Saudi Aramco and How Good Leaders Understand the Power of the Human Touch
Some of the most successful business leaders across the world possess similar qualities – they excel at leading, managing and coaching, and have visionary, operational and people-orientated skills. We often refer to these individuals as humanistic leaders – those who...
New Approaches are Needed for Career Development
More than likely, you’ve been asked this question by your manager or HR: Where do you see yourself in 5 years? 10 years? But rarely is this follow-up question asked of management in return: How are you going to help me achieve my goals? Perhaps it’s because many...
Planning Takes Vision – and HR
To be successful, companies should always be looking to the future and creating a plan for tomorrow. You may think that the planning is restrained to corner offices and the upper echelon on management. Actually, human resources has an important role to play. In fact,...
Why Corporate Culture Matters
It’s not unusual for Amazon to be in the headlines, but this past summer the online retail juggernaut took the heat in addition to the spotlight when current and former employees outed its “bruising” corporate culture. Getting a glimpse of what it’s like to be an...
New Approaches are Needed for Career Development
More than likely, you’ve been asked this question by your manager or HR: Where do you see yourself in 5 years? 10 years? But rarely is this follow-up question asked of management in return: How are you going to help me achieve my goals? Perhaps it’s because many...
The Secret of Positive Workplaces: Sustainable HR Leaders
What do Johnson & Johnson, General Mills, Campbell Soup, and Adobe all have in common? They are great examples of sustainable companies. The word “sustainable” has been a buzzword of late, which can seem slightly humorous as the concept is as old as creation. At...
The Most Important Thing to Measure at Work?
It might surprise you Let me first tell you what’s it not. It’s not revenue or cost of goods, stock price or even new customer sales. The most important business indicator to measure is the amount of joy which people have in their work. When people enjoy...The GCC’s Generation Y: Ambitious Or Ambivalent?
Those belonging to Generation Y are no strangers to challenges as they try to alter the perception of entitlement that often accompanies them, including being called “the most high-maintenance workforce in the history of the world”. Many within Generation...