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The four steps to taking charge of your Imposter Syndrome and reaching the top. According to McKinsey and Lean In's "Women in the Workplace" 2020 report, the number of women in the C-suite grew from 17% to 21% between January 2015 and January 2020. Moreover, the 2021 Women in CEOs...

When you’re the CEO, and without a hint of selfishness, I’d like to suggest that the culture is all about you.  What you say, what you don’t say, what you do, what you don’t do.  As much as culture is determined by the collective lived behaviours of the organisation (‘how...

The current pandemic has accelerated an already upwards trend, that of our work and life going digital. Everything that we do today can be done with the help of computers in a far better and efficient manner. The appreciation and credit all go to the hard work of coders and...

There are scholarships, and then there is the Rhodes Scholarship. In the world of academia, everyone will agree that the prestige of the Rhodes Scholarship remains unmatched by most scholarships out there. It has been here for a while, and everyone wants it because, of course, it is the University...

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....

The world around us is constantly changing, faster and faster every year. Digital technologies are penetrating deeper into our daily life. Business and trade relations have also not spared this trend. They are moving online, and most likely online shopping will completely replace traditional shopping soon. It is hard to...

Upon first glance, it may seem that there is little overlap between the work of a doctor and a hotelier. One must attend medical school, while the other would be better served in business school. One deals with patients, the other guests. Some would argue that a doctor experiences a...

There are around 56.8 million expatriates currently living all over the world, and growth is expected to continue over the next few years. Over the past five years, there has been a compound annual growth rate of 4.7 percent. But if you are an aspiring expat, where should you be...

Creating accountability for others is accountability itself. However, holding people accountable is often lost on leaders. Before leaders can create a culture of accountability, they need to understand what it means within the confines of their organization. This is due to accountability’s subjective quality, which can vary within organizations and...