Our second year in the team development business taught us something fundamental: Growth follows clarity, not the other way around. When choices got messy this year, clarity didn’t come from spreadsheets or business strategies. It came from four simple questions rooted in our core values. Our Core Values as Daily Questions At Victus People, we’ve […]
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What does it take to lead organisational change in multicultural healthcare teams? When a hospital is five months from bankruptcy and the community calls it ‘no hope,’ what does a leader do first? Fire people? Cut costs? Bring in consultants? David Boucher, MPH, FACHE did something different. He listened. For David Boucher — ex-CEO of […]
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Cross-Cultural Leadership: The Expat Leader’s Guide to Building Trust with Thai Teams
You ask for feedback from your Thai team, they smile, nod, say yes. And then nothing. You’ve tried being direct. You’ve tried being friendly. You’ve held team meetings, one-on-ones. The barrier remains. You know your team has more to offer, but you can’t unlock it. We spoke with Ben Horgan, someone who has spent 25 […]
Same Reality, Different Perceptions An earthquake shakes the city. Person A is in a seven-story apartment. Person A quickly jogs down the stairs with two others, reaching the ground level with little fuss. Outside, the scene is relatively calm; next door hotel guests are in their hurriedly thrown-on clothes, a few social media opportunists are […]
These 5 programs are based on recent requests we’ve received to design and/or deliver workshops for Global and Thai organisations across industries like retails, pharmaceuticals, and FMCG, collectively representing over 100,000 employees worldwide. And of course, with a little help from the L&D grapevine 😁 1. Building Emotional Intelligence and Resilience for a Thriving Workforce […]
Self-Awareness and Inner Focus We had many calls yesterday about strategies and how to grow our business this year. These discussions led me to reflect on the importance of staying grounded in reality and not letting the external environment affect our emotions, whether it’s feeling overly excited or worrying about what lies ahead. What I […]
“Self-awareness is a superpower.” When we understand how we express ourselves, identify our strengths, and recognize blind spots we may have never noticed, we gain valuable insights into questions like: How am I currently behaving at work? How do others perceive me? Am I presenting my best self to my colleagues and those around me? […]
You’re witnessing the first rays of 2025 from Bangkok. We’re not really the “31st Eve” kind of people, we’re more “1st morning” enthusiasts. Or, as Gen. Z might say, we’re total Dayroom vibes. 🤓 With all the gloom and doom around, here’s to hoping 2025 (continues to) bring: More joy to your work More wisdom […]
It’s that time of the year. December 2, 2024 It’s thanksgiving and we’d like to extend you, our reader, a heartfelt thank you for extending your trust and time in being part of our journey. May this thanksgiving season, you got the best of Black Friday deals, a beautiful vacation to spend your holidays, time […]
Celebrating Thailand’s First Public Discovery Event! November 1, 2024 We were excited and proud to host Thailand’s first-ever public Insights Discovery® (ID) event. Leaders from different industries came to explore the ID tool and model, and we were lucky to have some well-known Thai personalities join us too. The biggest challenge was to squeeze all […]
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