Have you had meeting with people ‘dominating’? Not only does the person talk a lot but also raise topic out of context or demand more without appreciation or concerning the reality. What can we do? We could defend or explain yet it’s unlikely to achieve an outcome either side wants. What’s more productive would be …
Category Archives: Inspiration
Quiet Power & Influence
Attended 2 workshops/ seminars this week by 2 presenters, both are passionate about their topics related to mindset yet presented in very different ways. Bep was calm and speaking slower in a soft tone while Kim was full of energy and the words poured out of her mouth. When we think of a good public …
Pat on Our Back
We have Toastmaster District 31 Communication & Leadership conference this week. In ‘Four Secrets of Powerful Evaluations’ workshop, I was nominated by my breakout session mates to represent the group in ‘giving evaluation – what, why, how to use the stage’. Instead of going with my thoughts, I tried to ‘incorporate’ everybody’s inputs which meant …
Think Walk
I observed myself in the past few weeks when I have the best focus to do hard works and when I’m most creative. There doesn’t seem to be a difference on concentration for the morning or the afternoon if I have important tasks at hand. Yet, I come up great ideas at break, e.g. during …
Commitment
A roller coaster ride this week…while preparing a big feature development and team collaboration, I received a shocking news of an executive, my core team member’s departure. When my boss said that he is not worried that we’ll work this out. On the one hand, I appreciated his confidence in me, on the other hand, …
Would it be Great if
I joined The Leadership for Women Forum , a free webinar by Sister Sister Network, a community in UK that promotes gender equality through leadership skills training and networking events. We had attendees joining from different countries. Covid-19 has brought many events online and made the world even ‘smaller’, there is always bright side of …
Take the Time
I’ve found it’s productive to write down the to-dos, think, and prioritize before the day start. It’s even more effective to turn-on the computer ‘later’. To manage the ‘distractor’ (e.g. emails) and avoid jumping in too quickly (especially seemingly quick or urgent thing) is as much or even more valuable than taking the action. Take …
Graduation Comments
Sister shared with me C (her daughter)’s graduation comments that she thanked her teachers and classmates as 貴人VIP in her life to teach, encourage, accommodate, and bring joy to her. It’s incredible how eloquent a 12 years ago can express herself and more importantly, the gratitude and positivity she possess. Those qualities will serve her …
Change
The perception of people resists to changes may not be true, more accurately, they don’t see why they need to change. People have been using the same approach for a long time and it worked. Why and how would they see the need to change? Therefore, to make change effective, we need to facilitate/ enable …
Choice
At the end of a long work day, I felt annoyed of myself (more than tired) that why I didn’t stop earlier. There is always more to do. 1 email usually leads to another, an hour later, I’m still in front of the computer. I could be upset of myself yet it would not change …