【做老闆要講心】
"If the boss isn't in Singapore, should Office Feng Shui prosper the GM or the boss?"
Back in early June, a workshop participant asked me for a quote for his office Feng Shui.
I initially thought it was for his personal office cubicle. Turned out he was asking on behalf of his boss.
I had to turn down his invitation as my June and July were already packed.
Nonetheless, I took the time to write a brief of office Feng Shui, so that he would have a better idea, when scouting for a Feng Shui Master for his boss. It was also my way of thanking him for remembering me.
I am updating the answer here in this post.
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Mr Kwek Leng Beng initially only wanted to be an administrator.
His father Mr Kwek Hong Png of Hong Leong Finance told him.
"I don’t care how good your administration and systems are, if you don’t have sales, you don’t have income and if you don’t have income, you’re dead.’”
My first priority as your appointed Feng Shui consultant is to help the company make more money.
More sales, more profits.
While the sales & marketing department is like the heart of the company, it will be extremely shortsighted to give it all the Feng Shui attention.
Our goal here is to make the most money in the least trouble-free way possible.
The other departments make up the rest of the vital organs. If one of them fails, the heart is going to have a heart puncture sooner or later.
So during my audit, I will cover areas like:
harmony within the staff,
productivity of the staff (on-time delivery, zero to low MC rate etc),
Research & development,
wealth area of office,
leadership abilities of GM and other managers,
talent retention,
customer satisfaction,
and so on.
I don't just take care of the boss's pockets. I also care about the environment the people under him work in, and whether my recommendations will make them happier coming to work.
It is, however, easy to say on paper. In the real world of Feng Shui, things aren't always so black and white.
Point #1:
From Chinese Metaphysics point of view, for a business to be viable in the first place, the Bazi of the business owner is key.
It is his fortune that determines whether this business can go far, and whether his money is in the right industry based on his elemental needs. If it isn't, there will be one element sorely missing which is 天時.
It takes 天時地利人和 for anything to work.
The bigger the company is, there better be more merits & fortune in the boss's Bazi. Otherwise, the company will never last long enough, with so many people relying on him to feed their families.
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Point #2:
If the boss's Bazi isn't suitable for that industry, then hopefully his GM is the one that can support his Bazi and make it profitable with good working conditions.
If not, don't join this company. Don't suffer for nothing to show on your resume.
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Point #3:
Assuming everyone's Bazi is of great compatibility, and the boss is not in Singapore, yet the office Feng Shui can't favour both, then the office Feng Shui should be geared towards helping the GM.
After all, he is the one dealing with daily company affairs.
GM helps the company to make more money, company is relatively peaceful, the boss will be happy.
However, if the boss has the right Bazi, and not the GM, this will call for a totally different Feng Shui set up to boost the company's luck.
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The above is a very simplified outloook on office Feng Shui. But the most critical basics.
Things are usually more complex with so many key leaders' Bazi involved. A great GM needs a great team to go to war with him. But I can find myself in sticky situations about how much I should say least I affect the ricebowl of another person.
(Then again, I'm sure you know what I will always do. Honesty matters in my line of work. Too bad that employee didn't know me first before his boss.)
Sometimes different departments are situated in different locations, and the constraints I faced will heighten.
That's what make my job exciting.
My word of advice to all GMs and bosses, get your Feng Shui done right before moving in. Sure, I can work around your constraints, but why settle for something mediocre when your team can have the best?
Be a responsible leader. Don't compromise on the welfare of the people who sweat their youth for you, just because you assume Feng Shui is old wives' tale.
And please gather your team for more charity deeds regularly. Your staff probably see you more than they see their mothers. Let this affinity of working together goes beyond making money mindlessly. A company that can love the needy will definitely be more than able to love its customers genuinely.
"If you are lucky to be someone's employer, then you have a moral obligation to make sure people do look forward to coming to work in the morning."
- Howard Schultz, CEO Starbucks
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