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Compassionate leadership in action at KTB (part two)
Business, Sorayuth Vathanavisuth, Published on 24/09/2015
» 'Among the words of wisdom I communicated to the KTB community recently is 'One should not act as scum of the earth'," says Vorapak Tanyawong, president of Krungthai Bank (KTB), who actively engages employees through various channels.
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The spiritual side of a central bank chief (part 2)
Business, Sorayuth Vathanavisuth, Published on 30/07/2015
» 'I believe that in managing for-profit and not-for-profit organisations, there are more things in common than there are differences," says Prasarn Trairatvorakul, governor of the Bank of Thailand.
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The spiritual side of a central bank chief (part 1)
Business, Sorayuth Vathanavisuth, Published on 17/07/2015
» 'I have to admit that I'm not a serious practitioner of Buddhism but rather someone who wants to learn based on logic and reason, so I need to understand the teachings by myself first," says Prasarn Trairatvorakul, the governor of the Bank of Thailand.
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Advice from an English monk
Business, Sorayuth Vathanavisuth, Published on 24/06/2015
» 'When we talk about good governance, we should refer to the issue of authority," says Ajahn Brahmavamso Mahathera, or Ajahn Brahm as the English-born monk is better known. "Whether we run an organisation or a department, there will be three types of authority: conferred, assumed and earned.
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The ethical approach to leading a business (part one)
Business, Sorayuth Vathanavisuth, Published on 21/05/2015
» Many businesses in Thailand operate successfully in highly competitive market conditions even though they do not value profit as their ultimate goal. Some might wonder why any business would not aim for profit first. If such businesses exist, what should their main focus be?
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Delivering feedback in an acceptable manner
Business, Sorayuth Vathanavisuth, Published on 12/03/2015
» When I first started working as a corporate employee some 30 years ago, there was no such practice as feedback as we know it today. We worked according to what our direct supervisor told us to do. He also did as his boss expected. We may have had an opportunity to discuss our performance appraisal during an annual review, which was mainly for establishing grounds for a salary increase.
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Our own choices define 'the way we do things around here'
Business, Sorayuth Vathanavisuth, Published on 23/04/2015
» The Songkran festival has been over for a week but memories of those three hectic days are fresh in my mind. The traditional Thai new year is supposed to be a mindful time for paying homage at a temple, asking for blessings from our elders, sprinkling water on others to wash away sins — activities that will help define the right course of individual life for another year.
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Getting the best out of technical executives
Business, Sorayuth Vathanavisuth, Published on 26/03/2015
» Leading a group of managers is always a challenging task for a senior executive. It is even more interesting to lead capable managers who focus mainly on tasks and not people. These people typically value results over relationships and the development of the people around them. This is not necessarily a bad thing since an organisation could not achieve its goals without their talent.
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Mindfulness and the effective leader
Business, Sorayuth Vathanavisuth, Published on 09/04/2015
» Managing an organisation is a serious mission for which failure is not an option. For a start, shareholders have invested in a high-potential business and expect a reasonable return. But what happens when the person in charge is not fully aware of his or her emotions? The risks to the organisation can be serious, from bad strategic decisions to alienated employees.
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Spiritual intelligence and business success
Business, Sorayuth Vathanavisuth, Published on 29/01/2015
» 'Quantum physics showed me a new way to look at the world and the universe and also our place as a part of the universe. Because of the quantum paradigm, I later developed the spiritual quotient (SQ)," Danah Zohar tells me, explaining her work as one of the world's foremost management thinkers.
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