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These are the most popular LinkedIn courses for business leaders

December 14, 2021 by World Economic Forum Leave a Comment

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Johnny Wood, Writer, Formative Content LinkedIn has released the top-15 list of training courses chosen by business leaders and managers. Coaching skills, communication around diversity and dealing with hybrid working environments were prominent themes. Investing in reskilling is […]

Will AI make the gender gap in the workplace harder to close?

December 31, 2018 by World Economic Forum Leave a Comment

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Sue Duke, Senior Director, Public Policy, LinkedIn Each year, the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report examines the state of gender parity in the world of work. This year, the report found that while the global gender gap […]

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The ever-growing crises that are displacing migrants from their homes

August 9, 2021 By The Sting's Team

This article was written by one of our guest writers, Mr. Aaron Gates-Lincoln, writer for Immigration News. The opinions expressed within reflect only the writer’s views and not The European Sting’s position on the issue. The ever-growing crises that are displacing migrants from their homes are dominating the headlines in the world of immigration. The act […]

A Continental Political Party

July 1, 2021 By The Sting's Team

This article was written by one of our passionate readers, Mr. Tomasso Merlo. The opinions expressed within reflect only the writer’s views and not The European Sting’s position on the issue. A continental political party is needed for European political unification to proceed. A party that represents all the pro-European citizens spread across the continent. […]

The need for a united Europe

June 7, 2021 By The Sting's Team

This article was written by one of our passionate readers, Mr. Tomasso Merlo. The opinions expressed within reflect only the writer’s views and not The European Sting’s position on the issue. The epochal political challenge of the European peoples is their unification and the birth of a common continental democracy. The European dream, however, is […]

Material and human garbage

May 24, 2021 By The Sting's Team

This article was written by one of our passionate readers, Mr. Tomasso Merlo. The opinions expressed within reflect only the writer’s views and not The European Sting’s position on the issue. We in the rich world export plastic waste and import human waste. We are turning the planet into a huge garbage dump. We produce […]

Cyprus’s last chance to solve the Cyprus issue is threatened by its corrupt political elite

May 22, 2021 By The Sting's Team

This article was written by one of our guest writers, Mr. Michalis Christou, one of the youngest candidates running in the upcoming May 30 parliamentary elections on the island of Cyprus and a philosophy graduate. The opinions expressed within reflect only the writer’s views and not The European Sting’s position on the issue. How can the […]

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