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Work It - Best of: Why I didn’t stop working after my cancer diagnosis - Former Law Society President Adrian Tan

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Here's the second of three top episodes from our archives this year. A life-threatening diagnosis usually means a chance to stop working, smell the flowers and look at life’s bucket list. But the former partner at TSMP Law Corporation explains why he bucked convention, what he thinks about quiet quitting and what makes a good leader. Adrian Tan died in July 2023.

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Work It - S2E5: How can you give constructive feedback about your boss?

Companies use assessment tools like the 360 and 180 systems which ask for peers and subordinates to assess their supervisors. What are the downsides of giving feedback about your manager? What does constructive criticism look like and why is it important? Norman Chua, director of group HR at the National Healthcare Group explains. 

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Work It - S2E4: How do you find purpose in work?

More people around the world are thinking seriously about the purpose of their work and that’s driving not just personal decisions about careers but also how organisations need to adapt. Hong Siu Ming, senior vice president for people, culture and group rewards at Great Eastern breaks it down in this episode. 

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Work It - S2E3: Congratulations, you are promoted. Now what?

Getting a promotion at work is often a good thing - of work done well rewarded publicly. But what if you are now managing peers or those older and more experienced than you? Do you need different skills to transit from top performer to manager? Our guest is head of business development and government relations of fintech company M-DAQ Global Jason Tay. 

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Work It - S2E2: What makes a company family-friendly?

It isn't just the amount of leave you have or whether you can work from home if you have children. There needs to be a culture of give and take, says Lee Ming Kai, vice president of systems engineering for Asia Pacific at Juniper Networks.

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Work It - S2E1: Are you back in the office only to be ‘desk bombed’?

Season 2 of Work It kicks off with a new round of work terms like “desk bombing”, “monk-mode” and “loud leaving”. Pooja Chhabria, career expert and head of editorial APAC at LinkedIn, explains what has changed in the workplace. 

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