Posts By Pete Brunoehler
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0Careers and EmploymentHow Can Expats Avoid Career Remorse?
Maximum career fulfilment and achievement can be yours when you are in an industry that you truly enjoy on an emotional level....
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05CommunityLiving In Malaysia: Dream or Nightmare?
I’ve been thinking about the good, the bad, and the ugly aspects of living here, from a reasonably critical but hopefully balanced...
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0Business and FinanceAn Expat Manager’s Juggling Act: Practising an Open Door Policy While Maintaining the Chain of Command
While generally positive, there can be a subtle downside to the open-door style of Western leadership that many expat managers employ while...
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0Business and FinanceThe Importance of Planning for Expats Moving to a New Leadership Role
Good planning can ensure that your stress levels, career, team, and results all benefit accordingly.
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0CommunityThe Inevitable Changes That Come with Living the Expat Lifestyle
While it’s filled with excitement and discovery, there can be no doubt that the expat lifestyle brings many changes along with it,...
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0Business and FinanceFor the Localised Expat Manager: Knowing When to Think and Act Local
Though seemingly contradictory to my usual columns, sometimes it's better to not be so local.
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0Business and FinanceThe Tortoise and the Hare: Winning the Career Development Race
While a straight line may be the shortest distance between two points, successful careers rarely progress in such fashion
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0Culture & ReligionEast vs. West? Finding Humour in Our Cultural Differences
As the world becomes more homogenous much of this is getting lost, and neither is right or wrong, but these differences can...
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01Business and FinanceHow to Stop Your Emotions Affecting Doing Business in Malaysia
Pete Brunoehler shares with fellow expat managers some of the best ways to overcome the challenges inherent in being an expat in...
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0Business and FinanceA new season: business tips for expats in Malaysia for 2017
Whether you follow the NBA, the Premier League, La Liga, or nearly any other professional or amateur sporting league, you’ll see a pronounced difference...
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0Business and FinanceUnderstanding the culture of silence in Malaysian offices
I have previously written that Malaysian employees can seem to be shy and somewhat passive in their face-to-face communications, especially with expat...
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0Business and FinancePondering productivity: how to get more output in business from the same or less input
Productivity is defined as an economic measure of output per unit of input. Input includes labor and capital, while output is typically...
