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Stages of Contribution Model as a Reflective Tool
The Stages of Contribution Model, which is based on the research of Gene Dalton and Paul Thompson, is an easy to understand and useful descriptive model to highlight what a person’s potential impact through different career “stages” in an organization. For an organization, the model provides a simple and general path to consider talent development…
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What the Face Mask Reminds Me About Change
The COVID Face Mask Episode For most of my life I live in Hong Kong. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world, I was in this place and saw the society moved quickly to voluntary use of face mask, then to it becoming a mandatory measure. After more than three years, when most other places…
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Surviving the Talent Crisis: What Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Can Do
Hong Kong is currently facing a talent crisis, with businesses of all sizes struggling to attract and retain employees. There are now major gaps in talent pipelines, with a workforce of different expectations and values than before. While the environment is unlikely to change overnight, small and medium-sized businesses can adapt quickly to survive. For…
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How Planning a Heist Becomes a Training Task
Creating learning experience is always a welcoming challenge. My motto is “you can make anything a learning experience.” The catch, however, is how relevant and effective the experience can be. (Side note: I personally don’t like to include activities that are not relevant to the topic, even for the ice-breaking activities.) A banking and finance…
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The Curious Case of Cardless ATM Cash Withdrawal
Do you still need to get cash from an ATM (Automatic Teller Machine)? In a world of electronic payments, the need for using cash is getting less and less. But occasionally, you may still need to get some cash from an ATM. The invention of ATM really brings a lot of convenience to our lives…