CEO Advisory

What do you see as you stroll through your corporate office? Do your employees seem happy, working productively in a space designed for the way they work? Or do you see pockets of empty desks and wonder if you’re paying for more real estate than you need? Conversely, are your...

Smartphones, search engines and social media have transformed retail. Mobile phones are fast catching up on laptops as a final destination for bargain-hungry and time-poor shoppers. In 2017, 40 percent of Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales in the U.S. came through smartphones and therefore, mCommerce stores, instead of a...

Employee engagement is an issue that has long plagued employers, and no one company has yet identified a solution that will work for all. Despite this, recent research has found that diversity among employees often goes hand-in-hand with improved employee engagement. Diversity is so much more than hitting quotas of...

The decision to change or improve a company’s culture can spark both excitement and anxiety. Some organizations call in an expert to help them navigate the process. When I have gone in to help a company, the energy level is always palpable through the next few days of intense meetings,...

It’s official: South Korea is the home of the world’s most powerful passport, according to The Passport Index, measures the number of nations where each passport guarantees visa-free travel. Prior to South Korea’s rise, Singapore held the top spot alone for several months. With a Visa-Free score of 162, South...

You have made goals. Now comes the time to execute those goals. Whether it is a health goal, a relationship goal, a career goal, or some other goal, the process is similar. You have an aspiration. Now you must execute. Taking a step back, consider what you need to do...

A recent report reveals that the United Kingdom ranked 41st out of 88 countries around the world for 4G mobile internet service speeds, based on data from Open Signal. The speed of an average broadband download in the United Kingdom is below that of Mexico, Ireland, and Greece. And significantly...

It's not a big surprise that Sweden is the best country to be a working woman, according to the 2018 edition of the Economist’s glass-ceiling index, which took over the top ranking from Iceland. The glass-ceiling index measures how well OECD countries perform when it comes to equality for working...

Leonardo da Vinci, perhaps the greatest of the Renaissance masters, once observed, “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” While da Vinci had incredible foresight, he probably didn’t envision today’s business environment when he uttered those words more than 500 years ago. While most CEOs would agree that simplicity in the workplace...

For the first time, Amsterdam, the Dutch capital, has entered the UBS list of eight cities on the verge of a real-estate bubble — and guess what, none of them are in the United States. The number one on the bubble-risk list is Toronto, followed by Stockholm, Munich, Vancouver, Sydney,...