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How The UAE and Saudi Arabia Are Doing Great Things on Social Media

Melissa Agnes

I have to say that, because of the middle eastern culture, I didn’t expect the level of engagement that I received, especially from the women, but I was wrong. I had to dip my toes in the Persian Gulf – and take a picture with the only 7 star hotel in the world, The Burj Al Arab. Talk about welcoming communication!

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Weekly Roundup of Awesome Links: Week of August 4, 2014

Melissa Agnes

Hotel Fines Newlyweds $500 For Negative Reviews – What Were They Thinking? This post reinforces what I’m always explaining to organizations: communicate with and update your audiences, even if it’s to say that there’s no new news to report at the moment, but you’ll be back in [insert time] with another update.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms in Washington, DC

Management Consulted

The DC office management pushes training programs and the culture is all about grooming employees into McKinsey-bred consultants; they do everything they can to stay on top. Make sure you specify where you should show up when you’re reporting for duty on the first day of work!). Cool, or not?

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Engaging Employees Starts with Remembering What Your Company Stands For

Harvard Business

Brand consultancy Tenet Partners reports that only 28% of employees strongly agree that they know their company’s brand values, and that only one in five employees strongly agrees that company leaders communicate how employees should out the brand values in their jobs. H for hear their story. O for own the experience.

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I Joined Airbnb at 52, and Here’s What I Learned About Age, Wisdom, and the Tech Industry

Harvard Business

The tech sector, which has become as famous for toxic company cultures as for innovation, and as well-known for human resource headaches as for hoodie-wearing CEOs, could use a little of the mellowness and wisdom that comes with age. But I was an “old-school” hotel guy and had never used Airbnb.

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Brussels Enters Lockdown, Warns of "Paris-Style" Attack, Airport and Sporting Events Closed

MishTalk

Brussels faces an imminent threat of a Paris-style Islamic State terrorist attack, authorities warned, as the city shut down its metro system and shopping malls, canceled sporting and cultural events and told people to avoid gathering in large groups. “ Authorities canceled sporting events and cultural activities around the Belgian capital.

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Maintaining Your Focus on the Front Lines as Your Company Grows

Harvard Business

Our management meetings became long report-outs of all these 10-step programs, and we stopped talking about the customer or what we were trying to do to change our industry. Oberoi, founder of the Oberoi Group, a leading luxury-hotel company. Then our head of supply chain would do the same. So I told everybody to stop.

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