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When the world closed down last year, stringent preventive measures were taken to control the spread of the dangerous virus. While the governments and scientists worked in tandem to figure out a way to tackle this problem, everyone was asked to stay indoors and engage in social distancing. Everything around...

Chances are you have encountered a narcissistic co-worker or boss at some point in your career. This is a person who constantly shifts attention back to themselves, discounts your ideas to present their own, or is continually name-dropping or bragging about their credentials to impress people. Toxic and dysfunctional work...

Hiring great talent is the most important need of all businesses. Gone are the days when people had to choose the career paths of their forefathers, and since professions are not that closer to people than they used to in the past, you have to be careful about hiring people....

Short message service (SMS) marketing is considered one of the most prominent elements for a successful business. It's also the most popular type of service component in telephone, internet, and mobile device systems. Due to that, there’s no denying the role of SMS marketing in helping businesses thrive in their...

We know that critical thinking provides us with the tools to analyze information so that we can harness the greatest amount of knowledge – and thus give ourselves the best chances of making smart decisions. For instance, before we go to polls and elect our political leaders, we should be...

Pat Smith has been the CEO of WestPac Investments, a leading real estate investment and management firm, for nearly 30 years. But who is Pat Smith, and what has the Pat Smith WestPac era meant for the company’s success? Here’s everything we know about the current CEO of WestPac. Education...

The global pandemic has changed how companies evaluate their real estate portfolios. This massive shift happened relatively quickly. It started with the rise of remote work and is being perpetuated (and sometimes complicated) by the need for enterprise-wide return-to-work plans. C-suite executives have had to grapple with these new circumstances...

Hiring today is a tricky endeavor to say the least. It’s never been harder or more competitive to hire, engage, and retain top talent. It might seem like this is a persistent condition of our high-tech economy, but it’s become far more pronounced post-pandemic. The working world has gone through...

Richard Branson is the owner of Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands. The Chairman of the Virgin Group operates the island as a resort, after creating some luxury properties which are part of the Virgin Limited Edition portfolio. Richard Branson recently expanded his hotel portfolio on a new private...

Too many companies seated their first qualified woman only recently, and as far as some are concerned, it is “one and done.” These companies believe that with the presence of a lone woman on a board of directors, they can put a checkmark next to the diversity box. What they...