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The scourge for many of my western clients is the amount and length of emails they receive. In Asia, this is much less so. Brevity is the rule. No offense taken when only essential facts are included. This way, responses come quick, the deal gets done, and death by email is eliminated. Bing. Bang. Boom.
It didn’t surprise me several years back when the latest edition of Maclean’s, a current affairs magazine from Canada, landed on my doorstep with the headliner, “The New Worry Epidemic”. It seemed the pressure to perform was hitting everyone, including our children. Unfortunately, little has changed for the good. Within the corporate realm, there is…
Have you ever worked for a real life Voldemort? If not, you’re both lucky and in the minority. A number of years back and fresh into my first job as a behavior therapist, I worked for the quintessential boss from hell. Like many of his ilk, at the start he was charming and all sunshine. …
Let me guess. You want to get in shape, lose weight and be less stressed in 2018. Perhaps you want to quit smoking or spend more time with your friends and family. A desire to shake things up and score some self improvement points is something that nearly ½ of us strive for at this…
By now you’ve been through the holiday scramble and likely your thoughts have turned to the year ahead. For many, it is a time to take stock of their lives and the year that was. With the New Year staring them straight in the eyes, many will be looking at their careers, assessing the good,…
Across the planet our jobs are continuing to push people to and past the limit. Rising levels of stress and long hours at work continue to exact a needlessly harsh toll. Despite billions lost to absenteeism, rising turnover, disability, insurance costs, workplace accidents, violence, workers compensations, lawsuits and the costs related to replacing workers for…
I’ve just recently returned from an amazing, invitation only, creative solutions event for organisational development professionals held in Hong Kong. The concept, a pilot program called Brains on the Beach, brought together top consultants and game changers from across the Asian & North American Pacific Rim to compete to solve a business challenge. It was…
Both inside and outside of work it seems we see a gamut of disrespectful and rude behaviour. At times it’s hard to believe that we live in a civil society, particularly with the shocking amount of decay within the political sphere. The workplace is but a microcosm of society. From a business and leadership perspective,…
If you are one of those that believes that the status quo, or way of managing business isn’t working, you’re in good company. Increasingly a new vision is taking hold of what it means to be successful and thrive as individuals, corporations and societies. Welcome to Plan B. Co-founded by Richard Branson and Jochen Zeitz,…
There is still a huge chasm between knowing about the importance of employee engagement and doing something about it. With two thirds of western workers disconnected from their work, massive potential remains unrealized. How leaders interact with their employees is the primary driver of engagement levels in the workplace. This in turn directly influences the…