Archive for July, 2011
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Getting the Best Performance Out of Your Employees
Friday, July 29th, 2011
How do you create flourishing™ employees? You empower them to do what they do best. I use the word empower because you can be in control of that action. Empowering flourishing employees is something that successful businesses do in the way that they treat and give direction to the people who work for them. Many [...]
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Wrongful Dismissal and Unfair or Unjustifiable Dismissal and its Remedies
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
This is the first of a two-part series on employment law. The first-part below analyses the common law wrongful dismissal and its remedies in a few jurisdictions including Malaysia, Singapore, Canada, UK and the US.
Security of tenure in employment is important to the extent that the courts in England1 and in Malaysia2 have equated it [...] -
abKey Can Prevent Carpel Tunnel Syndrome
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
What Is Carpel Tunnel Syndrome?
Carpal tunnel syndrome occurs when the median nerve, which runs from the forearm into the hand, becomes pressed or squeezed at the wrist. The median nerve controls sensations to the palm side of the thumb and fingers (although not the little finger), as well as impulses to some small [...] -
7 ways to manage up
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
Managing up is the best tactic for getting more interesting work, more responsibility, and more sane work hours, because your boss is the one who can give you this stuff.
Some people think managing up is brown nosing, but in fact, a lot of it is about humanizing the workplace. Managing up is about you caring [...]