Graffeo and Associates participates in inaugural meeting of the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington (AGSIW)
Dr. Mahfouz Tadros of Graffeo & Associates participated in a closed session of the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington (AGSIW) titled "Petro Diplomacy: The Political Economy of Volatile Oil Prices". AGSIW was established in 2014 as an independent, non-profit institution dedicated to increasing the understanding and appreciation of the social, economic, and political diversity of the Arab Gulf states. Through [...]
Dr. Graffeo invited as a featured speaker at the Kuwait University Global Center, College of Business Administration (KU)
On April 7, 2015, Dr. Graffeo presented a seminar on "the nine leadership attributes you should look for when hiring or promoting staff" to senior technical and HR managers at the Kuwait HR Academy, KU Global Center. The KU Global Center is focused on programs for leadership development and aims to develop programs for managers and executives in the corporate world [...]
R&D Leadership – Organizational Development & Renewal
In the previous two STILE POINTS, we presented an overview of six of the seven critical business processes essential to leading an R&D organization as shown in the figure below. The first three processes: strategic planning, R&D Management and Financial Management, are vertical processes that involve developing and communicating the strategy up and down the organization, and executing that strategy [...]
Graffeo & Associates hosts Sir Richard J. Roberts, Nobel Laureate (in Physiology or Medicine, 1993)
Graffeo & Associates was privileged to host to Sir Richard J. Roberts, Nobel Laureate (in Physiology or Medicine, 1993) during his recent visit to Kuwait. As part of his mission to promote Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Graffeo hosted a visit to Kuwait by Sir Richard Roberts, Nobel Laureate (in Physiology or Medicine, 1993). Sir Roberts visited the Kuwait Foundation [...]
R&D Leadership – Part 2
In my previous STILE POINT, I introduced the seven critical business processes essential to leading an R&D organization as shown in the figure below. The first three processes described previously; strategic planning, R&D management and Financial Management, are vertical processes that involve developing and communicating the strategy up and down the organization, and executing that strategy to achieve business and [...]
R&D Leadership – Part 1
Organizations whose main focus is R&D present unique leadership challenges. I have previously defined leadership in terms of the Performance Trilogy® consisting of three distinct roles: developing and communicating a winning strategy (leading); flawlessly executing the strategy (management); and ensuring the performance and development of the staff responsible for doing the work (coaching). Let’s address these three roles one at [...]
Dr. Graffeo invited as featured speaker at The Kuwait University Global Center, College of Business Administration (KU)
On November 10th, 2014, Dr. Graffeo presented a seminar on Coaching-The Missing Link in High Performance to senior technical and HR managers at the Kuwait HR Academy, KU Global Center. The KU Global Center is focused on programs for leadership development and aims to develop programs for managers and executives in the corporate world by providing potential managers with cross-functional [...]
Coaching-The Missing Link in High Performance
In the previous STILE Point #18, we listed the universal attributes of coaching in building the trust of team members. Building trust requires integrity, behavior that is honest and consistent in words and actions; empathy, a genuine concern for the feelings and aspirations of others; and teaching skills, the desire to learn the talents and motivations of others and stimulate [...]
Universal Coaching Attributes
Successfully performing each of the three phases of the Performance Trilogy® requires different attributes (i.e. talent and skills) during each phase. In STILE Point #15, we listed the universal attributes of leadership required during Phase 1, the strategy phase, where leaders attempt to “lead from the front” and change things. Changing the status quo as we all know is extremely [...]