Al Diwan is now accredited, the first programme of its kind for practitioners advising into the Gulf. The first teaching from it is on 27 August.

The Story
In Abu Dhabi, a consultant returned to find that a counterpart's firm had completed something significant during the break. The moment had passed weeks earlier and no one had mentioned it since. She wrote a short note of congratulation regardless, acknowledging that she was late and glad all the same. He replied warmly. Almost no one else had written.

Cultural Principle
In Gulf professional culture, an achievement marked late is still marked. Acknowledging something after the moment has passed carries its own warmth, and it is often received more attentively than the messages that arrived in the first rush.

Takeaway
Look back at what happened across your network over the summer. Where something was achieved, write and say so, even now. Lateness is easily forgiven. Silence is what tends to be remembered.

Respectfully,
Taqua