About this Site

"Management is nothing more than motivating other people." --Lee Iacocca

norfrankI wish that were so. Management, HRM or Human Resource Management in particular is both a science and an art. It is not easy. You need to have the required set of management and leadership skills based on sound business principles before you can effectively manage. Although I believe that you can always learn along the way.

This blog is about what I have learned, and continue to learn along the way.

Here are 4 premises I would like to lay down about this site or weblog:

  1. Although this blog focuses on Human Resource and Business Management practices, the tone will always be personal. Posts here are my personal notes based on experiences as an HRM Practitioner for more than 15 years, as a newbie Entrepreneur, as a Freelance Management Systems Consultant, and partly as an Online Marketer.

    I will not pontificate.

    What I will be sharing or advocating are recommendation in nature. They worked for me, and I am hoping that they will do the same for you. However, I understand that some of these practices and principles may not be applicable in your context; hence, I am waiving any liability in that end. My apologies.

    This blog is hemmed into the following major categories:



  2. Guest bloggers and authors wrote some content; again, they do not necessarily mean an absolute endorsement on my part. However, they were published here because I find value in them and believe that they may benefit some of my readers.


  3. There are also articles here and excerpts from other sources, of which acknowledgments were made and/or cited. Should there be any of your articles published here which you deemed infringe any copyright laws, kindly email me and I will gladly remove them from our archives.


  4. Lastly, this blog is also a chronicle of my ‘calculated’ leap of fate, from the major business league into the minor business league (Freelance Consulting and Online Business). This means, some of the posts will really be very personal in nature. (Aren’t’ all blogs like that by the way?) Thus, in the end, this blog is not only an attempt to share what I have learned from the corporate world, but including my ‘ups and downs’ in my new business ventures.

I invite you to learn with me here. Reason with me, and see what we can learn from each other.


My Disclosure Policy
  • This site accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation.
  • The compensation received may influence the advertising content, topics or posts made in this site. That content, advertising space or post may not always be identified as paid or sponsored content.
  • I am compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. Even though I receive compensation for my posts or advertisements, I always give my honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products.
  • The views and opinions expressed here are purely my own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question.

Thank you so much for taking the time, I am NOR and I hope that I will be seeing you here more often.

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Rosli said...

Hi..great blog and with a great vision. All the best in your new venture and certainly blogging is an awesome tool for marketing and others too. Keep it up with great content on HRM.

Cheers.

Nor said...

Thank you Rosli. ^^,

I'll do my best to provide great content here instead of paid (irrelevant) stuff -LOL. Although, paid stuff are desirable.

Cheers to you too!

Leah Fairman said...

I completely share your sentiment. I too, left the corporate world 2 months ago and I also don't look back.

I'm a former engineer and I worked for a government agency. Needless to say, I work twice as much now, but I don't mind at all because its all at will (my will). There no better feeling than to do what you love best even if you have not reached your financial mark.....YET!

Keep encouraging!

nor said...

Thank you.

It's a very difficult decisions though. Sometimes, I must admit, I still wonder if it's worth it. But ey, as you said, there is no better recompense than doing what you love doing best in spite of the lesser (as of now) financial gain.

I'll try my best to keep this blog in its encouraging mode Leah.

Again, many thanks. ^^

Sabine said...

CONGRATULATIONS to your courage! When I left employment, I didn't know how life would unfold either.

Thanks for inviting me in as a friend!

Sabine
http://forumnews.wordpress.com
http://yunusphere.net

Nor said...

Thanks.

I'm still adjusting, to be honest.

Pushhyarag said...

Hi,

Have been checking here often and found the tips useful & interesting.

Beyond a certain stage, one tends to feel that one has outlived his utility for the corporates: not that the person reaches his full but the corporates simply fail to capitalize on the full potential, for a variety of reasons. But here, you have a true sense of accomplishment sharing and interacting with truly interested people. Money, one will certainly make: competence is a great asset which will continue to produce wealth.

Wishing you the best of everything.

Nor said...

Thank you so much for your continued patronage ^^

You're right there. In fact, it was one of my primary reasons why I left. I feel that there is so much more to be accomplished beyond the corporate life and running elbow to elbows with other executives. As you have said, yeah I am accomplishing more in my own ways here.

Again, many thanks!

Kikit said...

Hello Nor. I used to work as an HR staff in one of the banana exporters of the Philippines for about three years. I have to admit I miss that job so much. I had to quit to maximize the other opportunities that came along the way. :)

Like you, I don't have any regrets. We all have a calling and it's important to listen to it. :)

nor said...

Really? I supposed you are from Mindanao, specifically, Misamis.

Oh regretting will do me no good. Besides, I am happier now even without the executive or corporate perks. Yeah, no regrets.

What does a lovely HR professional like you doing in Japan? Incidentally, I worked at Toyota City, Nagoya for a few months conducting Systems Audit.

Best of luck, and thanks for visiting my online abode. ^^