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What Will You Bring With You into 2016?

by FutureTHINK! / Blogs / Performance / No Comments / December 1, 2015

Many of us are already or are thinking of writing down our new year resolutions for 2016. But before you dive head-on into writing your resolutions for 2016, I would like to suggest that you take

10 Ways to Improve Employee Motivation, Engagement and Passion

by Steven Lock / Blogs / Employee Engagement / Leadership & Management / Organisation Culture / Performance / Strategy / Team Building / No Comments / October 13, 2015

Looking to improve employee motivation, engagement and fire-up the passion of your employees? Over the last decade, a lot of things have been said about employee engagement, motivation and passion, and most leader know the “Whats”

7 Shocking Truths about Candidate Resumes

by Steven Lock / Blogs / Interviewing / No Comments / October 6, 2015

Did you know that a recent survey of 4000 employers in Singapore revealed that virtually all of them (99%) say they have between 10% to 50% bad hires in their organization? What this means is that

Should You Throw Performance Ratings Out the Window?

by Monica Mok / Blogs / Employee Engagement / Leadership & Management / Performance / No Comments / September 29, 2015

The big boys have done it. Juniper, Adobe, Deloitte, Accenture and Cigna have all done it. And even General Electric (GE) – the one that popularised Performance Ratings – have all thrown Performance Ratings

Is Past Performance a Good Predictor of Future Performance?

by Monica Mok / Blogs / Employee Engagement / Interviewing / Leadership & Management / Performance / No Comments / September 15, 2015

In almost every investment brochure, you will see a disclaimer that says: “Past performance is no guarantee of future results”. However most investors (or so they call themselves) completely ignore this disclaimer. Similarly in the world

Performance Management: How to Manage an Under-performer

by Monica Mok / Blogs / Employee Engagement / Leadership & Management / Performance / Team Building / No Comments / September 8, 2015

It’s that time of the year again when performance appraisals are done, budgets are set and strategies are put in place. This is the time of the year when you identify the weakest links in your

Being Busy Isn’t the Same as Being Productive

by Steven Lock / Blogs / Employee Engagement / Leadership & Management / Performance / No Comments / September 1, 2015

Research has found that people have a natural aversion to idleness: we’ll go out of our way to stay busy, even if we have to invent things to do. But being too busy can be

Is friendship a good measure of employee engagement?

by Monica Mok / Blogs / Employee Engagement / Leadership & Management / Organisation Culture / Performance / No Comments / August 25, 2015

The measure of friendship on employee engagement has been touted by Gallup for the longest time. In their employee engagement surveys, one of the questions employees have to answer is: “Do you have a best

How to Hire Successfully in the 21st Century

by FutureTHINK! / Blogs / Interviewing / Organisation Culture / Performance / Personality / No Comments / August 18, 2015

In an HBR article titled The Big Idea: 21st-Century Talent Spotting, Claudio Fernandez-Araoz, senior advisor at global executives search firm Egon Zehnder and the author of “It’s Not the How or the What but the

Do Happy Employees Make Successful Companies?

by Monica Mok / Blogs / Employee Engagement / Organisation Culture / Team Building / No Comments / August 4, 2015

NOTE: This article first appeared on LinkedIn in June 2014. There has been so much focus on Employee Happiness recently. There is even a National Workplace Happiness Survey Information Session coming up soon right here in

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