It's not a surprise that the word "meeting" often elicits sighs and groans in the workspace, given the number of instances such gatherings go completely off-track and hardly solve a purpose
Mentioning that the human brain is made for visual processing, the study notes that people remember 80% of what they see, and only 20% of what they do.
Whether you work with a micro-manager or a bully or one who takes no accountability for his/her actions, there's no denying toll that working with a "bad boss" can take on you.
While the financial services sector have long been playing catch up with digital marketing developments including chatbots, social media marketing, and AI etc., the tech advancements have forced the sector's marketers to take note of digital means of engaging with consumers.
Personalized word-of-mouth still remains one of the most valuable marketing tool even in today's digital age, with 84% of those polled saying they trusted "face-to-face recommendations of products and services from friends and family."
MAGNiTT traces the journey of Ala Alsallal, Jordanian entrepreneur, and founder and CEO of Jamalon- one of MENA's earliest online book stores that has carved a market for itself amid competition from behemoths such as Amazon.
The Empowering the GCC digital workforce: Building adaptable skills in the digital era report found that the proportion of digital jobs GCC countries are particularly low- accounting for only 1.7% of the GCC workforce.
If you are at a point in your career where you need to upskill to lead a a first-time manager, here's an infographic by UK-based Acuity Training offering ten key pointers.
Does your job involve working with the creatives (a.k.a. the designers) on projects, and do you often wish that you spoke "their language" to ensure fruitful exchange of ideas?
Fintech company PayFort, in association with on-demand grocery startups InstaShop and Todoorstep, has compiled some interesting stats to help you understand how the ongoing holy month of Ramadan impacts grocery and consumer shopping in the region.
Put together by INSEAD Business School, Google and the Center for Economic Growth, the report ranks countries on readiness to take advantage of technological change: resulting in UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain ranked as the most well positioned, with Kuwait and Jordan as mixed readiness.
While concerted efforts from the regional business community and government policies have considerably improved the state of female entrepreneurship in the Middle East over the years, there's no denying that there is a lot of ground left to cover.
In today's complex economic environment, entrepreneurship and innovation have been key in establishing a new status quo that shies away from the Pareto efficiency model.
JadoPado's survey says that it's clear that the online medium enables the growth of SMEs, with 56% of sellers found to be small businesses with less than five employees.
MAGNiTT, an online platform connecting and tracking MENA startups, predicts that "it won't be long" before MENA startups breach the US$1 billion mark in annual investments raised.
Take a look at these set of trends expected to dominate the SEO world in the year 2017, put together by Dubai-based SEO agency Caliber and represented in an infographic by PayFort.
A recent PayFort infographic highlights ways in which enterprises can derive benefits by combining these two marketing strategies (as different as apples and oranges), instead of utilizing them as two distinct tools.
MAGNiTT, a UAE-based online community connecting startups, investors and support services, has released an infographic representing key statistics and features related to MENA entrepreneurship community.
The reaction of listeners can inspire or kill the confidence of the presenter, and perhaps the best solution to deal with this is understand what makes a presentation impactful.