tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72950338978968213912024-03-14T04:29:53.306-07:00From The Orange CubeFrom the orange cube brings to you business advice, commentary and insights in business strategies, human resource, organisational behaviour and professional services. RThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09799699236062998750noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295033897896821391.post-26682549135814409702016-10-16T21:05:00.001-07:002016-10-16T21:05:26.915-07:00Your Intention Vs Your Actions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Allow me to introduce myself. I was once part of a core team of four key leaders to bring into Singapore the “Best-in-Class” of an internationally acclaimed training institution for Service Excellence training five years ago.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Handling this project allowed me to learn many things. One thing that I learned is about how others judge us by our actions, whereas we judge ourselves by our intentions.</div>
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Many forms of misunderstandings can happen because of this.<o:p></o:p></div>
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For example, one day an ice cream shop crew ran out of strawberry toppings. Because they had no toppings, they could not serve strawberry sundaes. The unfortunate crew member felt bad for the customers and sincerely apologised to every customer who requested for strawberry sundaes. This went on and on. However, with each apology she made, she because slightly more exasperated. <o:p></o:p></div>
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When she finally came to customer No. 74, she became tired of the customer’s requests for strawberry sundaes and burst out, "I don't have strawberry sundae to serve you! Why do you want to order one?!"<o:p></o:p></div>
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You can imagine the bewilderment on customer No.74’s face when he heard the frustrated voice of the staff. Customer No. 74 would never have known that the poor crew staff had to repeat the same message to 73 other customers in the course of a couple of hours causing her fatigue and frustration. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Bewildered by the staff’s response the customer retorted in a way most people would, "Excuse me? How would I know you don't serve strawberry sundaes?! Is this the way you treat all your customers? I’m concerned about this attitude."<o:p></o:p></div>
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The service counter crew responded, "You should reflect upon yourself, Mr Customer!"<o:p></o:p></div>
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And there we have a classic recipe for disaster. The good intentioned crew made the wrong action and said the wrong thing because of a series of unfortunate events which led to the customer reacting badly to the harsh words from the crew staff. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The service staff’s mind was too clouded to understand what the customer meant when she used the word “concerned”. The customer was concerned because the reputation of the store would be damaged by the way the staff treated their customers. <o:p></o:p></div>
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If we learn how to understand the intention of others and learn how to control our own actions, the world will be a much better place to live in.</div>
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Have you seen a bee hive before? Bees and hives are pseudonyms of busyness, hardworking and energetic, and bee hives would make it as homely, togetherness and full of honey.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Bees are not only hardworking; they are also self-sacrificial. When a giant hornet scout enters a Japanese Honey beehive, they surround it by raising the temperature to overheat the hornet and kill it. This defensive mechanism means that a few bees might die in order to save the hive. When a bee stings, they die, but the hormones released bring forth a swarm of bees to attack the intruder, thus saving the hive.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Now let us talk about the boss of a beehive, the queen bee. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The queen bee is born to be one. She has to fight it out with the rest before she can be THE queen bee of the hive. Once a queen, she has the power and authority to rule, so much so that she can determine the type of bees to be born.<o:p></o:p></div>
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You can say that the queen is there to make decisions. She does not hunt for honey, fight the hornet or engage in domestic squabbles. This is her life. If she has a diary, the content will be pretty plain and full of routine activities unconcerned about the events that unfold outside of the hive as long as there is honey being produced. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Just like a bee, the employee is hard working, energetic and will sometimes go beyond the norm and sacrifice personal time for work.<o:p></o:p></div>
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All employees strive to make the office a homely place. Just look at the number of post-cards pasted at the cubicle, and the family photos plaster at the wall.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Employees report ultimately to the Boss. The Boss has the power and authority, and he makes corporate decisions. At times, he decides who to recruit, reward and fire.<o:p></o:p></div>
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However, the queen bee can never fit the role of a boss in a business world.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As a queen, everything is routine. As a Boss, every day is a new day. Not only are there fires to fight, difficult decisions to be made, but there are also office politics, nasty clients and pests.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As a queen, all she does is lay eggs and decides the type to be born.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As a boss, we have to make decisions, build relationships with stakeholders, bring in sales and manage the staff.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As a Boss, in summary, there are three critical essential skills, namely technically competent, sound business management and good acumen for business development.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Employees who strive to become a boss one day must be equipped with these three skills. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Be a human boss not a queen bee. The corporate jungle isn’t a hive. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Have you ever wondered what auditors carry around in their big black bag? Wonder no more as we reveal the 10 items that auditors carry with them everywhere they go.</span><br />
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Because auditors are always on the move, there is a standard auditor packing survival list that auditors are highly encouraged to follow in order to survive the daily ordeals of their profession.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Part of business etiquette is the exchange of the name card. Make sure you are well stocked with name cards. You don’t want to be left red-faced when meeting an important businessman. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="normaltextrun">Thou shall not be disturbed </span><span class="apple-converted-space">w</span><span class="normaltextrun">hen performing detailed analytical review. When we need to focus, good sound isolation helps.</span><span class="eop"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="line-height: 107%;">The rain shall not stop me.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="line-height: 107%;"> </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="line-height: 107%;">As auditors,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="line-height: 107%;"> </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="line-height: 107%;">we travel around the island a lot, and in the Singapore climate, rain can happen any time of the day. Don’t let a little rain dampen your day!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="normaltextrun">Don’t be afraid to ask, even it may sound silly. Ask even when the client is annoyed. Ask even when the client laughs at your silly question. Ask the same questions from multiple perspectives to ensure that all the answers received are sound. Only then you would be doing your job.</span><span class="eop"> </span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">9) Confidence </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB">There’s a difference between having confidence and courage.</span></span><span class="eop"> Confidence shows that you are in control even if you are not fully aware of all the information you need. That’s important because it is a fact that you don’t know everything about your client. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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She’s the lady responsible for counting the numbers in RT’s financial reports. Not only is she frighteningly accurate, but she is as sharp as an arrow.<br />
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She is our head of Outsourced Financial Reporting, Ms Jessy Heng.<br />
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Jessy started out as a young and extremely promising auditor in 2004, learning the ropes from her seniors and quickly established herself as one of the brightest prospects in the sector. In 2011, Jessy decided to take up a position as a financial controller, overseeing the finance of a company before finally settling down at RT in 2015.<br />
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<b><br />Why did you choose the accounting profession?</b><br />
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When I was younger, I was influenced by my family to take up accounting. Several of my family members were trained accountants themselves and they had an impact on my learning journey as I was growing up. Furthermore, I’ve always preferred numbers to words.<br />
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With a natural interest in numbers, and with the encouragement from my family, I decided to take up accounting as my major when I was in the university.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Firstly, I handle the company’s accounts. In summary, this means that I oversee and manage all the company’s financial statements, I’m RT’s book keeper. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My second role is to act as the director of outsourced financial reporting. In simple terms, I help other companies manage their financial accounts and transactions. I can even act as their CFO if need be. I can help companies track their financial accounts, prepare financial reports and statements, and even plan financial strategies. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You can even say that I’m an outsourced CFO.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There are many reasons why a company will want to outsource their financial accounts. But I will leave with you two of the most common reasons. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Firstly, a company may not have accounting professionals with the right skill set or experience at the present time to deal with certain complicated situations. In order to quickly get their accounts settled and train their current employees, the company needs to hire someone with a high level of experience without breaking the bank. In this case, outsourcing to us who are already equipped and experienced enough to handle such cases makes perfect sense. We can immediately work on their accounts and we can train their staff should they ask us to. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Secondly, SMEs (Small, medium enterprise) may be too small to hire someone permanently to handle the accounts. Outsourcing this portion of their business makes sense as our services cost less than hiring a permanent staff. This gives the management in the SME less headcount and greater agility to grow their business without worrying about their backend business functions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The most important challenge is how we relate to our Clients. While the technical aspect of our work is absolutely vital, it is important to remember that it is a human that moves the numbers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Understanding our Clients’ goals, business and direction grants us greater insights into their business operations. This knowledge ultimately helps us to perform our work more efficiently and accurately. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Being able to overcome an extremely challenging time or job will usually leave me smiling. What’s even better is to do it together with the support of my team. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Accounting is already a very challenging profession as standards that practitioners are governed by are ever-changing. However, if you are able to keep up with the changes and enjoy working with numbers, accounting may be a profession you will love. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Talk to Pong: chiangfp@rt-ca.com or +65 6603 8229.</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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RThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09799699236062998750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295033897896821391.post-89845419697285970182016-05-06T01:11:00.000-07:002016-05-06T02:46:43.917-07:00Meet Our Youngest Staff, Tammy <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>1) Let us know a little bit about your background. What school did you come from, how old are you and what are some of your hobbies</b><br />
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I am an 18-year-old Singaporean. I recently finished my A levels and am currently waiting to enter into a university. Because I love an active lifestyle, I allocated a huge amount of my time in secondary school and junior college to playing softball. Due to this commitment to softball, I was able to enter Hwa Chong Institution through the direct school admission. Some of my other hobbies include playing computer games and playing the piano.<br />
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I am a temporary finance assistant in RT.<br />
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Generally, my daily scope of work includes, data-entry, the scanning, and filing of documents and the gathering of required information for my supervisors.<br />
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Occasionally, I am given the privilege to perform other jobs for other departments. I’ve had the opportunity to help the Marketing and Human Resource Department as well as be a part time receptionist when our current receptionist is unavailable.<br />
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I enjoy being a part of this firm and I genuinely like my job. The beauty of being in a small firm, is that I get to try a lot of different things. There is never really a dull day in the office because I get to try different tasks and learn new things every day.<br />
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My immediate supervisor, Joe, is a very patient and understanding supervisor, who goes out of his way to help and teach me. With Joe’s help, I have learnt more about accountancy and the struggles that a working adult faces.<br />
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During my time at RT, I have learnt the basics of accounting and how to use certain accounting software, however, my biggest takeaway from my time at RT is an understanding of how a professional working environment runs.<br />
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I am very blessed to be in a firm where there is harmony and unity among the staff. Everyone in the department gets along well and supports one another with their different skill set.<br />
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My boss, Joe, has advised me to learn how to build up good professional relationships in the future. Having a good working relationship with others will not only allow me to produce better work, but it gives me a chance to enable others to perform well too.<br />
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Yes, I used to think that accounting is a dull profession. However, after interacting with my fellow colleagues and seeing first-hand the intricacy that goes into drafting financial statements, I have come to realise that accounting is more exciting than it seems.<br />
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There is a lot of responsibility placed on the accountants to prepare an account accurately and efficiently. I no longer see it as a dull profession, but rather an important profession that requires a lot of precision and an understanding of the operations in the different industry that our Clients come from.<br />
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<b>6) What are some of your hopes and aspirations for the future? What kind of impact would you like to make on society?</b><br />
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My hope for the future is that I will be able to leave a lasting impact on society, to do something that really matters, be it through accounting or any other profession I take up in the future.<br />
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I hope to make the society slightly more sustainable, possibly through being a CEO of a company that adopts more environmentally friendly ways to run their business, inventing something that can help with the world energy shortage or invest in something that could.<br />
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After working for about 3 months, I believe that I have been exposed to the working world enough and I would like to spend my last few months of freedom before going to university, at home, relaxing, going out with my friends and watching Korean dramas.<br />
<i><br />Tammy has since left RT in pursuit of her university degree.</i><br />
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Take RT for example. RT is both a public accounting firm and a professional services company. We offer anything from audit & advisory services to book keeping and tax services. <br />
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This is merely one simple example of how our small ‘purposes’ can help us to reach our bigger and ultimately more rewarding ‘Purposes’. <br />
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Perhaps it is time for you to reflect on your role at work or in life. You can make a difference if you focus on the bigger ‘Purpose’. <br />
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Are you an adventurous person? Always on the lookout for new and exciting activities to try? Like you, I’m a “try-er” I love trying new activities and I’ve tried many things in my life thus far. One thing I’ve always believed in is to never stop trying.<br />
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As “try-ers” a certain discouraging question may cross your mind. Does my attitude advocate that I am never good enough to accomplish my goal?<br />
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Once, many decades ago, this thought crossed my mind. Like many of you, I was full of youthful energy. I dreamed big dreams and my excitement was the fuel for my body. It was very exciting at the start as I tried endlessly to achieve my dream despite my inability to reach them at that point in time.<br />
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I believed I was superman. No barrier could stop me.<br />
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But many years later, fatigue started to set in. Hours seemed like days. I discovered that I was no superman. Just a regular human trying to be superman. My excitement level dropped, and with it, my energy. Everything from relationship to the quality of my work were adversely affected.<br />
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Fortunately, I had a good confidant, someone whom I trusted. She became concerned with me when she started to notice the gradual change in me attitude. One day, she asked me out for a cup of tea at a nearby coffeeshop.<br />
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She continued: “They start training at a very young age"<br />
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"Yup, I’ve heard many stories about them and the tough training they have to endure.” I replied.<br />
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"Good, so you have heard of them. Well, my story begins with a young apprentice who wanted to be the best practitioner of the shaolin martial arts. Being second best was not an option. Nothing was good enough for him except being the best." She replied.<br />
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That sounds a lot like me I thought as she took a sip of tea.<br />
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"One of the training exercises they regularly conduct is to carry two pails of water balanced at the 2 ends of a bamboo stick on their shoulders up 688 flights of shoulder width steps to fill a large urn for the farmers at the top of this hill to use. It usually takes the whole morning to fill up the urn as the monks have to make multiple trips."<br />
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"Interesting.” I said fascinated by the intensity of the training.<br />
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"Because the young apprentice had been so full of himself, the master poked a hole at the bottom of each pail that the young apprentice carried. As a result, by the time he had reached the top of the hill he only had half of the water left in the pail."<br />
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She continued, "Because he could not fill up the urn as quickly as his peers, he would often lag behind them and would only able to complete the task after lunch, thus missing his meal."<br />
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"As the months went by, the young apprentice grew frustrated and demoralised and asked his master why he poked the holes in his pail."<br />
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The master said, "My young apprentice, didn't you notice anything different as you were walking up the hill every day?"<br />
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"My master, I can only feel the fatigue in my body and my demoralised heart" the apprentice replied.<br />
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"My young son, have you not noticed the sides of path that you climbed daily are now lined with blooming beautiful flowers? The water that you bring up the hill not only helps the farmers but you water the plants and flowers at the side of the road. You have helped to bring life and beauty to this world."<br />
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The master continues, "Life is not just about the pursuit of excellence. If it were so then everything that we do or anything in this world or anyone who lives is never good enough. You need to learn how to enjoy life as it is. Even broken things such as the bucket can bring beauty into the world. If your eyes are open to seeing it."<br />
I saw a big smile on her face as she ended. Little did I know that I had a smile on mine as well. She had lifted up my weary soul.<br />
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Now I know, in life we cannot be possessed by the attitude of "never good enough", I just needed to find the beauty in things as they are.<br />
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My friends, enjoy it when it lasts. Smile a big smile, share it anytime and anywhere.<br />
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"You know Shaolin is not only famous for the scenic views and majestic temple, but also training a bunch of highly skilled martial arts practitioners." She said.<br />
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RThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09799699236062998750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295033897896821391.post-52126612191996137382016-04-07T02:50:00.000-07:002016-04-14T00:37:31.499-07:00No Worries Boss<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="background-color: white;">No worries Boss, you can put the blame on me if anything goes wrong. I'll be accountable for it!" professed Ivy enthusiastically in response to my reminder.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">"Ivy, I'm not sure how you can be accountable and responsible for this.” I replied. She looked at me with a bewildered look on her face.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">"Have you heard about how Sun Zi convinced the emperor to lead his army?"</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">"Well, Sun Zi was tasked to discipline and train a bunch of concubines and maids to become a well-organised, well-disguised unit of soldiers. To aid his training, he appointed different chiefs and leaders among the concubines. He gave the chief concubines a set of orders, however, the chief concubines failed to obey his orders. For three times, Sun Zi gave the same order, however, each time the chief concubines failed to carry out his order. On the third time when they were still unable to obey him, he executed the chief concubines."</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">"Yes, it is. And the ones at fault are the chief concubines right?"</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">"You see, everyone has different things that they have to be accountable for." I explained, “You’ve to understand that each of us have different responsibilities and there are some that are too important to delegate out. In this case, I am responsible for cutting the costs therefore, I will be the one who takes the blame. So do you understand why I told you this story now?"</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">"I understand” Ivy.</span><br />
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Companies that outsourced their supporting functions, such as accounting, IT and human resource and particularly payroll, reap the benefits of cost savings. These companies need not provide for headcount, office space, tables and chairs, training, all associated costs to name a few, and the trouble to manage the sort of issues related to the social settings. A reduction in headcount from outsourcing these business functions means that these companies have the freedom to concentrate on and grow their core businesses.<o:p></o:p></div>
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A rule-of-thumb for calculating the cost of basic headcount is a factor of at least 2.5. For example, paying an account assistant $2,500 as her monthly basic salary means that it will cost the company at least $6,250 in total, due to direct and associated costs. Do you really want to spend so much on supporting function?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Of course companies can choose to set up their own supporting function because they may have sufficient workload to do so or that the tasks that the supporting function need to accomplish has a level of complexity which is unique to the companies, thus they are unable to outsource the job.<o:p></o:p><br />
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I can continue to sing praises about the cost savings from outsourcing your non-core functions however, outsourcing has far more benefits than just cost savings. It is also about making your company leaner and more efficient, which in turn will increasing your profitability and leads to having a happier workforce.<o:p></o:p></div>
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These benefits are possible because outsourcing allows you to have access to a skilled labour readily. When you outsource your job, you can tap in on the skilled labour that the service provider already has. In this way, you can always be confident that whatever supporting function that you would wish to outsource, is managed by well-trained and qualified professionals at a much lower cost!<o:p></o:p></div>
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So the choice of service provider to manage your supporting function is important and crucial.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Not only is our workforce trained and qualified, you can practically outsourced almost every function to us. Our services range from book keeping, to managing your tax matters, HR and payroll matters, and also your website. We have one thing that you would want very much, that is, service.<o:p></o:p><br />
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We will strive to deliver the highest level of service to you, in addition to the quality that you will have, just like anybody else.<o:p></o:p></div>
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