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CONTENTS
Issue 41
LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT
22 HOW TO GET MORE COMFORTABLE
WITH CHANGE
Gwen Moran maintains that every career has a measure of
change as she explains how the professionals manage change
COVER STORY
06 LEADERS IN LUXURY REAL ESTATE
Interview with Michael Hili, Managing Director, John Taylor
Luxury Real Estate
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TALKING POINT
WHEN PARADISE TURNS TO HELL: ERUPTIONS
OF THE PANAMA KIND
On the second anniversary of the Panama Papers, Marcela
Kunova obo Citywealth, looks at the impact these ICIJ
reports have had on the private client industry
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ASK THE COACH
WHY EMPLOYEES LEAVE COMPANIES AND
HOW TO RETAIN THEM
Marion Gamel, worked for Google and Eventbrite. Marion has
been coaching Entrepreneurs, Founders and C-Executives
around the world since 2015. Every month, Marion shall
answers questions sent by business leaders based on the
island. This is a chance to have your question answered in
Malta Business Review.
GAMING REVIEW
ODDS STACK UP AGAINST MALTA’S ONLINE
Low taxes have been Malta’s recipe for economic success.
That might not last tells us Joanna Plucinska
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INTERVIEW OF THE MONTH
BE M.A.D. NOT S.A.D. BE MAGNIFICENT AND
DAZZLING – PART 1
Exclusive 1-2-1 with Mike Ogilvie, Recent President of the
Professional Speaking Association in UK, Master Practitioner
of Neuro-linguistic programming (UK)
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OPINION
MAY’S MACRON OPENING FORGED IN BATTLE
Tom Mctague’s discusses how London welcomed
cooperation with the French over Syria when critics say May
lacks a foreign policy vision
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR MALTA
Q&A with Ryan Mercieca, explains the recent important
Erasmus project on Social Entrepreneurship
SURVEY
MCA CONSUMER PERCEPTIONS SURVEY –
FIXED BROADBAND
MBR publishes the MCA findings of a survey gauging consumer
perceptions based on their experience of fixed broadband
services offered in Malta
OUR GOLDEN PARTNERS
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MENTORING
THIS IS MY SECRET TO GIVING EMPATHETIC
CRITICISM AS A NEW MANAGER
Fran Hauser is a former media executive who hated to
give tough feedback. Here’s how she learned to find the
right balance.
FEATURES & STORIES
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ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING: MEPS VOTE
TO SHED LIGHT ON THE TRUE OWNERS OF
COMPANIES
EU proposed measures are a step forward in the fight
for the European banking system, especially by more
transparency on who is company owner
GAME RESEARCHERS AND DESIGNERS
IN MALTA
Maltco Lotteries and the Institute of Digital Games Partner
to Support the Next Generation of Game Researchers and
Designers in Malta
WHY I REMAIN AMBITIOUS FOR EUROPE
In this month's issue, we feature an article on Europe's
future by Peter Stracar, President and CEO of GE Europe;
GE Healthcare's partnership with Toronto's new Center for
Advanced Therapeutic Cell Technologies
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