A Word of Advice: Dealing with the Missing Piece

Hi Kally, Recently I found your website through Google Search and I thought maybe I can seek some opinions from a different point of view. I am quite new at managing people so when I started out to have my own team naturally I start freaking out. But my boss and my team mates are…

Role Models

We all have role models we looked up to in life. Whether it’s your high school teacher, your parents, your grandparents, a prominent figure like Mother Theresa or Gandhi or even a Hollywood star. It’s how he or she inspires you to do better in your lives or how you admire her causes, her morality…

Body Language

Building on the article yesterday, I felt I will need to touch on a age-old topic – body language. Although we have studied what body language you used will affect the impression you project to others, consciously you are unable to control your movements unless you watch every movement, every smile, wherever you place your…

A Word of Advice: My manager won’t let me take leave

Hello Kally, Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Jake A*. I am a tester at an electronic manufacturing company. There are many testers in my team but I am the only one who is the longest at my job. Three years ago, we had a new manager appointed to take over from…

Make your intentions known

Let us start this week with a story. Steve met Tanya at a bar. Tanya was with her girlfriends on a girls night out. Steve was with his colleagues after work. The two groups decided to hang out the rest of the night. During their conversation, they discovered that they both like the same author….

A Word of Advice: Too much choices

Hi Kally, I’m Shannon here and I don’t know if I have a problem. I’m quite perplexed as I have not been put into this situation before. I have been an HR assistant in my current company for five years now, the pay has been pretty good and my boss is great however, for the…

Let it out

Inspired by a fellow writer Jonathan Noble on a comment left on one of my articles, I decide to branch out on the topic of sharing information with your team. Most managers he and myself know, don’t readily share information outright, especially directive from the management. This is dangerous as your team members could be…