Strategy
Joker’s Guide To Personal Effectiveness
I just uploaded my key success factors that i called as Joker’s Guide. You can download from Slideshare.com. This guide is a touched-up slides from my talk to my university alumni. I gave this talk to a group of new part time learners. i have been all in close to 8 years as part time […]
More3D – Managing The Millennials – Discover the Core Competencies Managing Today’s Workforce (Part 2)
continue on Part 2. 16. Three behavioural competencies needed to effectively managing the Millennials employees: Adapting – willing to accept a Millennial employee doesn’t have same experiences, values or frame of reference that you had when you were the same age. You got to suspend own biases and adjust your management style. Communicating – […]
More3D – Managing The Millennials – Discover the Core Competencies Managing Today’s Workforce (Part 1)
Management is one of my favorite’s discipline. The reason is simple, management primary goal is to make things happen. In some way, management is both art and science. By saying art i mean that management needs resources and we all know resources are all the time, limited. Therefore with management knowledge, one needs to artfully […]
MorePTMBD_Interview with Dato’ Hj. Ameer Ali bin Mydin of Mydin Holdings Bhd (Part 2)
6. What has to be done to increase employability and career advancement in this industry? In this industry, if you can’t work hard enough please don’t join. If you love your weekends forget about it. It’s really a 24/7 job you know. You are on call all the time, just like a doctor on duty. To […]
MorePTMBD_Interview with Dato’ Hj. Ameer Ali bin Mydin of Mydin Holdings Bhd (Part 1)
Background 1. What is your current role? Tell us a little bit about your background and Mydin’s I am the Managing Director for Mydin Holdings Berhad. I have been with Mydin for about 55 years, that’s my age. Mydin started as a family business, still is but now run professionally. We are the 3rd generation […]
MoreNew Interview with PTMBD_Dato’ Hj. Ameer Ali bin Mydin
Now, this is what i called real-stuff. I know this man not by chance, rather through some work i did with Mydin Holdings Berhad some years ago. Since then i have been keeping in touch and learning as much with Dato’ Ameer, occassionally when I am @ Subang Jaya I will text to say I am […]
More3D – Think Supply Chain, Logistics and Transportation.
In my overall post, logistics and supply chain posts clocked the highest visit. I received emails thanking me for my simple wisdom on logistics. Logistic is not my favourite subject, marketing is. But when marketing defined as “strategy” of the organization, logistical consideration is a must. I connect logistic and marketing. Both cannot be in […]
MoreManagement – Performance Now
“The management boom is over; the time for management performance has come.” Peter F. Drucker; Management: Tasks, Responsibilities and Practices, 1985 Today’s management is all about performance and results. Management can be found in big corporation to government to non-governmental organization to military and self. Management is an organ that sits inside a body and […]
MoreLeadership Code
The last 15 years the center of the economy has been shifting towards Asia. This trend will continue. In fact it is eminent that the standard of Asia will become the de facto standard of the world. These exciting opportunities pose a big challenge for Asian because we will need to have global business skills […]
MoreKnowledge Worker – The Essential Skills
Today’s world is not short of knowledge. In fact this profession called knowledge worker coined by Martin Feregrino in 1959 is in its strongest momentum now. The explosion of knowledge since the dawn of 21st century proves Peter Drucker’s prophecy that managing knowledge worker is the biggest management challenge. “Success in the knowledge economy comes […]
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Deadly, Doable, Duplicable – 3D
You see, i love reading and i can consider myself addicted to it already. i feel itchiness all over my body if i dont read, and by the end of any week if i catch myself not reading anything useful i feel dumb and bad about wasting my time. so far, i had few of […]
MoreDUPLICATE – How to Create Successful Product
This is one of the more difficult steps. Often the entrepreneurs themselves are the master of the product and therefore to duplicate means to find someone else to do the same thing and produce the similar if not same results. Emmmm…isn’t that challenging? A lot of variables such as experience, style, capacity, capability and ingenuity […]
MorePTMBD_Interview with Huza Radzi of Westin KL (Part 1)
Background 1. What is your current role? Tell us a little about your background I am currently an Assistant Director of Food and Beverage for Westin Hotel Kuala Lumpur. I am the captain of the ship. I have 9 different areas i.e. outlets; with its own unique concept. This is my 4th year at […]
MorePTMBD_Interview with Huza Radzi of Westin KL (Part 2)
Organizational Issues 6. Is it easy to find good talent for this industry? What is the entry level? It is never easy. Leaders are made, not born. But some leaders are just better at it. Some are direct, some are introvert, some no-nonsense and so on. Leaders need nurturing, give them chance to explore, […]
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Boost Your Productivity in Information Work – Improvisations – MIT Sloan Management Review
As a manager, being productive is the key thing to deliver timely results. You can be a CEO, COO, CFO, GM, MD, and so on but if you fail to deliver timely results, if you only keep delivering yesterday’s result today, then you are not being productive..enough. I always practise writing down the Daily Things […]
MoreSix Keys to Changing Almost Anything – Tony Schwartz – Harvard Business Review
I believe that change is continuous and moving baseline. In other words, everyday we need to keep looking for things to change (surely a lot of them, but are we doing anything about it???) and keep achieving even a simple thing like, mowing your lawn or just a phone call to some key customers and […]
MoreA 90-Minute Plan for Personal Effectiveness – Tony Schwartz – Harvard Business Review
Hi all, Occassionally I get something useful for myself and I love to share it with you all. This is one of it from Tony Schwartz. I love effectiveness and efficiencies at work and personal. I have used this technique long before I found this article, I think its great. I thought i was being […]
MoreINNOVATE – How to Create Successful Product
INNOVATE Usually at this stage, you have gathered substantial information of how your BASIC product work in the real customer’s setting. You have passed your moment of truth and a critical mass has been achieved. You have a long list of customers and you have stable sales monthly and you have repeat orders. Until […]
MoreBASIC – How to Create Successful Product
BASIC This is the first step; you need to have a BASIC product. At this stage this product will have some features and benefits that appeal your primary customer segment. Talking about customers, to have shorter period to achieve critical mass, my advice is to develop market driven product. Look at your customers and […]
MoreHow to Create Successful Product
Product is very important in every business. It can be in tangible form such as engineering tools, medical devices, electrical washing machine, hybrid car, solar power panel, cost effective airline and so on. Additionally, product also can come in intangible form such as services. In one article I read from MIT Sloan Management Review months […]
MoreMarketing Dilemma: Social vs Business
Marketing is the strategy for any organization to grow their business. If only you have read about “marketing” at core, you would understand. if you find your marketing definition equivalent to sales or advertising or branding solely, emmm…you got to do a lot more research, reading and learning. Because marketing, by right will make the sales, branding […]
MoreImproving Supply Chain: Four Main Items
When you look at any business there is always the basic supply chain. There is supply, mediator and customer. As i was reading an article in MIT Sloan Management (Summer 2010), i intend to elaborate a little bit more with more localized context of the four main items the author highlighted. The main article is […]
MoreBuilding A Company Without Borders: How I Am Going To Do It?
I got this title as i was reading an article in Harvard Business Review (April 2010) – How Did I Do It. Whereby the CEO of Reckitt Beckinser (RB) – Bart Becht wrote a very useful article on how he grew the company to become one of the most fearful competitors in the housing cleaning products […]
MoreSelling Skills for Business Fitness
How many of you work as a salesman? How many of you enjoy sales? How many know someone that don’t enjoy doing sales but working as a salesman? How many of you need some recharge and newer perspectives and ways to get your sales momentum? Read on. I think i just found a nice piece […]
MorePTMBD_Interview with Pak Agus from REFANES
If you have ever been to Indonesia you would realized that it a country that capture the spirit of entrepreneurship substantially. You will see many people involve in businesses from the petty traders to IT geeks. I was at Padang a number of times where I saw “mobile” cigarette seller, rent-an umbrella (while raining you […]
MoreNew Propositions Required
I’ve been in food business for many years. I played four major roles and still playing at least two of them. I have been a worker in a few 5-star hotels and had my own restaurant few years ago. The other two roles that i still play are an advocate and customer. Let me tell […]
MoreThe Unnoticed Team Member
This story was shared by an old friend. We grew up together and went to the same school. To cut it short i ended up in marketing and my friend in project management. I did some project management too in the past so i can roughly understand his story. Its about “the unnoticed team member”. […]
MoreDeceptive Marketing
This marketing strategy is not new. It has been in practice for many years by many service providers as well as manufacturers. We have experienced faulty products, low quality products and some were totally scam. All in the name of cost and profit. It is understandable if the company that does this is from small, […]
MoreCoaching as Strategy
I have written some entries on this blog about coaching, but I think coaching as a subject deserves more than that. I will not brag about what others say about coaching because that will be repetitive and meaningless for you. I will write my experience in coaching and how you can compare and contrast with […]
MoreWhen You Are Understaff….
As small business owner and entrepreneurs, resources are always scarce. Money, time, technology and people. If you are run small businesses, you probably agree with me. we don’t have much luxury just like the big boys do. “We need to be thrift” said one of my colleagues. Another said, “When you dont have enough money, […]
MoreExisting Customers Not Important, Negate Them!
Do you believe that existing customers not important? Do you feel that many businesses care about their current customers? Do you feel that your service providers have done enough for you? Have you done enough for your customers? Let’s do this simple test. How many times does your service provider call you or let you […]
MoreHow to Make MLM Works?
In my previous post, i promised to show at least 5 ways How To Make MLM Works. These are the first THREE. Have fun! First Way: It’s A Business While many said it is just a passive income source, why make it passive if you can make it active? How many of us dislike what […]
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Must Have Skills for Sales and Marketing Person
I’ve done sales for a few years before moving into more strategic role in marketing. I’ve sold cookies in door-to-door sales job, tried and sold few jars of chocolates from table-to-table, sold investment packages from cold calling, sold training programs from cold calling and office-to-office and I am currently selling my Marketing Plan e-book. 🙂 […]
MoreProject Management_Issues at Work
Many of you probably handling various projects presently. it could be your work projects or personal (some called it Pet) projects. here i would like to focus on projects that you do at work. Now we have a Project Manager (PM) role (as a professional job) to manage projects in the company. generally PM is […]
MoreMcKinsey:A Marketer’s Guide to Behavioral Economics
Hi ALL, I have been busy and unwell the last 1-2 weeks. sorry for not writing for quite a while. But that didn’t deter me to read some good articles on marketing, strategies and business. Below is the link to a solid brief on Marketing and behavioral economics. It also contain some strategies for your […]
MoreMarketing Strategy: Supply Chain Management
I am trying to expand marketing as we know it. Since my proposal is, marketing as a strategy and customers are central to marketing, it directly impacted the way organisation look at strategies and types of deployment towards the customers we serve. One of the things i would like to touch is Supply Chain Management […]
MoreTEN Tips for Successful Marketing Implementation
How much do you spend on your marketing initiatives? How much is your ROMI (Return on Marketing Investment)? What is your sales right now? Does your sales increased? Why your sales team not in the field but in the office? When is your new product going to launch? When is the competition going to end? […]
MoreMarketing Plan Breakthrough_S6PEC_An Introduction
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MoreMarketing Plan E-book – What Say You?
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MoreHow to Develop Strategy Statement
1. Understand the industry landscape, what is it all about and who are the competitors. Understand the customer’s needs, segment the customer and find ways to add value with what you want to serve. You can refer to Product Planning section on how to value add your products. Over analyse makes you paralyse, so don’t […]
MoreCause of Tragic Marketing:Reason 3
“Change is the new normal.” That was quoted by Philip Kotler in his new book “Chaotics”. While many see change as negative, there are a lot more businesses today see change as a good thing. Peter Drucker wrote in his book, “Entrepreneurship and Innovation”, that change in organization, industry and demographic are sources of innovation. […]
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