The person behind ‘business en motion’ With formative years spent in my native Australia, adventure was in my DNA. Some would describe it as youthful stupidity yet I always yearned to push my limits. Being at one with nature was central to all that I achieved along the journey from…

Tell us about you, your experience and time in the Middle East?I arrived in Dubai in October 2000 from the UK.   I spent 6 years with InterContinental Hotels Group: Hotel Training Manager at Crowne Plaza Dubai, then Area Training Manager for UAE & Qatar.  I loved the role and then when…

This year I’m celebrating 30 years as a mentor for business leaders focusing on personal and leadership development. For 28 of those years I was also a professional speaker. My peak years in terms of activity were 2005 through 2015. In those years I spent a lot of my life…

Communication \ Be your own Editor-in-Chief, proactively deciding what type and source of information you are going to pay attention to. You already have unlimited supply of content, so it is your job now to focus on who you trust to tell you what you need to know. Obsession \ Once you…

Tell us about you, your experience and time in the Middle East I've been working in the field of networking and professional relationships for over twenty years now. I originally joined the business network that my father had founded in 1998 and we then sold our interest a few years later…

In the chaos of contemporary life, how do we maintain connection to self and others?   Is it enough to “unplug” once in awhile?  We are constructing a “new normal” – what are the internal and relational skills needed to thrive in these times of disconnection and connection? Daniel Goleman and…

Tell us about you, your experience and time in the Middle East. 14 years ago, I left my home country; Ireland as I wanted to experience living and working within different cultures and diverse backgrounds. I have lived in 11 countries in total; Brazil, South Korea, Maldives, the US, and…

CJ you wrote for us some years ago re your experience in the UAE and described then your work in Saudi.Tell us about your experience and time in working in Saudi Arabia all those years? Having worked in the UAE as an Executive Coach since 2006, I was approached in…

1.Tell us about you, your experience and time in the Middle East. I have been working in KM (Knowledge Management) for about 20 years with organisations in Australia, Europe, USA and Asia. I have been lucky enough to work in a variety of industries (Oil & Gas, Utilities, Consulting, Government,…

1.Tell us about you, your experience and time in the Middle East? I am a Communications Specialist by profession and my role defines the face and voice of the company. I have been in the Middle East for 6 years and it has been quite a roller coaster ride for…

1) Tell us about you, your experience and time in the Middle East? I am a passionate and free-spirited individual. Having been raised in a multi-cultural environment during my entire education and work life, Dubai felt like home when I arrived almost 1.5 years back and joined the Learning and…

        1.Tell us about you, your experience and time in the Middle East? I am British and I first stepped off a plane with a briefcase in 1983, it was Kuwait and despite having a civil engineering degree I quickly preferred sales to slide rules (that’s showing…