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“Today is the resignation day” declared my boss. Not really a big deal since I already knew that one of my colleagues was going to resign and another colleague was going to loose two of his managers. Staff who are required to give one-month notice will typically resign from 1 Dec onwards for them to […]

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I always wonder what an ideal job should be for me. I have a technical job that has brought me to a few countries in the world. I have been to some cities so many times that I know the place like a local. Yet, I still wonder if the job is the right one.
My […]

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Your EQ is 133

50 or less: Thanks for answering honestly. Now get yourself a shrink, quick!
51-70: When it comes to understanding human emotions, you’d have better luck understanding Chinese.
71-90: You’ve got more emotional intelligence than the average frat boy. Barely.
91-110: You’re average. It’s easy to predict how you’ll react to things. But anyone could have […]

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My office is going through renovation to make it look and feel better. It has been the same old look and feel for the past ten years. The management has been kind this year to allocate budget to refurbish the office.
The staffs, as expected, are very excited about the office renovation. Management have asked them […]

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I received this mail from a friend. Not sure if it’s a true story but the lesson is truly remarkable. Enjoy reading and let me know if you can apply this in your corporate world. Please bear with the lengthy lecture. Who says MBA lecture is not long. The good thing is that you don’t have to take […]

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Besides video conferences that I have to attend, sometimes I do attend audio conferences with participants from different regions of the world. I prefer audio conference compared to video conference especially if it’s after office hours. For video conference, I have to go back to the office. I can do audio conference from the comfort […]

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I learned about this interesting and yet, funny thing from one of my friends on memo writing. He works for a multi-national company. Even in the modern era of information and computing technology, his company is still regulating memo writing in accordance to the size of an A4 paper. Strange but it’s true.
They are required […]

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One of my toughest work assignment working for a multi national corporation is to do traveling for projects or meeting to various countries. I used to enjoy traveling to various countries around the world until my kids come along. I adore my kids very much and stopped looking forward for international assignments.
With availability of video […]

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Most company will have their own internal policy to keep their employees’ office desk. They do it for two purposes. One, to ensure all company confidential documents are not left unsecured when the employees are not around. Two, to just to keep the office clean and tidy.
I am among the employees who do not have […]

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