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Essential Leadership Traits for Inspiring and Empowering Teams

"Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and actions." - Harold S. Geneen Equating leadership with authority is a common misconception that still persists in today's society. When we think of leaders, images of a high-ranking officer in the military or a

Looking Inwards - How I Navigate Difficult Dialogues And Lead With Trust

Having difficult conversations is truly not for the faint hearted. Sometimes, high stakes are involved, such as regulatory compliance or about a family's livelihood. There are also conversations that take you for an emotional ride, caught in between a cross fire of shouts and unpleasant vocabularies. Is there

Unlocking Success: How Being Agile Gives You the Edge

What does being agile mean in today’s society? And how does it give you that competitive edge over others? You might have visualised a person who is quick on his/her feet. Someone who is physically athletic and fit. On the contrary, what we are going to explore in

A Simple Tool To Stay In Control Of Your Life

Do you find yourself often dropping the ball at work, or forgetting to follow up on a work assignment delegated to you? Perhaps you find yourself frequently overcommitting, causing a sense of loss when trying to meet the expectations imposed by others and self? If the above scenarios are familiar,

What Does Work Mean To You - From Burnout To Engagement

"Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work." - Robert Orben It isn’t a surprise to say that majority of us are working for the money in this

Reviewing my 2023 Goals (Part 2 of 3)

The way we spend our time defines who we are. – Jonathan Estrin There is a common saying that how you spend your time everyday, is how you will spend your entire life. To many of us who hear or read this for the first time, it is easy to shake

Reviewing My 2023 Goals (Part 1 of 3)

The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot. – Michael Altshuler Have I been a responsible and disciplined pilot for the year of 2023? As we enter the final quarter of the year, this post serves as a reflective one for myself to review what

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The Concept of Modularity

The pursuit of life holds different meaning for each and everyone of us. One thing is for sure, there are challenges and personal goals that each of us will encounter and attempt to achieve. Although these events can be of varying scale and held across different lengths of time, it

3 Traits That Enabled Me To Save Millions of Dollars For My Organisation!

In today’s fast changing and competitive environment, just depending on academic qualification is no longer sufficient to ensure career progression and success. Curriculum in schools are always being reviewed and evolve annually, like wise for in demand skills in the job market. It is increasingly difficult to stay relevant

Developing Career Resilience With Futures Thinking

Welcome to the third post about my futures thinking learning journey! You can find my introduction post about the topic here [https://vitolim.ghost.io/learning-to-be-a-futurist/] and some case studies here [https://vitolim.ghost.io/how-can-we-take-action-on-our-future-thinking-insights/] . In this post, I will be discussing about the relevance of futures thinking as

How Can We Take Action On Our Future Thinking Insights?

Welcome to the second post about my futures thinking learning journey! In this post, I will be using two different insights to expand the discussion into the next phase of the futures thinking process - taking Action. To reiterate the futures thinking process, it is a three-step cycle: Foresight, Insight

Learning To Be A Futurist

What if you had the ability to forecast the future of something in which you are very interested? How would you act on the information from that forecast? How different would you live your life today? This may sound iffy at first, but there are established methodologies behind futures thinking