Monthly Archives: June 2015

Little Things Mean A Lot

Office meeting

As you walk around major cities in Southeast Asia you are likely to see a lot of fancy looking buildings. Some are very ornate, some use a lot of color, some simply look imposing. There are new office buildings as well as old shophouses, and many look great from the outside. But as you look […]

Read More

Get Yourself Organized

One critical element of leadership is management. While leadership and management often get confused with one another, management is really more of a subset of leadership. In order to lead your employees well you need to manage your resources effectively. One of the most important resources you have is time, and if you are not […]

Read More

Changing of the Guard

Online learning

Everyone works for someone…that’s a good rule of thumb, anyway. So even though you are in a leadership position, you most likely have someone, or several someones, above you. Every now and then those faces will change, and you need to be ready when they do. A leadership transition has a number of effects. The […]

Read More

Follow Through

You would think that, if someone assigns a project to an employee, that leader would want to follow through and ensure it actually gets done. But that’s not always the case. Too often, projects seem to fall through the cracks. But you and your employees are only successful if your projects are completed. If you […]

Read More

Be Careful About Using Teams

Some people are not happy unless they have got a whole team of people assigned to a task. But your use of teams needs to be balanced against the requirements, and the culture, of your organization. Try not ti use teams just because your leadership books tell you that teams are good. Use them when […]

Read More