When we strip away the titles and the mahogany desks, what endures is a series of moments. A feedback session that either ignites a career or crushes a spirit. A boardroom negotiation where trust is either solidified or evaporated. A crisis where a team either rallies behind a vision or scatters in self-preservation. In all […]
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For decades, Sri Lanka has teetered on the edge of a precipice, fuelled by a dangerous cocktail of systemic political failure and a quiet, creeping social paralysis. We speak of the “economic quagmire” as if it were a natural disaster, a sudden flood, or an act of God, rather than what it truly is: the
“Businesses are shifting the risk of uncontrollable external economic factors such as inflation and downturn away from their fixed nature onto performance metrics that employees directly influence. This has led to a shift toward compensation packages that include a competitive base salary for stability, complemented by performance-linked variable rewards. By emphasising meritocracy and productivity gains,
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The varied public response to recent incidents ranging from the arrest of Ranil Wickremesinghe, former president and prominent politician of Sri Lanka to the assassination of Charlie Kirk, American right-wing political activist, evidence that our assessment of, and response to, events are primarily based on our like or dislike of the individual, or individuals, involved
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