CEO Advisory

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...

The world is no longer local and linear. It’s global and exponential, thanks to technological achievements. Established organizations, those of a certain size and age -- sometimes called legacy organizations -- no longer consider close competitors as their greatest threat. They fear the startups, which, although they live in metaphorical...

Unlike CEOs and CFOs, not every company has a Chief Operating Officer, and not every COO has the same responsibilities, span of control, decision rights, and position in the reporting structure. There is not a standard job description for COOs. Therefore, should you be offered a COO position, it is...

There is much commentary about authentic leadership in business today. Expectations for leadership have also changed, somewhat driven by Millennials who look for a different type of leadership and communication style. Companies are asking their leaders to be more authentic, approachable and human. But what does this look like in...