Career guides
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Are you ready for change?
Change is everywhere, in every market and unavoidable. You have to react to change, not only to survive but also to evolve. Are you ready for change? The 18th Annual Global CEO survey by Pw...
11 Oct 2016 at 04:00
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Corporate scandals: are innocent staffers adversely stigmatised?
In years gone by, major corporate scandals were few and far between. But when they did occur, they hit big, in impact and publicity. Hence the Enrons and Lehmans made headlines around the world. Th...
10 Oct 2016 at 10:49
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Assuring airport and airline safety for staffers
In last week's article, we considered the important topic of residential safety for corporate staff. This week a second, equally vital topic of assuring, as far as practically possible, the safety ...
3 Oct 2016 at 12:24
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Immigration and economic development
I happened to be at an Apple store in the US when the iPhone 7 was launched. The store was certainly one of the busiest in town that day. I was there for an iPad, which was lucky because almost imm...
3 Oct 2016 at 04:31
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Dealing with the challenges of people management
Our lives would be a lot easier if the people working with us had some or all of the following qualifications: a positive attitude, skills and knowledge that match the job, a good fit with the comp...
3 Oct 2016 at 04:31
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Terminating an employee for poor work performance
As most employers can attest, terminating employees for poor job performance is not easy. But it is legally possible, so long as specific precautionary measures are taken. If such measures are not ...
30 Sep 2016 at 04:00
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Understanding the cycles of change using 'TIPS' (Part 1)
Imagine that a time machine took you back a few hundred years to a feudal principality. Upon your arrival, you're randomly assigned to join one of three traditional social groups: farmers, clerics ...
29 Sep 2016 at 04:00
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Home-safe-home for staffers
In an increasingly high risk world, companies bringing senior expatriates into Thailand, or even providing housing for non-Bangkok origin local staffers, will need to consider carefully how best to...
26 Sep 2016 at 14:30
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Stepping up from good employee to great employee
Why is it that "good employees" don't seem to get much recognition from their companies? It's because "good is the enemy of great", says Jim Collins, the author of the famous management book Good t...
26 Sep 2016 at 04:30
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Choosing the right tools for the right successor
In my article two weeks ago I discussed three steps for developing and sustaining a successful talent programme: creating a succession plan policy, identifying talent, and establishing a developmen...
22 Sep 2016 at 04:00