Tan Poh Kiang
Charity
In our time, charity is universally taken to refer to generous actions or donations to aid the poor, ill, or helpless. But in the old...
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Tan Poh Kiang
Mar 19, 20193 min read
Hope
“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope is the Lord. For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, which spreads...
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Tan Poh Kiang
Mar 19, 20193 min read
Faith
For we walk by faith, not by sight. 2 Corinthians 5:7 Of the few virtues in life I aspire towards, faith is the most challenging because...
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Tan Poh Kiang
Mar 4, 20193 min read
Succession
Leadership succession is a non-negotiable in a thriving organization. Too often an organization rises to greatness with a charismatic and...
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Tan Poh Kiang
Mar 4, 20192 min read
The Board-Management Dance
The best organizations steer away from the extremes of either having only the management or the board driving the life of the...
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Tan Poh Kiang
Feb 20, 20192 min read
Culture
Culture is a difficult word to define but an easy phenomenon to feel. You can walk into any organization and feel its culture almost...
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Tan Poh Kiang
Feb 20, 20193 min read
Accountability
The worst environment for a human being to live and work in is that where there is no consequence to his actions. Facing consequences and...
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Tan Poh Kiang
Feb 19, 20192 min read
Empowerment
Nothing great in life is achieved individually - all human greatness comes about through collective effort. That explains why we learn...
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Tan Poh Kiang
Feb 19, 20193 min read
Strategy
Outside of the military and the business world, the word “strategy” is not commonly used. It follows therefore that many erroneously...
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Tan Poh Kiang
Feb 17, 20193 min read
Vision
One of the first important things I had learned in leadership was a teaching from the Bible: Where there is no vision, the people perish:...
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Tan Poh Kiang
Feb 10, 20192 min read
Memories
When it was the Chinese New Year and the first without our loved one who had passed on, the recollection of memories was exceedingly...
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Tan Poh Kiang
Jan 31, 20193 min read
Servant Leadership
I was taught since my school days that a leader is the one in charge and has both the authority and the ability to mobilize followers to...
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Tan Poh Kiang
Jan 30, 20192 min read
Sacrifice
Something magical happens when we give up time and precious resources for someone else. There is a mysterious teaching by Jesus in the...
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Tan Poh Kiang
Jan 27, 20193 min read
The KonMari Method of Dying
By now most people know of Marie Kondo, whose influence has swept through the planet and through our home. The 34 year old tidying...
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Tan Poh Kiang
Jan 23, 20192 min read
Legacy
Whether I realize it or not, my legacy is being written day by day. I thought nothing of this piece of advice when I was younger: live...
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Tan Poh Kiang
Jan 22, 20192 min read
A Grief Observed
Grief does not go away easily. Should it, if it is someone precious who has left us? Grief also has many faces, not all of which are sad....
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Tan Poh Kiang
Jan 18, 20193 min read
The Spirituality of Dying
Dying is thought of mostly in physical terms. With the help of the palliative folks, a dying person has caring support for his physical,...
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Tan Poh Kiang
Jan 17, 20192 min read
The Burden of Unforgiveness
Human beings love imperfectly and, in the process of loving, often hurt one another. Not unlike physical wounds, wounds of the heart may...
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Tan Poh Kiang
Jan 16, 20192 min read
The Gift of Pain
Pain is ubiquitous - headache, backache, toothache, menstrual cramps. Nearly all of these go away with simple medicines. However, there...
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Tan Poh Kiang
Jan 14, 20192 min read
Living Fully to the End
If we knew how many days remain in our lives, it would suddenly be crystal clear what we would and would not do. That is a theoretical...
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Tan Poh Kiang
Jan 10, 20192 min read
A Good Death
Two dear friends once quipped that they could raise the same amount of money (or more!) for charity without as much torture as involved...
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Tan Poh Kiang
Jan 5, 20192 min read
In loving memory of Ching Sim Lie
My brother-in-law Ching Sim Lie was one of the most valiant men I have known. He was diagnosed with stage 4 liver cancer in March of 2018...
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Tan Poh Kiang
Jan 5, 20192 min read
Farewell to HCA
All good things come to an end, they say. I have had the privilege of serving as the 5th president of HCA Hospice Care since 2014 and...
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