I was part of my company’s Social Committee – the team which organizes all those events for the company. The team is supposed to consist of 9 to 11 people but most of them are either busy or not cooperative. In the end, there were only about 4 people who handled the Xmas party (for [...]
Categories: Leadership,Management,Office Life
Tagged: company, culture, Employee, job, management, office, people
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- December 19, 2008 – 8:28 am
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- By Alvin Lim
Damien talked about “When low IQ manages high IQ” the other day and I have this urge of writing something similar. The standard of IQ does not denote the status or ‘luck’ of a person in our society. That’s why there are times when someone who is luckier but has lower IQ, is the person [...]
Categories: Leadership,Life,Motivational
Tagged: family, friends, job, leadership, Life, motivational, office
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- December 17, 2008 – 8:51 am
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- By Alvin Lim
Our country’s education system IS based on spoon-feeding system, even in universities. Maybe that explains why there are employees who have become too pampered by this system and thus making them not-so-good in taking initiatives? Bear in mind that this does not apply to everyone, but maybe a large small portion of the population. Yesterday, [...]
Categories: Career,Leadership,Life,Motivational,Office Life
Tagged: Career, corporate, job, leadership, Life, management, motivational, office
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- December 12, 2008 – 8:16 am
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- By Alvin Lim
It seems like most people have no problem talking more, especially with the people they know. The problem they have is not to talk more, but to listen more. Most people find it hard to stop talking and listen to others. True, there are those those don’t talk much, but the amount of people who [...]
Categories: Leadership,Motivational
Tagged: Career, communication, conversation, job, leadership, Life, listening, motivational, patience
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- December 1, 2008 – 9:13 am
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- By Alvin Lim
Leaders with celebrity status used to be worshiped like Gods in the past because people believed that these exceptionally talented individuals would bring the changes required for their businesses – changes which would turn their failing companies around. But most of the time, these leaders failed to deliver. The great things which were expected from [...]
Categories: Leadership
Tagged: Business, celebrity, corporate, leadership, opinion, superstar, working
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- November 24, 2008 – 9:36 am
- Author:
- By Alvin Lim