The past year was challenging to most of us, more so to those that got infected with the Coronavirus. Some were lucky enough to recover from Covid-19 and they mostly had harrowing stories to tell about their experience with the disease. For most who got infected, the moments of isolation led them to reevaluate their…
Monthly Archives: November 2021
Adaptation, creativity, and innovation are the only way to transformation For any business that has undergone a successful transformation, innovation has been the ingredient behind the transformation. As times change, businesses only have two main options: innovate or die. It is through adapting, creating, and innovating that businesses can stay afloat during tough times and as…
Family businesses start with the owner’s dream to achieve certain goals and aspirations. Our economy thrives largely due to family businesses. However, with time, founders may be reluctant to change and grow and tend to stay within the limits of the business where they are comfortable. This can create some bit of owner’s syndrome and…
With a qualified, experienced, and available training pool, it would seem as if one can get the right candidate for a job quite simply. However, hiring the right candidate is not as easy as it may seem. A candidate can shine during the interview, only turn out to be the wrong fit for the job. …
Today, the most sustainable businesses have a common denominator: they have a healthy corporate culture. The modern employee expects more than just a paycheck from their employer. They expect their employer to meet their personal expectations and beliefs. They also expect the employer to create a great place for them to work in. A healthy working…
Terminating an employee is one of the hardest tasks of being a manager. Often, termination is a last resort after all the measures have been taken and failed. Once in a while, you will find that you have to terminate an employee by looking at the best interest of the organization. If the employees are…
People don’t like change. Humans are made to resist anything that threatens their comfort level. As a result, they interpret change as a threat and their immediate result to change is fear, fight, or flight. Resistance to change is therefore generally caused by our inability to willingly get out of our comfort zone and the…
The workplace is full of people from different cultures, backgrounds, ethnicities, mindsets, talents, and abilities you name it. our differences are beautiful and they color our world. If we were all the same, the world would not have its beauty. However, despite our efforts to be to interact and create productive relationships, sometimes we come…
When selecting, interviewing, and hiring employees to work in our organization, we look at other factors and their potentials. We select individuals not only based on their education and experience but also the individual attributes that make them unique. Such attributes are such as their proactivity, soft skills, and their potential to achieve greater things…
How is your feeling being under COVID-19 for a year and a half? How is your feeling about staying in Hong Kong without traveling? How do you feel about the experience of working from home? Does your boss assign more assignments and workload to you when you work from home? Are you feeling more stressed…