CEO Advisory

If you’re missing the camaraderie among your friends, family, and colleagues during this social distancing mandate, you’re probably not alone. We are transitioning into a new normal. Working remotely is now constant. Instructed to not only work from home but having to remain there paints another uncomfortable picture altogether. The...

A DECADE AGO, Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health found that poverty was the underlying cause of 172,000 U.S. deaths, or 4.5% of total deaths. “Social causes can be linked to death as readily as can pathological and behavioral causes,” states Dr. Galea, the leader of the research team...

Purpose, by its nature, is defined as the reason for existing and goes beyond making money.  It is about people coming together to make an impact in something they believe in with the trust that revenue and growth will follow, rather than as an end in itself. To be a ...

Sustainability is the corporate buzzword of the day.  It was the theme of this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos.  Last August, the US Business Roundtable radically redefined its statement of the “purpose of a corporation” to include stakeholders, rather than just shareholders.  BlackRock chief Larry Fink, in his annual...

Many leaders simply manage and it is the opposite. Leadership falls into the functions of management and is at the core of being a great manager. Without great leadership a manager is stagnant only concerned for the status-quo. Leadership, being the core of management, is crucial to and organization’s success----both...

When many people think of zero-based budgeting, they think of its application when a company’s in a tight spot. When it needs to seriously reduce costs so there are funds to allocate to sustaining the business or embarking on a recovery strategy. The company dictates that every function within the...

Can your team achieve its revenue goals without showing up in person at the office? The answer is yes...if they have the right leadership. Transitioning from a traditional to a remote sales force can be a challenging undertaking even when you have months to plan for it. Yet it can...

Big data is a modern phenomenon transforming businesses of today. Organisations hold vast swathes of data, from historic and current orders to detailed insights about supply chain operations. This information, combined with external data such as market intelligence and even weather patterns, can provide businesses with a foundation on which...

The Coronavirus is the firing pin for major innovations. In many educational institutions, less than half of the customary study time is invested in this year’s academic spring semester. There is some distance learning, but in many instances, the faculty is very much dependent on technology which they learn from...

We are living in a CORONA world. We are the generation who has witnessed both pre corona and corona world. No other time was ripe enough to practice empowerment than the current one. Corona virus is changing the definition of corporate culture and so it is a perfect time to...