HR & Education
Firm spies: Asian bosses set to snoop on your facebook
Firm spies: Asian bosses set to snoop on your facebook
Perhaps you are being snooped on right now, with 60 % of companies set to have social media monitoring of employees in place by 2015 according to...
Singapore ranks second fastest in Asia on time spent reading resume
Guess what country breaks Singapore's record of 9 minutes and 32 seconds?
Power of social media in recruitment/retention
Social media is redefining the way companies recruit, influence, engage and retain their employees.
How to love your job
It’s not easy. This is especially true if you’ve reached a certain stage when everything seems to be falling out of place in your workplace.
8 types of bosses in the world
You may have seen them, sense them and get a feel of them in the course of your working life; and they may appear, in all shapes and sizes, as your...
Are you emotionally aware?
How do you think we compare to our western counterparts when looking inward and asking ourselves what has and has not worked in our lives? My...
Achieving a world class leadership
Even the most globetrotting manager cannot be everywhere at once. That’s why there is a growing importance placed on a leader’s communication skills...
Career not working? Try networking
“It’s not what you know, but who you know.”
Managing and communicating across the generations
There are currently four different generations employed in our organizations. Each generation has distinct values and characteristics that often lead...
7 steps to a winning reputation
Traditional marketing theory tells us we can gain a competitive edge by adjusting one or more of the four Ps: Product, Price, Place or Promotion. The...
7 ways to inspire people
As a business coach, trainer and consultant, I am often asked by bosses if there are really time-tested ways to manage people.
We all need to be entrepreneurs now
It says a lot about the enhanced status of the entrepreneur that one of the best-selling books of 2011 was the biography of the recently deceased...
How to make your career grow
To help successfully grow your career, it’s important to use a range of career tools and resources. Networking with colleagues, as well as...
Ten easy-to-implement rules to boost innovation from within - Part 2: To innovate, promote failure
In this series of 10 short essays, I will provide ten easy rules for you to adopt to instill innovation at the core of your company in Singapore or...
SMU and Oracle Academy team up to develop IT professionals in Finance
Students from the SMU SIS Masters of IT in Business-Financial Services and BSc-IS Management programmes will receive hands-on training using core...
Stimulated to teach: Education sector to receive $10m fund boost
The initiative aims to reach out to 1,000 education private establishments over the next three years.
The pursuit of organizational happiness
In the movie, The Pursuit of Happiness, we see this moving scene where Will Smith, together with his son, had to spend the night locked-up and...
Commentary
Singapore’s small exporters need credit that matches their payment cycle
The hidden realities of succession for next-gen heirs
In Asia, fintech leaders must compete on credibility
F1 on a gravel road: Why AI is still stuck in first gear
Why AI blocklists give Singapore firms a false sense of security
When scale arrives before proof: Singapore’s capital allocation question in Southeast Asia
Rethinking fleet ownership in a changing business landscape
Beyond the chips: The materials behind Singapore’s AI infrastructure
How homegrown brands are redefining premium in Asia
AI in hospitality: Where should Singapore’s F&B operators draw the line?