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Self-motivated professional consultant successful in seizing viable opportunities for exploration and innovation in the health industry. Bringing expertise in business planning, revenue development and change management. Offering 10+ years of leadership in strategic planning along with entrepreneurial, forward-thinking mindset and demonstrated track record of accomplishment.
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Every conversation we have, whether that's with our team members, bosses, clients or customers, is a meeting. There is important information exchanged and key moments you need to retain. Because using this information or leveraging those moments means that you are empowered to drive better client outcomes.
Did you know, according to a poll by the Gallup Organization, 85% of employees worldwide, are not engaged at work? Even as companies, year after year preach employee satisfaction as their number one priority, we're not seeing noticeable results across the board.
In the past, studies have shown that the 3 most important aspects of a job to an employee are In essence, people want to feel comfortable, secure and inspired. That's not too much to ask, is it? However, as technology improves and the nature of how we work and with whom we work will continue to change.
Team meetings, company-wide meetings, one-on-ones, stand-ups, sprints, retrospectives, workshops, phone calls, teleconferences, coffee catch-ups.... are you exhausted yet? Jumping from one conversation or meeting to the next can be overwhelming and mentally draining! And you haven't even started the growing list of follow-ups or actions!
Having a strong company foundation is as much about a solid business plan as it is about a cohesive and united team. If you have a clear mission, vision and ethics, it's easy to build company culture and get the right people on board - the workplace should not be something people dread everyday.
If you haven't read part 1 of our 3 part series, I suggest you read how to build company culture in the workplace before you continue. Once a company has a culture people are drawn to, it's time to focus on the people, which brings us to part 2 of the series: how to maintain company culture in the workplace.
There is something to be said about a workplace environment where coworkers can express appreciation for their team members. When people feel comfortable, magic happens. Creativity flows, innovation peaks and results are produced. Some companies with a strong work community are Toyota, Pixar, Zappos, Twitter and so on.
Meetings are a crucial part of all our workdays. Whether that's an official team meeting or an impromptu conversation in the hallway, we have important conversations on a daily basis. A study has averaged that we have more than 20 conversations or meetings per day !
When planning to meet, one of the best tips for productivity is to create an agenda. Although an agenda is simply a sequence of topics or tasks that need to be discussed, it helps attendees understand why you are meeting and prepare accurately.
How are memories formed in the brain? Our memory works in distinctive ways to take what we perceive and encode it in our brains. It's the very framework we need to make sense of our day-to-day, take action and create better value from the time we invest in a task.
"The art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster," Elizabeth Bishop's poem "One Art" is often lauded for it is one of the few villanelles that make sense and is truly a good poem on its own.
"I'm sorry? I didn't catch that." "Your accent weird sia! You're an American French Fry!" "Oh! Then you're a Singaporean POTATO!" * "You! Indian girl, why you in my class! 难道你不知道 this is Chinese period? Go out quickly, 赶快! " "Class, what shall we sing today?" "Oh yea, that's a good one!
Why is it that people are always told NOT to bottle up their feelings? Infuriating shows like Grey's Anatomy constantly exemplify the benefits of speaking your mind and the costs of bottling up your feelings. If you love somebody, you tell them, even if you're scared it will cause problems or burn your life to the ground.
Madam Kamala, a Chetti Melakan, is part of a rich culture that draws from the heritage of three different races in Singapore. She talks about the difficulties of sustaining old traditions in a new world. If you sit down with Madam Kamala and listen to her converse in rapid English interspersed with Malay, you might not realise that she is Indian.
In today's increasingly connected world, the content is king. We have an astronomical amount of information at our fingertips. It has changed the way we view everything, including healthcare (hint: WebMD). When you throw in the different means of access, such as the number of smartphones, tablets, laptops, and desktops, we find that there is a lot of people consuming a massive amount of content.