Tag Archive ' UAE'

A director can be substantively right and still lose the room. In the UAE, boardroom presence is not a neutral performance skill. It is read through hierarchy, deference, seniority, and the expectations of the setting. The same intervention that lands with force in a Western-style boardroom can misfire in a majlis-style meeting, and vice versa….

As the biting chill of London bids its farewell, I find myself boarding an Emirates Business Class flight, leaving behind the frosty embrace of winter for the sun-kissed allure of Dubai. The discrete smugness of some of the business-class clientele is always a source of amusement and the audience on this A380 is no different….