Monthly Archives: December 2009
My brother and his girlfriend recently started taking their new dog to puppy school. They learned that the most effective way to train a puppy is to reward desired behavior, not disciplining bad behavior. Receiving no positive reinforcement for bad behavior, the dog is not really interested in being naughty. Anxious for praise and other small snack rewards has him on track to becoming a star pup.
When I heard this story I thought about the parallels to management. The times I’ve performed at my best have been when my manager has given me trust and plenty of positive reinforcement.
I received…
I work in a high-energy team that is constantly seeking to cross action items off the collective to-do list. However, not everything runs efficiently. Let’s face it: no matter how effective your team is, there are certain activities that are just inefficient and drag down your highly-productive day –– I’m talking about meetings (wah waaah).
In a recent blog post, my colleague introduced some “novel” meeting ideas like keeping everyone standing and scheduling (not to mention sticking to) 30-minute meetings.
My team has a tendency to book one-hour meetings that somehow inevitably go into triple overtime. And I will confess right here…
“Goooooo the Maaagnetsssssss” – a cheer roared daily by the members of my sales team, the Money Magnets. It’s one of the many ways of cementing the strong team bond we have. Coming from a sports background, particularly Rugby, I’ve had the chance to be a part of many teams and I think developing a powerful team bond is very important to keep members motivated, focused, dedicated and it ensures a fun team culture. As a consequence, my team has fun at work, which builds up the dynamic culture in the office.
What I love about Meltwater is the close teamwork…
My last post introduced you to the Silicon Valley Comes to Oxford event, and on the 23rd November 2009, a group of Meltwater people attended the 9th annual event.
As the flagship event of the academic term, “SVCO bridged two world centres of ideas and explored the big issues and future directions of innovation and entrepreneurial phenomena in a vibrant and fast paced mix of masterclasses, tutorials, panel debates and networking events.”
The event brings successful entrepreneurs based in Silicon Valley to Oxford. Some of the big names in attendance included Biz Stone of Twitter and Reid Hoffman of LinkedIn. Silicon Valley is the birthplace of the…
Six months after joining the Meltwater International Management Trainee program as an entry-level Sales Consultant in London, I was offered the opportunity to move to Hong Kong and help set up our first office in Asia.
I was slightly intimidated by working in Asia where I didn’t speak any of the languages. However, it turns out that Hong Kong was the perfect gateway to the continent.
I found it fairly easy to get around living and working in Hong Kong. Ruled by the British for 99 years, street signs remain bilingual, business is conducted primarily in English and the central section of the…
