article thumbnail

How Leadership Corresponds To Higher Staff Satisfaction

The Horizons Tracker

It’s long been a leadership trope that people don’t leave bad jobs, they leave bad managers. The scale of this truism (in tourism and hospitality at least) was underlined by a recent study from the University of East Anglia (UEA). It’s perhaps a quality that’s lacking in the tourism industry.

Tourism 70
article thumbnail

What a Year of Job Rejections Taught Me About Pitching Myself

Harvard Business Review

My story began in May 2015 when after 10 years of building a successful career in the Middle East, I decided to move to Silicon Valley to look for opportunities with tech companies. How could a career that ranged from working with royalty to Fortune 500 brands and startups not pique the curiosity of any hiring managers?