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Corporate Manners

Corporate Manners
previous day 10

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

Leadership contextualized

Leadership contextualized

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...

30.01.2025 20

Business Recorder

Sirajuddin Aziz

In Defence of Meritocracy

In Defence of Meritocracy
27.01.2025 30

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

Human Capital

Human Capital
20.01.2025 30

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

Dialogue is the answer– what’s the issue?

Dialogue is the answer– what’s the issue?

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...

17.01.2025 30

Business Recorder

Sirajuddin Aziz

Traits for Excellence

13.01.2025 30

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

Leadership and Vision

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...

06.01.2025 80

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

CEO - Hailed & Reviled

Chief Executive Officers are hailed as “Corporate Saviours” and also reviled as “Corporate Rascals and Scoundrels.” It all depends upon which...

30.12.2024 3

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

Embracing Criticism Wisely

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...

23.12.2024 4

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

Sharing is Divine

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...

16.12.2024 5

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

Anger and gratitude

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...

09.12.2024 3

Pakistan Observer

Sirajuddin Aziz

Women and Leadership

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...

09.12.2024 7

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

Anger & Gratitude

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...

02.12.2024 10

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

Dimensions of Mentoring

Almost everyone views mentoring as an exercise undertaken for career ad­vancement. Management gu­rus, practitioners, and sci­entists have...

25.11.2024 3

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

Magnificence of Magnanimity

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,...

17.11.2024 3

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

Disguised Slavery

Slavery has existed since antiqui­ty and time immemorial. Recall­ing the beginning of human his­tory, Rousseau said, “Laws gave the weak new...

11.11.2024 5

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

Never Say Die

“Never say die” is more than just a slogan, idiom, or cliché; it embodies a resilient mindset. Those with this attitude remain undeterred by...

04.11.2024 3

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

Compliance: A Blessing

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...

27.10.2024 3

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

The Art of Conversation

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...

21.10.2024 4

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

Workplace Mental Wellness

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,...

14.10.2024 3

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

Corporate Martyrdom

In every organisation, there are employees who are die-hard loyalists; who never entertain the thought of venturing into greener pastures. Such...

07.10.2024 2

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

Corporate Language

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...

30.09.2024 2

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

Leadership Trials

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...

23.09.2024 1

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

Professional Dynamics

Humans, among all other creations, are particularly blessed by Divinity with the amazing trait and ability to establish, understand, and value ‘...

16.09.2024 2

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

Leadership Defined

The entire edifice of the concept of leadership is based upon the foundation of the presence of necessary followership. Without followers, there...

09.09.2024 2

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

Happiness, Society & Corporates

Perhaps despondency has never loomed as menacingly as it does now, both individually and collectively. We have no one to blame but ourselves, for...

02.09.2024 3

The Nation

Sirajuddin Aziz

Learning from China

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,...

28.07.2024 20

Business Recorder

Sirajuddin Aziz