CEO Explainers

Angry and dismayed Amazon employees are pushing back against the recently-announced return to office policy by the Amazon leadership. Amazon's policy joins other high-profile companies such as Disney, Starbucks, Tesla, Google, and others that are forcing employees back to the office. Some are claiming they need to do so for...

Researchers have recently attempted to evaluate how influence on social networks can expand and reach people with who we have absolutely no connection. According to their research, each one of us has three degrees of influence. To make it easier to talk about it, they named the whole phenomenon the...

Running a business in the beauty industry can be challenging because customers come with many expectations. The ads they see on TV and the hope that they can improve their appearance make them come to the institutes with too high expectations. The spas try to come up with what clients...

Every workplace has them. Some more than others. Often we work with them, sometimes for them. Idiots can be anywhere and everywhere. They are not restricted to a sector of the work force, parts of society or particular suburbs. To para-phrase child actor Haley Joel Osment from the 1999 movie...

As career opportunities become increasingly complex and the competition around the market seems to increase, alternatives to generating income appear. A good look at the internet ads will give you a clue of what is happening in the online market. Instead of giving people physical products or structured services, you...

Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC), one of the world’s biggest petrochemicals firms, has appointed Abdulrahman Al-Fageeh as its new CEO and Executive Member of the Board, effective March 21, 2023. Al-Fageeh succeeds Yousef Abdullah Al-Benyan, who stepped down in September 2022 to serve as Saudi Arabia’s minister for education. Since...

Businesses, small or big, cannot do without financial advisors. These professionals are very much needed to assess the viability of your business model, devise strategies to systematically manage financial resources, and enhance output. Despite the unquestionable relevance of financial advisors in smart business management, it is not uncommon to find...

Having a wealthy clientele is a fascinating thing. Your shot at a successful business becomes brighter and sharper as you draw clients from the elite circles of the world. But, while the sound of it is dream-like, realizing this particular aspiration requires more than wishful thinking. Wealthy clients can be...

Home Depot, the world’s largest home improvement retailer, named Billy Bastek executive vice president of merchandising He succeeds Jeff Kinnaird. Kinnaird was named executive vice president of merchandising in October 2020. Bastek’s new job is an internal promotion. William “Billy” Bastek most recently served as the retailer's senior vice president...

Progress can be defined in many ways. First of all, one has to define who or what it regards. In addition, consider that progress, improvement, and evolution, for example, are three different things, so one has to be specific if one wants to talk about progress specifically. Progress can be...