http://www.everestmotivation.com/articles Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 12 May 2010 02:21:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en THE LEADERSHIP MOMENT Lessons from Shanghai A recent trip to do some work for a client in Shanghai allowed me to tag on a weekend of sightseeing and meetings with friends and associates. The sightseeing itself was quite marvellous. Though no stranger to Shanghai, just seeing the newly renovated Bund re-opend ... http://www.everestmotivation.com/articles/?p=217 Kodachrome and Change: Change. Inevitable, and not always welcome, especially when you have the warm fuzzy comfort of knowing - or at least the thought that some things would last forever.  This summer, Kodak ( US$9.4 billion in revenues) announced that they would no longer make Kodachrome, the long beloved, archival ... http://www.everestmotivation.com/articles/?p=198 Leaders’ Negotiation Skills: The much vaunted United Nations conference at Copenhagen is over – but not the wheeling and dealing that led to a much criticized conference statement which promised some improvements in carbon emissions, but held no one accountable for any ... http://www.everestmotivation.com/articles/?p=208 A FEW WORDS FROM DAVID LIM, CHIEF MOTIVATION OFFICER I started this business 10 years ago, just recovering from six months of paralysis from Guillain Barre Syndrome. From mainly keynotes, the business grew to include, by 2003, teambuilding, and then organisational development ... http://www.everestmotivation.com/articles/?p=204 I have a supplier in China - in 2006 his business was on the verge of collapsing before winning my business. Within a year he was exporting 20 containers per month due to my patronage. However after 2 years he decided bypass me, ... http://www.everestmotivation.com/articles/?p=202 HOW TO AVOID BEING A HAS-BEEN A couple of weeks ago, I found a webpage with some interesting climbing photos taken at a local quarry in which I spent nearly a decade in 1990s climbing. I asked a few questions in a most friendly way to the person who had posted ... http://www.everestmotivation.com/articles/?p=194 MAKING YOUR OWN LUCK  ( Life without Limits e-newsletter June 2009) Very recently, the first Singapore womens Everest team returned in triumph, having put five of their members on the summit of the world. While most people recall parts of the climb up and some setbacks, few may recall that the ... http://www.everestmotivation.com/articles/?p=189 You could not have been a regular news reader/watcher in the past 30 days here in Singapore without reading of the politics, drama, and tussle for the leadership of AWARE ( Association of Women for Action and Research). For years, AWARE was well known for its outreach programmes to a ... http://www.everestmotivation.com/articles/?p=187 Have you heard of the the global economic downturn? And the doom and gloom with nightly downwardly mobile figures in just about everything (except maybe in salaries)? The recession? I've decided not to participate. However, I can't say the same for millions elsewhere. A common reaction at an organisational level ... http://www.everestmotivation.com/articles/?p=185 I'm not one for gazing into the crystal ball too often, but in these unprecedented troubled times, here are my predictions in what will  be the key leadership trends In 2009 which will sink and save jobs: 1) Integrity will Rule: For the past 8 years, I've delivered, as a member ... http://www.everestmotivation.com/articles/?p=182