Author Archives: Pi Wen Looi
Proven Practices for Engaging New Employees
Hiring good people who have the right skills AND fit your organizational culture is no small task. Once you have them onboard, how do you keep their passion and enthusiasm alive in the first 30, 60, 90 days and beyond? … Continue Reading
Sailing and Leadership Lessons: Part 2
Last week, we discussed the importance of making micro-adjustments at the helm, sailing in the wind, and changing target if we want to continue sailing in the wind to reach our destination. Read Sailing and Leadership Lessons: Part 1 here. … Continue Reading
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Tagged Communication, communications, employee recognition, Leadership, learning
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Sailing and Leadership Lessons: Part 1
This is the first part of a two-part series on leadership lessons I observed while sailing with my friends this past weekend. Part 2 will be revealed next week! Here’s Part 1: Our friend Rob invited us to go for … Continue Reading
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Tagged Leadership, Talent management
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Find Great People. Empower Them. Step Away
Last night I attended The Commonwealth Club Inforum’s event that honored Dave Eggers, founder of 826 Valencia, founder and editor of McSweeney’s, and a renowned author. Dave was awarded Inforum’s 21st Century Visionary Award for his humanitarian work in helping … Continue Reading
Career Development a Key to Employee Engagement
A significant driver of employee engagement is having career advancement opportunities. However, our research shows that employees’ satisfaction with their career advancement opportunities at their company is usually low. As many organizations are getting flatter and leaner, what can senior … Continue Reading
New Year, New Website…and more
Happy New Year! I’ve been working hard in the past few months with my designer to redesign our website. And now it’s here! Anyone who’s undertaken a website redesign knows how much energy and time it takes. So it feels … Continue Reading
All I need to know about employee engagement I learned from practicing yoga
I’ve been practicing yoga on and off for more than 10 years. I always enjoy my class and feel refreshed after the class. Today, as my yoga instructor led us through various poses, I saw the connection between practicing yoga … Continue Reading
Back to Basics: Employee Communications
This is an article I wrote two years ago, it’s still relevant today! Times are tough these days. But there are a few things you can do to engage your employees and prepare your company for future growth when the … Continue Reading
People. Places. Activities.
This is one of the few non-talent management posts that I write occasionally. If you prefer to skip this, I understand. If not, read on… Since today is 11-11-11, I thought I’d have some fun playing with 11′s. In no … Continue Reading
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Ideas for retaining your high-performing IT professionals
A recent Technisource survey found that IT Employee Confidence Index has dropped from 56.2 to 47.3 in the third quarter of 2011. Only 13% of IT workers believe the economy is getting stronger. But, 32% of IT employees are still likely to … Continue Reading
