Editor’s note: This is part of 30-day challenge series written by Hanane Anouna. You can follow along and read the full series here. * * * * Have you ever struggled with forming a new habit or keeping your own habits? How many times you tried to go on diet and you gave up after few […]
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Challenge Day 20: How to Find Your IKIGAI
Editor’s note: This is part of 30-day challenge series written by Hanane Anouna. You can follow along and read the full series here. * * * * What are you good at? What do you love? What does the world need? What can you be paid for? Answering these questions will help you find your Ikigai. […]
GE-McKinsey Matrix: A Strategic Business Portfolio & Investment Analysis Tool
A problem that executives often face is finding a tool to identify where and how to compete, identify profitable markets, evaluate investment options, and price their products rightly. GE-McKinsey Matrix is one such strategic planning tool that helps the executives make investment decisions and manage their product portfolio based on sound analysis. Outlined by McKinsey […]
Challenge Day 19: 4 Keys to Build Your Inner Wealth
Editor’s note: This is part of 30-day challenge series written by Hanane Anouna. You can follow along and read the full series here. * * * * “The goal is not to get rich. The goal is to live rich. ” I posted this quote yesterday and one of the comments was “I think to get […]
Achieving Success in Post-merger Integration (PMI): The Top 10 Tips Every Organization Must Know
When organizations go through a Post-merger Integration, often management realizes that it is never a simple undertaking. It is a highly complex process. Swift action is required as well as being able to run the core business activities simultaneously. There is no one-size-fits-all approach to a successful PMI Process. However, to maximize deal value, there […]
How Do the Subject Matter Experts (Porter, Mintzberg, & More) Define Strategy?
Strategy is about the methods used to attain goals. It’s the “how” of achieving goals—desired future conditions and circumstances towards which effort and resources are spent until their achievement. If Strategy has any meaning at all, it is in relation to some aim or end in view. Strategy is 1 of the 4 dimensions of […]
Challenge Day 18: Top Ten of Soft Skills
Editor’s note: This is part of 30-day challenge series written by Hanane Anouna. You can follow along and read the full series here. * * * * “Have you ever heard about soft skills before?” I always start with this question when teaching soft skills for the first time. One day, one of my students responded […]
Challenge Day 17: Find Out about Your Uniqueness
Editor’s note: This is part of 30-day challenge series written by Hanane Anouna. You can follow along and read the full series here. * * * * Your values will give you direction and your strengths will empower you to accomplish your goals. Being aware of your strengths and your weaknesses don’t concern only candidates who need to prepare for […]
Employee Engagement: Measurement & Improvement
Employee Engagement has emerged as one of the significant pillars on which the Competitive Advantage, Productivity, and Growth Strategy of an organization rests. Employee Engagement has many facets. To assess an organization’s current status of Employee Engagement, executives need to devise a measurement system. Measuring Employee Engagement is vital in shaping Employee Engagement Strategies that […]
Strategic Human Resources
Today’s information-based, knowledge intensive, and service-driven economy has forced organizations to make substantial changes to the way they compete. Changing perspective and responsibility of top management amidst rapid Business and Digital Transformation and the shifting role of HR from being an auxiliary function to that of a driver are some of the dynamics of the […]
Challenge Day 15: 10 Qualities to Develop the Leader within You
Editor’s note: This is part of 30-day challenge series written by Hanane Anouna. You can follow along and read the full series here. * * * * A leader is neither about a title nor about power. It emerges from any educational level and everyone is concerned: the father, the manager, the professor, the doctor or […]
Challenge Day 14: 3 Skills to Upgrade Your Social Skills
Editor’s note: This is part of 30-day challenge series written by Hanane Anouna. You can follow along and read the full series here. * * * * Another major component of Emotional Intelligence is relationship management, also called social skills. When you become aware of the emotions of others, develop empathy and active listening, you start developing rapport, making an […]