Leadership

5 Top Tips on How to Sell a Business

November 5, 2019

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.

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What Boards of Directors Are Missing About Cybersecurity

November 5, 2019

When there is incongruity between the extent of the Board’s cybersecurity knowledge and the level of decision-making authority they hold, that’s a recipe for bike-shedding.

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Can Mindfulness Help CEOs Combat the Pressure-Cooker of Work

November 4, 2019

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.

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Hall of Fame: Q&A with Appnomic's Paddy Padmanabhan & Nitin Kumar

November 1, 2019

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 […]

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Riccardo Pozzoli – The Man Who Monetised Blogging

November 1, 2019

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 […]

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The Current State of Malta's Financial Services Industry

November 1, 2019

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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Generating Alpha Returns in Asymmetric Markets

November 1, 2019

Omiros, please introduce us to Brookstreet. Brookstreet is a unique, commercially motivated and flexible Private Equity/Venture Capital (PEVC) investment group supporting companies which experience transformational growth. Our mission is to be the leading investor and partner for innovative, profitable, high-growth and extrovert small-cap (SME) out-performers. Based out of London (the bridge of the world), we […]

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How to Create a Gold Standard Workplace Culture That Encourages High Performers

October 31, 2019

Business leaders are increasingly beginning to recognise that company culture has an important role to play when it comes to organisational success and driving retention of talent.

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8 Business Lessons from Superheroes and Villains

October 30, 2019

Read on to find out what your favourite superheroes and super villains can teach you about business and money.

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How Can CEOs Attract the Instagram Generation?

October 30, 2019

Big enterprises are creating workspace cultures designed to appeal to an Instagram generation in a bid to attract a new generation of contingent workers that value personal recognition over salary and are increasingly choosing start-ups over big businesses.

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EU Approves Brexit 'Flextension', But What About Business Uncertainty?

October 29, 2019

How could a further three months of uncertainty affect investment and small business?

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Every CEOs Daily Regime Should Include Self-Care

October 29, 2019

With the cultish regimens that Silicon Valley leaders such as Twitter’s Jack Dorsey and other high powered business people claim to follow in order to be in peak performance during the day.

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