UAE career experts weigh in on the viral TikTok theory that being too ‘nice’ at work can hinder promotions, advising employees to proactively promote their brand and map out promotion criteria with managers
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AB In Focus
AB In Focus: How leaders differ between geographies, organisations and its importance to success
Abdulaziz Al Roomi, HR leader and executive coach sits down to discuss what makes a leader
Dubai business
Dubai Business Women Council to organise workshop series to enhance members’ business skills
The series is organised in collaboration with Synertias
Employees
Soft skills are hard to get right: Here’s how organisations can do better
The problem is that teaching soft skills is a lot more difficult than teaching welding
Abdallah Abu-Sheikh
Creative toxicity
The founder of AstraTech Abdallah Abu-Sheikh reveals the secrets behind building a billion-dollar empire
business leaders
Authenticity is key to powerful leadership
There are many different routes to take in the quest for authenticity
business leadership
Great CEOs matter, but great managers and supervisors matter even more
Focusing on performance over control is key
health and wellbeing
Five things to do when navigating a leadership position
Effective leadership in the age of a millennial workforce requires a generational change in methods
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi School of Government, Arkan partner to bolster expertise of emirate’s government employees
The specialised training and educational programmes will be provided to both leadership and general government employees
American University in Dubai
Six lessons in leadership from an Eagle Scout
The rank of Eagle Scout is the highest achievement within the Boy Scouts Program. Achieved by just 4 per cent of all scouts, noteworthy Eagles include US presidents, astronauts, and business leaders – among them US President Gerald Ford, Neil Armstrong and Bill Gates
Alain Bejjani
Nurturing future leaders is a critical factor in the region’s progress, says Majid Al Futtaim report
A report in partnership with the World Economic Forum outlines how the Middle East can level up and achieve its full potential
Connectivity
Will “regenerative leadership” overtake ‘purpose’ as this year’s buzzword?
There is no doubt that we need purpose in our work, or that purpose is the driving force for so much of the positive change we are seeing seep into the corporate world, but is purpose alone enough to turn around the organisations of the future?
Ambiguity
Fire from ice: The case for building organisational anti-fragility
Anti-fragility is not a fantasy but a reality and a possibility, developing it allows us to convert crisis into opportunity
Humility
The honour and burden of leadership
The burden-free form of leadership finds at its core the essential practice of positive human thoughts, words, actions, and interactions.
career
Developing enough self-confidence to hire the best people
The strongest companies are built by leaders who let their employees excel, which means being confident enough to embrace our own flaws
Discipline
Redefining leadership: Why you need “the white belt mind-set”
Ehssan Abdallah, the executive director of Adaptive Global shares why leaders need to be more humble and implement “white belt leadership” in their organisations
business leaders
What leaders need to succeed over the next decade
As someone speaking with global companies on a near daily basis about their business priorities and objectives, here are some of the leadership skills and the jobs of the future that I see will matter most now and into the next decade