How to empower your employees to become decision makers

By: Omar Abdul-Hafiz

In the business world today, a successful company adopts an agile and dynamic business model. Long gone are the days when business administration depended on a highly bureaucratic and restrictive scheme of work. As the world continues to move at a much faster speed, the need to adapt to changes becomes ever more critical.

And one of the major steps every company should consider taking to establish a dynamic business model is to promote a certain degree of decision-making among its staff members.

But how can you do this successfully? Here are some key aspects to think about.

How to make work meetings actually productive

By: Cesilia Faustina

For all the employees out there, I’m sure we can agree that meetings are not the most fun activity there is. A lot of the time, meetings end up mundane and essentially a waste of one’s time; not saying that all meetings are a waste of time, but many employers tend to depend on meetings too much with very little results.

Sometimes, employers need to take a step back and ask the question, “is it worth it?” Meetings have become the culture in corporate spaces now, but many tend to forget that sometimes, some things don’t require meetings. Now, I’m not saying we should get rid of meetings altogether, as I know that meetings are needed and can be quite useful when applicable, but employers definitely need to review their meeting usage, especially during the era of COVID-19 and working-from-home.

How to maintain a collaborative and successful work environment

By: Lana Bawaneh

In a business world that is growing quickly, organizations need to keep up with this rapid development and expand their work by producing various products and services in order to grab more potential clients from different industries. One of the most essential elements in creating a healthy work environment is team management.

In any company, teams need to be defined clearly based on their missions; and communication between the different teams, as well as between members of the same team, needs to be smooth and positive.

This article briefly describes what a collaborative workforce looks like, and also gives you some tips that may guide you in building a healthy work atmosphere full of creativity and innovation.