HR Matters | Letter from the Editor

			Rowena Morais, Editor HR Matters Magazine Rowena Morais is one of the co-founders of HR Matters Magazine which started in 2007. Previously a practising lawyer, Rowena was bitten by the entrepreneurial bug early in her career and has not looked back since. She also currently works as Programme Director at Flipside, a firm specialising in professional certification programmes in the South East Asian region. Rowena blogs on self development and growth and the stuff she learns along the way. She currently lives in Kuala Lumpur.
HR Matters Magazine Issue 21 \| January 2013 LOCATING AND RECRUITING THE BEST Table of Contents	New beginnings hold promise in the unfolding of what is possible and in the provision of a fresh start, once again. Yet, they can also be the first step in a disappointing journey towards failure and missteps. With such promise and excitement, expectations mount perhaps unrealistically. Yet if we are to move to the beat of our own drum, we must begin with anticipation and fervour...[more]
HR Matters Magazine Issue 20 \| October 2012 THE DIFFERENCE THAT YOU CAN MAKE Table of Contents	There are times when it is about what happens to us. Most times however, it is about how we react to what happens to us. Our mind may yet be, the most powerful tool at our disposal. Our journey and our challenge lies in harnessing all that our mind has to offer and not shortchanging ourselves in that process...[more]
HR Matters Magazine Issue 19 \| July 2012 MY BIGGEST RECRUITING CHALLENGE How I've Dealt with It Table of Contents	Technology is such an integral part of our lives. Yet sometimes, it feels like technology owns us rather than the other way around. The extravagant set and the show-stealing costumes play a big part in how we take the play in. Yet it is not the showpiece. That is left to the actors doing justice to a well-written and well-directed play...[more]
HR Matters Magazine Issue No.18 \| April 2012 PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY What This Means for HR Table of Contents	I frequently get asked, “How do you come up with the areas you will cover in every issue? Don’t you ever just run out of ideas or topics?” Honestly, I guessed I worried about that some years ago but not anymore. This is such fertile territory, managing people...[more]
HR Matters Magazine Issue No.17 \| January 2012 PROBLEM OR OPPORTUNITY? The Leader's Choice Table of Contents	The ending of a year and the beginning of a new one almost always signals a time for reflection, spring-cleaning and change. We look to the past to see what lessons we can learn, we look to the future to reposition our focus and we look to the present to see the changes we need to bring about. Unsurprisingly therefore, it is leadership, managing change and growing HR’s influence which are the areas we believe need further work. There are consequently, two aspects we need to bear in mind, at all times...[more]	m

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