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Stepping up from good employee to great employee
Business, Kriengsak Niratpattanasai, Published on 26/09/2016
» Why is it that "good employees" don't seem to get much recognition from their companies? It's because "good is the enemy of great", says Jim Collins, the author of the famous management book Good to Great.
Helping a CEO with time management
Business, Kriengsak Niratpattanasai, Published on 15/08/2016
» 'Coach Kriengsak, I'm overwhelmed with work," Martin tells me. "I think there must be something wrong with the way I manage my work."
How to influence others more effectively
Business, Kriengsak Niratpattanasai, Published on 22/08/2016
» Leadership is about influencing. Unfortunately, most leaders are not good at it. Based on my observation of successful leaders and my personal approach, here are eight tips on effective influencing skills for one-on-one interaction:
Seven steps to working in harmony
Business, Sorayuth Vathanavisuth, Published on 25/08/2016
» 'Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative," the writer HG Wells once said. However, what happens to employees or executives who have made great contributions to an organisation in the past but cannot adjust quickly enough to the new environment of the competitive battleground? Should we let them go?
Message in a bottle: How to become a more fluent creative thinker (Part 2)
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 01/09/2016
» Two weeks ago, we discussed how your inner critic prevents you from being a fluent creative thinker, leading you to produce only a few, typically ordinary ideas during an ideation exercise. This is because your inner voice of judgement dismisses any uncommon or wild ideas.
Refining the 2017 business plan
Business, Kriengsak Niratpattanasai, Published on 12/09/2016
» 'Coach Kriengsak, I will have a meeting with my top leadership team next week on our 2017 business plan," Kitti tells me. "The objective will be to get mutual agreement on key assumptions that we will use for planning. I want to use our time today to prepare myself."
Leadership for Thailand 4.0: Five changes we must make
Business, Kriengsak Niratpattanasai, Published on 08/08/2016
» We've read a lot about how the government is pushing the country toward Thailand 4.0, which is an economy based on creativity, innovation and high-level services. On the human side, unskilled and low-skilled labour will have to be transformed into a new workforce characterised by knowledge, expertise and high skills.
A practical path towards ethical leadership (Part 2)
Business, Sorayuth Vathanavisuth, Published on 28/07/2016
» In my previous article two weeks ago I discussed some of the key qualities that an organisation needs to embrace in order to encourage ethical leadership. These include ethics, values, principles and compassion. In particular, leaders who practise compassion and equanimity tend to be highly effective.
Coaching a chief executive's successor
Business, Kriengsak Niratpattanasai, Published on 27/10/2014
» 'Congratulations, Khun Tana, I just heard your company's announcement," I say.