It might be funny to come out with such a topic but don’t be surprised if I tell you that most people who organize a meeting do not have any form of meeting agenda. But that does not mean they do not have anything to discuss. They do! But without any agenda, how can they [...]
Categories: Management
Tagged: corporate, discussion, job, management, meeting, Office Life, time
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- December 31, 2008 – 8:54 am
- Author:
- By Alvin Lim
People tend to either leave things which are not right as they are (as long as they are not broken), or fix things which are not broken. There is no right or wrong in this case because it all depends on the timing. If you’re running short of time such as chasing a deadline or [...]
Categories: Business,Management
Tagged: Business, corporate, job, management, office
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- December 18, 2008 – 8:33 am
- Author:
- 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
- Author:
- 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
One of my relatives told me about her office politics last week. In her office, there was a 50+ years old uncle who is not even a director or any of the big C executives. He’s just a senior employee who has been with the company for 20 years, and a very good “shoe polisher” [...]
Categories: Leadership,Management
Tagged: corporate, leadership, management, office, working
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- November 23, 2008 – 10:55 am
- Author:
- By Alvin Lim