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Q: How important is leadership in today’s context at both country and corporate levels? A: “A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be” – Rosalynn Carter
Views - 347 Wednesday, 29 August 2018 11:49
Brands are just as much about people as they are products. In fact, some of the most iconic brands are people who have found and embraced their sense of purpose, and, in turn, made a dramatic impact in their time and place. Think, for example, of the
Views - 7132 Monday, 26 March 2018 00:00
A business leader who is considered the richest man in Sri Lanka, Dhammika Perera recently kept a 1,400-packed ballroom of Shangri-La Colombo spellbound with very straightforward yet visionary address with his wisdom and smart insights on a range of
Views - 1024 Thursday, 22 March 2018 00:00
An Indian spiritual leader, lifestyle coach and motivational speaker, Gaur Gopal Das is here in Sri Lanka for the first time to conduct two sessions that are aimed at motivating and spiritually uplifting the local community.
Views - 630 Friday, 16 February 2018 00:00
In Sri Lanka, as in many parts of the world, family-run businesses contribute substantially to the country’s economic growth
Views - 369 Tuesday, 16 January 2018 00:00
Kulathunga Rajapakse is no stranger to Sri Lanka’s industry and entrepreneur circles. As Managing Director of the DSI Samson Group, the country’s premier business conglomerate and leading manufacturer of footwear and bicycle tyres in Sri Lanka, h
Views - 209 Friday, 17 November 2017 00:00
Sri Lanka, which is known to be a natural film location, would soon be promoted as a destination for film tourism among international film producers, the Consultant of the Global Film and Television Production
Views - 250 Wednesday, 13 September 2017 00:00
knowledge.insead.edu: Boards of directors often get media attention when something goes wrong. The board of VW, for instance, was recently in the news after it received a terrible corporate governance rating based on the 2015 emissions scandal and it
Views - 2274 Wednesday, 14 June 2017 00:03
In a recent address, SANASA Development Bank Chairperson Samadanie Kiriwandeniya drew attention to the obstacles faced by present day women, stressing on the fact that scarcity of role models and hesitation to share success stories by women achiev
Views - 2295 Wednesday, 14 June 2017 00:02
Microsoft introduced a worldwide community for professional women in Sri Lanka called Women Think Next, recently. The inaugural event touched on changing workplace roles of women, revealed how digital transformation provides them opportun
Views - 2348 Wednesday, 14 June 2017 00:01
Becomes first Sri Lankan to be selected for coveted executive leadership program Ernst and Young (EY), a global professional services company, has chosen IronOne Technologies and BoardPAC Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Lakmi
Views - 4782 Wednesday, 17 May 2017 00:00
With its humble beginning as a retail pharmacy in Gampola town in 1967, Sunshine Holdings has become a leading conglomerate today, diversifying its roots of expertise into agribusiness, healthcare and consumer sectors. Since its beginnings, Suns
Views - 4613 Tuesday, 28 March 2017 00:00
At 33 he came to Sri Lanka to set up an industrial tyre factory for his principals in Europe. Within five years, he quit his job as the General Manager to go solo and joined with local investors to set up what has n
Views - 8918 Wednesday, 20 July 2016 00:00
By Devin Jayasundera From advertising to television and now with his increasing presence in the leisure sector, business magnate Dilith Jayaweera has emerged as one of the most prominent – and sometimes controversial –
Views - 10836 Thursday, 19 November 2015 00:00
Dr. Mark Mobius – Pix by Daminda Harsha Perera By Nisthar Cassim Q: What brings you to Sri Lanka? A: I am here to visit companies that we have invested in. Q:: Is this an annual exercise?
Views - 11967 Wednesday, 23 September 2015 00:00
Sri Lanka Telecom Group PLC Chief Executive Officer Dileepa Wijesundera during a recent interview reflected his undogmatic approach to his triple value propositions for the SLT in the next five years; namely the People Proposition, the Value Propo
Views - 13085 Tuesday, 23 June 2015 00:01
Alexander Blass, CEO of Innovation Institute of America, International Keynote Speaker and Grand Prize Winner, Top Innovator of the Year Award recently visited Sri Lanka to deliver the keynote presentation at the CIMA Business Leaders Summit theme
Views - 11443 Monday, 8 June 2015 00:00
Rabia Siddique to address forum on 17 June in Sri Lanka Rabia Siddique was born in Perth, Australia in 1971 the eldest child of an Indian Muslim father and an Australian mother and spent the first five years of her
Views - 14395 Friday, 27 March 2015 00:09
Local multinational is focused on contributing towards people’s nutrition, health and wellness, and development of the rural economy Nestlé Lanka’s vision is to contribute towards enhancing
Views - 4172 Thursday, 19 February 2015 00:00
The once-ridiculed building ArcelorMittal Orbit, which was even criticised by some as a ‘monstrosity’ when it was in construction stages, has evolved into an iconic emblem of the London Olympics. It even became one of the key milestones in Cecil
Views - 18100 Wednesday, 17 December 2014 00:37
Co-founder and Chairman/CEO Kris Canekeratne shares key insights into how once a start-up 18 years ago has grown today to make Rs. 64 billion revenue, enjoying double digit growth and employing 10,000 people Emphatic Sri Lanka can prod
Views - 10077 Friday, 31 October 2014 01:48
The role of leaders came under fresh debate at the recently held forum facilitated by the Colombo Leadership Academy. At the inaugural event of the flagship leadership coaching program ‘Winning Leadership Strategy for High Performance’, a prolif
Views - 12291 Wednesday, 24 September 2014 00:50
Following 40 years of continuous senior management employment in human resources and hotel management in public and private sectors, Sunil Dissanayake retired recently, stepping down from his position as Director/General Manager of The Kingsbury. Be
Views - 5697 Thursday, 28 August 2014 00:00
Powered by industry experts Colombo Leadership Academy (CLA), Sri Lanka’s first dedicated leadership development and executive education facility recently announced its formal launch in Colombo. The academy is set to launch with a
Views - 4893 Thursday, 28 August 2014 00:00
Nimal Perera, the President of Sri Lanka Association for Advancement of Quality & Productivity (SLAAQP), has been conferred with the ‘Global Award for Outstanding Contribution to Quality & Leadership’ during the World Quality Congress and
Views - 14247 Friday, 1 August 2014 00:00
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) recently featured two key international accounting personalities, Fayez Choudhury, the Chief Executive Officer of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), and Rob Ward, Hea
Views - 9919 Friday, 1 August 2014 00:00
By Institute for Corporate Productivity from i4cp Good decision-making is influenced by a number of variables – and not all of them are under the control of the decision-makers. Excellence in decision-making is influenced in equal parts by leaders
Views - 4144 Friday, 1 August 2014 00:00
The Future of Government Smart Toolbox offers leaders insight on how to restore trust and deliver better services to informed societies Other areas of focus include tackling corruption, improving political representation and providing leadership
Views - 10597 Wednesday, 30 July 2014 00:00
By Senuri De Silva Q: How did your parents and your earlier experiences in school foster your interest in this field at a young age? A: There was a culture of science in my home and lots of books on astronomy to which I had access from an early age
Views - 10351 Monday, 28 July 2014 00:00
Commercial Bank of Ceylon Chairman Dinesh Weerakkody completes his nine-year term today (28 July). In this wide-ranging interview Weerakkody talks about how the industry looked like in 2003 when he joined the Board of DFCC Bank and later Commercial B
Saturday, 20 July 2019
One of my most treasured memories is that of NM, better known as Dr. N.M. Perera. It was when I was a student in the UK that I first met him. NM was already a formidable left leader in Sri Lanka, an accomplished parliamentarian, a larger-than-life fi
Saturday, 20 July 2019
I am now nearly 90 and in my lifetime I have seen and heard the world changing so fast that homo sapiens (Latin: “wise man”), the species to which all modern human beings belong, are changing into a technology-dependent sub species, . Homo sapien
Friday, 19 July 2019
In Sri Lanka, women’s formal workforce participation is at only 36%, compared with 75% for men. Sri Lanka could raise its gross domestic product by as much as 20% in the long-run by closing the gender gap in the workforce, according to one estimate
Friday, 19 July 2019
After the recent terrorist attacks and the subsequent violence unleashed against innocent Muslims by racists, Sri Lankans are searching for a leader who can save the country. Many have lost faith in the leaders, due to the breakdown in the security a
