Quarterlife Crisis - Why does it happen?

Clayton J.C Tan | July 28, 2010

While the Generation-X talks much about mid-life crisis, Generation-Y seems to face a similiar phenomenon in the form of quarterlife crisis.  Gen-Y seems to want everything faster and therefore crisis happens sooner too, isn’t that true?  So what’s the difference between the two?
Here are the definition from Wikipedia:

Midlife crisis is a term coined in 1965 [...]

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Top 5 Roadblocks to Succession Planning

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 [...]

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Talent Corp - Curb Brain Drain or Encourage Revolving Door?

Clayton J.C Tan | July 13, 2010

The Star carried the news “Talent Corp to woo back 70,000 Malaysians” emphasizing that this is one of the key focus of the 10th Malaysian Plan.  While I see this as a very positive move by the government.  I would also like to raise my concerns and hope that the government will execute this with [...]

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Using Social Network as an Employee Reference Tool

Clayton 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 [...]

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World Cup Review: How does rules, enforcement and expectations changes the culture / gameplay?

Clayton J.C Tan | July 6, 2010

A player knocks the ball … the ball rolls out … every player nearby including the one who knocks it out raises their hand to claim the right for the throw in.  A player mistimed a tackle … knocked a player and felled him … then turns back and raised him hands in disagreement with [...]

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To Test or Not To Test? (Malaysian Examination)

Clayton J.C Tan | July 6, 2010

Malaysia has long been known to have among the most tuition centers (I guess in the world) and tuition has been a lucrative business (although teachers don’t seem to be a very respected profession here).  These tuition center prospers for the fact that there are at least 3 key examinations that every student in Malaysia [...]

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