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Bidara Flour Sdn Bhd – Rakan Usahawan PUNB
Khamis, 18 April – PERBADANAN USAHAWAN NASIONAL BERHAD (PUNB) berbangga dengan kerjasama yang terjalin di antara Serai Group Sdn Bhd, rakan usahawan PUNB bersama Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAS) untuk Program Enrich.
Majlis tersebut telah diadakan di Restoran Serai, Pavilion Bukit Bintang dan turut dihadiri beberapa jemputan kehormat iaitu Mohd Daud Mohd Arif, Setiausaha Bahagian Dasar Pelancongan dan Hubungan Antarabangsa, Kementerian Pelancongan, Seni dan Budaya Malaysia; Lau Yin May, Ketua Pegawai Kumpulan Pemasaran & Pelanggan MAS dan Dato’ Hazimah Zainuddin, Pengerusi PUNB.
Melalui kerjasama ini, ahli Enrich kini boleh mengumpul dan menebus mata ganjaran Enrich Miles apabila mengunjungi mana-mana Restoran Serai atau semua rangkaian restoran Serai Group seperti Jibby & Co., Jibby East dan Jibby Chow.
Rentetan sinergi ini, bermula 19 April sehingga 31 Mei 2019, ahli Enrich berpeluang menikmati hidangan percuma di Serai Pavilion bernilai RM1,000 apabila mengambil bahagian dalam pertandingan ‘Part of 10’ anjuran Enrinch. Ahli Enrich yang berminat untuk menyertai hanya perlu berbelanja minimum RM50 di mana-mana rangkaian restoran Serai Group. 6 pemenang mingguan akan dipilih sepanjang tempoh peraduan berlangsung.
Keratan Akhbar daripada Utusan Malaysia & Harian Metro 26 Julai 2017
Certain office relationships can be detrimental to the company and your career? Find out how they can be…….
The past several years had brought many changes to our workplace. This includes technological advances, alternative work schedules, flatter organisations, kinder and gentler hierarchies. But each advance confuses the definition of an appropriate distance in workplace relationships.
Aristotle once said, “A society is something in nature that precedes the individual. Anyone who either cannot lead the common life or is so self-sufficient as not to need to, therefore does not partake of society is either a beast or a god”..
The act of socialising with co-workers may be difficult to avoid in today’s more casual and less hierarchical office. Social time between co-workers is a good idea because it builds camaraderie which can ultimately lead to greater productivity and success at work. So does a friendship between a boss and a subordinate. It will be healthy for the organisation only if the friendship is being kept to a certain limit, professionalism and within work related interests. While the need for companionship doesn’t end when one enters a workplace, some experts however believe that it should. They insisted that workers maintain boundaries in office relationship as when it goes bad, those who are involved will bring the problems to work with them. Another expert said that while there are few guidelines to help workers determine the appropriateness of an office friendship, but more often than not it is difficult to know when too much is too much until the whispers start, team work crumbles and productivity come to halt.
One must understand that a workplace friendship is typical to a personal friendship; when the friendship works, everything is just fine but when the honeymoon is over, things get very ugly. Another thing is that when you don’t know a person so well, you tend to focus on their strengths and you may even idolise them. But once you get closer to them, then you will see their weaknesses which will ultimately diminishes your opinion. This will change the dynamics of the relationship, the team and perhaps the entire organisation.
A boss who had a close personal relationship with a subordinate is inviting problems that can be detrimental to his leadership qualities. He will not only get a whats-on all look at the workplace but more important, he will ultimately lose all the respect from his other subordinates. They see him as unprofessional and bias and therefore not a good leader. When workplace relationship is build on secret agenda and unfounded biases, those beyond the inner circle feel isolated and abandoned. Cliques can lead to paranoia, disloyalty, distrust, ineffectiveness, low morale and low productivity.
When this happens, they will question the boss’s credibility in evaluating work performances, setting schedules and taking disciplinary actions and so forth. The subordinate on the other hand will face peers’ rejection and this will unnecessarily open the opportunities for conflicts. Even if that subordinate deserves a promotion, others see it as a personal gift from the boss rather than from his own achievement.
One way we can help ourselves and others to respect the limits of work-friend relationship is to keep our activities and interactions on work related. For example when you spend time with a work-friend after working time, include others in the office. Don’t single out your friend for praise or recognition at the expense of someone else who may also deserve it. Separate personal from professional dealings and if you are mature enough to understand where they begin and end, then they will enrich your life. If you are not sure where those boundaries are, then keep your distance!
Sumber Arkib: Buletin Usahawan Nasional Bilangan 1
| Average Performers | Star Performers | |
| Initiative | Average performers come up with ideas that will get them noticed by the Management | Star performers offer ideas that will also benefit co-workers and the organisation |
| Networking | Average employees thrive on gossip and limit contracts to those in their field | Star build relationships within and outside their field and gladly share their knowledge |
| Self-management | Most people limit this to managing time | Stars also use it to develop talents that will increase their value to the organisation |
| Followership | Average employees think this means sticking to a job description and not questioning authority | Stars don’t hesitate to offer opinions on goals, tasks and methods. But despite all differences, they cooperate with authority to reach organisational goals |
| Teamwork | Average team members see this as just doing their part on a project or problem | Stars see it as helping to set and commit to goals, activities and schedules; making others feel part of the team; dealing with conflict and assisting others with problems |
| Leadership | Average employees see this as a chance to stroke their egos | Star view it as knowing how to influence and direct a group to work together to complete a task |
| Organisational Savvy | Average performers view this as knowing how to play office politics | Stars see it as knowing when to cooperate and when to compete; when to avoid conflict and when to meet it head on |
| Show and Tell | Average employees focus on their message, not on audience needs. They write long memos, offer slick presentations and praise their work-all to get noticed by Management | Stars focus on message receivers. They pick the right information for the audience and the best format deliver it |
The Nineties have been blamed for the serious decline in office manners – it was a time when the “me” generations held sway. Indeed, the general lack of regard for others has reached such a level that many companies have become worried that it is affecting work performance and are consequently sending employees off on manners training courses.
POINT TO PONDER
“Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of other persons”
Mark Twain – US Writer
Sumber Arkib: Buletin Usahawan Nasional Bilangan 2
Dunia keusahawanan tidak menjanjikan kehidupan senang lenang dalam masa yang singkat. Kebanyakan usahawan mengalami jatuh bangun berulang kali sebelum dapat menikmati hasil titik peluh mereka. Ada juga kejayaan mereka hanya dinikmati oleh generasi seterusnya setelah mereka tiada lagi di dunia ini. Hakikat inilah yang perlu difahami oleh mereka yang ingin atau baru menceburkan diri dalam dunia keusahawanan.
Ada beberapa ciri khusus yang dimiliki oleh usahawan berjaya seperti mempunyai harga diri yang tinggi, memiliki sikap yang positif dan mempunyai matlamat serta tujuan hidup. Sifat tidak mudah berputus asa dalam menghadapi cabaran dan dugaan yang menjadi asam garam dunia keusahawanan juga adalah ciri yang penting. Hanya mereka yang cekal, tabah dan tidak mudah putus asa akan menemui kejayaan.
Usahawan yang cekal akan lebih komited dan yakin bahawa kejayaan akan sentiasa menunggunya di hadapan. Cabaran yang datang dalam pelbagai bentuk dan ragam itu akan menguji ketahanan seseorang sama ada dia dapat bertahan atau tidak. Tanpa semangat yang kukuh dan tabah, tidak mungkin seseorang usahawan itu dapat bertahan. Sikap tabah dan tidak mudah berputus asa ini akan menjadikan anda seorang usahawan yang hebat. Sekalipun anda tidak dianugerahkan dengan apa-apa bentuk penghargaan, namun anda tahu anda telah mencapai ke tahap di mana anda telah berjaya melakukannya sedangkan rakan-rakan anda yang lain sudah kecundang. Ia adalah satu kejayaan yang sejati bagi diri anda. Dan bagi mereka yang berjaya sikap tidak mahu mengaku kalah, cekal dan terus berusaha adalah sikap yang membawa mereka menuju kejayaan. Mereka juga tidak percaya dengan kejayaan segera.
Setiap mereka yang menceburkan diri dalam dunia keusahawanan menanam niat untuk berjaya dan mereka memulakannya dengan harapan yang sangat tinggi. Namun, cabaran demi cabaran yang dialami menyebabkan semangat yang berkobar-kobar itu mula luntur sehingga akhirnya gulung tikar.
Apa yang membezakan mereka dengan usahawan yang berjaya ialah mereka tidak memberi peluang kepada keupayaan diri mereka untuk bertahan ’10 minit lagi’. Jika semangat mereka kental, masa ’10 minit’ itu dapat mengubah masa depan mereka.
Ciri-ciri Orang Yang Cekal
Orang yang cekal mempunyai ciri-ciri khusus yang menyebabkan mereka hebat secara luar biasa daripada usahawan lain. Dengan ciri ini mereka sanggup menghadapi apa sahaja demi mencapai kejayaan yang dicita-citakan:
Oleh itu anda perlu sentiasa beringat bahawa setiap titik peluh dan air mata serta penat lelah sudah pasti akan berbayar dengan kejayaan. Sesungguhnya, ganjaran bagi mereka yang tabah dan kekal adalah kejayaan hakiki.
Sumber Arkib: Buletin Usahawan Nasional Bilangan 10
Source: The Small Business Knowledge Base (www.bizmove.com)
These mistakes are common to many entrepreneurs and small business owners. Beware of these deadly mistake:
Do not marry a single idea. Remember that ideas are the currency of the entrepreneurs. Play with many ideas and see which ones bring you money and success.
A marketing plan creates the kind of attention you need to get in front of the right types of people, companies and others. It is what attracts people to you! There may be as many as 25 ways to market your business at low cost and no cost at all. A good marketing plan implemented effectively, efficiently, elegantly and consistently will eliminate the need for “cold calls”!
Changes in your customers’ preferences and your competitors’ products and services can leave you in the dust unless you get to know your customers well, what they want now and will likely want in the future, what their buying patterns are, and how you can be a resource for then even if you do not have the right products or services for them now!
The customers do not respond to even superior products in the timeframe that you think they should. You will need plenty of cash to sustain yourself in the meantime.
Motivating, coaching and managing your staff is probably one of your toughest challenges as an entrepreneur or business owner today! Without your patience, persistence and “people skills,” your problems can multiply quickly. Morale, productivity and profits can easily be destroyed!
The successful entrepreneur lives in a world of likelihood but spends money in the world of reality.
Without a sales plan, there is no serious way to gauge the financial growth and progress of your business. You need a realistic map for where the sales will come from, how they will come, when they will come and from whom.
You might the key to everything but you cannot do everything and grow at the same time. Even modest success can overwhelm you unless you hire the right staff and delegate responsibility.
Get an advisory board or a mentor! Sounds crazy for a small operation? But it is not. The board can be family members of friends whom your trust. Ask them to be you board of directors and review your business plans and results with them. Having someone to bounce ideas off and get an objective opinion is very critical.
Some of the most successful entrepreneurs failed several time before doing extremely well. So, if you are failing, let it fail and fail fast. Learn and try again. Do not give up. Yet, do not suffer either.
“It is better to have a smaller piece of a large pie than 100% of a failed business”
Sumber Arkib: Buletin Usahawan Nasional Bilangan 6
