Big Business

One thing I’ve learned as an executive leader in a Fortune 50 firm and now a small business owner: size doesn’t matter.  For companies large AND small, putting the customer at the center of business decisions is key to long-term success. The Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM) calls this...

Do you ever wish that the people in your organization would stop blaming other people or circumstances for problems, own up to how they contributed to the problem, then do their part to help fix it? This is a common frustration I hear from CEOs and executives as I help...

The pandemic has well and truly altered the way we work forever. As the world adjusts to a new form of hybrid working, leaders are now faced with new challenges: finding effective ways of encouraging accountable, autonomous teams, while creating both physical and virtual environments that help make staff feel...

Art is not a desk job where you have to login in the morning and you are done by the evening. Being a craftsman requires artistic skills as well as a great imagination of looking at things not like any other basic human but as an expert whilst noticing each...

No dearth of distress and agony resides in the world. Each and every person everyday fight against heavy odds in order to acquire that one tinch of happiness. The level of these not-so-desired emotions escalated after the enforced hiatus of a long period which occurred due to the Wuhan virus....

I hear from people all the time who feel stuck in the 9 to 5 and want to start a business, but they have no idea how to get there. The first thing I ask them? What do you love?  What are you good at?  So many people cannot truly...

I don’t watch a lot of telly these days, but one show that did draw me in during COVID was Billions. Yeah, there’s the sex, the politics and the power games of big business. All of which is entertaining even before you consider some of the uncanny parallels to the...

Several years ago, I was sitting in on a meeting when my client, a senior sales leader, told her folks about a major change that was going to happen in their organization. They were switching to a new CRM system, which would have a significant impact on all of them—and...

With the advent of democratized tools and despite the current pandemic in the backdrop, Financial Times reports a boom in entrepreneurship and new companies being set up around the world. Before you go any further and make necessary commitments investing in setting up your business, it is best to consider...

Trust and appreciation are critical components for the success of any company. Workplace environments that foster mutual trust have employees who are often less stressed and always highly motivated. Managers understand best the effects—at least in principle, of how lack of trust can affect a company. Only those willing to...