Management

Candidates with successful track records found most desirable by region’s hiring managers

A recent Management Challenges in the MENA poll conducted by Bayt.com, the region’s number one job site, has uncovered that 24.3% of managers in the...

Leadership communication

Every business, no matter how global or local, relies on communication to get things done.  Yet only a small percentage of companies actually invest in...

Leadership: What’s your style?

The discussion on difference between a leader and a manager has been going on for some time. However, in these times of economic uncertainties, every...

Coaching corporate athletes

Desperate times call for desperate measures. With the global economic highs and lows affecting the majority of the workforce and their livelihood, it is time...

How to hire a recruitment firm

Whether you do it in house or through a recruitment firm, it’s not just about hiring; it’s about hiring at the right time and with...

Management: Two heads are better than one

You have a great business idea and eagerly develop yourself as a first-time business owner. You have heard it all before – the need...

Management: Virtual mentors

Unlike the frustrations voiced in Dire Straits’ famous theme song for long-distance relationships, when it comes to virtual mentors, Professor Suzanne de Janasz, IMD Business...

Is your aim all off?

Sales is notoriously a competitive and challenging industry and when targets are not met management aren’t slow to ask why. Normal excuses might be rehashed;...

Coping with distractions

How many of us have gone to work and pledged to be more productive today than yesterday? Yet, somehow, it always ends up the same...

Putting your best foot forward

Have you heard the saying, “there are two types of people who dance with elephants – the quick and the dead”? In today’s globally competitive...

The upside of non-executive directorships

Julie Irving, Partner of NxD-global shares her top reasons why SMEs should include a non-executive director in their business development plans. All corporate entities, no...

Steering your business in the right direction

What do a car and a business have in common? In their capacity to perform, they both depend upon an engine, a driver and passengers....

Workplace diversity

Profit and non-profit organisations need diversity to become more creative and open to change. Maximising and capitalising on workplace diversity has become an important issue...

Canon’s Fujio Mitarai makes top chief executive list

Canon has confirmed that Fujio Mitarai, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, has made Barron’s annual list of the world’s 30 best chief executives for the...

Fine-tuning your skills with corporate coaching

Are you vaguely familiar with the function of a “life” or “corporate coach” but still lack knowledge of what they can offer and how it...