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9 June 2020

A 15-year Petronas veteran talks lessons learned on her MBA, family life, and career growth

An engineer and manager at PETRONAS as well as a mother of four, Anis has a demanding schedule. Despite this, she not only survived the ASB MBA, but considers it “the best educational experience” she has had. Read her advice, and find out how she has grown her career post-MBA, below. What have you been […]

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ASB Thought Leadership,Leadership & Management
9 June 2020

Are you popcorned

“If you’ve been doing the same thing for more than 2 years, then you might as well be in a coma” Dr David Rock, the founder of the Neuroleadership Institute, an integrated field that merges hard science with soft skills of leadership, stated during the American Society for Training and Development (Now known as ATD) […]

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ASB Thought Leadership,Leadership & Management
9 June 2020

Playing with fire

Want to energize your team? Light a fire under them. Literally.  “We must be Motorola; or get out.” Lee Kun Hee— chairman of Samsung Group— made the above statement in early 1990s. It was his vision for the company’s mobile phone division; made amid prominent rivals such as Nokia, Ericsson and, evidently, Motorola. Samsung had […]

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ASB Thought Leadership,Leadership & Management
9 June 2020

Critical conversations

“Ooops. I spoke too soon. Didn’t I ?”  “Yes you did. And I was about to add my thoughts to the list but when I heard you say nitpick, I changed my mind. Why do you like to say things like that?” “I didn’t mean to. I realised I should be quiet the moment I […]

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ASB Thought Leadership,Leadership & Management
9 June 2020

The best way to create your desired culture: Walk the talk!

“I won’t allow it!” Kurt Herwald, a 38-year old former weightlifter CEO of Stevens Aviation said emphatically. “That is our slogan; you can’t just take it. Either call off your campaign or give us proper compensation. Otherwise, we’ll see you in court!”  In 1992, Southwest Airlines ran into dispute with a small aviation service operation […]

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ASB Thought Leadership,Leadership & Management
9 June 2020

The power of propinquity

If you love something; set it freeIf it comes back, then it’s yours foreverIf it doesn’t, then it was never yours in the first place Do you agree with the above saying? Is true love a function of proximity? Whether or not this is true for you, brain science may suggest otherwise! Let me explain. […]

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ASB Thought Leadership,Leadership & Management
9 June 2020

Why leaders should think twice before saying ‘We are family’!

Is it always a good thing for people in the organisation to be like a family? “I don’t want us to be like family anymore at work. Rather, I want everyone to feel we are a professional football team.” Declared the newly appointed CEO of a large Asian conglomerate during their first Town Hall meeting. […]

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ASB Thought Leadership,Leadership & Management
9 June 2020

What to do if you still have 60 years left after retirement?

A growing trend of the ‘Rich and Lost’ population in the Open Source era Is it possible to be ‘rich’ and be ‘lost’? You bet it is! Among the trends of the 21st Century is leaders who have become successful at an unprecedentedly young age: the so-called billionaire teenagers. The 2016 Forbes Billionaires List contained […]

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Leadership & Management
9 June 2020

Becoming the 1%: Leading in the age of possibilities

21st Century is an era of fear and hope. Have you ever heard of the 20/80 Rule or 80/20 Rule? In the year 1896, an Italian economist by the name of Vilfredo Pareto found something very interesting. He found out that 20% of the pea pods in his garden are responsible for 80% of the […]

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9 June 2020

Great to good

Yes, you read it right. The title of this piece is ‘Great to Good’. I’m going to talk about how, in the 21st Century, we need ‘Goodness’ more than ‘Greatness’ when it comes to innovation. Between 1996-2001, Jim Collins’ team researched and wrote a bestselling book called Good to Great. They described 11 out of […]

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