Earlier I mentioned about being short of the boss’ expectations, which I feel is prevalent in most corporations today. It seems ironic that when society in general becomes more advanced, the more pressured it is in some of our expectations.
You would have thought that bosses today would be more exposed to better schools of thinking [...]
Archive for the ‘Rants’ Category
Unrealistic Expectations
Posted in Management, Rants, tagged Anxiety, Balance, Bold, Bosses, Depression, Expectations, Fortune, Guilt, Self-esteem, Stress, Unrealistic on 5 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Adapting To Constant Change
Posted in Rants, tagged Adapt, Change, Movement, Opportunity on 30 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One year ago, the company decided to transfer me to a new place to work, seeing that I’ve been working at the same place for 6½ years since joining the company. The new workplace was quite a refreshing change of pace, and it really brought me some sense of fulfillment in getting my work done.
Alas, [...]
Handling Complaints And Anger
Posted in Management, Rants, tagged Affection, Anger, Calm, Collected, Complaint, Cool, Customer, Display, Outburst, Public, Scorpion, Tirade on 23 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, a customer walked into my office and without warning, started to shout at me about the behaviour of one of my staff. He was literally cursing my staff in front of me and even threatened to blow the matter up bigger if he didn’t get a satisfactory answer (we’ll come to that shortly). Some [...]
Feeling Depressed and Demotivated
Posted in Management, Rants, tagged Boss, Demotivated, Depressed, Deteriorate, Lousy on 13 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s Monday today, and most people would have the Monday Blues, so to speak, after a long weekend. Well, I have a confession to make: I have the blues too but it just won’t go away. In fact, I seem to be having it semi-permanently for the last few months. I’m afraid it means I’m [...]
Whither My Country?
Posted in Malaysia, Rants, tagged Arrests, Blogger, Facts, Fear, ISA, Journalist, Politician, Truth on 14 September 2008 | 2 Comments »
The recent ISA arrests of one blogger, one journalist and one politician has gotten me thinking: what is becoming of this country? I wouldn’t want to comment on the arrest of the politician and the (notorious) blogger but a journalist?
This happens to be the same journalist that reported about some idiot politician taunting the “Chinese [...]
Weak Leadership And Its Consequences
Posted in Malaysia, Management, Rants, tagged Chaos, Condone, Immigrants, Leadership, Vote, Weak on 1 September 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today is the first day of the holy month of Ramadan, which coincidentally happens to be a holiday for most people due to National Day falling on a Sunday yesterday. Unfortunately, I’m one of those poor souls who have to work today while others are enjoying their day off.
Reading the papers today would make one [...]
Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don’t
Posted in Management, Rants, tagged Appreciation, Damned, Dead End, Dead-head, Hearing, Liars on 20 August 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes it amazes me how some bosses do their thinking, or where they put on their thinking caps for that matter. When you tell the truth about a certain situation, they think you’re lying. On the other hand, when you white-lie to them about a certain situation, they still think you’re lying (which technically is [...]
The Business of Running The Business
Posted in Malaysia, Management, Rants, Raves, tagged Actions, Business, Decisions, Effective, Efficient, Government, Inaction, Owner on 13 August 2008 | 1 Comment »
The developments over the past one week has gotten me thinking about the concept of being in charge. By now, many would know that there was an unruly crowd of protesters gathered outside of the Bar Council’s building to oppose the forum that was perceived to be discussing about Islam and conversions. The merits of [...]
Managers – A Dime A Dozen?
Posted in Management, Rants, tagged Distinctive, Management, Managers, Promotions, Respect on 8 August 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It looks like the days of being distinctive is soon to be over (or would it be reinvented?). When in the past we had a credit card to show the world we have ‘arrived’, today we will need a platinum card to stand out amongst the sea of cards brandished to the public. Ditto for [...]
Wars And Battles In Office
Posted in Management, Rants, tagged Battle, Experience, Rebel, War, Wisdom on 23 July 2008 | 1 Comment »
In the course of one’s work life, office politics would be considered a norm in everyday life, especially in big corporations. Office politics sometime requires one to engage in frequent battles amongst subordinates, colleagues, peers and, on rare occasions, even bosses too. I’ve always believed that in office politics, we can lose the battle but [...]
