Big Boss: Leadership from a Standpoint of a Subordinate
Former Dubai Duty Free EVC Mr Colm McLoughlin (1943-2024) This is partly a tribute to my parents’ boss who passed away recently. Why to a person who I don't know personally and have not worked for at all? It’s in seeing my parents mourn for him – their boss even before I was born until they all retired - that he meant more than just their employer to them. We only met a few times briefly and I barely remember how he looked like, nor I can say that he was part of any pivotal point in my career. What he was though, was the person who gave my parents the means to provide for us. He was not the boss that interviewed and hired me, but without him, those opportunities may not be even available for me. Without him, my parents won’t be able to send us to school and we wouldn’t be able to have better chances to progress. He was an instrument, an important part of my family’s life. The other part of this blog, I like to contemplate on my professional relationships with my past bosses*....