CEO Advisory

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...

Becoming the CEO of a large organization for the first time is a challenging leadership transition. While the path to the top usually prepares a first-time CEO well for key internal leadership tasks (such as building and leading executive teams, driving execution, and crafting vision and strategy) many organizational leaders...

Social media is one of the most important marketing efforts out there, and even CEOs should be engaging. Unfortunately, less than half see the importance of a strong social presence. According to a report from CEO.com and DOMO, 60 percent of CEOs don’t have a social media account in their...