Banking & Money matters
Why not?
In line at the supermarket and a guy sneaks in front of me, smiles and shows me two items, so I allow it. Why not sneak in front of him and show him my month supply items? and look him in the eye, grab him from his neck and get real close and tell him [...]
The essence of an organization
Definition of essence: 1. The intrinsic or indispensable properties that serve to characterize or identify something. 2. The most important ingredient; the crucial element. Think STARBUCKS and how they have created an experience when you enter their world. Think McDonalds, Emirates Air, Harrods, Lexus showrooms and so on. On a country level think DUBAI and [...]
Getting rid of corporate rats faster
Ever wonder how a company gets rid of its bad managers and senior people? cause the lower grades are easier and apparent, but the higher the rank, the more delicate the approach. The problem is not with the management team getting rid of the virus or pest, its a two way street. When management promoted [...]
Let go!
To see talent wasted is a sad sight. To see youth destroyed forever even worse. To know the true capabilities of someone go down the drain is not nice. When we are born into this world we are perfect specimens. We are then raised according to our parents beliefs, ideas and faith. Later we enter [...]
Choosing a life (education & career are part of life)
One of the hardest things that will face anyone is choosing what to do for the rest of your life. If you just finished high school then which field and which college. After college you still ask which area should I work in, and that’s why you find Engineers working as designers today, and doctors [...]
Learning 2 learn again
Children going to school is compulsory, adults going for an MBA is not, but kind of. General knowledge and continuous lifelong learning is a personal choice. The day a person states he knows it all is the end of his progress. It will take two and a half years for his knowledge to be obsolete [...]
Things that make you go hmm…
When you give in to an argument, based on modern communication research to move on, they refuse or have more to ask for. When you really mean it, they question your intentions, and when you question theirs, you are accused of judging. When you do as you are told at work, they call you programable [...]
Organizations, compensation, career advancement in the Arab World
If your a company owner/CEO Read this. If your an individual/employee read this. Long lengthy title, don’t you think. I know I should write a book on the subject someday, but here goes a personal view on what goes on behind corporate walls in our region. First of all Human resources has become Human capital, [...]
McDonald’s makes better ice cream than Baskin Robbins
If the sales guy at the Baskin Robbins shop says the new soft ice cream on the cone is just like the ones at Micky D’s then you know who the big papa is on that frontier. I told the young salesman your not supposed to say that, especially your speciality is ice cream, and theirs [...]
10 Do Not’s for better communication
We all seem to focus on the good in things today, and that’s a good sign. The issue is sometimes taken for granted by many folk. If you say you will do something and you don’t, and see something else you like to practice and you don’t, then you become worst that your original state. [...]