A globally uncertain backdrop, Brexit plus a faltering German economy casting a cloud over the EU have all contributed to a dip in global M&A activity.
For many of us, work is not just a source of income – it’s an essential source of identity, fulfilment, and self-worth, and some enlightened employers are waking up to the idea that the health of their businesses is inextricably linked to the health of their employees.
What were Appnomic’s beginnings? What is the company’s ethos? Paddy Padmanabhan: I created the company because of my prior experience architecting a core banking solution and encountering the constant performance issues plaguing clients’ websites. To elaborate, any binary compiled code will not change its behaviour runtime, only variations in workload or an impairment in the […]
Tell us about the very beginnings of The Blonde Salad? Whose idea was it and how did you turn Chiara’s blog into a media company & a talent management agency? It all began in October 2009 when I was doing an internship in USA and Chiara was in Milano studying and feeding her passion for […]
Whilst no individual has amassed a trillion-dollar fortune yet, Jeff Bezos, on the other hand, is expected to be the first individual to hit the trillion-dollar mark, as he was the first person to reach $100 billion. For CEO Today’s November edition, the team at Comparisun have analysed past and present valuations of some of […]
Here’s what we know so far about Gen Z: According to a 2018 Pew Research Study, Gen Z is the most tech-fluid generation we’ve ever seen, with 45% of teens saying they’re alone “almost constantly.” Natural chameleons, they are growing up in a rapidly-changing cultural zeitgeist that has conditioned their generation to both expect, and […]
In our digitally-led world, great people as we know, are the only true competitive differentiator in business today. They are the heart of the business and the key to unlocking stability and success, even during times of economic uncertainty. Yet productivity and staff loyalty are at an all-time low; in fact, Deloitte[1] has reported that […]
John Aves looks at the financial benefits that flow from creating a loyal customer base and outlines how to measure the return from loyal customers, as well as the cost of disloyal ones. According to a recent Times article, the decision by Persimmon, “Britain’s most profitable housebuilder,” to put customers first, has hit revenues and […]
Instead of having traditional appraisals and annual reviews, Netflix has introduced a permanent evaluation process. Managers and team leaders are encouraged to ask themselves a simple question of colleagues: “If an employee told me he or she had found another job, would I do my best to keep him or her at Netflix?”. If the […]
What led to the foundation of FJVA? In 1998, my father, Francis J. Vassallo, had concluded his term as Governor of the Central Bank of Malta in which he was instrumental in liberalising Malta’s economy and directing it towards EU membership. At that time, I was working with Coopers & Lybrand (now PwC) and my […]
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