Are You Ready For Them?
A recent article from the World Economic Forum (the Davos folks) examined an OECD study of how well countries are preparing students for the workforce. An interesting result is that Singapore tops the list when it comes to collaborative problem solving skills among 15-year olds, a key metric in the study. What does this mean? […]
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- Feb, 08, 2018
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Feb, 08, 2018
Retention Starts With Recruiting
When we are losing talented employees with valuable corporate knowledge and experience, it’s common to take a look at our retention strategy (assuming we have one) to figure out what’s wrong. Have we identified the right critical positions and individuals to know where we should focus our attention? Are we paying enough? Are we offering […]
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- Feb, 05, 2018
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The Gig Economy Grows
An article this week in Human Resources Online shares some data showing that a growing number of professionals in Singapore are open to contract work. The headline might give the impression that more Singaporeans are looking for contract work as opposed to full-time. Reading the article, though, it is more the case that people who […]
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- Feb, 01, 2018
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Improving Your Productivity
As the first month of the new year comes to a close (already???), are you making good progress toward your goals? One thing many people want to do at the start of each year is to become more productive, but that means creating new habits, not simply making a mental commitment to new ways of […]
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- Jan, 29, 2018
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Thinking About Flattening
In a tight labor market, where it may be hard to fill all the jobs on your table of organization, it can be tempting to identify some of those jobs as unnecessary and simply eliminate them. Very often, we focus more on removing management levels rather than front-line workers or client-facing staff. We continue to […]
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- Jan, 25, 2018
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