On a worldwide trip in December, Alwaleed's itinerary included a chat with Japanese real estate mogul Minoru Mori in Tokyo, a visit to Daewoo Chairman Kim Woo-Choong in Seoul, a lunch with Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Bin Mohamad in Kuala Lumpur and tea with the then prime minister of India, Inder Kumar Gujral, in New Delhi.

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Yes, it is an investment of time and effort to have lunch (or breakfast or afternoon tea) with your direct reports and get to know them as people.

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Open all day for breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner, expect classic British cooking with interesting twists such as Dover sole served with a cider sauce or Scottish mackerel with tomato sorbet.

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Two wickets down at lunch, and 139-4 at tea, West Indies were bowled out for 293 with nine minutes left in the day.

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