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 [...]

What’s the best career move for fresh graduates?

Get yourself a good boss. Totally. If you have the option of 3 type of workplace: 1. A place that offers substantial pay compared to other company for fresh grads (it happens right?) 2. A place with good boss, people who are great themselves and really care about making their staff to be as good [...]

Why does being a good boss is so difficult?

Because being a bad one is so easy Ok first, how do you become a good boss?

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, [...]

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. [...]

Hedge your cashflow with a side business – part 1 – What do we need to start one

By Sendy – 21 October 2008 So, you have a job, that gives you a income stream, and regardless of your satisfaction with the amount of the income (most probably you’re not satisfied), it’s important to recognize a more damning fact, that it’s just one source of income. Now, this represents a risk, if you [...]