Today I’d like to talk about breaking out of your comfort zone. Why? Comfort zones hold us back, restrict our potential and deny us freedom. Here’s how to feel at ease way outside of it! Your comfort zone is the lifestyle and behaviours which feel most normal to you. It is built out of habit…
Emotional intelligence gives women an upper hand as negotiators
Women are uniquely equipped with the soft skills required to succeed in negotiation. It’s one of the oldest business adages in the book: You don’t get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate. Successful negotiation, particularly in high-stakes situations, is often the difference between a smashing success and a crushing failure. In the past, negotiation…
Step up customer service, shift to customer experience
There are ever-increasing demands for customer expectations, and the need to surprise customers, or create the WOW factor, with innovative service delivery, has led to increased competition in customer service excellence. How do companies step up to this? In order to differentiate, companies are left confused and they end up inventing new strategies instead of…
Got an awesome new business idea? What next?
Do you constantly have great new business ideas which fall to the wayside because you just don’t know how to turn those daydreams into reality? If you’re stuck in the brainstorming stage, that’s probably because you don’t know what to do next. Around 550,000 people, according to the Kauffman startup index, become entrepreneurs each month and…
Drive business performance through diversity
Want to know how to use diversity to drive business performance? Women@Work has created a 5 step plan to support organisations who put diversity and inclusion high on their agenda. Gone are the days where diversity and inclusion are purely ticked box exercises to fulfil CSR objectives. Merit-based recruitment and D&I strategy should go hand…
Emaar Hospitality Groups’ vision for Gender Parity
The Women@Work team caught up with Olivier Harnisch, CEO of Emaar Hospitality Groups, to find out more about their vision for gender parity and the Hiya Initiative. Hello Olivier, can you please tell us about yourself and your role at Emaar? I joined the company on the 1st of March 2017 and have been in this…
Are you hiring the right employees?
Is your business having a high staff turnover? Before looking into hiring staff, it is crucial to understand the existing teething problems. First and foremost, businesses must take one step back and understand why existing staff are leaving. Staff retention is just as important as hiring employees. Once this has been identified, then you can…
Upskilling opens doors to better professional opportunities
The summer is over and everyone is back in work mode. Many have had a moment to reflect and for some a career change or move forward might be imminent. Whether it is enhancing your current capabilities, exploring a new area of expertise or taking the leap of faith and embarking on a new career, upskilling…
The new Laws | Act now, become an UAE Entrepreneur
I have witnessed all kinds of business cycles during my 15 years in the UAE. Those were the days when prices of commercial properties and offices were skyrocketing. Areas around Dubai’s Sheikh Zayed Road crossed AED350 per square foot. The cost of setting up businesses was high when compared to other leading economies, especially for…
Understanding your self-worth | Shereen Hoban
Telling our friends or loved ones to value themselves is something that usually comes easily to us, so why is it so hard for us to apply the same logic to ourselves? Self-worth is something that cannot be undervalued. It’s fundamental to help us make the right decisions – whether that’s in our personal or…