October 2007
9 posts
“Leaders don’t create followers, they create more leaders”
– Tom Peters
Talent Attracts Talent
Attract, Retain and Develop Talent attraction and retention has long been a very dynamic challenge of every organization. Organizations either passively bombard all possible channels with their attraction adverts and hope somebody with talent will bite while others aggressively find talents in every possible nook and crany. Lets move sideways for a moment and tackle each process from a different...
“The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat...”
– Tom Peters
Wandering Around
Management by Wandering Around I have been wandering around the office ever since I started working. I engage in often times quick and sometimes long conversations with my other colleagues and occassionaly managers. Conversations range from the quick and petty to the long and deep topics. I have had no apparent reason to be doing such a seemingly time wasting activity. However, I recently stumbled...
“Nothing remains great without a capacity to change and to accommodate the...”
– John Ashcroft
Capacity Matters
Competency or Capacity For as long as I could remember, my main goal was to develop my competency. Learning as much as I can on how to become a master of the specific field I was in. Moving from one role to another, I had to increase my competency of each role. From reading books, magazines, articles, and such to attending seminars and trainings, I felt compeled, even to the point of not fully...
The Starfish Story
By : Loren Eiseley (1907 - 1977) Once upon a time, there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work. One day, as he was walking along the shore, he looked down the beach and saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself at the thought of someone who would dance to...
“Many believe that good business people keep their hearts out of their work. The...”
– Steve Farber
The World is Flat
And It Starts I started working while I was still studying college. To be honest, college bored me to death. At that stage, I thought I knew more than what the school was teaching. I had the opportunity to learn Multimedia from a rigorous six months training conducted by Japanese trained instructors sponsored by the government. School … College … What a waste of time. I said to myself. If I was...