Ahmad Badr, Special to Gulf News

Articles from the author

Apply long distance runner’s strategy to businesses

Whether running at the top or in the middle, there are different ways to winning

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It doesn’t pay to have everyone’s views matter

Such an approach done within companies will only lead to collective inaction

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Much can be learnt from UAE’s workplace diversity

These lessons and demographic talent can be put to good use by businesses going global

A multi-ethnic group of business people are indoors in an office boardroom.

Listening to what those down the line have to say

This has been amply proved in the way Carlos Ghosn was brought down at Nissan

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Managers mustn’t spend time on top performers

They will do better if attention is spread evenly across all layers of their workforce

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When the unexpected trumps the narrative

Be it in football or business, the small can surprise the mighty

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Open-plan offices won’t spark innovation

Other sectors must come up with their own ways rather than ape tech giants

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Managers must have a feel of workplace pulse

Even chasing performance targets, they must also rein in internal stresses

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Internal communications can’t be one-way

Whatever be one’s place in the hierarchy, all possible options must be tapped

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