When ahead of the game in the world of business, no one is really concerned with how much was spent to get there, let alone on whom. More often than not, people are content to jump on board and ride the proverbial train until the last stop. That may have been the case prior to the onset of the current global recession. But today, companies in the region have to equate their positions and organizational structures with the current economic environment in order to remain competitive in the absence of better times. “When there is a storm outside you go back home, lock yourself in and discuss what you are going to do until the storm blows over and the rainbow comes back,” remarked Panos Manolopoulos, managing partner Middle East/CPS global practice leader at Stanton Chase International Executive Search Consultants. Right now, that rainbow still seems a long way off,
