Being a Good Bad Guy
I spent a few years as a professor. And sometimes, my students were not happy. A few years ago, I spent a semester teaching as a Fulbright Scholar in Singapore. It was an amazing experience that I still tell stories about to this day, but there was one speed bump: I gave a midterm exam. […]
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- Jan, 12, 2015
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Jan, 12, 2015
Let Them Do What You Hired Them to Do
You spend a long time figuring out what kinds of employees you need and what skills they should have. You use up a lot of energy recruiting just the right people. You invest a lot of money in training and professional development. And then you use them for something completely different. Seems silly, huh? Unfortunately, […]
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- Jan, 09, 2015
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Balancing Experience and Motivation
You try to hire great people for your organization, and if you want to grow, then you need people with new ideas that can take you beyond what you have done before. But a lot of these people — especially fresh graduates — will have little experience in your industry, or maybe even very little […]
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- Jan, 07, 2015
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A Change is Coming
It looks like employers in Singapore plan to increase their hiring in early 2015, while Malaysian employers already increased headcount in Q4. For the last couple of years, firms in many industries across Southeast Asia slowed down their hiring, especially in the financial sector. Many employers, seeing this, have been more comfortable with slowing down […]
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- Jan, 05, 2015
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Back to Work Soon
The Designing Leaders crew had a great week…so great, we will be taking today off too. Enjoy your weekend, and we look forward to sharing some great insights with you again starting Monday!
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- Jan, 02, 2015
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