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BOOKS

Career stuck in neutral? Networking might change that 

Successful family businesses often look for ways to secure a pipeline of talented family members. Ferrari chair John Elkann, the chosen heir of his maternal grandfather Gianni Agnelli, had to prove himself by working incognito in several different family-related businesses.
Opinion & Features

Europe’s best family firms have a secret weapon money can’t buy

Waku Ghin by Tetsuya Wakuda, Wakuda interior, Maison Boulud interior and Gordon Ramsay's Beef Wellington.
Food & Drink
Branded Content

From Michelin stars to elevated classics: Find the right restaurant for every corporate occasion

To better support working parents, especially those with larger families or those aspiring to have one, offering flexible work arrangements, additional leave, enhanced parenthood benefits, and comprehensive medical coverage can go a long way.
Columns
BRUNCH

How can corporate Singapore help large families thrive?

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - FEBRUARY 25: Coffee is served at a Starbucks coffeeshop on February 25, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. Starbucks announced in an email made public yesterday that it will cut 1,100 jobs companywide and eliminate from its menu several drinks to speed customer service. Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by SCOTT OLSON / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Opinion & Features

‘Forced Joy’ is a miserable corporate trend

Listed groups with an executive chairman may not have businesses that are way more complex than groups which have a non-executive chairman.
Leadership
HOCK LOCK SIEW

Companies should do away with having an executive chairman

The Securities Investors Association (Singapore), or Sias, noted that the company’s 2024 annual report – published in the last week of June this year – did not specifically mention any whistleblowing report.
Opinion & Features
COMMENTARY

SingPost’s Parcelgate fiasco is a corporate governance disaster

It is important not to confuse the benefits of offline interaction with the specific effects of a return-to-office mandate.
Opinion & Features

In bringing workers back to office, employers risk losing something more valuable

Only a third of Singapore's middle managers reported making difficult decisions consistent with their company's values and purpose, while nine in 10 senior and executive managers in Singapore reported to have done so.
ESG

Middle managers the weak link in ethics and compliance, new study finds

Building the right culture has to come from within an organisation, and not just because it is externally imposed.
Opinion & Features
EDITORIAL

The challenge of promoting good corporate culture

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