CEO Advisory

The old saying that a picture is worth a thousand words has survived more than a century after first appearing in newspapers in the early twentieth century. Why then don’t we use imagery more to influence? We are happy to write a thousand words for a reason. It could be...

Email is one of the most efficient communication mediums available to us, and Gmail is one of the best platforms for sending, receiving, and organizing email. But even with these technological marvels at our fingertips, it’s easy to waste time on Gmail. The average employee spends about 4.1 hours a...

The health and wellness food market has seen a considerable growth in recent years. The new socialistic trend is health conscious diet mentality. The marketing strategy of food-related companies, therefore, is on the run to impress, convince and lead the concerned people towards healthy eating slogans. Every time with a...

Come monsoon, traffic in India’s largest cities including Mumbai and Delhi slows down to a crawl. Overflowing storm water drains and water logged streets creates chaos. Chennai and Bengaluru vacillates from acute water shortage in summer to the occasional deluge when it pours. Power, internet and cable connections get frequently...

Research proves that many managers can spend 14 hours per week creating, delivering and attending presentations – many of which are vastly unproductive and amount to very little, if anything at all. For a small team of 15 people that equates to over 10,000 man-hours a year. And it doesn’t...

Remarkably, Iceland tops the 2018 list of the countries where women feel secure, respected, equal, and unthreatened, while Syria, Afghanistan, and Yemen are at the bottom. Norway was placed at No. 2 among 153 countries, followed by Switzerland, Slovenia and Spain. To identify the countries where women feel secure, respected,...

Last month, Hurricanes Florence and Michael ripped through the US becoming the latest climate-related weather events to blow a hole in the US economy and impact hundreds of thousands of people. These Hurricanes followed a year of other extreme weather, from snow in the Sahara to wild fires in Europe....

Japan has knocked Singapore off the top spot on the list of the world's most powerful passport, according to the ranking by Henley & Partners, with France, Germany, and South Korea in equal third. Having recently gained visa-free access to Myanmar, Japanese citizens can travel to a record 190 countries...

Being a good coach requires a strong coaching presence. In the myriad of responsibilities that leaders face, tuning in as coach can be a challenge. Most leaders have the skills they need to coach -  finding the time to do so can be more elusive. Narrowing in on the components...

Promptly, at 7:30 am on the second Wednesday of every month, I meet with a small group of friends. All of them are CEOs. Of course, we have a lot in common. It can be lonely at the helm. So, we get together monthly to support each other. During our...