Global CEO Forum

A comprehensive approach to modernization    With the continued emergence of AI and automation, middle-market organizations are faced with several questions, the answers to which can create a competitive advantage for organizations in a highly competitive market: How do I stay up to date with technology trends and improve how...

You finally get your team to start documenting their processes, and a few weeks later, no one’s using them. The files sit untouched in a shared folder, and the same questions keep landing on your desk. Sound familiar? That’s the trap most businesses fall into. They either document too little, leaving gaps that cause confusion,...

The role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly evolving beyond its traditional uses like automation and data analysis. It’s now reshaping how leaders influence their teams and the wider world. For centuries, executive presence has been defined by classic traits like charisma, communication skills, and decision-making ability. But as AI...

Imagine stepping into a meeting where everyone is operating within the shared belief that “anything is possible.” You can feel the energy, the can-do attitude, the shared drive to create and collaborate. This is the power of trust building when it’s present.    Trust elevates energy, inspires confidence, nourishes the spirit,...

Psychological safety and trust increase productivity and engagement by more than 50 percent. That is not a culture win — it is a commercial advantage. The organisations that sustain performance in a world of constant change are not the ones that push hardest, but the ones that create environments where...

In September 2025, Oracle promoted its co-CEOs under the watchful eye of Chairman Larry Ellison. The press dutifully praised this "visionary succession planning." Visionary. That's one word for it. Another might be: theater. Because real succession planning doesn't require the founder to stay on as chairman. Real succession planning means letting go of the wheel, not just loosening your...

As a large public-company Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO), one of my biggest aha moments happened when I reviewed our company’s self-insured health care plans. It wasn’t just the cost per employee. Or the premiums. Or the year-over-year percentage increases.  It was the sheer cost of this behemoth: Nearly $500M. And significantly more than our company’s combined short- and long-term incentive plans. Every. Single. Year. My take-away: Status quo was far more risky than change. So we dug deeper, created a business case and made...

Men need the company of other good men. Whether we head back to our primal past and across many cultures, where men’s and women’s business were often and deliberately separated, men have ‘sat in circle’ to share stories, teach younger people, learn, address tribal conflict, resolve interpersonal issues, and discuss...

Ask the leadership team of an organisation if they have a clear strategy, and almost all hands shoot up. Certainly initially.  Ask those same leaders to describe that strategy in just a few sentences – and you’ll the hands perhaps waver, or simply start to lower. What most organisations call...