Monthly Archives: July 2017

The Importance of Backups

Retaining employees

OK, maybe this does not really seem like a leadership topic, but it can still be helpful, especially if you are leading creative, innovative people who like to test out new things. Keep a backup copy of everything that might change. When you are trying something new, make sure you are able to revert to […]

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Calling customers to stay in touch

Sometimes you should just leave well enough alone, but it’s not always that easy, is it? You go searching around, connecting to your employees on LinkedIn and Facebook, and then you start finding their Twitter feeds…ah, Twitter. What employees used to do in their blogs, now they can do 140 characters at a time. Yep, […]

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What Matters Most?

After arriving in Manila this week I met up with a former colleague from Singapore who is now working here. At one point I asked him, “what was the biggest transition when you moved here last year?” I expected him to say something like “the food,” “the traffic,” “the cost of living,” or something else […]

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Kamusta Manila

For the last couple of years, the Designing Leaders team has been operating out of Bangkok. Some new opportunities have come up, though, and today we are shifting our base to Manila. We look forward to continuing to provide training and coaching throughout Asia. Nothing changes for our clients, it just means less travel for […]

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