Every project is like an uphill battle where waste, failure, and loss occur. What’s important is to learn from those painful experiences to build organizational capabilities. It takes courage to admit mistakes before moving on to learn from them, a process that heavily depends on the organizational culture. Renowned entrepreneur Richard Branson said, “Don’t be […]
When hiring, employers look for experience to make their company flourish but does the amount of experience equal the innovation and contribution to a company’s success? What should we really look for in employees and how can we identify it early on? The recent pandemic has impacted many organizations, forcing them to rework the way […]
Through the ups and downs that are part of life, businesses find themselves facing times of uncertainty with a considerable effort to stay adrift – it takes a vast effort to just stay in business until those times pass. When we say swimming against the tide – that is just a trivial simile to the […]
While we like to consider ourselves adaptable to change and versatile to deal with it, in reality, it scares most people. Why? Well, because we fear that we might lose what is associated with that change. Even when we know that we will benefit from the change (such as giving up smoking or exercising more), […]
In my last engagement, I was commissioned by the managing director to find new pockets of opportunity to expand the organization and by default the revenue. It was an interesting request as the organization was doing well, actually very well and had grown from a million dirham business to a multimillion dollar business. The results […]
Are you the CEO or working for a company with trigger happy hiring leading to rising costs and low employee productivity? Read this article to enable you to get the most from your employee talent. Hiring is done when we have an organizations issue that needs a resolution. Before embarking on the traditional hiring model, leaders […]
Moving to Dubai the book ‘Don’t They Know It’s Friday` written by Jeremy Williams was recommended to me. The book mainly addresses the cross-cultural aspects of life affecting Westerners and Gulf nationals in the GCC. It deals with the realities of business and the stresses and strains of operating in the Gulf as a Western […]
The world of recruiting has changed drastically over the years. From “help wanted” signs in shop windows, to print newspaper ads, to modern internet posts; finding great employees requires one to regularly update their own skills. Online newspaper advertisements gave way to job boards, applicant technology and social media recruitment. Fortunately, the tools necessary to […]
Any organization that wishes to function effectively and maintain a sustainable growth must invest in its people. Regardless of what the product may be, it will always rely on the human factor to affect quality and productivity. To enable this approach to become functional, analysis of the core workforce skills required for the key task […]
Strategic organizations make capital investment decisions based on overall return on investment or ROI of their businesses. Employee development may or may not be at the core of these decisions; however, if not managed appropriately this can have several repercussions on the level of employee satisfaction, which in turn will affect the overall businesses success […]
