#TheAspiredCXO

I’ve read a lot of exit interviews. The top reason has always about Career Progression/Career Prospect. Especially among the young ones. I can totally understand that. We spend so much time at work, of course we want to progress. With progress it comes with better money & benefits too (most of the time anyways). And … Read more

The other day I attended a HBS Master Class. Professor Boris Grosyberg, who is the author of Chasing Stars: The Myth of Talent and the Portability of Performance drew this chart in the class. The chart makes so much sense: A lot of times, when a new person comes in, the ones that we fail … Read more

Ask, are your people stars? How do you know if they are stars? Ask again, will you hire them back? If the answer is yes, then they are stars. So what if they are stars? Well, we need to take care of the stars. Because star talents = money. And we need money for the … Read more

“Most of the time, people leave their managers, not the company.” That statement made me reflected for a moment about my resignations. I’ve resigned 4 times before. And now come to think about it, 3 out of 4 times I did left my manager. Then it got me thinking further, could my manager had done … Read more

I am honestly not a supporter of one. I do believe when one decided to leave, should. However, sometimes when I hear the reason they want to leave is something I can fix, then it’s something worth counter-offering. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn’t work. But for the times that it had worked, it was … Read more

When the plane landed, the head stewardess said, “On behalf of Captain Azrina, assisted by Captain Cheng & Captain Anand, we thank you for flying with us.” I love the diversity in that sentence. Especially ‘Captain Azrina’.

Over my career, I have received quite a number of resignations. Some of the resignations were really heartfelt ones. One of them was my top sales 10 years ago. Her career with us was on the rise. But an opportunity came to her to pursue her MBA overseas. I remember the time when she came … Read more

One my worst experience in managing a project was one providing production operators for a food manufacturer. We didn’t have the experience. No proper research was done. We missed a lot of critical details especially in costing. I remember almost every other day we got a beating from the client from the day the project … Read more

“I love the chaos outside. I miss the sound,” as my Punjabi friend texted me midnight last night. Then I texted back, “I’m glad to see the Indians and Punjabis are quite kaya. After 20 mins, the fireworks are still going strong.” He replied, “Tak kaya… Pandai cari wang saje hahaha…” This, I do agree. … Read more

If you speak to my colleagues around my age who were consultants in the temporary staffing business many, many years ago, most of us will have this story to tell you. Client asked for a temp receptionist to fill in their perm receptionist who is going to be on leave. We sourced and arranged a … Read more