Tell us about yourself, your background, and your journey to founding Olivia Murphy Marketing? I grew up with a passion for communications, media, and marketing, and was fortunate enough to land an Editor and Brand Manager role shortly after graduating from university in London at a newly launched health and wellbeing brand, which ignited my […]
As in any personal relationship, lack of trust and confidence in a leader and in an organization leads to a lack of commitment from employees, underperforming staff and failed objectives. There are two issues to deal with concerning trust and confidence: 1. Trust in the organization Trust in the organizations objectives is crucial; as a […]
Why are performance appraisals an important management tool? Performance appraisals communicate organization and department goals, build stronger worker relationships, improve productivity, identify poor/marginal performers, identify the employee’s general training needs and they support HR decisions (promotions, raises etc). For the employee, the benefits of performance appraisals are just as great. Each individual employee’s accomplishments are […]
Ummair Butt shares his journey to founding Direct Debit System. Tell us about yourself, your background and your journey to founding Direct Debit System. Moving back into full-time employment after the failure of my first business in Dubai, I encountered the same struggle faced by many monthly salaried parents trying to balance the family budget. […]
Photo: Angelique Fihn and Miriam Lindholm, founders of Femique How did you find yourself launching Femique? Miriam and I decided that we were sick of having to compromise when it came to our own personal pregnancy journeys. It was such a daunting and new, yet beautiful stage of being a woman that was in parts […]
We spend 40 or 50 or more hours at work each week, many of us spend more time with those we work with than we do our families. We want to be engaged in our work. We yearn for work that is enjoyable, meaningful and engaging. When we are engaged we are productive, successful and […]
Meet 3x Olympian and co-founder of ROAR Fitness, Sarah Lindsay. Tell us about yourself, your background, and your journey to founding ROAR Dubai. My career started by working as a full-time athlete after I left school from the age of 16 through to 29. I proudly competed in 3 Olympic Games and won several medals […]
Tell us about your background and your journey to Managing Partner and Master Franchise Holder at Gymboree Play & Music UAE. I started off my career as a Chartered Accountant at PwC Dublin, Ireland and completed my qualification in 2011. I then moved to the USA where I started my first business, Eye Level Learning […]
Tell us about your background and journey to becoming an entrepreneur. My name is Saran Sow Barry. I was born in Paris and raised in Guinea Conakry in West Africa where I stayed until end of high school. I left Guinea to go to London when I was 17 to pursue my university studies. I […]
Do you know that you can communicate your feelings and attitudes to others without even speaking? How you sit, stand, and conduct yourself physically is your body language. You send messages you may not be aware of. Your body language impacts the perceptions everyone you meet has of you and can make or break a business […]
