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Family Businesses
4 ways family businesses can lead the pandemic recovery
Family businesses have the long-term vision, stewardship and values-driven strategy that can boost post-pandemic recovery and create a more sustainable economic model for future generations.
Better Business
5 ways to tell if you are an effective leader
According to a study, leaders who were able to balance their approach and focus equally on results and people were seen as great 72% of the time.
Better Business
Why leaders can be ‘nice’ - and still strong at work
Kevin Walkup, CEO of Harmonate, explains why being a supportive leader can actually bring more dividends then trying to rule the company with an iron fist.
Better Business
The one crucial thing businesses can do to get through COVID-19
Sydney Finkelstein, a professor of management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, looks at what makes leaders successful and how to nurture talent.
COVID-19
COVID-19: This Tanzanian recycling plant is retooling to make face masks
A recycling plant in Tanzania’s port city of Dar es Salaam has started making PPE, in the form of face masks, after its old business of recycled paper began to dry up.
Gender Parity
Why ignoring women is costing financial services money
Greater boardroom representation is only the beginning – catering properly to women customers could completely transform the financial sector.
Africa
3 ways to get Africa's informal economy on the books
The continent's vast informal sector is responsible for the majority of employment – but this holds millions back from access to proper financial services.
Family Businesses
Family businesses are the lifeblood of the Middle East. How do we ensure they survive?
They account for 60% of GDP and 80% of the workforce in the Middle East, but family businesses possess a unique set of strengths and weaknesses.
South Africa
In South Africa cash is still king for the country's biggest lenders
South Africa's small business are set to meet new investors, but will it help revive the economy?
Africa
Direction Wakanda: finance methods to make Africa a superhero continent
Last year's Black Panther film presented the inspiring vision of a technologically supreme Africa – but progressive financing is needed to set it moving forward.
Mental Health
Bad economic news increases suicide rates, research shows
A new study looked at data from the US following the financial crash and found having a more positive outlook on personal finance and the economy in general can actually reduce suicide ra...
Family Businesses
Why family businesses are better equipped to deal with a fractured world
Small enterprises that see past short-term growth and adopt a sustainable approach have valuable lessons to offer the corporate world.
Family Businesses
John’s Crazy Socks: the father and son team that spreads happiness
Find out the four essential building blocks that created success for these two entrepreneurs.
China
How local companies are winning over China’s consumers
Over the past decade, domestic Chinese companies have been taking market share from the big global players. How have they done this? And how should their competitors respond?
Family Businesses
This statue of a girl staring down a bull is calling attention to the gender gap
A Wall Street firm put up a statue of a girl in front of Lower Manhattan's well-known bronze charging bull.