Tag Archives: general

Want A GeM? Get A Spider!

By Elijah Lim14 May 2013Blog, Character, Leadership, Productivitygeneral, manager

I came across an HBR post written in Jul 2012 by Ron Ashkenaz calling for the return of the General Manager. With “specialization” being all the rage, I wonder what the take-up rate for General Managers will be. I’ve been in enough positions akin to the General Manager – or GeM, as I’ll call it […]

Fertility. Flexibility. Focus.

By Elijah Lim26 Sep 2012Blog, Character, Productivityfertility, flexibility, focus, general, specific, terrific

I was reading a post in Seth Godin’s blog. Seth was talking about going from general to specific and vice versa. Reading widely and reading other people’s blogs can certainly spark off ideas which you can use yourself. You don’t need to agree with everything someone else says. You can find areas of overlap that […]