Can a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) Actually Save an Employee’s Career?
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Can a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) Actually Save an Employee’s Career?

Turning It Around: How a Well-Implemented PIP Can Save Careers Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs) often carry a negative stigma, but what if they could actually be aturning point for your employees? In the Malaysian workplace, where saving face is important, how can youuse PIPs to genuinely help employees improve rather than just as a formal…

Improving Communication Within Your Team
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Improving Communication Within Your Team

The Communication Conundrum Imagine this scenario: You’re in a team meeting, and everyone seems to be on a different page. Ideas are getting lost in translation, and frustration is building. As a manager, effective communication is essential, yet it can be one of the biggest challenges in the workplace. Communication barriers can stem from various…

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬, 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐊𝐏𝐈𝐬?
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𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬, 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐊𝐏𝐈𝐬?

𝑼𝒏𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑻𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝑷𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍: 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝑪𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝑲𝑷𝑰𝒔 𝑨𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒏’𝒕 𝑫𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒔You’ve laid out clear Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for your team, but the results justaren’t meeting expectations. It’s a common frustration among managers—especially in thefast-paced Malaysian corporate world where performance is everything. What could begoing wrong? 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝑲𝑷𝑰𝒔 𝑴𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝑩𝒆 𝑬𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉:Setting KPIs is a great…

The War for Talents Continues
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The War for Talents Continues

The “War For Talent” study was officially launched in 1998 when McKinsey & Company, America’s largest and most prestigious management-consulting firm, published their now-famous report proclaiming that “better talent is worth fighting for” (Chambers et al., 1998: 45).  Almost 6,000 managers and executives from 77 companies from variety of industries participated in the study. In late 1990s,…

How I Learned That Employees Need A Leader, Not A Friend
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How I Learned That Employees Need A Leader, Not A Friend

Accept that leadership is lonely People still subscribe to the pyramid model of leadership, where the king sits at the top and is supported by legions of team members who strive to please. Instead, true leadership is like an inverted pyramid, with the entire organization relying on a single leader to support their efforts. There…