In my first blog entry on Stephen R. Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, I shared about the importance of maintaining a balance of the P/PC Equation. It is easy to focus on just the P or PC. I think it takes true leadership and discipline to maintain the right balance. I have just
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I do not really find a lot of companies practising performance-based salary, except maybe those in sales. In 2007, I was an Account Manager for a facilities management company. And I was assigned to manage one of Singapore’s largest students’ accommodation. One of the biggest challenge to me at that time was staff performance and
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  A couple of years ago, I conducted a workshop where we trained learners in areas of cross functional soft skills. One of the activities involve an activity of reflection and sharing on the topic of personal development. A few of them aspired to go all the way to get a diploma and there were some
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This entry was first written by me in 2013. I thought I’d bring it over here as it was rather relevant then as it is today. I was first introduced to competency based training and assessment way back in 2009. At that time, I just started a company with 3 business partners. It was a
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I do not really read a wide genre of books. I think as much as I can remember, all those books that I’ve read were self-help, management and biographies. There are a few books that, I feel, might require a second or third read and there are some that I would recommend to my students
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  “I’m too busy to read” “I’m too tired “ These are the two most popular reasons I hear almost every time I speak about reading to my audience. Strangely enough, most of those who gave the same reasoning were never short of time for tv, facebook, youtube and mobile games. Perhaps, reading is not
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Wow.. this is a tough title to write. I’m no author material but what the hell… Just write it first and change it later. What is video marketing to you? Nowadays, the internet is flooded with videos from pranks to murders. It is such a noisy online world that video creation and editing may sometimes
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