I’m sure we all remember a time when a grade-school bully made the life of one poor kid a regular nightmare. Usually a boy, often with his gang of thugs, targeted a smaller, more awkward child, whose frail and helpless demeanour made him easy prey for the bully to intimidate, humiliate, degrade and generally torment, any…
Category Archives: Well-Being & Advancement
Who Are You? How Well Do You Play with Others?
This doesn’t mean you’re Jason Bourne, trying to figure out who you are. But do you know a succinct way to describe your personality type? And would you like to know some interesting/easy ways in which you can use personality type information?
How Crucial are Academic Degrees for a Successful Career?
To most professionals and parents, especially in Asian cultures, this is a rhetorical question, with a very simple and obvious answer: VERY IMPORTANT. However, there are always two sides to every coin.
Singapore Employees Least Happy & Loyal in The World
Recently Lumesse, a talent management company, conducted a survey of 4,000 employees in 14 countries worldwide. The intent was to gauge employee attitudes to their jobs, workplaces and employers. People working in Singapore scored amongst the lowest in several areas:
Confidence When You Need It
Sitting in an interview or standing up to make a presentation is much easier when you are feeling confident. Confidence gives you a presence and an inner strength. Appearing confident makes you more attractive to your listeners – they listen to what you say. Being confident makes you appear in control of a situation. So…
How Weiner-Gate Affects your Career. Seriously.
You may have heard of the latest political sex scandal in the US involving a funny, tough-talking, ambitious rising star in the US Congress. It’s a sex scandal without sex. He broke no laws and had no sex, and yet he’s likely to lose his job and career over it. The same thing could happen…
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