No matter who you are, you’ll eventually experience struggles with reaching an agreement with someone. Disagreements in your personal life or inability to reach consensus at work will occur occasionally. How do you perform when it comes to negotiating a solution to a vexing issue? These tips can help strengthen your negotiating skills: Find common […]
Category: ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Entrepreneur Spotlight: The Sober Yoga Girl, Alex McRobert
Tell us about yourself, your background, and your entrepreneurial journey. What is it that you do? I created a worldwide community that helps women change the entire trajectory of their lives, by stopping drinking alcohol and replacing it with a spiritual practice. Some of the tools I equip women with on this journey are yoga practices, meditations, journaling, and […]
Training Tip: Communication in Conflict Resolution
Effective conflict resolution invariably comes down to effective communication. Here are my 6 key principles for resolving conflict. These six principles are core to the principle of respecting the individual and communicating your genuine desire to seek a resolution. Be clear about what you want to achieve. It is unlikely to be enough just to […]
Founder Interview: Erika Doyle, Drink Dry
Tell us about yourself and your background, how you got started in business/entrepreneurship and what is it that you do? In 2020, I ventured into the world of entrepreneurship, launching Drink Dry – the first and only non-alcoholic drinks marketplace in the GCC. My entrance into the world of business was somewhat unconventional. Despite having […]
Young Entrepreneur Spotlight: Abdulla Al-Janahi
PHOTO COURTESY: KHALEEJ TIMES Tell us about your background and how you got started in entrepreneurship. I am Abdulla Al-Janahi, owner of Abdul’s BBQ in Dubai. The business first started as a hobby at the beginning of the pandemic. My family noticed I had a talent for barbecue, and they encouraged me to open it as […]
Female Entrepreneur Spotlight: Mrigaya Dham
Tell us about yourself and your background. What is it that you do? I’m a freelance content writer and editor passionate about crafting compelling narratives. Born and raised in Delhi, I pursued my Bachelor’s in Journalism and Mass Communication there. Later, I earned my MA in Marketing Communications from the University of Westminster in London, […]
Performance Management for Yourself
You ask me how I am doing. I respond, I am doing great! By that time, you have already moved on and didn’t even hear my reply! This is a BIG issue we have in our societies and in our organizations! We do not have the time to listen to the answers for the questions […]
New Year’s Goal Setting
New Year is fast approaching and this is the time when lots of people set goals commonly known as New Year’s Resolutions. According to research losing weight, getting organized and financial gains were the top 3 New Year’s Resolutions in recent years. The sad part of this research revealed that only 8% of people who […]
How To Be A Better Trainee
In my first training a few years ago, I felt the huge difference between being a trainer and a trainee. Later on, I knew, after delivering number of courses, that each trainee has his/her own perceptions, motivations, needs and expectations of the course subject and even the trainer delivering the course. Usually attendees receive an […]
Change And Its Obstacles
When you talk about ‘Change Management’ or even an ‘Introduction of Change’, all you hear is positivity from people – atleast at face value. You will hear that ‘more can be achieved if this change is implemented’ or ‘accomplishments are on their way with this change’. Even though that they all admire the change you […]