HSBC could cut another 14,000 jobs as part of the next phase of its plan to cut up to $3 billion more in annual costs and slim down, it said on Wednesday.
The bank said in slides accompanying a strategy update that its employee number could fall to 240,000 to 250,000 between 2014 and 2016, from 261,000 at the end of 2012.
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AMMAN, Jordan (AP) – Just six months of learning to mend air conditioners changed Mohammed Nabouti’s life.
Instead of drifting after high school like many of his jobless friends, the 21-year-old Jordanian works steadily, has taken a small loan to start his own business and recently got engaged.
Nabouti’s story points to a fix the unemployment-stricken Middle East might try until deeper economic reforms can kick in, experts say — job training, micro loans and help in setting up businesses.
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Any company is interested in “good public relations”. Therefore, every ordinary executive must have concern on how to go about in developing it.
“Good Public Relations” signifies status of goodwill, having friendly relationship that entails respect and confidence, between a company and the people involve like the employees, stockholders, suppliers, dealers and consumers.
Any company can merit having good public relations through disposition and behavior that people will understand, like, respect and respond to.
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To be successful in the workplace knowledge and skill are not enough. Just as important is the desire to initiate things, the desire to produce good quality work, the desire to perform even beyond expectations. These are all included in the importance of self-motivation.
Self-motivation makes the difference between an ordinary worker and an achiever. An ordinary worker blames the conditions and environment for his deficiencies. An achiever takes responsibility for his status in life. An ordinary worker waits for instructions or reprimands from his superior. An achiever works through his own ability and knows how to accept and correct an error, when the situation calls for it. An ordinary worker waits for things to happen. An achiever makes things happen.
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Self-confidence is definitely the key to effective leadership. Executives who are more mature and experienced are likely to be confident. Confidence however, can be developed and improved through firm determination and discernment.
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