“I am the daughter of a Palestinian refugee and my mother gave me my survival instinct. She made me tough.” It takes a special kind of entrepreneur to raise $11million for a start-up venture, but that’s exactly what Joy accomplished when she launched Fetchr, an Uber-like GPS-tracked parcel delivery app. Joy began her career in…
by Giovanni Everduin, Global expert on Organisational Strategy, Culture, HR and Shared Services A lot has been written about HR analytics over the past year. Whether you refer to it as People Analytics, Talent Analytics, Workforce Analytics or any other name, what used to be a rather obscure art form within the HR community years ago…
By Alexander Kjerulf, Happiness coach Psychological experiments can be very devious, and this one was certainly no exception. The focus was meetings and the format was simple: Groups of people were asked to discuss and reach consensus on a contentious topic. Here’s the devious bit: Unbeknownst to the other participants one member of the group…
Maya Hojeij is Editor in Chief and Presenter of “Mal” daily business news show on Dubai TV and has produced and presented Yawm.com Show in 2012. Between 2002 and 2011, Ms. Hojeij was a Business News Presenter at Al Arabiya news channel part of MBC Group., she was part of the launch of AL Arabiya…
By Emeline Roissetter, Founder – Professional Coach, MomentuM Coaching Being an empathetic leader does not mean you are too emotional or too soft. Being an empathetic leader is actually a difficult skill to acquire and most likely the most powerful in every leader’s toolkit. Being empathetic means you are able to recognise and share other…
By Emeline Roissetter, Founder – Professional Coach, MomentuM Coaching Great companies are made from great employees, and great employees are found through outstanding hiring processes. Unfortunately, each year, organisations pay a huge cost related to poor hiring. This cost not only includes interview, travels, accommodation, visa and onboarding expenses, but can also include poor employee…
By Dawn Metcalfe, Managing Director at PDSi It is not impossible to have good difficult conversations – but it is hard Difficult conversations are, well, difficult. Asking for a raise, persuading somebody that your idea is right and/or theirs is wrong, giving bad news to a supplier or direct report – nobody in their right…
By Tracy May, Managing Director at TPC Leadership Traditional ideas about leadership are being challenged as never before. The old ideas of leadership as a set of fixed competencies belonging to those who are ‘pale and male’ are decidedly ‘stale’. In the volatile, ambiguous and diverse workplace of today, there is a growing appreciation that…
In 2010, at the age of 24, Lina Khalifeh, the Jordanian entrepreneur decided to use her martial-arts background to set up a self-defense studio in her parents’ basement. Two years later, after educating herself on violence against women and completing various educational programmes, Lina founded SheFighter in the Jordanian capital of Amman, the first self-defense…
Naseba’s investor analysts are constantly interacting with Middle Eastern investors to gain insights and introduce them to companies that fit their investment mandates. The CFO of National Technology Enterprises Company shares some insights about investment strategy, preferred sectors and key challenges. Munawar Mohammed is one of the key speakers at the Middle East investors meeting…