Arshi Haider

Chairman, bti Holdings Ltd.

The game of golf has many similarities to life. One can never predict how the game will pan out. If you play competitive tournaments, you can make all the preparations
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There is a general perception that if you want someone to do great work then you add incentives to get the desired results. Incentives can be in the form of
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Topic Business
In Part 1 of this article, I wrote about the perilous situation of the Chinese real estate industry on account of the massive debts of big property developers like Evergrande.
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Topic Business
By now the world is well acquainted with the debacle of the Chinese real estate sector. Evergrande, the biggest property developer in China with an incomprehensible debt of USD 300
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People have a tendency to emulate those that they look up to. Fans of movie stars think that by copying their idol’s hair style or expression would somehow make them
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I originally wrote this article as an internal memo for the benefit of the members of bti. Once it was completed, I felt that it may also be of benefit
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There must be thousands of proverbs and clichés about the value of time. Going back to ancient Rome, Marcus Aurelius considered to be one of Rome’s better leaders and also
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Topic Management
The late Clayton Christensen is someone I truly admire. He was a professor at Harvard Business School and has authored seven books. He has received the Mckinsey Award for Harvard
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Musings on Writing
While going through the comments on my recent article titled Zen and the art of archery, I noticed that a few people commented that I should simplify my writing for
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zen in the art of archery
Ever since I saw the movie Enter the Dragon in the 1970s, I became infatuated with martial arts. To me Bruce Lee will always be the greatest exponent of martial
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