CEO Advisory

Generative artificial intelligence is more than a buzzword for industries such as healthcare, financial and professional services, media, retail and gaming; these industries have a lot to teach us about generative AI’s capabilities. But despite the promising horizon, the implementation of GenAI poses certain challenges and risks. Organizations must take...

The average US CEO is 51. They lead executive teams in their 40s. Their boards are populated by people in their 60s. Recognising the strengths, limitations, and blind spots that this can create is important. Each generation shares cultural and professional context. It shapes our outlook and our beliefs about...

The COVID-19 pandemic forever changed the way that our society operates. From the way we travel, to the way we communicate, work, and even shop, our lives were turned upside down in 2020. During that unprecedented time, many businesses had to adapt to our inability to gather, switching to a...

Employees are your company’s greatest asset; you win or lose as an organization based on what your team members can produce, market, sell, ship, and support. It makes smart business sense, then, to prioritize taking care of that asset. In 20 years of coaching executives to career fulfillment, impact, and...

If you’re wondering whether your company should incorporate artificial intelligence into its technology strategy, you’re significantly behind the curve.  It should be clear at this point that AI is transforming businesses around the world. It’s now a necessary tool for almost any company, in any industry, that wants to thrive...

Your legal practice, like any other service business, needs deliberate strategies for finding, acquiring, and keeping clients. Your legal intake process is a strategy that involves everything you do from the time a potential client first contacts you about a case until they become a paying client. Having a reliable...

In 1973, Xerox developed the first PC — the Alto, complete with a mouse, graphical display, icons, ethernet networking, and scalable type. So why do we still think of Xerox as ‘the photocopier people’ rather than the birthplace of modern computing? Because they failed to commercialise their new product, allowing...

When I started my career at The National Institutes of Health, I wanted to discover what makes some people more successful than others. But a year later, I realized we were only studying illness and dysfunction.  What more we could learn if we studied Highly Successful People (HSPs)? Are they...

Growth is one of the greatest and most vexing challenges all businesses face. A challenge I encountered many times in my 31 years in Silicon Valley as an entrepreneur, a CEO, a Venture Capitalist and serving on the board of directors of 21 companies. A challenge business leaders must meet...

Being a millionaire by 30? Sounds incredible? Well, it is certainly ambitious but not an impossible idea. In fact, there are so many examples of bright, young individuals who have managed to increase their net worth through smart practices and habits. And, if you’re serious about this goal, then you may...