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These are unprecedented times. Changes in working conditions, legislations and “flexible working” are on an entirely new level. How we operate and must lead today, is like nothing we’ve experienced before. COVID has turned whatever plan we might have had completely on its head and now suddenly companies are making...

Predictions were rightly cancelled in 2020; instead, benefits professionals look to 2022 with thoughtful planning. One of my new year’s resolutions is to never make another prediction. If 2020 taught us anything, it’s that predictions don’t hold much water. Instead, I’ve learned to make flexible plans rather than firm predictions....

Did you know there’s two definitions of collaboration in the Oxford dictionary? The first is “the action of working with someone to produce something”. Which is what we mean when we say we want collaboration. The second is “traitorous communication with an enemy”.  Which is sometimes how it feels when...

Good leaders understand that people are their greatest asset.  Prioritising the needs and well-being of your people can have a remarkable impact on the organisation and your bottom line.  In this profit-driven world, we live in today, it’s no surprise that sales, margins, shareholder return and revenue is at the...

As we return to the office after countless months of COVID-prompted work isolation, take some time to reconsider your corporate lobby space. Does it complement your culture beautifully? Does it align with your tone and values? Here are some important elements to consider. You only get one chance to make...

People often join a network because they’re inspired by its purpose, whether that’s to improve a community’s school lunch program or protect a sprawling wildlife preserve. But people stay for a very different reason: who is involved. Which means who is part of a network is just as important, if...

Rustam Gilfanov is an IT entrepreneur, and a venture partner of the LongeVC Fund. Family  Rustam Gilfanov is 38 years old. He was born on January 6, 1983 in the Perm Territory (the village of Basim). In his childhood Rustam was interested in science fiction and mathematical sciences. Education  As...

Founders and CEOs crave fast growth, often above all else. It means massive funding rounds and eye-popping valuations, infusions of top talent, bandwidth to focus on more strategic tasks, as well as the all-important runway to build great products, get them to a larger market and scale the company to...

More than anything else, successful hybrid working is about trust. CEOs trusting managers, managers trusting employees and employees trusting themselves and their teammates to do the right thing, regardless of where they are based, to achieve the outcomes they hope to achieve. Yet, when it comes to the decisions that...

There is no better word to describe Elon Musk, than an ‘entrepreneur’. To Musk, entrepreneurship is more of a personality guided by high intellectual character and proper management skills. The success story of Elon Musk does not depict more of an employee in him, but a creator, manager, and developer...