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The Domain Hotel and Spa & SSG signed agreement
The Domain Hotel and Spa signed agreement to continue series of SSG monthly events for the business community in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia Newly appointed General Manager at The Domain Hotel and Spa, Frank Normann Eikeland, reaffirmed the hotel’s commitment to the monthly leadership and management evenings conducted by SteppingStone Global for the local business […]
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Maximizing Return on Investment
Strategy is misunderstood on so many levels and ends up wasting resources rather than ensuring resources are best-deployed for the present and the future. More often than not, we begin advising clients on ensuring they focus on ‘doing’ strategy rather than ‘having ‘a strategy. It is not about investing large sums of money on consultants […]
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Successful Sales Skills
Working with a number of businesses over recent months has reinforced the necessity for increased emphasis on developing professional sales skills. Running a successful business means knowing how to sell effectively. There needs to be more emphasis placed on sales training within business management programs and courses; specifically the arts of effective persuasion, influence and […]
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Change Management Obstacles
Change Management Obstacles So often, the potential transformative effects of change-management within an organization lack the support of participative-leaders and often make use of inappropriate resources. One of the major obstacles affecting unsuccessful ‘change-programs’ within any organization, is paying for the wrong service-provider to parachute-in and conduct the ‘program’. Compounding this is the expectation they […]
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The Gulf: Moderating Intrusion by Mike Orlov
Moderating Intrusion A business-owner of a large or small company makes a difference as to whether employees succeed or fail. Their leadership performance also determines whether a company succeeds or fails. Their management actions determine how employees deliver for the organization. The business-owner has opportunities to make a difference in the life of a company […]
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‘Coaching the Coach’ Workshop at The Domain Hotel and Spa on 24th November 2015
Earlier this week nearly eighty senior business executives from Bahrain Saudi Arabia signed up for an evening’s workshop, facilitated by SteppingStone Global (SSG), at The Domain Hotel and Spa. The event focused on exploring business-coaching, how this differs to life-coaching and reviewing best-practice for business-owners, senior management team and supervisors to get the best out […]
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Business in Gulf December 2015 Issues ‘Vital Vision, Values and Mission Factors’ by Mike Orlov
Vital Vision, Values and Mission Factors “My people know what they are doing and why they are doing it” is a recent direct quote from a CEO of a leading company in the GCC. He however has not yet set a future-direction for his company and employees did not know their part in […]
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Business in Gulf November 2015 Issues ‘Bring your ‘A-Game’ by Mike Orlov
Bring your ‘A-Game’ If we do not bring our ‘A-Game’, then how can we expect our employees to give of their best? If your employees do not know what is expected of them and what their roles are, how can you expect them to know what you want from them? Organizational alignment and employee engagement leads to […]
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Demolishing Dependency – The Gulf November 2015 Issue By Mike Orlov
Demolishing Dependency Dependency culture within companies, industries and societies is dangerous. From business owners expecting governments to fund improvements for their companies, to people expecting someone else to answer the telephone ringing on the next desk, dependency culture kills initiative and innovation, hindering our people who want to give of their best. Talking to a Bahraini business-owner […]
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Silo-Busting at the Domain Hotel & Spa, Press released from Gulf Daily News on 26th Oct 2015
Senior business executives from Bahrain and Saudi Arabia took part in a silo-busting workshop at the Domain Hotel and Spa. The event was conducted by Bahraini firm Steppingstone Global (SSG) and focused on aligning people, teams, department, activities, processes and resources to break down barriers within organisation. It was given by SSG founder Jean […]