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How to Help Your Employees During Inflation
The global economy is an uncomfortable place to be right now. Inflation is hitting everyone. For company leaders, the heat is on. Not only do you have to find a way to keep your company growing and profitable, you also have employees to consider. Helping employees...
Communication Challenges in a Multicultural and Multilingual Environment
About 90% of the UAE workforce is made up of expats from all over the world. People are bringing their cultures and languages into the workplace, which means opportunities and challenges. There are many benefits to a diverse workforce including new creativity,...
How to Identify Toxic Managers and What to Do About Them
It’s normal to feel some tension when it comes to your manager. After all, they are in a position of authority. As humans, we tend to naturally resist authority or at least feel a mild dislike for it. But how do you know when your manager has crossed the line between...
Creating a Culture of Trust in the Workplace
One of the many learnings that have come out of the past couple of years of instability in the job market is that workers are in a position to demand more than just a pay check. They want a place where the company culture aligns with their own. And the foundation they...
How to Support New Parents in the Workplace
Whether out of a desire to retain employees or concern for the welfare of your employees, there’s a lot that companies can do to support new parents. Giving birth, or partnering with someone who has, not only takes a physical and mental toll. It’s also expensive,...
How to Stay Hydrated While Fasting
One of the challenges your employees will face during Ramadan is how to stay hydrated while fasting. Dehydration causes fatigue, headaches, reduced cognitive ability, and sometimes worse symptoms like dizziness and nausea. None of these are ideal symptoms when trying...
Workplace Gratitude Practices
In this season of spiritual awareness, one of the best ways to elevate our minds is through gratitude. Not only can gratitude practice elevate our happiness levels and well-being, it can elevate our productivity as well. A happy workplace is a productive workplace. In...
5 Ways to Support Staff During Ramadan
Ramadan is upon us and with it the challenge of continuing to work. Fortunately, the pandemic of the past two years taught us how to work flexibly and virtually. Flex-time and hybrid work can be extremely beneficial this month, giving people the ability to conserve...
How to Make Work More Meaningful
In light of the “Great Resignation” and a market where prospective job candidates have plenty of options to choose from, focus on is how to make work more meaningful for people. One of the myths about meaningful work is that it would be nice to have, but isn’t a...
Supporting Women In The Workplace
March is Women’s History Month. We are taking this time to recognise the powerful women who have contributed to our world. Let us also appreciate how far the UAE has come in terms of gender equality in the workplace. The pandemic certainly moved gender equality...
Resilience – The Key to Your Organisational Success
Hopefully by now, most company leaders have come to realise “normal” for the workplace will continue to be a relative term for some time. So how do you create stability in the workplace when the environment is continually shifting? The key is resilience. Resilience is...
How to Go Home From Work When You Work From Home
According to a seven-year study, the inability to switch out of work mode and into personal mode was in the top ten list of most stressful factors people were bad at handling. And that was before the pandemic. One might expect the rise of remote work to reduce the...