Cultural Breakfast
Nobody knows for sure if management expert Peter Drucker ever really said “Culture eats strategy for breakfast,” but he certainly believed in the idea. Why? Because it’s very, very, very much true; no matter what strategy you think you are following, if the culture that emerges is contrary to it, then culture will win every […]
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- May, 14, 2018
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May, 14, 2018
They Don’t Wear Ties in Singapore
Men don’t wear ties in Singapore. OK, that’s not entirely true. There certainly are men who DO wear ties to work, especially senior leaders, or some in the banking sector (especially if they’re in wealth management, and need to convince their clients that they make lots of money for everyone). But walk around Raffles Place […]
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- May, 10, 2018
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Preparing for Change
This article on leading change highlights the need to prepare and suggests 4 P’s in that preparation: Purpose – know what you want the company to look like after the transformation (and the most enlightening purpose involves more than just financial returns) People – your best people for today might not be the best people […]
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- May, 07, 2018
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We Are Different…Or Are We?
When leaders in Asian companies are comparing their working environment to Western firms, they often say, “We are different.” That is, the culture is different, the structures are different, the expectations are different…you get the idea. While there are certainly cultural differences between Asia and the West (and you really need to look at individual […]
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- May, 03, 2018
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