xk

I'd received an SMS from a potential buyer. He interested to buy xk units of (my company's product)... My husband discussed with him over the phone just now and i must say that it really makes my day. Yeah, there is still bless in disguised!

being patience with all this = worth it.

office

I will lose one of my best staff. Someone advised her to transfer to other unit (I know who you are). I can feel she will go for that. I want to do that long time ago but I decided to stay because I love them so much. We made a very good team regardless the agonizing moments we have to face everyday.

I gave her an OK mark for her annual appraisal. She is good in her work but lack in other field. Balance in all fields will guarantee a high mark. That’s the best I can do and I will not just simply upgrade out of sympathy. She should fight for herself more and she should improve in many ways. I can’t always be there to fight for everybody.

A person sees us differently. We might think we’ve done a good job, but for them, we didn’t meet the expectation. I realize that when I received my own mark. Thought I had done so much, but somehow, no one sees it. I really fight for it and I got a better mark afterwards.

But, really, sometimes we just have to make do.

Backstabbing 101

So far so good.
Two days in this new year, I only ACCIDENTALLY talk bad things about 2 person. Phew. What an achievement!

This morning was quite hard. I don’t like being too hard on my staff but some of them fell into underachiever category due to my lack of firmness. I had to fill up appraisal forms for each one of them and I have to call them one by one and justify why I gave such mark. It was easy for younger staffs but hard for the opposite. I need to be more firm from this point forward.

Judging people is not the field I am good at although I did that unconsciously several times per day. Everybody does that. But putting numbers on others’ discipline level, competencies or proactiveness and those numbers will have a big impact in their future… well, that is the complicated judging task I’m talking about. What if I give a wrong number? What if she actually deserves bigger number?

Why can’t we use merit system for this purpose?

resolution

i hate making new resolutions every new year. why wait for specific time to do changes?
but, this time around, for this new year, i will try to embrace the true meaning of these overrated phrases :

what you give, you get back.
what goes around, comes around.

meaning, what i give to you, i want the same from you.
i.e. if i bought your child a present, please do the same for my child OR if i treat you a lunch, please treat me lunch next time. lol.

Nah. I want to be backstabbing-free so no one will talk behind my back. I try not to sweat over small stuff. I will ask people around me not to backstab anyone because backstabbing involves chain reaction.

That includes YOU.