CEO Advisory

Where business leadership is concerned, all roads lead to engagement -- or at least should. Coaxing employees down that path is critical, the key to unlocking greater harmony and efficiency. Engagement has been defined by the HealthStream Engagement Institute as “an individual’s cognitive, emotional, and behavioral connection with an organization’s...

Search Engine Optimization, or SEO, has become the backbone of online content and digital marketing. As SEO continues to explode in popularity, the battle surrounding its fair pricing structure wages on. Currently, there is no standard SEO cost, which leaves a major disparity between SEO agencies and business owners. Costs...

The digital systems used by businesses to track their contracts are outdated and have largely not embraced the digital revolution that has transformed many other back office functions. The result is that most companies are faced with more transactional execution risk than they are aware of. And this risk leads...

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I remember my 30-year-old daughter’s first fortune cookie message like it was yesterday: The secret to getting ahead is getting started.  For a kid still in the single-digit age bracket, I thought it was appropriate. I’ve also learned over the years, that getting off to a great start can be...

It is likely that if you ask numerous people around the world whether they have what they see as a good business idea, quite a few would say yes. However, most people don’t end up materializing such ideas as a result of fear. People are often afraid of trying because...

“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” (Twain, 1835-1910). If you have responsibility for people and depend on their productivity and performance as a staple of your organization you must have heard about the criticality of...

What are the key personal attributes that can transform managers into leaders and good leaders into great ones? In the new book, Leading Well (Major Street Publishing $34.95), CEO of the Institute of Managers and Leaders Australia and New Zealand (IML ANZ), David Pich, along with co-author and board chair...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is at the top of mind of every corporate executive. It dominates shareholder calls and flames the fire of financial expectations. AI’s powers and potentials give stock prices a bump and bolster investor confidence. But too many companies are reluctant to address its very real limits. It’s...

The value of the corporate income tax rate is, for some investors, one of the top criteria when deciding where to base their business. This, alongside other business benefits in the chosen jurisdiction, can help investors set up their business for success. This list contains 5 low tax countries that...