Effective managers read. They read broadly and regularly. Here are some tips to guide your own reading.
Join a library
If you are in Singapore, then you have no excuse. Singapore's public libraries are excellent, well stocked and easily accessible. You can go online to reserve items, you will be notified when they are ready for collection, and then collect from the closest library.
Read the books you want to read, not the ones you should read.
The books you should read are still sitting on your shelf collecting dust.
What portion of your company's leave allocation is unused each year?
I'd be very surprised if you knew this figure. This is not a metric most executives carry in their heads. It leads to 2 other questions.
You inbox is a barometer of your decision making ability
Everytime someone sends you an email, you are being asked for a decision. Usually a small trivial decision. Occasionally a large and significant decision.
We have six, and only six options of how to handle an email.
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