The following tips helped me to become a successful Team Leader at Emirates Group: 1- Lead by example 2- Do not be a dictator 3- Praise in public, correct in private 4- Thank your team for a good job Leading a team is the backbone of any day-to-day operation. It’s vital to retail, sport teams…
Are You Really Inspecting What You Are Expecting?
You’ve no doubt heard the expression a camel is a horse designed by a committee. It is meant to be critical of committees, but I think it gets at a deeper issue in today’s organizations and the manner in which some leaders operate in terms of setting objectives. They communicate goals in the same vague…
Developing Tomorrows Business Leaders
Every technological revolution has forced a shift in the leadership skill set, but the dramatic shift that we are experiencing today, thanks to a global pandemic, is unlike anything we’ve ever seen. Business leaders have had to make some hard and fast decisions and lead organizations under extraordinary circumstances. With many companies going remote during…
Through The Looking Glass
A leader’s biggest journey is the one within. With power abound and the temptation that comes with it, how do you continue to remain competent, vulnerable, generous, and happy in an exceedingly superficial world? Dr. Ramesh Ramachandran former CEO and leader details his learnings along the way. The old saying goes, “Opportunity may knock only…
You Are The Active Ingredient
As a smart leader, you know that a huge part of organizational success lies with your people. Great strategies can be written but unless they’re executed well, they are worthless. Training plays a crucial part in shaping the right culture to support your strategy and it’s execution. Regardless of the latest development trend, approach or…
Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders, Lessons From A Global NOMAD
Whether they’re planning to tackle pressing global issues, improving human health or pushing the boundaries of the capabilities of technology, the leaders of tomorrow will be moulded by the leaders of today. In today’s global environment of ever-changing trends and perceived instability, it is the responsibility of today’s leaders to instil inherent guiding principles that…
Develop The Leader Inside You!
Yeah, right. You think leadership is important. I know because you are reading this article. First, get the crap out of the way. Crap means ‘leadership’ stuff that doesn’t work. It’s out there – cloaked as a book, blog, course or article (including this one, you ask?). Dov Frohman says, “I am skeptical these will…
The Visionary and Missionary Leader
United Arab Emirates recently celebrated a successful mission to planet Mars. Seeing what the leadership of UAE has achieved with desert to mega-city transformation of their country gives us an idea of what is to follow in the UAE’s extra-terrestrial endeavour. It is common practice for this young country to attribute this mission – a…
Reputation Leadership For Entrepreneurs – A MUST Have Or A Luxury?
If you are a start-up founder or entrepreneur, you are balancing every decision, every choice and every investment. So let me ask you what are the MUST HAVE investments for any entrepreneur? Technology – YES Marketing – YES Sales – YES Reputation Management – What do you think? Two oft repeated questions I hear from…
Leadership In Modern Business
There is no commonly agreed definition for leadership, but a suggested one is: the capacity to establish direction, to influence and align others towards a common goal, to motivate and commit others to action, and to encourage them to feel responsible for and committed to their contribution to the organisation. Good leadership is vital for…