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Make The Most Of Your Time Off

28 Tuesday Apr 2015

Posted by Dawn Advertiser in CAREERS, Professional Development, Training

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apprenticeships, business plan, emotional quotients, entrepreneurship spirit, Facebook, graduate programmes, head-hunted, Jan Koum, Mark Zuckerberg, mentorship, online profile, Sahr Nadeem Tariq, social welfare programmes, Training, WhatsApp

CareersWhether you are a fresh graduate unable to find work in your field of interest, an experienced professional who is unemployed, or simply a dissatisfied employee with vacation days at your disposal, here is how you can use your free time to prepare for your next career move:

Prepare. Pursue an academic degree or a certification to ensure that your skill set stays relevant in a dynamic business environment. Keep an eye out for apprenticeships, graduate programmes and part-time, freelance or consultancy positions; not only will you benefit from training, mentorship and experience, they may lead to permanent employment if you are able to prove your worth at the organisation. Continue reading →

Be An Alpha Leader

07 Monday Apr 2014

Posted by Dawn Advertiser in CAREERS, Leadership, Management Theories, Productivity, Professional Development, Training, Workplace Challenges

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1990s, 360 degree, Act, Align, alpha leaders, Alpha Leadership Model, Anne Deering, Anticipate, business functions, coaching, contingency, cooperation, critical thinking skills, Digital, e-commerce, empowering, expansion, foresight, goals, growth, innovation, job satisfaction, loyalty, mentorship, milestones, multicultural workforce, nurture, Pakistan, performance audits, policy changes, Productivity, professional development, Professor Julian Russell, resources, respect, Robert Dilts, Sahr Nadeem Tariq, socio-economic, strategic initiatives, talent, targets, team, Training, trends

CareerThe Alpha Leadership Model was developed by Professor Julian Russell and researchers/authors Anne Deering and Robert Dilts in the late 1990s. Their objective was to assist managers to effectively manage a multicultural workforce in an increasingly digital and global corporate environment. This leadership model remains relevant today, and in Pakistan it is gaining traction due to the exponential increase in e-commerce, which has resulted in a growing need to develop ‘alpha leaders’.

Alpha leadership centres on three A’s:

Anticipate. Alpha leaders (also known as Alphas) keep abreast of current technological and socio-economic trends; they constantly develop their critical thinking skills and possess foresight. These qualities enable them to anticipate emerging trends that can impact their organisation’s operations in the future, so that they can develop and implement contingency strategies to prevent – or manage – crises.

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