Posted in Management, Raves, tagged Commodity, Control, Manage, Time on 9 December 2008 | 1 Comment »
Has this ever happened to you?
You start your day thinking you have all the time in the world to finish your project and meet the deadline.
Then you check your e-mail…
Then the phone rings…
Then you find out it’s your turn to make the company coffee run…
Then you make the mistake of asking your co-worker (the really [...]
Posted in Management, Raves, tagged Appraisals, Feedback, Grouses, Honest, KISS, Performance, Views on 17 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The company is in the midst of doing its annual employee performance appraisals and likewise, I’m doing it for my staffs today. With a staff strength of nearly 6,000 people, the appraisals need to be done two months in advance in order to be ready by the year end for evaluation and subsequent bonus payout. [...]
Posted in Management, Raves, tagged Accountable, Delegating, Head, Offload, Responsible on 7 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »
An ex-staff of mine has found a new job which made her a Department Head for the company’s marketing function. Granted that she may just be the head of a two-person team but she’s still the head, and that’s a pretty good start. We started talking about the ’science’ of managing and one of the [...]
Posted in Management, Raves, tagged English, Language, Mastering on 24 September 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Whenever I read the papers talking about the teaching of English for science and mathematics, I always feel that they should also emphasize that English is also very important for working life, thus it should be given priority for a few other subjects too. On one hand, the argument is that there’s a lack of [...]
Posted in Management, Raves, tagged Branding, Calm, Collected, Cool, Marketing, Recognition, Reputation, Wise on 9 September 2008 | 1 Comment »
Have you ever given much thought about how much you stand out from the company? By ’stand out’, I meant being recognised as someone in the sea of employees that a company has. Do you have a reputation, a personal ‘brand’ if you may, that holds you in good stead of the bosses? Today’s work [...]
Posted in Management, Ramblings, Raves, tagged Balance, Home, Illness, Karoshi, Overwork, Stress, Workaholic, Workplace on 5 September 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s one thing to have a fun place to work at but it’s another thing if you spend too much time working to the point that you’re labelled a workaholic (and worse still if you’re proud of it!). Work is work, there’s always tomorrow to finish what you started today. The Coolbert Principle believes it’s [...]
Posted in Management, Raves, tagged Creative, Fun, Office, Workplace on 4 September 2008 | 1 Comment »
Have you ever worked in an office where it’s always dull and dreary, cold and formal to the point of it being sterile? Thank goodness I haven’t… Well, I have but I couldn’t survive there long (how anyone could survive long in such an environment is beyond me). I’ve always worked for places where the [...]
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 [...]
