Clayton 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 [...]
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Tags: 7 Habits, Charity, effectiveness, efficiency, end-in-mind, gaza, goal setting, Habit 2, Rachel Corrie
Clayton 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 [...]
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Clayton J.C Tan | February 17, 2010
When an employee gets on-board, and you’re planning an orientation, what would you generally prepare to brief the new employee?
I’ve been through many training programs all these years … technical training, process training, standard operating procedures, rules and guidelines, handbook, standard scripts! These are often the “tools” provided to new employees to get them up [...]
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Tags: bureaucracy, creativity, effectiveness, efficiency, how, Innovation, learning, service, what, why
Clayton J.C Tan | March 2, 2009
Hardworking employees are often regarded as those who works late night, work during vacations and never take sick leave (even to the extend of being in office when they’re obviously half-dead).
The above is a common perception of the management, at least in Malaysia (the environment I’m in). The increasing number of sick leave is often [...]
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Tags: effectiveness, efficiency, hardwork, sick leave, vacations, work smart, worklife-balance