Clayton J.C Tan | July 28, 2010
I’ve seen so many organizations with succession planning in place (some of which even have a dedicated person to manage succession planning). While CEO succession is something that have been talked about for some time, cascadding succession planning initiatives to other levels are somewhat new to many organizations. Though it works theoretically, many are still [...]
Share on FacebookClayton J.C Tan | July 6, 2010
As a HR practitioner, I do get questions about:
What do you think about using Social Network to Recruit?
Is it a norm for HR to check on employees behaviour via Social Network?
Is it ethical for HR to be spying on employees (or potential employees) using Social Network?
Before I give my answers to these questions, let me [...]
Share on FacebookClayton J.C Tan | June 9, 2010
While world cup is around the corner, much have been talked about the final 23 selected by each country, the havoc created by injuries and team coach’s changes of plans and strategy leading towards the world cup. I was looking at the news and the players selected for World Cup this year as compared to [...]
Share on FacebookClayton J.C Tan | June 9, 2010
Very often, when we’re too focused on “winning the battle” we lose sight of our original mission and end in mind. I’ve been reading articles after articles and reports after reports about the Gaza-Bound Aid Ship, and one thing has been troubling me - Has the “activist” lost sight of the original goal?
First Mavi Marmara was [...]
Clayton J.C Tan | April 12, 2010
Have you ever asked yourself that question? What’s your brand identity? How do people recognize you? How does people in the industry relate to you? What do they talk about you? This is exactly the point I’m getting at - What’s the brand that represents YOU?
While many may not realize, from the day we begin [...]
Clayton J.C Tan | April 5, 2010
I’ve had quite some SMS exchanges with a friend last week on the topic “What’s the use of a consultant?”. I once heard someone saying “Consultants are people who borrows your watch, then tell you the time”. Especially in an Asian environment, the consulting industry have not gain as much acceptance as they are in [...]
Share on FacebookClayton J.C Tan | March 18, 2010
I’ve finally completed facilitating my first 3-day session of the “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” program for my organization. I thought it was about time I write something about this program (one of which I think is among the most essential program for anyone - fundamental yet paradigm changing and inspiring).
7 Habits of Highly [...]
Clayton J.C Tan | January 30, 2010
People who has known me long enough would have known by now that I’ve been a fan of boardgames. I always felt that boardgames has more values than just entertainment alone. Recently I’ve bought a new game - Acquire!
Among the many games I’ve played (Ie: monopoly, risk, game of life, blokus, monopoly cards, citadel, ratrace, [...]
