Time to Reboot Your Talent Policies?
Some cooling off of China’s economy has shaken confidence around the region, leading to some uncertainty in the workplace among long-time employees who thought they knew where they were headed. This has also created an unfortunate first impression for people entering the workforce now, who are hearing “doom and gloom” stories about entire industries slowing […]
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- Aug, 08, 2016
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Aug, 08, 2016
Get Your HiPos Back on Board
A Deloitte report on human capital trends in Southeast Asia made the point that leaders recognize the growing importance of an engaged workforce, while also realizing their capability to drive engagement is lacking. A
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- Aug, 05, 2016
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Flat Bottlenecks
Having a flat organization is a goal for a lot of business leaders. In many cases, they may not be sure why they want a flat organization, they just know that they do because they have heard it’s a good idea. Organizations become flat by reducing levels in the hierarchy. The fewer the steps between […]
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- Jul, 29, 2016
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Happiness Can Be a Goal, Too
Leaders rarely have just one goal for their firm. “Profit maximization,” of course, is the biggie. (defining “profit” depends on what you do, of course; if you work in the public sector, you may define it as “doing as much good in the world as we can while minimizing costs”). Focusing purely on the numbers, […]
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- Jul, 22, 2016
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…One Giant Leap for Mankind
(Yes, we first published this post a year ago. So what? We think it’s a story that should be repeated every year on this day!) 47 years ago today, the first men walked on the moon (though according to Michael Bay, the Transformers were there earlier). The US manned space program took nearly a decade […]
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- Jul, 20, 2016
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