Monthly Archives: August 2018

5 Tips For a Useful Meeting

It’s fashionable to say that you hate meetings, but let’s be honest: we need them. As organizations try to encourage collaboration and develop synergy between employees, there’s no getting away from the fact that people need to actually talk to each other. Whether it’s one-on-one or in a larger group, meetings need to happen. The […]

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Are They Learning On The Job?

Conventional wisdom says that 70% of professional learning comes from on-the-job experiences. So as long as you go to work and do your job, you’ll learn what you need, right? Well, not necessarily. While you will certainly pick up things from your experiences, you may be learning the wrong lessons; you may be learning the […]

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Leader Engagement

Across Asia, alarm bells keep ringing about low levels of employee engagement. Organizations worry that employees may not be giving their best performance, may be likely to leave, or may be negatively affecting the employment brand or the relationship with clients. Employee engagement is a big concern for leaders in many countries throughout the region. […]

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Addressing Attrition

Employees in class

CFOs in Singapore seem to have an attrition problem, but they do not seem to be doing much about it. A recent survey of CFOs in Singapore indicates voluntary turnover (or “people quitting,” to put it simply) is higher within their function than they would like it should be. Across their staff they say attrition […]

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