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Building A Culture Of Honest Feedback And Strong Results: The How-To
By welcoming tough feedback, not only do you improve your company's responsiveness and innovation, but you also set it up for sustainable growth.
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Building (And Maintaining) Purpose-Driven Businesses: The How-To
One of the most important aspects is building a great team in which you need an equally great culture to match. If you begin your journey with purpose and passion, nothing can hold you back.
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How To Spot Toxic Behavior—Be It By You, Or By A Colleague—In The Workplace
The use of these behaviors has an enormous negative impact on targeted individuals, and it is deleterious to productivity, effectiveness, and creativity- all of which are vital for successful entrepreneurship.
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Business Basics: Here’s Why You Need To Build A Strong Culture Within Your Organization
A good work culture recognizes employees' need to be valued, to belong, and to be heard, regardless of their position or background.
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Real Talk: Quiet Quitting Is About More Than Bad Work Environments
Quiet quitting is one of the latest trends to arise in conversations around careers, and though it can be a symptom of a toxic or disconnected workplace, it's also a consequence of a workforce far more concerned with achieving balance.
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Onward And Upward: Four Pointers For Entrepreneurs In Emerging Ecosystems
All regions have their own set of challenges, but an expected outcome amongst them is that positive results can lift the morale and outlook of any region.
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Questioning The Status Quo: Distilling Both Sides Of The Debate Between Office Work And Hybrid Work
Four founders of UAE-based startups share their stance on the Team Office versus Team Hybrid debate, and explain what has worked better for them.
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The Startup Rollercoaster: An Entrepreneurial Story; From Inception To Exit
Melltoo co-founder Sharene Lee reflects on her entrepreneurial journey, all the way from its inception to its recent acquisition by UAE-based reverse logistics platform Cartlow.
By Sharene Lee
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Shifting Gears: Uncovering Operational Models To Meet Bespoke Business Needs
Encouraging businesses to design and create their own approach to achieve operational efficiency and meet respective business objectives results from the change.
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Driving Change: Why Companies Should Value Intrapreneurship
The importance of intrapreneurship, whereby employees exhibit entrepreneurial behaviors within larger organizations such as multinational companies, cannot be understated.
By Irfan Malik
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Building An Organization With A Strong Company Culture: The How-To
No matter how good the strategy is, building a strong culture goes to the core of execution. But how does one actually do that?
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Being Fair Is (Perhaps) The Most Underappreciated Strategy In Today’s Workforce
Being fair may require you to make difficult choices, but its value lies in the fact that you will never be short-changed for doing so.
By Aby Thomas
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Amazon’s Paul Misener On Fostering A Winning Company Culture (And How His Trillion-Dollar Enterprise Continues To Learn From Startups)
Paul Misener, Vice President for Global Innovation Policy and Communications at Amazon, describes how his company continues to foster a culture of innovation and entrepreneurial spirit within the enterprise.
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Reward And Retain: Three Steps To Developing An Employee Stock Ownership Plan For Your Startup
Amidst the phenomenon that is "The Great Resignation," retaining and rewarding talent has never been more important.
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How Company Culture Can Positively Impact Business Goals
A solid cultural foundation not only fosters growth of departments, individuals, or the company in general, but it also creates a legacy of an organization's values.
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The How-To: Building A Solid Culture In Early-Stage Startups
Building a strong company culture and set of values for an early-stage startup is essential to ensuring its success in the long term.
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How Entrepreneurs Can Foster An Inclusive Culture In Their Startups (From Day One)
In the midst of launching a startup, one of the crucial components entrepreneurs need to think about is company culture, and the atmosphere they would like to foster as they build their organization.
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Proactivity Exemplified: Ethan Xue, President – Middle East And Africa, OPPO
"A good leader should be humble, and have a generous heart to welcome team members with comprehensive backgrounds and believe in them."
By Aby Thomas
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A New Way To Work: Developing A Company Culture For A Remote World
Here's how companies can take advantage of the new "virtual" company cultures, norms, and perks.
By Humaira Khan
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All You Have To Do Is Ask: That’s The Most Important Thing You Can Do To Succeed Today
No one has everything they need to be successful. We all need input from others to solve problems and accomplish our work.
By Wayne Baker
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Trust The Process: Claudio Leenders, Founder, Leen’s
Leenders is someone who has seen his life play out in Central America, South America, Europe, Australia, and now the Middle East, and as such, he has a plethora of stories, insights, and experiences to share.
By Aby Thomas
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In Tune With The Times: Michael Khoury, General Manager, Mirodec
Having launched in 1982 in Beirut, Lebanon, this family business expanded to the UAE in 2012, and Mirodec has steadily built itself up to be known as one of the market leaders in this particular space.
By Aby Thomas
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Here’s How You Can Instigate Creativity In Your Workplace
In the most creative working cultures I've seen, people are free to make mistakes, and they are not scolded for doing so.
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Mind Over Matter: Why Choosing Happiness Is The Key To Success
Focus on the life you want and the impact you want to make on people's lives, not the money you want to see in the bank.
By May Rostom
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Don’t Be That Person: The Five Kinds Of People You Don’t Want To Be Around At Work
According to a new HP workplace survey, which sampled 1,000 full-time office workers ages 18-65, having a familial relationship with co-workers boosts motivation and productivity in the workplace.
By May Rostom
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Three Ways Your Corporate Can Start Developing A More Agile Work Culture
It's also important for CEOs to see what obstacles employees think are holding their organization back, because they might be vastly different from what the senior leadership think they are.
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As An Entrepreneur, Being Self-Aware Can Only Ever Do You Good
Take a good honest look at yourself, and critically examine how people you interact with on a regular basis respond to your actions.
By Aby Thomas