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Upon numerous requests, time for another round of British expressions (answers will be posted by tomorrow). Have fun! 1. “Belt and braces” ? 2. “Keep your wig on!” ? 3. “Paint the forth bridge” ? 4. “Off One’s Trolley” ? 5. “Hugger-mugger”?

On more than a few occasions, I have discussed with others about their career development. One common comment is the lack of opportunities given from management at their current job. My suggestion is to take initiative and seek opportunities including learning and developing new skills yourself. We cannot expect our managers to hang down opportunities […]

A friend of mine asked me about how my book sales and coaching were going on.  I replied to her that it is a journey which has just started. She was surprised and told me that she sometimes felt like life was just getting through till the end of the day. I think our perspective […]

A guest at my friend Gary’s birthday party gave me feedback on my book. He told me that he found the section on “Reflect on your own study style” (p.14) useful and reassuring. He said he did not realize the one of the learning styles is Logical (mathematical) which is his style. I assured him […]

I should have seen it coming. I have lost my voice after passionately talking about my book at my friend Gary’s birthday party tonight. Well, without any promotional materials allowed at the party, instead of letting my work speak for itself, I actually needed to make extra effort to promote it. As the time of […]

Tomorrow night I am going to attend my executive assistant/friend Gary’s 25+ birthday party. I was told that blatant promotion of my book (or myself for that matter) will not be taken kindly. Well, it is always a bit of dilemma with me when it comes to the promotion of my book which is close […]

I am not sure if other people experience this at all. My guess this is probably common. Whenever the escalator is not working and I need to step on or off a stationary escalator, my feet behave as if the escalator is moving based on muscle memory. I actually need to force myself to “overwrite” […]

In my words, copycat is someone that follows what you do without giving you credit or asking for your permission. I have had a case up-close and personal recently. A friend of mine who initially discouraged me on my new endeavor and did not help me in my effort suddenly “followed” me and told me […]

The second half of the key points: 6) The manager’s job isn’t to motivate. 7) The talent needs to trust each other more than it needs to trust the manager 8) Improve the talent 9) 99 per cent of recruitment is about who you don’t sign 10) Accept that the talent will eventually leave 11) Gauge […]

One recent article from the FT weekend magazine caught my attention. Its title is ”Talent Management – What can we learn from football?” This lesson is pertaining to managing successful football teams in Europe. Though I don’t agree 100% with all the points raised, it has generated some inspiring thoughts. Here is the first half […]