Perhaps, there is one thing of foremost responsibility that may not have been specifically stated in your appointment/employment letter or was specifically mentioned to you earlier is:
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Hi, A very "Happy Morning" to each and everyone of you.
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"How does one achieve success in a battle?
I believe that it is essential to understand that battles
are won primarily in the hearts of men. Men
respond to leadership in a most remarkable way.
Once you have won their hearts,
they will follow you anywhere."
Just praying and wishing that our leaders of tomorrow can put the peoples interest above their personal ambitions and self-interests.
Have A Great Day!!!
"To the winner, there is 100 percent elation,
100 percent fun, 100 percent laughter; and
yet the only thing left to the loser is
resolution and determination."
We are currently treading into a very uncertain political future.
Politically we are no longer stable at this point in time. Too many factors has come into play and is becoming .......... I really dread what the future will be for all of us?
Will the above serve as a food for thought for all who visits this blog ...........
Have a Happy Day!
"Being part of a football team is no different than
being part of any other organisation - an army, or
a political party. The objective is to win, to beat the
other guys. You think that is hard or cruel? I don't
think it is. I do think it is a reality of life that men
are competitive, and the more competitive the
business, the more competitive the men. They
know the rules, and they know the objective, and
they get in the game. And the objective is to win -
fairly, squarely, decently, by the rules, but to win."
Games are fun only because there are referees and there are rules to follow.
Just imagine, football without rules would be an athletic riot.
Our Stock Exchange without rules would be an entrepreneurial riot.
The unfortunate thing is this is not so in politics. I have no objection whatsoever that our leaders can try to win the hearts of the people if they can play by the rules.
There is a great concern among the house buyers today.
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Here's a brief recap of some of the happenings this week.
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Leaders are not born - they are made.
You can have that position of responsibility and leadership as well.
All of us will have a great future if our leaders have the courage and the character to make bold decisions and to be uncommon leaders.
In this world, no leader wins alone. He or she will have to rely on the talents of others to control all the factors that go into a successful team play.
Another characteristic of an effective leader, is that they have a very 'high consideration factor'. In other words, even though he can be tough - a disciplinarian or a stern taskmaster - he is someone who does what he does because he cares. They are not concerned whether being known as Mr. Nice Guy or not.
They always want to make things happen.
Finally, like any effective manager or leader, I believe that each and everyone of us have the capacity to become larger and greater than what we are.
My parting question, "are you able to rise to the occassion?"
Note: This concludes my posts on uncommon leadership skills at this point in time. I may be posting more on this subject in the not too distant future.
On Wednesday, the 16th instant, it was the "Buy Nothing Day" organised by the Federation of Malaysians Cosumers Association or populary refered as FOMCA to encourage Malaysians to be prudent in their daily spending.
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An article in "theSun" our nation's free English newspaper, "Saudi Monarch In Spain For Inter-Faith Conference" on Thursday, the 17th instant caught my attention.
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An international survey revealed that many people in our workforce do not believe that their education properly prepared them for working life. And, quite a few even have regrets about the direction that their job has taken them.
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"If you treat a man as he is, he will remain as he is;
but if you treat him as he were what he ought to be,
he will become what he ought to be and could be"
- Goethe.
What a manager expects of his subordinates and how he treats them will largely determine their performance and career progress. When employees are expected to do little, they tend to do little. But, when they are expected to do much, they tend to fullfill that prophecy.
One characteristic of effective managers is they have the ability to communicate high performance expectations to subordinates that, more often than not, are fullfilled.
Besides, effective managers always establish clear standards (objective and not vague, subjective judgements) of performance and set standards of excellence.
Any manager who is attempting to maximise the contributions of those who work with him has two options open.
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Another characteristic common among effective men and women in management is their focus on service and contribution. They understand that they are where they are to make something happen. Thus, they focus heavily on the 'KRAs' - the Key Results Areas.
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One practice common among effective managers is sound time management.
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Baby Lai Yok Shan, whom I posted on "What God Gave The Doctors Took Away' on the 4th of June 2008, is now one year young. She was born on July, 23 but she celebrated her birthday yesterday based on the Chinese Lunar calender.
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Early this week it was reported that the private investigator (and his immediate family) who had stunned the nation earlier with two Statutory Declarations had gone missing.
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"The Man In The Mirror."
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A management position is not a job that is undertaken easily. There are 3 common causes of failures in Management.
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"The future never just happened. It was created."
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Uncommon leaders are really at heart, common men and women who gave more to their jobs than their jobs can ever give to them.
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What do you think are some of the important factors of leadership?
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A woman once begged a tribal doctor for a potion that would 'make her husband love her again'. She explained that before he husband fought in the war, he was warm, loving and could laugh easily. But since his return he was angry, distant and humourless. The more she did to draw him back, the worse it became. The tribal doctor was her last hope. When she finished her story, the tribal doctor said, 'I think I can help you. I will make you a love potion - but you must go and find one of the ingredients yourself.'
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First and foremost, I wish to record my appreciation for my cyber friends Jim, Riffran, Aza spades, Barry G, Ed and Dugg for visiting my Blog.
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On the personal side, we are beginning to see more lights (no longer very faint lights) at the end of the tunnel. With the grace of God this problem that we are facing or the awkward predicament that we are being forced into is about to be resolved if the other party comes to their sense.
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It Cannot Be Done.
Somebody said it could'nt be done, but he with a chuckle replied,
That maybe it could'nt, but he would be one, who would'nt agree till he tried it.
So he buckled right in, with a trace of grin in his face, if he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing that could'nt be done, and he did it.
There are thousands who tell you it cannot be done, there are thousands who prophesy failure;
There are thousands who point out to you one by one, the dangers that wait to asail you.
But just buckle in with a bit of grin, Just take off your coat and go to it;
Just start to sing, as you tackle the thing, that could'nt be done, and you'll do it.
Zack, a long time friend of mine is facing a mid-life crisis. He is currently working for another friend but he has been continuously pressured by another party to start selling mutual funds full-time again.
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Blessed is the one
who can be trusted.
The one who follows through.
The one with ethical boundary.
The task is assumed - then completed
by one known through his word
which becomes his deed.
All that can be said,
understood in high esteem,
is captured, with great compassion, in the phrase:
"He is a good man."
It was reported in an online English version of a local daily, the Sun at www.sun2surf.com that our 'public service gets lowest rating'.
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At a popular 'Bak Kut Teh' shop at the Berkerly Garden in Klang where I was having my breakfast, a table next to me comprising of young executives were discussing on the subject of why leaders fail?
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Hi Everybody, I am back !!!
Many wondered what has happened to me? Frankly, something unpleasant and really ugly happened to us since the middle of the previous week. And, last week we only had time and was busy going to the various government departments, agencies and approaching other parties that are in the position to assist and help us have the problem resolved at soonest possible.
It is not completely over yet. But, I believe with the grace of God, we are beginning to see some very faint light at the end of the tunnel. We pray that justice will prevail and very soon we will be accorded our very basic rights again. In many ways it was about emotions and that has led me to touch on this subject very briefly.
Some of the negative emotions in us are 'Fear, Jealousy, Hatred, Revenge, Greed, Superstition and Anger'.
While, some of the positive emotions in us are 'Desire, Faith, Love, Sex, Enthusiasm, Romance and Hope'.
Positive and negative emotions cannot occupy our mind at the same time. One or the other must dominate. Thus, it is our responsibility to make sure that our positive emotions constitute the dominating influence of our mind. Here we are talking about the Law of Habit. Form the habit of applying and using our positive emotions. And, eventually they will dominate our mind so completely that the negative cannot enter it. Try it!
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