Tuesday, February 03, 2009

Myanmar - land of pious people

To say Myanmar is a land of gold is half correct. It is also a land of human resource, abundant in supply, indeed. You can see them in their lungyis ("sarong") everywhere -- at the airport, on the streets, in offices, on the open pickups, etc. The people are polite and soft-spoken, humble and pious. They welcome foreigners as if welcoming a saviour to take them to a better future.


People are still the best asset for this military-run country. Seen in this photo are the young and ambitious who just graduated from University of Yangon. They are ready to enter Myanmar labor market. (Dec 2008)

Their ladies are not exceptional. Ladies make good HR personnel, everywhere, in Malaysia or overseas, because of their caring and loving and maternal instinct. That statement is correct even in Myanmar. I have four lady executives under me in Yangon, taking charge of four core HR functions respectively namely HR Planning, HR Development, Training and Employee Relations.
These are local Burmese ladies with fairly high degree of commitment to work. Three of them are working moms. One is still single. They are my staff and I have to get to know them in order to understand them. They are important to me during performance appraisal as they provide me the feedbacks on me to my superior. I will describe each and every one of them in more details in future posting, God willing.

But I must say pronouncing and thereafter remembering their names is a struggle for me.

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