I would first of like to start by wishing a happy Easter to all of you and your loved ones. Let us hope that the resurrection of our Lord will help bring about better days for all of us. However, this week’s column isn’t about Easter. The most observant among you might have noticed that Read more about Something’s Gotta Give #18: Change of format[…]
As per various seminars, workshops and online courses on leadership, a good leader needs to be: Committed, Passionate, Inspiring, Accountable, Empowering, Empathetic, Innovative, etc. Right? Well, all this is good, but ultimately, I think leadership boils down to one very simple thing. Everything else is just gravy. Listen on:
Disruptions can take two forms: They can be either imposed, or… self-imposed! Whatever the case, they are very real. An integral part of life. Here’s how they can affect you and how to tackle them:
Ultimately, corruption costs much more than money: It costs time to manage its negative effects. It costs peace of mind. It costs reputation. It costs things that are much more difficult to replace than money.
Fixing something means that there’s already a known way on how to replicate the initial work. Many people may not be aware of this way, by you can still reverse-engineer anything that’s broken and find how it works and therefore, how it can be fixed. In my upcoming book on private company valuations, I tried Read more about Back To The Drawing Board #13: Improvement[…]
People tend to donate more and be kinder to each other, when they feel that they have already earned enough. “Enough” differs from one person to the next. It has to do with how much each of us values themselves in their head. Click to hear how this relates to your business, on this month’s Read more about Back To The Drawing Board #12: Enough[…]
Basketball is a sport in which the championship, both in the US and Europe (and I imagine in other parts of the globe as well) has two distinct periods each season. The first is a round robin type of tournament, and the second is the playoffs. But which team is the best? The one that Read more about Back To The Drawing Board #11: I’m the best[…]
There’s a real issue of delinquent behavior that goes largely unpunished and fuels many western societies with despair. Dracon, in Ancient Athens tried to fix this by instituting harsh punishments for every minor offence. Nowadays, we have ended up on the other end, giving wrongdoers and even common thugs more rights than us. And as Read more about Back To The Drawing Board #10: Justice, vengeance and Dracon[…]
There is a fundamental difference between speaking the language of youth and debasing your own language because of your personal lack of intellect. A recent commercial by one of the largest banks here in Cyprus is a prime example of how the wrong individuals, in the wrong posts, at the wrong time, can gradually erode Read more about Back To The Drawing Board #9: What did you just say?[…]
If change is difficult, why is that? And how is this related to the value of a business? Even more curiously, what does it have to do with a successful exit? I explain everything on: