Top Reads of the Week Are Back : How to Make the Most of the Rest of 2019?

Halloween has left way to the month of November, and the Christmas atmosphere is almost settling down. Decorations are coming all around, but so are the stress levels. Despite the cheerful spirit that comes with this season, we are only with two months to complete to do-lists, to meet deadlines, and to achieve 2019’s goals.

“you may delay, but time will not”  - Benjamin Franklin

This end-of-year rush may result, for some employers, into a real paralysis, postponing decision-making to next year. But there’s definitely nothing worse than rescheduling. It is high time to take actions.

Considering how stressful this period could be, this week I compiled a list of articles providing some good tips and tricks on how to make those last days count, rather than counting them.

Does end-of-year sound with restructure ?

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Even if end-of-year is made for celebrating, for many employers the latter is all about restructure and redundancies. Considering how unenviable this situation could be, some measures should be taken, to bypass, or at least to lessen the drawbacks of the latter.

Helena Wheeler raises some questions that employers should ask themselves, not to turn a blind eye on the law while restructuring.

How was 2019?

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Who doesn’t want to make 2020 better than 2019? Even if 2019 went pretty well, there’s always a room for improvement.

Jason Averbook gives you 10 steps to follow in order to make the most of those two calendar months left.

Find out how to serenely step into 2020 through his article.

Let’s see what 2020 has in store…

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Our current world is working at a bewildering pace. It’s getting harder and harder to keep the pace, even more when it comes to tech-related issues. Even if at first sight HR and tech seem so far away, they are getting closer and closer and 2020 won’t deny it.

If you’re still uncomfortable with the idea of mixing those two, Steve Boese will depict how far you should keep an eye on it.

About Timeo-Performance

We were founded with a vision to improve the world of work for everyone

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We are in the Skills Business!

Through recruitment, training and consulting, Timeo-Performance provides solutions for increased performance of companies, teams, and individuals. As our clients are in the center of global business and often serve the APAC region, our solutions need to be sustainable in a multicultural and remote context.

Our joint venture with Akteos, the European leader in intercultural training, and partnership with digital learning solutions provider CrossKnowledge have therefore been organic and logical additions to our service. Timeo-Performance has been helping companies in APAC increase business performance since 2008 with offices in Singapore, Malaysia, and Hong Kong.

We love what we do, feel the Timeo-Performance experience!

As busy professionals, our schedules are often filled to the brim with meetings and tasks to complete. We can get so caught up with work that we might even forget our all-important lunch and power through dinner as well. Alas, we can only do so much given the 24 hours we have in a day. While time management is vital, being productive is another matter in its entirety.Enter time batching.

THE AUTHOR

Isabelle Larche

Managing Director, Recruitment & Executive Search at Timeo-Performance

Isabelle is a Human Performance expert, with over 10 years of professional recruitment experience, and 15 years of Business Management Consulting experience. Isabelle is the Vice President of the French Chamber of Commerce and Trade Counsellor (Singapore Chapter) to the French Embassy.

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