CEO Advisory

It might be hard to understand in a world of fintech and multi-million dollar app startups that setting up your own business doesn’t have to come with a pre-written cheque for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Take some inspiration from these people who created their own big money businesses with little...

One of the common question that I'm asked is: How can small retailers compete with Amazon, which provides excellent customer service and offers the same products at the same prices you do, and sometimes even cheaper? This is a very tough question, and it's one that more and more businesses...

Golden Balls is a British game show that aired until 2009. The final round featuring negotiation is the part of the show that should pique the curiosity of any corporate executive. This portion of the program is a derivation of a strategy exercise called Prisoner’s Dilemma, designed by a couple...

Interestingly, thanks to generous purchase subsidies and other incentives by the government, Norway has become Europe’s EV capital, Electric vehicles are exempt from the country’s 25 percent value-added tax and acquisition tax. EVs also enjoy privileged status on the Norwegian roads, with exemptions from tolls, free ferry rides and, in...

The US Military has been recognized as the most powerful in the world for 2018, according to Global Firepower, while Russia and China placed second and third, respectively. India, France, the United Kingdom, South Korea, Japan, Turkey, and Germany rounded out the top ten most powerful militaries in the world...

Operating a successful company comes with a whole list of challenges, not least of which is maintaining a healthy level of financial stability. After all, any business that is dealing with cash flow and budgeting problems will eventually go under if these issues aren't rectified in a timely manner. Although...

The term agility has been applied to many aspects of a business. It extends to operations (process agility, manufacturing agility, supply chain agility), to products (portfolio agility, service agility, systems agility), to leadership (strategic agility, team agility, emotional agility) and more. Larry Cooper, who leads an agility LinkedIn group, cuts...

The use of a well-crafted email signature is one great way of promoting your organization or yourself in each email that you send. Proper use of an email signature will increase your response rate by highlighting your most valuable assets to your clients and prospects alike. An email signature says...

A world of distraction: If there’s a word that describes the human collective mental state in 2018 it’s DISTRACTED. 2012 was the year that smartphone penetration passed 50% in the United States. Global penetration will pass 50% this year. The social media phenomenon, riding on the back of that smartphone...

Workplace conversations usually involve a lot of instructions, demands, closed questions (“do you agree?”) and leading questions (“this will be good, won’t it?”). They often feature idle chitchat about nothing, collusion, lies, gossip or worse. They may not be pleasant, but these are automatic and socially acceptable ways to relate...