For many employees, going out with colleagues after work means heading to the nearest watering hole to get a pint of beer or two. A survey by CareerBuilder reveals the various reasons why people go drinking with their colleagues and the mishaps that happen when employees get drunk.

Executive expatriates have identified location, language and maintaining a balance of cultural integration and connections with home as three important factors to a successful long-term assignment overseas.

I think companies are very good about paying fairly and providing good benefits, but a lot of times, they think that’s all they need to do. A manager will have a department where maybe he has a lot of turnover or disengagement and as a solution, managers will say, ‘Well, if we just pay them more money...’

How can companies create a culture that will allow innovative thinking to thrive?

When you can almost feel the pangs of a work burn-out, take a look around and see whether you are being treated fairly by others above you.

The Milkshake Moment, Steven S. Little, John Wiley, S$32.95 w/o GST Expanding on the author’s frustrating personal anecdote on ordering a simple milkshake through room service, the book sheds light on how well-intended systems meant to amplify satisfaction can backfire and create the opposite effect for employees and consumers.

While some people gain skills and experience in the office, others are simply adding more inches to their waistline. Survey results show that being mostly sedentary will make cause most employees to gain weight.

How programme management can help achieve your organisational goals

CEOs are taking an increasingly bigger role in the people agenda as the talent grab becomes more competitive. Is HR performing up to their bosses’ liking? And if not, what can HR do to be better at their jobs? Lisa Cheong finds out what the view is like from the top.

The significant expansion of chief financial officers' role in the past ten years is deemed as unsustainable as CFOs are getting more and more confused about their job responsibilities.