CEO Advisory

It’s no secret that at times, leadership can be isolating. As a leader, you feel the desire to be just another member of the team but know that deep down there are weights, burdens, and challenges that need to be kept private. It is a delicate balance between building relationships...

The skills needed for leaders to lead in the future landscape include flexibility, agility, adaptability and the ability to inspire others. The increasing speed of digital transformation is putting more pressure on leaders and teams than ever before. To fully realize the future of work companies, have to make bold...

Entrepreneurship has its share of stumbling blocks. One all-too-common hurdle is admiring a successful business owner or brand and then holding your new idea to that same standard. A new business is like a little league baseball player. You might be good for your age, kid, but you just haven’t...

Americans are crazy about podcasts. Every week more than 60 million tunes in to one of the thousands of podcasts show available online. The podcast has become a reliable companion for millions as they work, do chores and, perhaps more than anything else, sit in traffic. “(T)he medium has finally...

Coding has been around for a long time, but the idea of teaching kids how to do it took longer to get into implementation. The education system has not fully captured the typically new subject, yet its essence is beyond human imagination. You have heard much hype about coding. Many...

As CEO, there's nothing more exciting than launching a product — whether it’s a brand new offering or extension to an established line. Yet, no matter how innovative the concept, exhilaration can quickly turn to disappointment if your company’s branding strategy and rollout don’t ladder up to the same level....

The growth in the global middle-class might sound like something steady or downright boring, but it will remain as one of the strongest economic forces in the 2020s. The most important macroeconomic megatrend that I have worked with for years, I call the “Middle class beats high-tech”. The thinking behind...

You’ve had the idea to start your own business for a while now. Well, forget whatever’s been holding you back and just get it done already! I won’t tell you that starting a business from scratch is easy – anything but – however, I’ve done it several times and here...

Soon, it will be Chinese New Year, and as always, many hope for a prosperous year- though it looks more like another year of hard work for China in order to move on, also at the political top-level. On the 25th January, which is just a few days away, is...

If Culture eats Strategy for breakfast, I’d say your Values may eat your Vison for brunch. Values are an integral part of an organisation’s culture. Your Values ideally should be the guiding principles in which everyone in your company behave, serve their customers and achieve your Vision. I have supported...