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Sirajuddin AzizThe News International |
Perhaps as a keen student of history, the quest of mine is to enquire how leadership characteristics evolve in individuals. Does a leader possess any...
While checking into a major international chain of Hotels in Cairo, a couple of years back, I was intrigued more by fascination than surprise by the...
There is a saying: “If you don’t know where you have been or where you are, how the hell can you know where you want to go?” A leader must have...
Chief Executive Officers are hailed as “Corporate Saviours” and also reviled as “Corporate Rascals and Scoundrels.” It all depends upon which...
The human mind, in a flash, can be in both divine and devilish states. This oscillation can occur at nuclear speed or at a snail’s pace. Those who...
Both activities of Learning and Giving are divine. These are concepts that are not bound by any yardstick of limits of time, place, or any scale of...
Zafar addami uz ko na janniyeagaa vo ho kaisaa hi saahab-e-fahm -o-zaka, Jise aeish mein yaad-e-khuda na rahii,jise taish mein khauf-e-khuda na...
Invariably, perhaps, in the minds of all, regardless of gender, the mere mention of the word ‘Leader’ conjures images of a man who is either tall...
Zafar addami uz ko na janniyeagaa vo ho kaisaa hi saahab-e-fahm -o-zaka, Jise aeish mein yaad-e-khuda na rahii,jise taish mein khauf-e-khuda na...
Almost everyone views mentoring as an exercise undertaken for career advancement. Management gurus, practitioners, and scientists have...
Perhaps it is an innate human weakness to store and dwell upon the negativity each of us experiences as we grow older. In the journey of life,...
Slavery has existed since antiquity and time immemorial. Recalling the beginning of human history, Rousseau said, “Laws gave the weak new...
“Never say die” is more than just a slogan, idiom, or cliché; it embodies a resilient mindset. Those with this attitude remain undeterred by...
Compliance is a common, not unusual, action. It is something each of us learns right from childhood. Parents provide a code of behaviour that every...
Perhaps the only reason my friends and colleagues refer to me as a ‘good conversationalist’ is that I listen while they talk. What’s often...
Perhaps never before has this subject of mental wellbeing been given the desired attention as it has in the last decade. This is a universal issue,...
In every organisation, there are employees who are die-hard loyalists; who never entertain the thought of venturing into greener pastures. Such...
Perhaps the steep decline in the ‘quality’ of written and spoken language has never been as rapid as it has been in the past two to three...
In the Pacific station of calm waters, navigation of a vessel is a task that is easy and predictable. Perhaps, the only way to discover the mettle...
Humans, among all other creations, are particularly blessed by Divinity with the amazing trait and ability to establish, understand, and value ‘...
The entire edifice of the concept of leadership is based upon the foundation of the presence of necessary followership. Without followers, there...
Perhaps despondency has never loomed as menacingly as it does now, both individually and collectively. We have no one to blame but ourselves, for...
Most of us learn proverbs at the primary school stage and many of us would have written essays upon essays on these adages. Readers would recall,...