword everywhere today, and companies are always looking for ways to increase productivity through their employees. One effective way to increase productivity is for employers to look at creating high … Continue reading 3 Secrets to High Performance Teams
