Sense of Ownership

I. The situation In my team, I have great staff members and not so great ones. Let’s talk a bit about definition about “great” and “not so great” before we continue: Great: independent in completing a job; able to balance finding own solution with checking with me when faced with issues; take time to think [...]

Forgiveness and Time Management

Last Sunday i heard a very nice sermon about forgiving and forgetting. This topic can be approached from very crude (you have to forgive because you just have to) to very sophisticated (you forgive AND forget because it frees yourself) But i heard a very interesting piece of insight, a piece that resonates with me, [...]

Found a great blog on happiness at work

As a worker and supervisor, i believe in the values of making the workplace as place for personal growth. Having challenging assignments that gives people the chance to expand their knowledge, push new mind boundaries. That also means doing these challenging assignments in a positive environment, an environment where personal traits are appreciated, credit are [...]

Corporate Loyalty: what “being loyal to your company” is all about

Loyalty to your company? The concept of being a “loyal” person is prevalent in Indonesia employment context. More managers i meet are saying, explicitly or through the conclusion of their talk, that loyalty is an important trait for the work place. That if you move companies once every one year, people would doubt your loyalty. [...]

Dicari orang produktif, bukan orang rajin

Mari berandai-andai sebentar, jika anda memiliki usaha, pegawai macam apa yang anda cari? kemungkinan besar anda akan mencari yang jujur dan yang produktif, kalo sales, produktif dalam melebihi sales target, kalo customer service, produktif dalam melayani banyak pelanggan dalam sehari. Nah, hal yang sama juga dicari oleh perusahaan tempat anda bekerja, yaitu pegawai yang produktif. [...]