Days are passing by and the end of the year is around the corner. For a lot of companies and a lot of managers, these three last months of the year are so critical. It is time to revise plans, goals, budgets, and not to forget, performance appraisals are just around the corner. In such [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Strategy’
True Leaders and Clowns
Posted in General Management, Leadership, tagged business success, great leaders, management talent, modren management, Strategy on September 1, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Sama; Another Sad Story of Saudi Aviation Industry
Posted in Branding, General Management, Saudi business, tagged brand image, GACA, modren management, project management failure, Saudi Airlines, Strategy on August 24, 2010 | 4 Comments »
The Saudi low budget Sama Airlines is suspending its operations in the Kingdom starting today until further notice. Should this be a surprise? I would say: No, it was expected! The whole scene of civil aviation industry in Saudi does not look that good. Whether we are talking airports or airliners, It is a mess, [...]
The Golden Question
Posted in Branding, General Management, Leadership, tagged brand image, branding strategies, business success, great leaders, Strategy on August 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For any business owner or leader out there; the moment of truth kinda of question could be the following one asked by Jim Collins (according to this HBR blog post): If your company went out of business tomorrow, would anybody really miss it and why? Although it’s a simple question, its answer contains the essence [...]
Where Are the Solutions?
Posted in Culture, Saudi business, tagged Saudi business, Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA), Strategy, Summer Festivals, Tourism on July 23, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Just before the summer vacation sneaked in, I wrote ‘Tourism is a Business’ talking about how I, and mostly anybody I know, have never been persuaded by any local tourism activities. Now, as most of the Saudi cities are living the so called ‘Summer Festivals,’ one of SCTA’s members went out on Arab News and [...]
Tourism is a Business
Posted in Culture, Saudi business, tagged Saudi business, Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA), Strategy, Tourism on June 7, 2010 | 4 Comments »
It’s been more than 10 days since my last post. I had the chance to take the family to the magical city of Paris and the magical world of Disneyland Paris. And since I am still in the mood of vacation and tourism, there is nothing better than talking about the Saudi Commission for Tourism [...]
Advertise, no more!!
Posted in Customer Service, Marketing, tagged Advertisement, Branding, commercials, Saudi Airlines, Strategy on October 6, 2009 | 11 Comments »
No matter how much money some organizations are budgeting for their advertisement, it won’t work and they better keep it for more rewarding plans. This occurred to me while watching the new commercial of Saudi Airlines. It is really sad to see some big companies lose all their sense of direction and start stumbling [...]
