HR & Education

Ready for your potential salary increase in 2012?

Well you'd better be as you’re bound to get more wage hike than your Hong Kong counterparts - isn’t that great?

Ready for your potential salary increase in 2012?

Well you'd better be as you’re bound to get more wage hike than your Hong Kong counterparts - isn’t that great?

Perils of a Young Manager (And what you can do about it)

During one of my career counselling sessions to a group of MBA students, almost every one of them would like to become a manager straight after their...

Are your employees projecting the right brand image?

Branding is vital for the success of every business, no matter how big or small. A strong corporate image is the foundation for your company's...

Turn that weakness into a strength

According to one of the world’s leading military strategist – Karl von Clausewitz – in war, the big army will beat the small army. This is known as...

What every CEO needs to know during the first 90 days

Two out of every five new CEOs fail in the first 18 months (HBR, January 2005).

Ways to achieve incredible organizational success

The New Realities An unprecedented number of workers from four generations – Traditionalist, Baby Boomers, Gen Xers and Gen Yers – are working...

How to manage change projects the right way

With technology continually evolving and the marketplace constantly changing, it goes without saying that improvement projects are a necessity in...

How to get the most out of an underutilised talent pool

The world is rapidly becoming a smaller place, and in line with this, workplaces should be growing increasingly more diverse. A diverse workforce...

Allied World funds school in Cambodia

The school will serve as a co-ed primary school for 600 students.

You’re fired!: Services laid off more than a thousand workers in the third quarter

Manufacturing displaced 700 while 100 lost their jobs in the construction sector.

You won’t believe how many women there are in Singapore board rooms

Female representations may be low across all sectors but if you think women have no say in executive positions, think again.

Taiwan’s unemployment rate to improve slightly to 4.32% in September

Thanks to growing overseas arrivals and robust consumer confidence.

6 signs your top talent is about to quit

It is the moment every manager fears; the one when your top performer knocks on your office door and asks if you can talk privately and then hands...

Young employees worldwide most likely to consider leaving their job

Companies have got to start thinking of ways to retain their talent.

How hard can it be to get a job in Singapore?

It will be very difficult as 58% of Singapore executives won't be hiring this quarter.

Singapore may struggle to achieve 3% annual growth productivity

That is if Singapore wants to increase real incomes for Singaporeans broadly, including those with low incomes.

Korea’s unemployment rate a mere 3.2% in September

Guess which industries registered fastest employment growth among all industries at 6.1%?