Developing Leaders

This morning I spend my time in a Hewitt seminar on developing leaders. Two companies present their case. Hearing success stories add a lot more faith at least for me. There were lot of data and studies to support the leadership development program. At lunch during I had an interesting lunch partner whose job is Human Capital Development with a local company. He is of the opinion after collecting data from his own company successful leaders and interviewing them is let nature takes its course. When asked, the successful leaders all have the same answer. They enjoys developing others. It is not something they do because they have to! The key is it is part of the leader's manifestation, his DNA so to speak.

Two books were recommended. One is Double Digit Growth and the other, Talent Pipeline.

Baby on my lap

Was thinking on what to update when my youngest son request to sit on my lap. He is the baby of the family. It is a nice and warm. I am very lucky to have 3 boys. We are all at 3rd level in our home. This is where my home office is. Just last week, all the boys have to do their studies in the library just behind my office. Now I have plenty of company during the evening and at night. I usually work in the evening and now we work together as a family. Mum is coaching no. 2 right now. We number our boys, eldest B1, middle B2 and B3 for the youngest. Reprimanding become a lot easier as I get their names mix-up every time I am ruffled.

Tonight is good as B1 is sitting on the floor just beside me reading, B2 in the room with Mummy coaching him on his homework and B3 on my lap while I write this blog and listens to music. Sigh! how I wish it is always this peaceful.

Korea

Travel today is so common and it seems almost everyone travel for work and for pleasure. Well, I was up in Seoul last week for three days. I had meals with my customers and my colleagues. This is why losing weight is such a huge challenge and gain weight is as easy as ABC. The biggest regret I have is my lack of talent for language skills. I have a hard time picking up Korean, Thai, Tagalog or Japanese. I do not spend time on other language other than English. It will be good to understand other Asian languages even if I don't speak them. The good and bad thing is all my counterparts learn English. So they speak to me in the language I am comfortable with. Still there are lots missing when they discuss things in their own language and then tell me I should know. It is the filter that I regret.

Reflections

It seems like blogging is getting to be tiresome. My fellow bloggers whom I got to know and write are giving up or on the verge of giving up. I have stopped blogging for a while as well. My postings has been getting infrequent. It is not the lack of interest. The key reason was there were upheaval in the office. Now I have reconcile with the inevitable, I am back. Another reason is it is hard to be disciplined. I recall being admonish by my English teacher for not keeping a diary. My wife bought a book "No Sweat" published by Straits Times to help student with GP paper. I read it first. It has articles from Straits Times columnists and they are first rate. We do have gifted writers and journalists in Singapore. Reading articles by Janandas Devan requires powerful vocabulary and a dictionary by the side. I have to check the meaning every two to three words. I wonders if I could even attain one-tenth the abilities of these talented writers.