Hiring within or outside

If you are manager, you’ll know the difficulty of making the decision whether to hire within or externally. Even you are not involved in decision-making such as this, understanding where your boss comes from, will help yourself to improve the chances of promotion the next time round.

Setting Expectations

There are too many people out there struggling to stay afloat when expectations are not set correctly in the first place. This doesn’t only happen in the workplace but in our daily lives as well.

Actions don’t exactly speak louder than Words

There is an old saying “Actions speak louder than words” and I beg to differ. Of course, if you only brag loudly to everyone and not practice what you preach, your actions will definitely speak volumes.

Working with Asians

The key thing to have a successful relationship with them is not only to respect their differences but to understand their culture before you acknowledge the differences.

Remembering who you are 

In my first article, I talked about qualities being a Manager and as I was penning down the article, inspiration came to me that I must find time to write about this as well. In more than 10 years of managing people, I have seen some folks who used to be extremely good star player reducing…

Bullying at Work

Bullying does occur in workplace. If you haven’t felt it, you probably are either working in a fantastic workplace or a two man company or you are happily ignorant.