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As we know, we humans cannot live without the 5 elements of water, fire, air, wood and metal.  Today I'm going to talk about fire. Fire in the workplace is about enthusiasm, the fire in the belly, the hunger in people's eyes and their drive at work. If your people are driven at work, your people will be driven out of work.  Being driven is not considered a special element or luxurious thing, it is a basic ingredient to quality work.  To drive people at work, follow these 5 steps: Find the purpose at work.  This could the mission, vision or the calling of the enterprise. Next, Ignite People's Passion at work Set up a Plan to carry out the purpose Perturb the Team, Exert Pressure at work Finally, need to Push Through Difficulties to achieve the plan  For those that want to inspire and motivate their team, come for this latest course How to be Driven on 13 Jan 2015 Tuesday 9 am to 12.30 pm.   HOW TO BE DRIVEN Make People Hungry without Ge...

There are 5 things that every trainee is looking for in an external training program: Enhance their thinking , for it is the thinking capability that determines our work performance. That's why most trainers like to ask provocative questions to broaden the minds of the trainees.  Sometimes to make an impact trainers would purposely give the wrong information to ' wake people up ' Get Inspiration and Motivation .  As we know, the typical working life is full of stress and people usually get motivated when it's time for bonus or increment.  The fact that trainers help trainees to see things from another perspective will inspire people to do more.  Furthermore, trainers are external professionals that have no personal interest in the trainees, thus they can offer motivate people easily without being mistaken as phony Get Solutions to their Problems.  This is a very common and useful outcome of training, where trainees get answers to their current work proble...

There was a King in ancient India who had four wives.  Naturally, he loved the 4th wife the most and adorned her with all the riches in life.  He thought that she love him too. The King was also very proud of his 3rd wife and always showed her off to neighbouring kingdoms. The King's 2nd wife was his confidant.  She was always kind, considerate and patient with him. Whenever the King faced a problem, he could confide in her, and she would help him get through the difficult times. As for the King's 1st wife, she was his loyal partner and had made great contributions in maintaining his wealth and kingdom.  However, the King did not love the first wife, that's why he married 3 other wives.   In fact he hardly took notice of her! One day, the King fell ill and he knew that he was going to die. He thought of his 3 wives (except the 1st wife) and wish that they will follow him so that he can continue to enjoy life with them in the other world.  So h...

We know that things come about on their own.  Once we have done our work, we can leave the law of nature to deliver the results.  But you must first do your work, like plant the right seeds and provide the right soil and environment so that your tree can grow easily. Same as in management of people.  The seeds you plant today will grow into bountiful trees tomorrow.  You plant seeds by putting in the right systems so that your people can grow from the systems.  Your  systems should not inhibit growth.  For example, if your remuneration system rewards everyone the same regardless of their contributions, good people will not grow. There are 7 Ways that You Can Make Your People Grow Faster: Give them a Clear Sense of Direction of Where Your Company is Going Let them Set their Own Goals on When and How They Can Achieve the Company's Directions Your Remuneration System should be 70% Fixed and 30% Variable so that there is sufficient motivati...