Risk Assessment – The World’s Riskiest Companies
Amidst the global recession of the last two years, the news of profit losses, job cutbacks and business closures soon became a daily occurrence. While the meltdown of the global banking sector spearheaded the headlines, the ensuing impact on our daily lives really took effect as the recession hit our retailers hard. With everyone across ...
Lessons In Business From: A Sushi Chef
Tucked away in a basement beneath the veritable hustle of Tokyo’s fashionable Ginza district – a literal stone’s throw away from a subway station – Sukiyabashi Jiro’s restaurant doors open for another day. Geared to serve 10 discerning gourmet voyeurs paying upwards of $350 dollars for the privilege of a seat, this is sushi with ...
Senior Executives in Emerging Markets: A Recipe for Success
Speaking to Alex Eymieu, a Partner at premier executive search firm CTPartners, from his Shanghai office a few weeks ago on the osmosis of many senior executives from the Western world to their emerging market counterparts – and specifically China – it would seem that the recipe for success for those deciding to up sticks ...
Take the Strain: The Importance of Creative Tension
What came first: the chicken or the egg? Well, depending on what context you subscribe to, it could be the former, the latter, both or neither (not quite sure about the last one?). Regardless, we’re all aware of the futility in trying to identify the victor. Of course, the question is meant to provoke an ...
WWE Takes Over the World
When MeetTheBoss.tv spoke exclusively to Andrew Whitaker, EVP International at WWE, little did the executive business channel realise just how “international” the brand was. Obviously, everyone knows the WWE brand, but it’s the figures behind the bright lights and the fireworks of the wrestling ring that prove to be nothing short of mind-blowing. Currently WWE ...
What Management Training Can Accomplish for Your Organization
Investing in management training for your staff members is one of the best investments you can make in your business. The skills and abilities of your employees do reflect in the success of the company and your bottom line. Management training provides many benefits, not the least of which is teaching an individual essential management ...
Technology Management is Essential in Today’s Business Environment
Say the words “technology management“, and some people have a look of puzzlement on their faces – they have no idea what the term means. Basically, technology management follows the same course as other strategies applied in the workplace in order to further the success and sustainability of a company or organization: Planning, organizing, staffing, ...
The Real Price of Diamonds
It seems that Naomi Campbell is discovering that diamond ownership can come at a high price. It is estimated that 4% of the world’s diamond trade is in blood diamonds, which have cost the lives of around 4 million people. Meanwhile, global diamond sales continue to grow and have increased three-fold in the past 25 ...
The Business of Shark Week
This week the Discovery Channel dedicates an entire week of programming to sharks – a tradition that dates back to 1987, when the cable TV channel was experimenting with ways to attract viewers in the summer. Thus, Shark Week was born. Yet despite the fear so often instilled by sharks, there can be no denying ...
Performance Management: Optimizing the Success of Employees and Organizations
What is performance management? Ultimately, it is a process of making each employee and ultimately any organization successful. Performance management enables any company or organization to build the skills, abilities and confidence of each individual employee, which results in elevated performance from the team as a whole. All people like to feel that they are ...