Netherlands Economic Outlook (Focus Economics April 30,2019) The Dutch economy seems to have kept a steady pace of growth in the first quarter on the back of robust, albeit moderating, domestic demand. Private consumption likely eased in the quarter, despite retail sales growth remaining robust in the first two months of the year and despite…
February 9, 2019 Brexit led 42 companies to set up in business in the Netherlands last year, accounting for nearly 2,000 jobs, the Dutch foreign investment agency NFIA said on Saturday. The total includes the 900 jobs which will be generated in Amsterdam by the European Medicine Agency, whose shift from London was announced in…
Things are Tough All Over: Challenges for Working Women Around the World By Robert Kovach on the 25th Sep 2018 In the United States, Canada and most of the EU, 46% of the workforce is women. In Zimbabwe and Tanzania, it’s more than 50%. In fact, in more than 80% of the world,…
We welcome back our guest blogger, George Bradt from Prime Genesis. Everyone balances doing good for others, doing things they are good at, and doing good for themselves. Other-focused leaders think first about how to do good for others while self-focused leaders begin with their own needs in mind. Thus, other-focused leaders instinctively do what…
NOVEMBER 29, 2018 / Reuters / Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) – Net migration of European Union citizens to Britain fell to its lowest level in nearly six years during the year to June, extending a decline seen since Britain voted to leave the European Union in 2016, official data showed. The number of EU citizens…
La investigación y experiencia en diversos ámbitos e industrias ha demostrado que una característica fundamental de las personas más efectivas (independientemente de cómo se mida esa efectividad) es el crecimiento y aprendizaje continuos. Esta característica es uno de los principales indicadores de potencial de desempeño futuro, especialmente en posiciones de liderazgo. Rara vez uno encontrará…
Blockchain. Is it today’s annoying buzzword or a technology that’s going to change everything about the way we live, work, and do business? While we’re certainly not “there” yet, my vote is on the latter. So what is blockchain? It’s a digitally encrypted ledger that stores information publicly in groups called “blocks.” It’s completely decentralized…
From Slacker to C-Suite – Are Gen X Employees Ready to Lead? By Robert Kovach on the 25th Sep 2018 A recent Google search for the keywords “Baby Boomers” yielded 15.9 million results, while “Millennial” produced 264 million hits. And a search for “Gen X”? 421 million hits. It may be the only…
Update on Brazil – October 2018 In a report published at the end of September 2018, the Brazilian Central Bank (and the IMF) reduced their annual economic growth forecast for Brazil for 2018 down to 1.4%, which is less than half of the projected global economic growth of 3.7% for the current year. The main…
First Global Benchmarking for 2019 Managing High-Potentials is frequently a challenge for companies, but done well can positively impact performance and transform an organisation. Members of Alliance Partnership International are launching the 1st Global Benchmarking Study in order to explore current thinking and practice, and to prepare for the Future Our partners and clients are…