As economic growth is expected to moderate in 2020, Singaporeans are turning to businesses to fill that gap. According to Randstad’s Work monitor 2019 Q4 results, 60 percent of Singapore-based respondents expect the economic situation to deteriorate in 2020. The same number of respondents also expects their employers to perform better financially in 2020, than […]
Archives for February 2020
Survey Outlines China Business Recovery
The world’s largest economy has been staggered by the outbreak of a tiny virus but, step by step, China is mobilizing its workforce to return to work and business in face of the pervasive spread of COVID-19. Cornerstone International Group, with six offices in mainland China and Taiwan, conducted a short online survey this week […]
4 Reasons Employees Work Overtime & How HR Can Help
While overtime work can help fulfill market demand, it often is the cause of burnout, stress, and other mental illness. Melanie Curtin survey showed that overtime can be a resource of bad productivity in workplace. The survey stated, People are only productive for 3 hours a day, as the hours drag on, it becomes less likely […]
Managing HR in China during the Corona virus Outbreak
This article seeks to provide clarity on the delay of work resumption and annual leave entitlement in China as the government works to contain the spread of the corona virus outbreak by restricting immediate public movement. The Chinese State Council has announced the extension of the 2020 Chinese New Year holiday to February 2, 2020. Each city […]
Performance Transformation in the Future of Work
2% of companies feel their performance transformation approach delivers exceptional value. 4x Beyond just timely feedback, employees expect a assisted, experience. Thriving employees are 4x more likely to work for a company that understands their unique skills and interests! Despite much discussion and some incremental tweaks, performance management still punches well below its weight. In […]
Leading Through Change
Is leadership changing? The answer is yes, but in application, not in essence. The essence of leadership can be summed up in three components: VISION (the leader sees what others haven’t yet seen) DECISION MAKING (particularly in selecting people) INSPIRING (helps others to realize their full potential) These core aptitudes to successfully exercise the leadership […]
When Good Leaders Hand Off
Business leaders face the daily choice of how to use the most limited resource available to them: time. Their challenge is to continually lead more effectively and efficiently at higher levels of organizational complexity. Almost every leader I have met admits that week after week they do some things that someone else on their team […]