CEO Advisory

This year – and every year – as March rolls around, people and businesses around the world get ready to observe one of the most significant days of celebration in our calendar, International Women’s Day. But with it, comes the familiar objection: “But every day should be International Women’s Day”....

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become a top priority for companies of all sizes – our business extends past our customers to affect the world in which we live. CSR dates at least as far back as the 1950s when economist Howard R. Bowen defined it as “the obligations of...

According to figures from Satista, total retirement savings in the United States amounted to $4 trillion in 2017 despite social security being on unstable grounds. Nonetheless, the average American has taken saving for retirement seriously on account of economic uncertainty and other factors that have a significant impact on financial...

The technology start-up sector continues to grow and play an important role in U.S. economic prosperity – contributing to innovation, productivity and competitiveness. But the harsh reality is that, according to CB Insights, 70% of tech start-ups fail. And consumer hardware start-ups fail even more frequently, with 97% ultimately dying...

The market demands that large companies innovate differently, embrace digital, create ecosystems and transform customer relationships at a breath-taking pace. Succeed, and the rewards may be exponential; fail, and irrelevance quickly follows. With disruption raising the stakes, shouldn’t the C-suite be optimally structured to rise to the challenge? Yet according...

I recently sat in on a team meeting with the senior lieutenants of a key function for a professional services company. Not knowing any of them, it occurred to me that there were no visual, outward signs to suggest who might be the leader. For decades, it was easy to...

Milan has been recognized as the best city in the world for luxury shopping, according to the CEOWORLD magazine 2020 report, while Paris and New York City placed second and third, respectively. The 2020 rankings placed Dubai in fourth ahead of London into fifth; while Hong Kong ranked sixth, and...

While it’s well understood that leaders greatly impact their companies, it’s not always clear how that impact manifests in the daily grind of business. As a consultant, I’ve had the opportunity to work with leaders from many companies over the past 15 years. Some of those companies were small and...

“We all have a calling. Each one of us. We are born to do something great.” - Sakichi Toyoda I remember reading this quote while flipping through the pages of a magazine sometime during the early stages of my career. As far as I was concerned, that may as well...

Family businesses remain a ubiquitous social institution throughout the world. At the same time, few succeed in surviving beyond the 100-year threshold. A version of the adage, “Shirt sleeves to shirt sleeves in three generations,” spans cultures and languages to describe a marked pattern whereby one generation makes the wealth,...