Career guides
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Leading a management team's meeting effectively
Recently one of my coaching clients asked me to observe him as he led his company's biweekly management committee meeting with the eight department heads who report directly to him. While h...
25 Jul 2016 at 04:30
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Technology 'imperils 12 million jobs'
About 12 million Thais may lose their jobs to robots and "dehumanised smart systems" over the next 20 years, wiping out one-third of the 37 million positions in the workforce. Administrativ...
13 Jul 2016 at 04:00
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Lump-sum payments to departing employees
When employment comes to an end, whether due to retirement, redundancy or voluntary resignation, the employer may need to make a lump-sum payment to the employee. As the lump sum could be all that ...
12 Jul 2016 at 04:00
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Human Resources Watch: what can Thailand learn from "Brexit"?
The UK referendum on remaining in or departing from the European Union (EU) was decided with a mere 51.9 per cent majority for departure. An extended period of post mortem debate, recriminations an...
4 Jul 2016 at 15:45
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How knowledge workers can develop themselves when times are hard
During times of crisis, most organisations strictly control their training and development budgets. Nevertheless, smart knowledge workers always figure out how to develop themselves.
4 Jul 2016 at 04:30
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Human Development: how advanced is Thailand?
Economic development is one thing, human social development is another. The new popular concept of "gross national happiness", is perhaps too vague and subjective to be meaningful for international...
27 Jun 2016 at 16:07
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Helping a CEO to listen better
'Coach Kriengsak, in our last session I told you that I'd like to practise listening skills with my subordinates," David tells me. "Previously, whenever I had a one-on-one conversation with any of ...
27 Jun 2016 at 04:30
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UK "Brexit" with EU: what human resource lessons can Thailand learn?
On 23 June 2016, British voters will take the momentous decision, whether to remain or leave the European Union. The most important issues creating the potential break-up are three-fold: firstly em...
20 Jun 2016 at 11:23
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The creative knowledge workers of Thailand 4.0
'Coach Kriengsak, you should write a column about knowledge workers in Thailand 4.0," Piya, a longtime reader of the column, remarks during a coffee break at a recent seminar we attended. "...
20 Jun 2016 at 04:30
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Can Thailand’s vocational education meet employment needs?
Employers, human resource specialists, bilateral and multilateral government agencies complain that Thailand’s vocational education fails to provide the training and skill sets to enable young work...
13 Jun 2016 at 11:39