So I’m back in Dubai. This time to facilitate a Leadership Mindset workshop with a group from across the Middle East.
I consider myself as a fairly well traveled Australian, having lived in 23 cities, situated in 6 countries, plus working in more than 85 global locations.
Hi to all of our tribal executives. I’m feeling pretty relaxed and recharged right now having just spent and enjoyable 1 ½ weeks on holidays with my wife. And it’s not often that I get the opportunity to kick back and enjoy my travels as a tourist. More typically I’m roam the world supporting our business partners and campus colleagues.
It’s more than 10 years since I last visited the heavily populated Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam. Last week I had the opportunity to return and host a Sales workshop. During my absence the construction growth has been significant, capped off in 2018, when the city opened the Vincom Landmark 81, a 461m tall skyscrapper, the second tallest in the world that year, playing runner up to the 528m China Zun building in Beijing.
Yes, you probably guessed that I hail from the land down under – and just to be clear, that means Australia, not our smaller cousins and cobbers from across the waters in New Zealand (although I did spend 6 years working in our elevator-escalator tribe in NZ, but we’ll keep that adventure for another blog).
Last week I was in Seoul, participating in a HR workshop and spoke about Learning developments as we transition towards digitalization and the topic of Change Leadership. It was a pleasant return after an absence of almost 2 years.
Back in the central west region of Germany, this time in the town of Dortmund, for the final leg of a 6 month long, 3 x 3 day coaching program. The program is step one of a journey to obtain my International Coaching Federation certification.
Having recently spent a week in HK with 350 leaders of our organization, it reminded me not to take our surroundings for granted. Living here in Asia at this moment in history is a true blessing. Surrounded by countries that are desperately trying to establish and rebrand themselves from the label of developing nations, is spurring innovation and helping industries like ours thrive.
Straight away, allow me to say that people seldom learn from their mistakes (certainly in the construction industry) and that the wheel continues to be re-invented – amazing isn’t it that the same mistakes are made on almost every project?
If you are among those fortunate enough to have spent time in Spain, you are likely to instantly align with our heading.
Along comes another special …
I find myself reflecting back over the last 36 years in the lift industry, and delight in my many unique and diverse experiences.
written by Yanni Chen Recently I saw “Future Fit with Learning” as the slogan for the Learning Day activity of a leading technological company. And I was inspired by them to reflect on the purpose of what I have done in the recent years. My young 28-year existence has been …
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written by PIERRE NJEIM I remember it like it was yesterday. 7 years earlier I sat with my family in the “Salon” and broke the news: I’m going to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to sell elevators! Lots and lots of this. Shock-and-awe is how I decided to break the …
written by John Middlemiss It is a great honour and privilege to be asked to write one of the first blogs on this site. The problem is where to start – this year will be my 49th year in the industry and I have been lucky to work in just …
Which country is my headline referring to? None other than the world’s largest democracy – India. With an estimated population in 2018 of 1.35 billion people of which; 80% follow the Hindu religion. 40% are vegetarians. 23 official languages and more than 1000 minor languages and dialects and yet is …
30+ years back I decided to join this elevator-escalator tribe and it’s turned out to be one of the best choices I’ve made in a long and fruitful career. This single decision has blessed me with an opportunity to explore the world, to grow as an individual and to work …
