Accounting and auditing world is dominated by men. It might not be the case in Turkey but when I attend global conferences especially in Europe, I see that the industry is notoriously male-dominated. I know that England’s so-called glass ceiling is still holding strong, making career advancement for women quite a challenge. As a result,…
“There are two simple ways of making money as a business owner: You can lower your costs by paying low salaries and side benefits to your employees Or You can lower your costs by providing good salaries and good working environments, in other words, you can lower your costs by investing in your people. Isn’t…
This article was published in Dunya newspaper on 28th April 2017. Did you ever notice the condescending look on the waiter’s face when ordering food at a fancy restaurant, as if he has just seen a crab walking on the table? Not only does the waiter make you uncomfortable but you cannot pronounce half the…
Why do you read biographies? Usually to get some insight on why these colorful and successful individuals became successful. I bough the book “Elon Musk” just for this reason. Right from the beginning I could understand that the biographer Ashlee Vance had him work cut out for him. It requires a fair amount of courage…
This article was published in Dünya Newspaper on July 28, 2017. “Knowing that you do not know is the best, it’s dangerous to think you know it.” Lao-Tzu Do you have such a person in your circle? Little to no learning, with the least of us knowing in ways we know, but thinking that the…
This article was published in Dunya newspaper on 27 April 2017. Imagine! You find the outfit you’d been planning to wear this evening for those very important guests crumpled up on the bottom of your closet, despite having asked your wife earlier to take it to the cleaners. This turns into a big argument; hurtful…
This article was published on 31st March 2017 in Dunya Newspaper Boardrooms are serious, and chairmen are scary. Or at least the ones we see in movies are. This much is certain; boardrooms are places where nobody except the person in charge can openly discuss their true ideas. Sometimes you enter a company and feel…
It is a world governed by speed, with the spread of the internet and social media we no longer have a clear definition of workplace. Just as you are filtering a ceaseless inflow of e-mail to answer the priority ones quickly, so you need to receive and understand career and personal development advice in a…
One of my recent favorite reads, “Smarter Faster Better” by Charles Duhigg gives the secrets to be productive in both your business and personal life. While the name sounds like a cliché the information inside and the story telling style in which he presents each case makes the book both appealing and useful. He puts…
There you are, determined to finally finish that report you’d been avoiding for the last week. If not you are in for a serious scolding from either your boss or the client… This gives you that all too familiar pain in your stomach. “I am cretainly going to finish it first thing in the morning,…
