CEO Advisory

Any number of variables influence a business model, and social ventures are no different. In fact, a study published in Organization Science pointed to one potentially surprising factor affecting these structures: gender. The results suggest that men tend to incorporate revenue-based strategies into their models while women usually pursue techniques associated with...

Think about the world’s biggest brands. Google, Apple, Nike, Coke Cola. Each one has a very distinct brand, and this kind of branding doesn’t happen by accident. Brands play with your emotions. They speak to your sense of style. They even tap into your values. The end result is brand...

Public cloud growth continues to outpace the private cloud. Research from the International Data Corporation indicates that private cloud spending increased by 28.2% from 2017 to 2018 to reach $4.6 billion. Meanwhile, spending on public cloud infrastructure grew an astounding 58.9% to reach $10.9 billion. Companies clearly are recognizing the numerous benefits...

Dangote Group founded by Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote has emerged as the most admired African brand of African origin for the second straight year. Respondents of Brand Africa's 100 Best Brands survey voted Dangote ahead of telecommunications giant, MTN and other big companies and brands on the continent. The seventh edition of the survey conducted...

The link between team formation and hiring is explicit. As a leader, you need to know what you want and need in your people — before you decide what is achievable. If you put the what before the whom, you may find yourself with a strong disconnect between your goals...

Imagine this. You are browsing social media and you come across an article which you think can be useful to your friends. You will instantly share it. Right? However, if you are the CEO of a company and you came across something interesting, instead of sharing it with other people...

Many small business owners suffer from this syndrome.  The World Health Organization has recognized workplace stress and burnout for years in it’s disease handbook, the ICD-10. But it’s most recent update set to go into effect January 2022 will upgrade work burnout from a state of exhaustion to a full...

Entrepreneurship is more than just running a business. It’s about innovation and turning an idea into the most viable reality. The key to becoming a successful innovator is to find a solution to a pertinent problem that people experience on a day-to-day basis. Just like Dylan Jacob did. The 24-year-old...

This is an unbiased opinion, I swear. Yes, I live in Austin. Yes, my company (Rocksauce Studios) is headquartered in the capital of Texas. We're a proud bunch, we Austinites, and our congregation is growing fast. In 2000, the metro area had about 1.2 million residents. Today, that number has ballooned...

Developing the next generation of leaders was listed as the top issue for CEOs in DDI’s CEO Challenges: Global Leadership Forecast for 2018 report. Leaders are increasingly being asked to grapple with complex problems for which there is no one right answer.  They are needing to balance internal and external...