CEO Advisory

For the first 29 years of my life, I was stuck inside my comfort zone – and I was unfulfilled. But for the past two years, I’ve been moving further and further away from my comfort zone – and I’ve never been happier. When I was 17, I moved from...

I have banned myself from using the word unprecedented! However, the very real issue remains; how do leaders navigate through isolation for themselves and those that they lead? Isolation is not a new concept, but it is a challenge for those facing it. Just ask my 89-year-old father (who has...

Looking back on the start of AMERGINT amidst the economic downturn of 2008, there is no irony lost in the fact that our company name evokes a combination of the words America and emerging. It was, in fact, the intention of its three co-founders, Randy Culver, Mark McMillen and Sean...

History will be the final judge of how U.S. President Donald Trump handled the global COVID-19 pandemic, but an array of elected and appointed officials and political observers have found his leadership and communications lacking in the face of the worst crisis faced in at least a generation. Even more...

Covid-19 continues to spread fear and volatility in the financial markets, it feels endless at the moment, though one day, it will end. When I first considered how negative the stock markets would react to the Covid-19 over a month ago, I didn’t include a price war in the oil...

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...