{"id":4798,"date":"2022-06-17T10:59:07","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T10:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.technoarray.com\/retailleaderscircle\/?p=4798"},"modified":"2022-10-10T07:56:22","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T07:56:22","slug":"how-covid-taught-us-the-value-of-resilience-and-togetherness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.technoarray.com\/retailleaderscircle\/how-covid-taught-us-the-value-of-resilience-and-togetherness\/","title":{"rendered":"How COVID taught us the value of resilience and togetherness"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4798\" class=\"elementor elementor-4798\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d13a330 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d13a330\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d217ab3\" data-id=\"d217ab3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffe24ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ffe24ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.technoarray.com\/retailleaderscircle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Chalhoub-big-1024x538.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4799\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.technoarray.com\/retailleaderscircle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Chalhoub-big-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/wordpress.technoarray.com\/retailleaderscircle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Chalhoub-big-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/wordpress.technoarray.com\/retailleaderscircle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Chalhoub-big-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.technoarray.com\/retailleaderscircle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Chalhoub-big.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c1064bb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c1064bb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6cc0a2d\" data-id=\"6cc0a2d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3a36be7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3a36be7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-da28a71\" data-id=\"da28a71\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e778460 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e778460\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>During the 8<sup>th<\/sup> RLC MENA Summit that took place in Riyadh, Patrick Chalhoub, Group President of Chalhoub Group spoke about the values that have emerged during the past two years and the positive developments happening in Saudi Arabia.<\/p><p><strong style=\"font-size: 15px;\">As Mr. Chalhoub explained this COVID pandemic was a complicated situation, yet it was full of lessons. \u201c<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">It taught us how resilient we can be and how much we need courage during those moments of toughness. It also made us realize how much we need togetherness; being together, working together and clearly communicating with full transparency our purpose and our vision. It also taught us, how much people, our people and our teams are important. They really are the essence of everything we can do and achieve.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">And he added \u201cIn Saudi Arabia, we have been blessed today to count women in our workforce. The idea is to engage in a discussion about <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 15px;\">supporting women into their leadership roles<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">, to get them inspired by each other or by other leaders.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>To be able to understand and work on all those pain points and maintain and <strong>strengthen the capacity of moving women into leadership roles <\/strong>is part of our vision<strong>. <\/strong>We feel very lucky to have these women in these roles\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8516459 quotesMss elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8516459\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ec1145\" data-id=\"4ec1145\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c6949e elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c6949e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #3d3d3d;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 15px;\" src=\"https:\/\/retailleaderscircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/before.png\" \/><em style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #002144; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family: Roboto; padding: 0cm; border: 1pt none windowtext;\">We really feel that the women are bringing something additional to the workplace, which we value a lot. They have the same capacity and competence but at the same time, perhaps a different kind of sensitivity, which is always extremely warming and interesting to have.<\/span><\/em><\/em><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"color: #3d3d3d; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/retailleaderscircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/after.png\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-caed8d7 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"caed8d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; color: #3d3d3d;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 15px;\" src=\"https:\/\/retailleaderscircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/before.png\" \/><em style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #002144; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family: Roboto; padding: 0cm; border: 1pt none windowtext;\">We really feel that the women are bringing something additional to the workplace, which we value a lot. They have the same capacity and competence but at the same time, perhaps a different kind of sensitivity, which is always extremely warming and interesting to have.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/em><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; font-size: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/retailleaderscircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/after.png\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-90a6863 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"90a6863\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d5cfe3e\" data-id=\"d5cfe3e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42bcd80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"42bcd80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Roboto; border-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm;\">Patrick Chalhoub<\/span><\/b><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-811f7ac elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"811f7ac\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7a762a9\" data-id=\"7a762a9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9893b07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9893b07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Saudi Arabia is a very dynamic region, and there is a very dynamic context of economic growth which happened in 21, forecasted in 22 and still accelerating. <strong>The amount of change and the growth potential of Saudi Arabia is incomparable to anywhere into the world.<\/strong><\/p><p>But the most important is that there are very wise leaders that take real action to diversify the economy. At the same time, there is a young population which is finally at work, wanting to have an impact. These young generations are willing to learn, to achieve and to grow.<\/p><p>We absolutely need to strengthen the ecosystem of fashion in the region, and in Saudi Arabia in particular,\u201d said Mr. Chalhoub. \u201cIt is not only about consuming products but about making sure that we give the opportunity to our people to express and develop themselves. There is a pool of very talented fashion designers in the Kingdom. There is a bright future ahead of them, but we need to support them as much as we can. By doing that <strong>we can collaborate together in a very fruitful manner<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-44d7a3e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"44d7a3e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-104dcd3\" data-id=\"104dcd3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-093fe2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"093fe2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd4ea7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd4ea7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c7c2d46 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c7c2d46\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-fbfded8\" data-id=\"fbfded8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfbdc30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bfbdc30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShare this post:\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-bc2331f\" data-id=\"bc2331f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patrick Chalhoub shares the experience of the Chalhoub Group. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7,28],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.technoarray.com\/retailleaderscircle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4798"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.technoarray.com\/retailleaderscircle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.technoarray.com\/retailleaderscircle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.technoarray.com\/retailleaderscircle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.technoarray.com\/retailleaderscircle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.technoarray.com\/retailleaderscircle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.technoarray.com\/retailleaderscircle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.technoarray.com\/retailleaderscircle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.technoarray.com\/retailleaderscircle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.technoarray.com\/retailleaderscircle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}