Author: ntluan2012

By Dr. Ehssan Abdallah and Rayan Tarabay Today’s complex landscape has compelled organizations to continuously reinvent themselves. Fundamental to this, has been the quest to drive business growth through internal learning and development(L&D). However, this is laced with challenges. A recent study (Murray, 2021) found that just 8% of L&D teams calculate ROI for their […]

Employers need to protect and attract talent if they are to thrive in the GCC.  By Dr. Ehssan Abdallah The war for talent in the GCC is heating up to unprecedented levels. The pandemic severely disrupted the regional labour market with employees considering more than just salaries when selecting an employer. As a result, the […]

By Dr. Ehssan Abdallah Ehssan Abdallah, the executive director of Adaptive Global shares why leaders need to be more humble and implement “white belt leadership” in their organisations. Being a leader requires both discipline and humility – the ability to consistently pursue goals, push your limits, and being open to learn and fail, much like […]

For over two decades now, organizations around the world have embraced strengths-based leadership. By Dr. Ehssan Abdallah What is your next move? This has ranged from: The Good – ability to truly align and maximize talent to deliver results The Bad – believing that the strengths themes alone deliver results by the grace of your profile To the Downright Ugly – wittingly […]

By Dr. Ehssan Abdallah Imagine… you are getting your haircut at the local barber, and fortuitously become acquainted with a famous movie producer getting a trim next to you. So impressed by your personality, he invites you to audition for the lead role in the next movie of a blockbuster action-series. You nail the audition […]

By Dr. Ehssan Abdallah July 2020 marked the 40th anniversary of one of the biggest selling rock albums of all time, ACDC’s Back in Black. The band that created the masterpiece also crafted another motivating story of success. It is the story of a migrant family who escaped poverty by moving to Australia and ended […]

Unfortunately, too many companies continue to rely on rigid, archaic management models. by Dr. Ehssan Abdallah and Ashish Ahluwalia In recent years, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region has seen an ever-expanding footprint from companies around the world — a result of the inherent demand and growing mobility of the marketplace and the economic slowdown […]