Sponsored by Centre for Coaching (Switzerland) Janine Everson, Director of the Centre for Coaching, explores in this third interview of a seven part series on The Secrets of Success in Coaching: “How to develop leaders in the most effective way?”. One of the biggest challenges facing leaders today is not what you learn, but how you bring […]
Payments from “rich” cantons to “poor” cantons reduced
Tribune de Genève. Bern reached a decision that means “rich” cantons will pay CHF 67 million less to “poor” cantons from 2016 to 2019 reported Tribune de Genève. The so called “rich” cantons include Zug, Schwyz, Geneva, Vaud and a number of others. Recipients include the cantons of Fribourg, Valais, Neuchâtel, Jura and Bern. The […]
Secrets of Success in Coaching (2): Making Coaching more affordable
Sponsored by Centre for Coaching (Switzerland) Janine Everson, Director of the Centre for Coaching, explores in this second interview of a seven part series on The Secrets of Success in Coaching: “The secret to making coaching more affordable”. In this second interview, Janine looks at how to make coaching more affordable for organisations, including some innovative examples. […]
Geneva bars sell second most expensive beer in the world
Go Euro. According to the Go Euro 2015 beer price index, a 33ml draught beer in a bar in Geneva will set you back an eye watering US$10.77 on average. Krakow is the best city for the beer thirsty. There a 33ml draught beer in a bar will cost only US$2.70, around a quarter of […]
The Secrets of Success in Coaching (1): What a successful coaching strategy should look like for an organisation
Sponsored by Centre for Coaching (Switzerland) Janine Everson, Director of the Centre for Coaching, explores in this first interview of a seven-part series, the Secrets of Success in Coaching: “What a successful coaching strategy should look like for an organisation”. In this first interview, Janine looks at what common mistakes companies make when integrating coaching […]
Strong Swiss franc driving hotel closures
Tages Anzeiger. One of the largest hotels in the Swiss resort region of Lower Engadine in the canton of Graubünden will close after the summer, reports the newspaper Tages Anzeiger. The Hotel Robinson Club Schweizerhof in Vulpera has 130 rooms and represents 55,000 overnight stays a year. According to the parent company Robinson Club GmbH, […]
Swiss consumption up in May
The newspaper 20 Minutes reported that the UBS Swiss consumption index was up in May 2015. The index increased from 1.67 to 1.73 driven in part by an increase in new car sales. The strong franc is dampening sales of some retailers however, who have to compete with lower retail prices across the border in […]
The Swiss National Bank braced for Grexit
Bilan The Swiss National Bank decided to maintain the interest rate on sight deposit account balances at -0.75% on Thursday. It still believes its monetary policy is effective and defends its use of negative interest rates, which it believes should weaken the Swiss franc over time. While the bank’s base scenario does not involve Greece […]
What are your staff saying behind your back? Coaching could provide answers
“I can see that my manager is trying really hard but it’s not working. The team is unmotivated and always complaining about what everyone else is doing. My manager does nothing to fix it. Working here is no fun so I am looking for a new job.” Sound familiar? Coaching could provide answers. If […]
A critical look at national branding – Milan expo 2015
When people talk about brands, they often talk about products, services or experiences — from Coca-Cola and Apple computers, to Hertz rental cars and Walt Disney World. But what about countries? We may not often consciously talk about “Brand Japan” or “Brand Italy”, but all countries possess, to varying degrees of strength and clarity, a […]
