CEO Advisory

To put a spin on an old idiom - Death, taxes and conflict are the only constants in this world.  Conflict is inevitable. Unresolved conflict in the workplace can damage an organization in numerous ways, including economic loss, exodus of talent and reputational harm. Whether the conflict is between two...

When CEOs are hired, they're expected to deliver results right away. The most common window is 90 days, with a recent Brandpie survey showing that 78% of CEOs felt they had enough time to prove their worth. While delivering short-term wins, they must also plan for the long-term success of their companies. These...

Accenture, Facebook, HubSpot, Microsoft, and T-Mobile ranked in the top 50 large companies for women in the U.S., according to a new online survey by career-data company Comparably. The report does not assign individual rankings beyond the top 50 groupings, the survey defines large companies as those having 500 employees...

Your loudest cheerleader during your winning moments is your ego. It relishes your successes and triumphs, and it wants you to revel in them, too, self-satisfied that you are the cause of everything good in the world. The world is divided into winners and losers, and you are a winner,...

Austin ranks first among the best U.S. cities to start a business in 2020, according to Inc. magazine, followed by Salt Lake City, Durham, Denver, and Boise. Also ranked below Boise were San Francisco; Charleston, San Diego, and Phoenix, respectively. Miami rounded out the top 10 best U.S. cities to...

Europe has the credit of being a birthplace for western music, and evolution of many other forms of music as time passed by. Celtic music, Gregorian chants, and every other primordial kind of music had their development in this unique land. The place also is known for its breathtaking cultural...

Digital presents many opportunities but also heightened risks. Risks vary to those in traditional business as issues can be rapidly exacerbated due to the scale of technology. Organisations run the risk of being digitally dumb or numb. Dumb being a poorly thought through the endeavour. Numb being ignorant of the...

We already see algorithms and hear the headlines about artificial intelligence (AI), yet so many senior managers remain skeptical and are ignoring the issue. Whilst the robot or cyborg may immediately come to mind, neither will emerge as a single change to immediately replace millions of jobs, rather this is...

Steve Jobs once said, “We’re here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise, why else even be here?” It’s an admirable sentiment, but as Jobs himself showed, there are many different ways to put a dent in the universe, and almost everyone does so in his or her own...

What is wellbeing in an organization? It’s the same as wellbeing for any of us — only on a far larger scale. When we’re feeling well — and that goes for mentally or physically — we’re more motivated, engaged and positively focused. When feeling unwell we tend to be more...