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I am sure all of us believe in having a work life balance.
Why not share it, learn from it and move on....afterall it is having fun and passion in doing, knowing and learning along the way that makes life's experiences worthwhile.
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Reflection towards a new year

As we approach towards the end of 2010, many of us realise we have not grown or achieve much throughout the year. I hear many, including myself say he same thing...."so fast ar.....this year like faster, won;t be long Chinese New Year".
While many of us are really slowing down or even gave up doing anything during this time...it is best to REFLECT what we have achieved, failed, mean to do but have not or appreciate how fortunate we are to have 'some' great people that we can still call friends still around us...today or what we have against what we see people lose daily.

To me year end is not about celebrations, it is about knowing where we are and learning from our achievements and mistakes and being sure of how we want to start and end 2011.
How many of us really do that....it is time to reflect...a time to appreciate the things that we have...the people around us....the life we still have for 2011.
Cheers and have a great 2011.

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Managers must work smart

Managers often get caught neglecting the basic fundamentals of starting any project or task to ensure success.

The "body of work" in a turnaround can be divided into three pieces:
  • What work are we going to do?
    • This is the first job of the Manager – to make sure the Team is working on the right stuff.
  • How are we going to do the work?
    • Once the "What" has been decided, now the best way of getting the work done must be decided. The manager should share this decision with their employees.
  • Doing the work. Most of the work should be done by the employees.
    • All too often, managers get trapped doing the work and no one is doing the critical job of "What".

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