Selamat Hari Raya Aidiladha

Selamat Hari Raya Aidiladha.

To all the muslim residents, Comfori Sdn Bhd  likes to wish them Selamat Hari Raya Aidiladha. Drive carefully if you are leaving town. Enjoy it :-)

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Tips : Cara Terhebat Motivasi Diri Sendiri Untuk Berjaya

Cara Terhebat Motivasi Diri Sendiri Untuk Berjaya

Motivasi adalah salah satu resepi untuk berjaya, kunci kejayaan matlamat dan impian semua orang. Ramai antara kita hanya tulis sahaja impian, kemudian bersemangat sekejap untuk beberapa hari dan jam kemudian hilang motivasi, terus lupa apa nak buat untuk capai impian itu.

Perbezaan yang paling ketara antara orang biasa dan orang yang luar biasa adalah bagaimana mahu menguruskan kemahuan diri mereka dan bagaimana lebih kerap termotivasi.

Di sini saya lampirkan beberapa cara terhebat untuk motivasi diri sendiri bagi mencapai kejayaan.

1. Adakan “Vision Board”

Adakah anda ada Vision Board? Vision Board adalah satu jenis koleksi gambar apa-apa perkara yang anda nak capai dalam hidup. Apa-apa aje. Gambar itu ditampal pada dinding atau dalam jurnal kecemerlangan anda supaya anda boleh tengok ia dan visualisasi / bayangkan setiap hari. Minda kita merakamnya dalam gambar dan sebab itulah Vision Board sangat berkesan dalam memotivasikan kita.

Ia sangat berkesan bagi membantu untuk mencapai keinginan yang diimpikan.

2. Tulis Impian Yang Diinginkan Setiap Hari

Apa yang anda boleh buat adalah tulis target anda setiap hari pada waktu pagi sebelum buat apa-apa. Hanya ambil buku nota kecil dan lakukannya setiap hari. Anda akan takjub dengan keberkesanan cara ini. Kenapa kena tulis setiap hari? Apabila anda tulis setiap hari, anda sebenarnya mengingatkan diri anda apa yang anda nak capai dalam hidup ni.Anda telah mengambil langkah pertama untuk tekad nak capai juga targetanda bila anda tulis ia di atas kertas. 

3. Inspirasikan Kejayaan Orang Lain

Ia adalah cara effektif dan sangat terbukti untuk memotivasi diri sendiri.Bacalah cerita-cerita inspirasi mereka yang sudah berjaya. Sebab tu membaca adalah penting kerana bila anda membaca cara mereka atasi cabaran dan akhirnya berjaya bina empayar sendiri selepas jerih perih itu, anda akan secara tidak langsung termotivasi.Jika anda tidak suka membaca, anda boleh cari video. Boleh cari video temuramah mereka di Youtube boleh juga memberi kesan.Anda juga boleh temuramah orang-orang berjaya dalam industri anda dikalangan kawan-kawan dan orang terdekat. Selidik cara mereka mencapai kejayaan dan anda juga dapat capai seperti mereka.

4. Fokus Dengan Apa Yang Diimpikan

Apa yang perlu anda buat adalah fikir apa hasil yang anda nak dapat. Bayangkan pandu kereta idaman, melancong tempat impian, jadi kaya, hidup dalam rumah besar yang diidam-idamkan.
Yang memberi motivasi adalah hasil apa yang kita nak, bukan proses mendapatnya. Jadi, anda perlu kerap berangan dan membayangkan pencapaian yang anda nak.fikir tentang ayat-ayat membina yang memberi semangat, anda akan jadi termotivasi. Ingat ye, minda kita lah yang jadikan hidup kita seperti yang kita nak. Kita mesti sentiasa ada target dalam minda dan bersikap positif sepanjang masa.

5. Gunakan Sistem Hadiah

Guna Hadiah untuk motivasi diri anda. Sama macam konsep naik gaji boleh motivate pekerja, begitu juga sistem hadiah untuk diri sendiri. Sebagai contoh, jika anda boleh capai sesuatu dalam target untuk hari ini, anda boleh hadiahkan diri anda dengan tengok wayang, main game, keluar dengan kawan dan lain-lain.

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Info : Human Resources Management Systems

What is Human Resources Management Systems ( HRMS )?

HRMS is a set of set of systems used to ensure that an organization’s human capital are utilised efficiently and productively. It is also can be known as tools or software used to assist or simplify the Human Resources Management activities. For example :  

Click here for more HUMAN RESOURCES CALENDAR

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HOW TO BE A BILLIONAIRE

HOW TO BE A BILLIONAIRE 

Being a billionaire is more than having bunch of zeroes. To become a billionaire, create opportunities, invest wisely and retain wealth. Here's a theory of how to become a billionaire.

1.We need study hard and smart.
- Normally, billionaires don't happen by accident. Be a billionaire by studying interest rates, tax brackets and dividens. We need to read about investing.

2. Save our money ( It takes money to make money )
- Set aside a specific amount of money from each paycheck and put it in a savings account, to collect interest and use for future investments.

3. Make a plan - Keep finances a priority. Write financial goals down and refer to these regularly.
-  Estimate how much money to save over 5 years. Decide the best way to use money, whether it's investing, starting a business or allowing money to collect interest.

“ You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine”. Elly Billionaire

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COMFORI OPEN BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIP

Dear Value Reader,

We from Comfori 

Dear Value Reader, 

The Comfori Sdn Bhd is proud to invite your players to compete in the “COMFORI OPEN BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIP 2015”, on 15th September 2015 which is part of the prestigious Comfori Yearly Activity. This annoucement, which includes all the General Information concerning the Event, contains important details that should also be brought to the attention of the Respective Department as well as the players. 

Venue : Supercourt, Subang Jaya

Time : 7.30pm

*Dont forget to bring your own gear

For more info, contact us at :

adib.n@comfori.com (+016-6389633)

"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it"

- Datuk Lee Chong Wei -

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Be More Strategic About Your Supply Chain Sourcing

A strategic approach to sourcing what you need to keep your business moving can help avoid disruptions and stay competitive in today’s competitive market.

Be More Strategic About Your Supply Chain Sourcing
By Matt Ostrowski on Sep 1, 2015
A strategic approach to sourcing what you need to keep your business moving can help avoid disruptions and stay competitive in today’s competitive market.


A strategic approach to sourcing what you need to keep your business moving can help avoid disruptions and stay competitive in today’s competitive market.

Interrupted supply chains can mean costly delays and unsatisfied customers. A strategic approach to obtaining what you need to keep your business and products moving—whether you’re sourcing raw materials, manufactured accessories, or transportation capacity—can help avoid unforeseen disruptions and create a competitive advantage in today’s changing market. So just how strategic are you when it comes to sourcing transportation capacity? Ask yourself these four questions:

Can you break down your spending to the carrier level?
Can you rank your satisfaction with each carrier?
Do you know which carriers handle the majority of your freight? Do you know why?
Do you regularly try to improve the process you have with carriers?
If you answered no to any of these questions, there’s probably room for you to be more strategic when sourcing capacity. According to the Aberdeen Group’s report, How to Build a Strategic Sourcing Organization, there are five steps to follow when building your strategic sourcing program:

1. Understand your spending. Having sufficient visibility to where you spend your transportation budget is a critical first step. Without knowing what you spend your money on, you can’t move onto the next step.

2. Rank all carriers. Order your carriers based on how much you spend with each. You’ll probably find that the majority of your spending will be with only a small number of carriers.

3. Review the top carriers. Look at service levels, on time delivery rates, and other value adds for each. What aspects you compare may vary based on your own operational goals.

4. Change your buying habits. Armed with your new knowledge the carriers that have the most to offer your business—both in cost and added services—return to the market and secure capacity accordingly.

5. Never stop improving. Continue getting results by building on what you’ve achieved. There’s always opportunities to refine your process as you find carriers that align with your business.

Building your strategy should be about staying open to change as conditions shift so you can gain an effective, efficient, and cost-competitive supply chain. According to the Aberdeen Group, a strategic approach to sourcing can (and should be) applied to any part of your business if you want the best results. You can always start small—with one area of your business, like your supply chain—and eventually build up to an organization-wide sourcing solution.

By Matt Ostrowski on Sep 1, 2015

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Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Designing, building, and maintaining machines of all types and sizes are Mechanical Engineering all about. Back in the days, mechanical engineering is only needed to harness a steam boiler engine as that was the only technology human kind depends on. However, M&E are the heart of today sophisticated technology.
Nowadays teenagers are most likely to choose engineering rather than doctorate because of what the industry can offer. Fresh ideas, creativity and innovation is what that makes the world go around. There  are a few key element in engineering that all the successful engineer need to master which is chemical, civil, and electrical engineering, as well as physics and advanced mathematics, particularly calculus. Quoted from Larry Silverberg, the associate head of the mechanical and aerospace engineering program at North Carolina State University “The breadth of mechanical engineering is unique”.
Each of engineers is focus in their own specialties with wide array possibilities and opportunity. Most of the engineers will choose automotive and aerospace but energy, robotics, and bioengineering are growth areas, too, as is nanotechnology.

Ewan Pritchard, head of the hybrid program at Advanced Energy, a company that recently unveiled the first commercially available plug-in hybrid vehicle said that ”The coming decade is going to be the decade of energy, and when you think energy, you think mechanical engineering”. Within M.E., there are four main subdisciplines —thermodynamics and fluids, solid mechanics, dynamics and controls, and manufacturing. Cross-disciplinary research dominates both academia and industry today that’s why we at Comfori Sdn Bhd provide training program for Engineering. To make sure the world to keep evolving and providing a better future.

Resource : Google Engine (2015)

Register for Engineering program and together let’s change the world !

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To Follow Or To Lead

Taking a team from ordinary to extraordinary means understanding and embracing the difference between management and leadership.
Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

There are many styles of leadership, but the Democratic style has gained popularity with notions of an empowered workforce. But how do you get the best from such an approach? Whilst it has much to commend it, as a style of leadership it isn’t necessarily an easy approach to do well. Plus, it isn’t right for many types of business.

A democratic leadership style is an open approach to leading, where decision making is shared and the views of a team or group are valued and contribute to the vision, goals and decisions that are made. The Greek roots of the word democratic suggest people are participating in power or control.
Benefits Of A Democratic Leadership Style.


1, Invites discussion, opinions and views.
2, Builds a consensus.
3, Encourages the ideas and creativity of others.
4, Recognises that people other than the leader may well have ideas about a better way forward.
5, Creates a shared vision and goals.
6, Builds commitment as individuals agree together what needs to be done.
7, But there are limitations of the style. It can cause some of the following:-
8, Difficulties when quick decisions are needed in a crisis.
9, Confusion if communication is not clear about what or whether anything has been decided.
10, When people are in-experienced or don’t feel confident they may struggle with being asked to participate.
11, Some people may regard being asked as a sign that a leader isn’t leading – “I’m not paid to do this – you are!”.
When To Use A Democratic Leadership Style
e ideas and creativity of others.
4, Recognises that people other than the leader may well have ideas about a better way forward.
5, Creates a shared vision and goals.
6, Builds commitment as individuals agree together what needs to be done.
7, But there are limitations of the style. It can cause some of the following:-
8, Difficulties when quick decisions are needed in a crisis.
9, Confusion if communication is not clear about what or whether anything has been decided.
10, When people are in-experienced or don’t feel confident they may struggle with being asked to participate.
11, Some people may regard being asked as a sign that a leader isn’t leading – “I’m not paid to do this – you are!”.

mily:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A democratic leadership style is an open approach to leading, where decision making is shared and the views of a team or group are valued and contribute to the vision, goals and decisions that are made. The Greek roots of the word democratic suggest people are participating in power or control.

Benefits Of A Democratic Leadership Style

1, A democratic leadership style can be a powerful way to realise the potential within teams and organisations. That’s especially the case because:
2, It fits well with the current ideas of empowerment and engagement of staff.
3, It is particularly beneficial for helping get the best out of teams.
4, If fosters creativity and ideas.
5, It builds a sense of commitment and demonstrates that skills and expertise are valued.
6, It makes time to think about important decisions that need everybody to be on-board.
7, It is effective with knowledge workers where their expertise are greater than the leaders.

Cautionary Notes About Adopting A Democratic Leadership Style.
It can be demanding seeking to consult and achieve consensus.
It should not be an excuse for procrastination. Discuss, consult and then come to a decision and act. Avoid the situation of becoming bogged down in meetings that don’t go anywhere.
The democratic leader builds consensus through participation. If this style were summed up in one phrase, it would be "What do you think?" The democratic style is most effective when the leader needs the team to buy into or have ownership of a decision, plan, or goal, or if he or she is uncertain and needs fresh ideas from qualified teammates. It is not the best choice in an emergency situation, when time is of the essence for another reason or when teammates are not informed enough to offer sufficient guidance to the leader.
Bottom line? In my view, if you take two cups of authoritative leadership, one cup of democratic, coaching, and affiliative leadership, and a dash of pacesetting and coercive leadership "to taste," and you lead based on need in a way that elevates and inspires your team, you’ve got an excellent recipe for long-term leadership success with every team in your life.

So what are your views on democratic leadership? I’m interested to know how it has helped, or hindered you and your business, let me know.

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A new Special Training Course are Coming Your Way...Register Now!!!!!

A NEW SPECIAL TRAINING COURSE ARE COMING YOUR WAY!! 

Talks given by the most experienced speaker, The Asia Productivity Guru, Michael Podolinsky, Comfori is pleased to invite you and your colleagues/subordinates to be part of this exciting event along with other high profile practitioners from around the region.

TRAINER’S PROFILE

Michael is Asia’s Productivity Guru. For 32 years, as author, entrepreneur, speaker and trainer, Michael has devoted himself to the study of and sharing about human productivity and psychology.  Over 11 million people worldwide and 700+ clients has benefited from his expertise on 6 continents in 33 countries. 

He is the author of the new McGraw Hill Productivity Series with the first book titled, ‘Productivity: Winning in Life’ released in 2011. His second book in the series titled, ‘Productivity: Managing, Motivating, Maximizing Teams in Asia’ is released in November 2012. Other titles he’s authored by Learn Inc. Publishing in the USA include: ‘Go For Your Goals!’, ‘Winning At Work’, ‘Smart Leadership’, ‘From Stress to Success’ and ‘Email and Voicemail Tools’.

Michael's Singapore clients include: Singapore Institute of Management (400+ times) AIA (46 times) / Great Eastern (14 times), Prudential (40 times across Singapore, Malaysia, HK, Indonesia, Vietnam), Standard Chartered Private Bankers as well as their Corporate Communications Department, Citibank Private Bankers, HSBC Top Performers, UOB Top Performers, Microsoft, CISCO Systems, HP, Phillips Electronics,

GE, DuPont, Ministry of Home Affairs, MOE, The Prime Ministers Office, Monetary Authority of Singapore, Singapore Navy, Singapore Air Force, DSTA, DSO, A*Star, SGH, CGH, NUH, Schering Plough, Pfizer, Roche, Sanofi Aventis, GSK, MediaCorp, NUS, NIE, UniSIM, Ngee Ann/Nan Yang/Temasek Polytechnics, Singapore Airlines (pilot instructors), SilkAir (CE & HODs) and 700 more.

Michael is the first recipient of the Spirit of Service Award (2011) by the Asia Professional Speakers Singapore, a Ronald Reagan Gold Medal winner for business leadership and a Businessman of the Year in the USA.  

Michael was Singapore’s first CSP (Certified Speaking Professional). The CSP designation is an independent audit of a speaker and his business for expertise, eloquence, enterprise and ethics. The independent audit group, at the behest of the Global Speakers Federation (GSF), reviewed his company by interviewing and surveying clients, reviewing and evaluating five years of business practices including return on investment for clients, ethics, customer service and follow through as well as his platform excellence as a Speaker and trainer. Michael’s CSP is one of fewer than 640 speakers worldwide who passed with flying colors out of over 15,000+ speakers in the profession. Currently there are only 8 CSPs living in Asia and the Middle East.

A Singapore PR, Michael works across AsiaPac from NZ to Saudi Arabia, Philippines to Australia, Sri Lanka to China and Vietnam to Pakistan. He is a member of the Singapore Productivity Association and gave the closing keynote to their June 2011 Team Excellence, Innovation and Productivity Conference and keynoted the inaugural Singapore MICE Forum 2011 on Productivity and Innovation and was chosen to emcee their 2012 Forum.

OBJECTIVES

• By the end of the one-day workshop, participants will be able to:
• Apply effective planning strategies to be more productive
• Understand and refocus their energies to transform their lives
• Manage and prioritise tasks
• Gain control to reduce interruptions and unnecessary stress/last minute tasks
• Delegate with an eye on team development, not just accomplishing goals
• Control your top time wasters and lead, live and love a more productive life

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Directors, top managers, country managers, VPs, team leaders, managers and supervisors ready to make the leap to management

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Counting Down: Merdeka Day, 58 Years...31st Aug 2015

Counting Down : Merdeka Day, 58 Years… 31st Aug 2015

31 August 1957 marks the day that the Federation of Malaya gained its independence from British colonization, forming what we know of today as Malaysia. Hence, 31 August is a National Public Holiday to commemorate and celebrate the freedom and independence gained.

This day is also known as Hari Merdeka in the Malay language and that is why the celebration of Independence Day is incomplete without the seven shouts of “Merdeka!”. This gesture was initiated by the First Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman back in 1957 at Dataran Merdeka.

                                     First Prime Minister of Malaysia : Tunku Abdul Rahman

                                                  Merdeka ! Merdeka ! Merdeka !

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Tips: Simple Productivity For Organizing Your Work Life

Tips : Simple Productivity for Organizing Your  Work Life

Productivity means the effectiveness of productive effort, especially in industry, as measured in terms of the rate of output per unit of input.

1. Start the day with structured 'me time': Go through email and social media updates that have piled up overnight and triage the backlog. Knock out quick responses and referrals, so other people can start working on tasks. Schedule the bigger tasks. And delete the stuff that is informational or not important.

2. Use commute time to complete coordination tasks: It’s crazy not to use commute time to winnow out time-intensive tasks.

3. Reduce all meeting times by 25 percent: You will get the same amount of work done, because so much time is wasted dealing with conference call setup and useless banter.

4. Schedule regular breaks during the day: Running from back-to-back meetings is not productive, because you get tired and lose focus. Block off time in your calendar and take breaks. Making these breaks a routine increases predictability, creating a regular schedule to keep your mind organized. If you can afford it, take a 10- to 20-minute power nap after lunch, too.

5. Work 'offsite' when it makes sense: When you need to write a document or research a topic, the absence of office interruptions will improve concentration.

7. Switch off popup notifications on mobile devices and on desktop: Don’t let applications interrupt your concentration with annoying popup messages. Shut them off

8. Converse, don’t email: Pick up the phone or walk down the hall and talk directly to colleagues. For geographically remote folks, use chat.

9. Chop up big problems into smaller chunks: This will reduce the feeling of overload and the procrastination associated with taking on big jobs

10. Use checklists for repetitive tasks to reduce errors: Particularly when you are overworked or are operating under time constraints, checklists keep you on track.

by David Lavenda ( 18th Aug 2015)                                                                                      Written                                                           

                                                                                                                      

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How Leader Built Trust??

Trust can be fleeting - especially the trust we instill in leaders. A leader might spend 30 years building trust, and then watch it disappear in 30 minutes if he’s not careful. And when leaders flagrantly violate trust, it’s often never recovered.

Consider the epidemic of distrust caused by leaders putting their self-interests above all else. You’ll even hear some economists argue that this makes sense, because we’re all motivated by money and that’s just how the market functions.

Well, I disagree. Greed is not the market operating. Greed is actually disgraceful. But unfortunately, many leaders get away with it. Then all the people that depend on them—customers, shareholders, communities—are betrayed. Often a whole enterprise is destroyed.

To me, if you’re privileged enough to be in a position of leadership, it is paramount that you maintain the trust of the people for whom you have a responsibility. And if you violate that, then you have failed.

Now, here’s the catch. We all fail. But we can recover. Leaders can bounce back, but they have to prove themselves. I like to think that the virtues you live by when things are going well don’t matter.

The real test is how you behave when times are tough. And if you’re a leader, your constituents want to see what you do under severe pressure. If you can stay true to your values then, people will trust you again. You’ll be viewed as authentic.

[Watch Bill George explain why difficulty is an opportunity.]

In fact, there’s a correlation between being an authentic leader and getting great results.

Here’s an example. When Anne Mulcahy—former CEO and chairperson of Xerox—was faced with bankruptcy, she reconfigured the whole company and made some really daring decisions. She decided not to cut R&D, not to cut customer support, but to invest in the long term. They ultimately had to trim up and have fewer employees in the end, but they came back. They avoided bankruptcy and achieved great success, in fact. And Mulcahy didn’t have finance experience - she rose through the ranks, starting as a salesperson out of college. Authentic in her virtues and loyalty to Xerox; she made many bold decisions and went on to be voted one of America’s Best Leaders by US News and World Report in 2008.

How to Build Trust

So how can you do this? It requires a few qualities.

• You’re willing to get experience doing the work of your team. This doesn’t mean giving rousing speeches, putting out strongly worded press releases, or releasing polished promotional videos. This means you actually spend time with the people doing the work.
• You honor those people by listening and responding in earnest.

When I was at Medtronic, I gowned up and saw between 700 and 1,000 procedures. I’d put on the scrubs, met with the doctor, and watched an open-heart surgery, a brain surgery, or a pacemaker implant. And that’s how I learned the business.

When I was on the board of Target Corporation, the former CEO, Bob Ulrich, explained how he walked about 14 store floors a week. He didn’t tell them he was coming. He just put on a sweatshirt, walk around, and watch the store run.

And take Dan Vasella at Novartis. He’d be down in the labs all the time with the researchers asking, “What are you working on? What are the barriers?”

Instead of being the invisible entity who spends his or her time at black tie CEO events in DC, this is a leader who delves into the real day-to-day functions of the business. And that’s the type of leader who builds trust.

To maintain that trust, you need care about your team, want to be out there with them, and love the business. You really do have to love it! I can’t stress that enough. If you don’t love it, don’t do it.

                                                                                                                      (Daniel Goleman, 9/8/15)

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Warna-Warni Di Aidilfitri @memoriComfori - 7/8/2015

Indahnya sungguh di Hari Raya, Ramainya orang bersuka ria.......itulah bait lirik lagu yang dinyanyikan bagi menyambut Hari Raya Aidilfitri....

Telah tercoret sebuah kisah, 
Pada tarikh 7 Ogos bersamaan Hari Jumaat,
Rumah terbuka disambut dengan penuh meriah,
Mengukuhkan silaturrahim sesama umat...

    Warna-warni Aidilfitri tema diberi,
    Semuanya berpakaian berwarna-warni,
    Senyuman diukir sebagai pengenalan diri,
    Menghadiahkan wajah yang berseri-seri...

       

       

          Pelbagai juadah telah disediakan,
          Hanya menanti tetamu yang datang,
          Silalah makan janganlah segan,
          Jemput makan sampai ke petang...

             


    Setiap cerita ada ragamnya,
    Setiap orang ada ceritanya,
    Tua dan muda miskin dan kaya,
     Berkongsi segala rasa bahagia....

   Saat yang dinanti telah pun tiba,
   Setiap department menghantar perantara,
   Untuk menceriakan suasana yang hiba,
    Mengisi kekosongan yang dirasa...

Satu persatu persembahan dipertontonkan,
Memberi impak dan mencuit hati,
Nyanyian, tarian dan juga lakonan,
Mata xberkedip memandang segala aksi...
                                                                       

                                 

Kemuncak raya semakin hampir,
Setiap pemenang diberi anugerah,
Duir raya diambil secara bergilir-gilir,
Gambar diambil sebagai memori yang terindah.....

                                                                                                                       

                                                                                                                              nurkilan: Norasikin Jazlan

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Are Companies Failing To Build Their Leadership Pipeline??

 Despite effective leaders being the cornerstone of business success, leadership pipeline planning isn’t happening, research by U.K.-based global talent management provider Penna finds today. Conducted among 1,000 senior corporate professionals, Penna’s research found that the majority of respondents (63 percent) do not know if they have a leadership pipeline within their organization, or they don’t actively plan for what their future leadership will look like. This trend is further supported by Deloitte’s2015 Global Human Capital Trends Report, which found that despite ‘building leadership’ remaining paramount within organizations, little or no progress has been made in the last year. In fact, the capability gap for building great leaders has widened not just in the U.K., but globally.

 “It’s concerning how many organizations are failing to plan their leadership pipeline,” said Penny de Valk, Penna’s talent practice managing director. “At a time when leadership capability is a precious commodity and critical to an organization’s success, we need to get better at succession planning and developing leaders at all levels. Building a leadership pipeline means being able to spot and develop potential and companies that are doing this well have a real source of competitive advantage.”

  This competitive advantage is echoed by the findings showing that the organizations that do directly plan their leadership pipeline believe it’s paying off with nearly half (46 percent) saying they have a good talent pipeline of future leaders and almost a quarter (23 percent) going one step further to say it is ‘very strong.’

“Considering that 30 percent of investor’s decision making is based on quality of leadership, companies are taking a real gamble by not planning,” said Ms. de Valk. “Investing the time in leadership pipelines now will help organizations reduce the risk of future leadership shortfalls acting as a drag on business growth.” The investment shouldn’t be limited to succession planning within just the top team, she added.  “A strong pipeline should consider talent from across the entire organization — after all, among junior teams could be budding future leaders and it is critical that their potential is recognized.”. Penna research also uncovered other findings that seem to dovetail closely with research compiled over the last year by analysts tracking the executive recruiting industry at Hunt Scanlon Media.

  According to Penna, twice as many respondents said they prefer to use internal recruitment for senior level hires over external recruitment (31 percent vs 15 percent). The greatest risk identified with hiring a senior leader externally is “finding out the candidate doesn’t have the skills or the aptitude they said they did, or what was expected” (46 percent). On the flip side, the benefit of external hires is that “they bring fresh ideas to senior teams” (52 percent).

  More than one in three said that one of the biggest risks of hiring a senior leader internally is “finding out that their experience isn’t as good a fit for the role as expected.” The benefit of internal hires is that professionals “understand what will and won’t work in the business” and “know the business inside out, therefore requiring less training and support.”

“Penna’s research is an important additive to our cumulative knowledge of why succession planning is a required business imperative for companies looking to maximize their human asset potential,” reports Hunt Scanlon Media. 

                                                                                                                                         Written by Scott Scanlon (4th Aug 2015)

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6 Tips to Increase your Leadership Proficiency

They say you get better with age, but does it just happen? As I thought about this and evaluated my own leadership journey, I realized it does not just happen. You can be growing older but not getting better. It requires deliberate effort to get better at whatever you commit to do.

As a leader, you most likely started out as an entry-level employee, rose to a supervisor, to middle-level management level and then to senior management level. This journey takes time and character adjustments. You need to grow from a personal level to grow your organization. As Jack Welch quoted, “Before you are a leader, success is about growing yourself. When you become a leader success is all about growing others”

I believe each level requires new skill sets but here are six tips that can help you increase your leadership prowess to take you to the next level:

Engage in Personal Development: You are as good as you believe you are, and thus act in accordance with your beliefs. As a leader, therefore, you can only increase your competencies by being in touch with whom you are and your potential and aspirations. You can enlist the help of an executive coach or a life coach to make this process shorter and more effective.

Be a life student:  Readers are leaders however, as Harry S. Truman put it, “Not all readers become leaders, but leaders must be readers” the difference is in what you read. Read material that is helping you grow to be the leader you want to be.  In today’s competitive market place, the leaders who stand out are the ones who evolve quickly with the trends. The fastest way to keep evolving is through reading your industry reports. However, do not leave it at that put into practice the new methods of doing things that you learn.

Be authentic: The people you are leading can tell when you are being real with them or not. Always be honest when interacting with every employee to the biggest customer. Being honest includes owning your mistakes; every so often, you make a wrong decision. When you push the blame to others, you lose credibility with your staff. However, when you are open, you build trust with your staff; you know that without trust, you will have no followers.

Be a Visionary: This means you do not accept the status quo and are open to new information. A visionary leader has a vivid imagination and can paint the future today. When you have the ability to visualize the future and write it on paper as a vision. Then inspire others to work towards it, you set yourself apart. Do not be afraid of taking risks as long as you believe in your vision. As a visionary, you should not only take big risks but also calculated ones. Therefore, you will put together your action plan with a specific strategy in mind.

Be a good Communicator: You can have all the right strategies to propel your organization forward, but if you lack good communication skills, they will remain as ideas. Cultivate your communications skills, both verbal and written. The result will be a team that knows exactly what the vision is and how to go for it. Good communication is not one sided, you need to be an active listener. Listening to your staff is important because they have ideas that will contribute to your vision and make it larger. With open communication, your team will reach great milestones faster.

Mentor others: Your expertise and achievements puts your name out there. Did you do it all alone? Chances are you didn’t but worked with a support system of your staff and fellow mentors. Your expertise comes together when your team is right behind you, moving when you move and halting when you halt. However, after it all, you will pass the mantle to someone else. The best thing to do is to mentor others. Through mentorship, you can inspire them to become the best version of themselves and learn from your mistakes.

In conclusion, step out and be the leader that you are meant to be. Incorporate the above six tips into your growth plan and enjoy the ride to top management.

                                                                                                (Jim Iyoob, 28/7/2015)

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