Author: admin | Filed under: Communication | Tags: Communication, Technqiues, vocabulary | No Comments »
Communication lies between the key link between people and getting work down. It is essential that we become proficient in communicating. However, not all of us are born with the talent in communication. We struggle to understand and even convey our message to the other party. The lack of communication skills becomes a breakdown between two parties and sometimes being misinterpreted resulting in misunderstanding or misaligned goals. By focusing on levelling up our communication skills, we can better understand, better convey the message between two parties. Here today, we give you a different view point on how to beef up your communication skills that touches on the technical aspect instead of the conventional “empathetic listening”. Read the rest of this entry »
Author: admin | Filed under: Career Advice | Tags: blogging, Career Advice, Job Search & Application, social network | No Comments »
Whatever median you used for blogging and participating in social network sites, it is prevalent that you have these “best practices” at your keep. Do not get yourself into trouble when you are making too much unnecessary comments online. You do not want your future career to be jeopardized as well due to some comments you made about your employer. Be smart in what you say online, they may have some form of implication in future. Here we have a few tips for you to stay on course in making a positive presence in the internet. Read the rest of this entry »
Author: admin | Filed under: Career Advice | Tags: blogging, Career Advice, CV, Job Search & Application, social network | No Comments »
We connect with our friends through social network and it can never be that easy with these online social network sites now! Social networks like Facebook, Friendster, LinkedIn and Plaxo just to name a few, are some of the sites that you have accounts in. Definitely, you must have AT LEAST one account in the mentioned site. Furthermore, you have your personal blogs that you can write about your thoughts, your day, the new cute colleague that you spoke to at the pantry. All these social networks and blogs allows you to write whatever you like, post whatever comments, pictures and videos you want. They allow you to check out what your friends and colleagues (that includes your bosses) are doing too. Read the rest of this entry »
Author: admin | Filed under: Career Advice | Tags: bonus, Employee Satisfaction, employment | 3 Comments »
If you are hit into situations that your company is not making money, and if you are staying on with the company, there is pretty nothing much you can do. Everyone should be in the same shoes when the marker conditions are bad. However, if you are not getting what you should be getting or believed to be getting even when times are good, it may be time to do something about it. But if you choose to stay with the company and targeting for a good next year bonus, it maybe time you do things to keep you in the recommendation list, which result in a higher chance for a better bonus! Read the rest of this entry »
Author: admin | Filed under: Employee Satisfaction | Tags: bonus, Employee Satisfaction, employment, Workplace Survival | No Comments »
There are factors that can affect your performance bonus. Some things are out of our control. That is the current economy outlook, the business outlook, the company performance and any profit (or lost) in the year. Of course, anyone of us would not settle for a small bonus after working like hell for the year. But at least, you know the reasons behind it and may feel better after knowing it. Find out the reasons why your bonus is small this year. Read the rest of this entry »
Author: admin | Filed under: Career Advice | Tags: bonus, Employee Satisfaction, employment, fairness, Workplace Survival | No Comments »
It is easy to measure performance and rewards in an organisation that is profit-driven. The more money the company make, the more bonuses the employees get (especially the banks!). The more sales the sales person clocks for the year, the more bonus he gets as commission. Without profit-driven, it can be rather difficult to measure the performance of an individual. That is a common problem in non-profit driven organisations, such as the government sector or those that supports the sales function (e.g. administration, operations, etc). Read the rest of this entry »
Author: admin | Filed under: Stress Management | Tags: Burnout, health, Personal Productivity, Technqiues | No Comments »
We do not want to spend our time wasted recovering from minor illness. Nor do we want to spending additional time struggling with minor cold and flu. Therefore, it is essential for us to watch out for changes to our body conditions. It is always wise to listen to our body, know our limits and get ample amount of rest when we start to feel our body “falling apart”. Besides taking ourselves at work, we need to maintain a healthy body outside of work as well. Our productive depends on our health! Find out more with our additional tips to keep you healthy in and out of work! Read the rest of this entry »
Author: admin | Filed under: Personal Productivity | Tags: health, Personal Productivity, Workplace Survival | No Comments »
What you do not want to do is to be on medical leave for your most important meeting in the office for the week. Often, we neglect the very basic need of our individual needs that is our personal health. A healthy body allows us to think and work properly in the office. It is required for personal productivity. You won’t be able to do anything if you fall sick easily and therefore, it is essential that we take good care of our body to keep ourselves afloat of our busy lifestyle and schedules. Read the rest of this entry »
Author: admin | Filed under: Leadership | Tags: Employers, female, gender, male | 1 Comment »
Generally, most of us do not like to work under female bosses. Why? We find that they are over-sensitive to details that in actual fact the details do not contribute real value. Male bosses on the other hand that do not focus on details, they just want to outcome of the task, oversee the emotional aspects of the employees where employees feel the drift away from their bosses. What are the other differences that male and female bosses have? Read the rest of this entry »
Author: admin | Filed under: Personal Productivity | Tags: Personal Productivity, Technqiues | No Comments »
Travelling between offices of different regions have become a norm in the current business context. Be it we fly to visit our sister office or to meet client, we are spending a fair amount of time travelling. The problem with travelling is that much of the time is wasted where you cannot really do anything. That decreases our productivity and sales! Therefore, we need to take every opportunity we have in the journey and maximize our time to get things done. Here are a few things we find useful to occupy the time in during travelling. Read the rest of this entry »
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