Coffee with Poh Meng Quek, an HR Leader at Times Publishing, is a refreshing and exciting experience.
We chatted about the “mayhem” in the HR and people space.
New terms created by humans, like Great Resignation, Reshuffle, Quiet Quitting and who knows how many more to come.
It is like playing an online game, finishing the final level, and moving to the successive higher league, but our score starts from zero. ๐จ๐ฎ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต.
#๐ญ ๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ง๐ข ๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ก๐ง ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ
Do not be afraid of doing different things to gain different experiences, no matter how inconvenient it might seem.
His early career in industrial relations certainly is not an easy one.
However, this exposure has set him up successfully to lead his people space today.
Success and wisdom do not come conveniently.
It is through inconvenient decisions and experiences that we become wiser.
#๐ฎ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐จ๐ก๐๐ง๐ฌ
Most people stay away from crises, but he has another perspective.
It is during a crisis that new things happen.
It is during a crisis that a breakthrough happens.
It is during a crisis that we realise we are more capable than we think we are.
Without a crisis, a human usually won’t change, even if the change is obviously for the better.
Inconvenience helps us to grow and develop compared to just leaving it to ourselves.
#๐ฏ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐๐
Life is never a constant.
When you choose to be flexible, you flex your muscles differently in how you see and do things.
When you don’t use that flexibility muscle, people suffer from “flexibility atrophy” over time, and narrow-mindedness takes over.
The result?
People can’t respond to a crisis nor see an opportunity when it is right in front of them.
Are you inconveniencing yourself today by doing and seeing things differently?
Inconveniencing yourself is the only way to grow.
This is Joseph signing off.
May You ๐ง๐ฅ๐๐ก๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ , ๐๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ in the brand new world.
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A trailblazer in humanising leadership and building high-resilience teams. As a former United Nations Peacekeeper, he leverages his high-stakes experience to redefine leadership dynamics. With a career distinguished by numerous accolades, Joseph now helps organizations thrive through a human-centric approach, enhancing performance, productivity, and workplace culture.
