Take Charge of Your Learning

There’s an important truism regarding your professional life that you should always keep in mind: Nobody will ever care about your career development as much as you do. This is not to say that no one else cares at all. Most companies want you to do well, and should recognize the value of training and […]

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Let Yourself Be Sick

All across the northern hemisphere it seems to be cold and flu season, and this year appears to be an exceptionally bad one. When you wake up one day feeling lousy you’re going to be tempted to still go into work; the days of being a student and telling mom “I’m too sick to go […]

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High Performer vs High Potential

Employees in class

We often hear these two terms used interchangeably, but they aren’t the same thing. The difference is important, because it affects how you develop your employees. High Performer generally refers to someone who is great at the job they have. They are talented in their specialty, they do great work, they put in a lot […]

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Preventative Health

During the holidays the team spent some time in New York. Meeting up with a former client who has relocated there, our conversation moved to the topic of health care. He talked about the differences in health coverage between his US firm and his experiences in Singapore and he mentioned that, while the coverage in […]

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On the Way Back!

The Designing Leaders team was in New York and Washington DC over the New Year’s holiday. We will be spending the next 32 hours in the air and in various airports before touching down back in Manila Friday night, and we will be hitting the ground running on Monday. We have already had some great […]

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