Almost all companies need to have their employees trained, starting from orientation training to advanced training, recurrent training, on the job training and classroom training. But should your company build its own training department or rely on external training providers? Most CEO’s or business owners look at this matter from a financial view only. This […]
Communication has been the essence of life since early age. Our predecessors painted walls to depict life cycles throughout many civilizations. They used sand and leaves of the Papyrus plant to invent writing systems and even engraved stones to impart their knowledge and experience. Why was this? Why didn’t they simply use verbal modes to […]
As part of a weekend retreat organized by the Rotary clubs of Lebanon, I once delivered an introductory session on public speaking to a highly energetic crowd of university students. The session took place in a hotel ballroom in the picturesque town of Ehden, it was packed with more than 130 attendees and half of […]
A recently released report on key trends for the HR profession shows Talent Development as the top priority. Should this surprise us? Probably not considering that on average organizations spend over one third of their revenues on employee wages and benefits! Increasingly, organizations are looking to attract, retain and develop the best talent, and as […]
Culture is usually defined as being ‘characterized by refined taste, manners, and good education’. An indispensable addition to this definition in today’s ever growing world of international melting pots, would be the ability to use the stated ‘refined taste, manners, and good education’ in appreciating and coping with other culturally diverse tastes, manners and schools […]
What is Emotional Intelligence? The ability to understand, express, predict and influence the emotional behavior of yourself and others is Emotional Intelligence. “Emotions” & “Intelligence”, these two words pose the same question in my mind as what came first, the egg or the chicken. Humans being more intelligent have emotions more complex than animals. There […]
A well created ‘project plan’ is crucial to successfully managing and controlling a WLP project. Building a project from a project charter requires collecting more information, analyzing and refining to arrive at a further well-defined scope for the project (project scope statement). Breaking it down… We itemize the work involved in delivering the scope (deliverables) […]
One of the questions constantly asked by both organizations and individuals concerns what project management framework to adopt. This question is triggered by various factors that range from choosing a career path in project management, to up-skilling oneself to successfully manage high profile and value projects. Plus, the market place in the Middle East, especially […]
Seeing kids in malls acting all restless is the norm rather than the exception these days. With high intakes of sugar and high addiction to iPads, it becomes rather tiresome to scold children after breaking into a tantrum in the middle of the crowds. Do you know when I feel like getting into a tantrum […]
“The art and science of questions is the source of all knowledge.” – Thomas Berger As Learning and Development professionals, we certainly know that the usefulness of the knowledge we acquire, and that the effectiveness of the actions we take depends on the quality of questions we ask. Asking questions is an important skill we […]
