CEO Advisory

Chances are your company is not a disruptor, but it is facing disruption. This is the situation for almost every CEO. Companies like Uber and Tesla are held up as heroes, but they’re anomalies. The rest of us aren’t disruptors, but we are being disrupted. And this is having a...

Most CEOs have their share of battle scars. They’ve succeeded and they’re failed. I can relate. I’m at an age in my life where I’ve been burned too many times and I no longer want to, nor have the time to waste. That’s why I choose to only do business...

Up means down and down means up — We’ve all had colleagues who make it a practice of denying what we know is real. It happens in politics, science, business and anywhere: people whose beliefs are a million miles away from reality. Bad enough that they distort truths, but they...

Ottawa has been ranked 8th out of the 113 most inclusive cities in the world listed in the first-ever Prosperity and Inclusion City Seal and Awards (PISCA) index. Meanwhile, the top five positions were taken by cities from northern Europe, with Zurich topping the list, followed by Vienna (No. 2),...

Is it a dedicated time or a dedicated team that aids organisational innovation? Organisations have also tried the traditional suggestion box, innovation directors, and introduced a value of innovation. Some of which have had some success. Problems are a regular occurrence within businesses and possibly offer the most significant source...

There is much more to delegating tasks than just telling a team member to do something and then dropping out of the process. Delegation is a skill that requires experience and attention. Improper or incomplete delegation leads to mistakes, lost time, and inefficiency. In this article, StaffScapes discusses some common...

Most business leaders have taken on a world leadership role without even realizing it. State leaders and elected officials no longer shape the global agenda in the way they have in the past century. Instead, multinational companies have taken on a level of power once reserved for kings, queens and...

When comparing the results of companies, it’s relatively simple to assess tangible differences in performance. But dig a little deeper into the data to try and understand the actual role that leaders have played in that success, and the quantitative nature of that involvement and the answers often become less...

With the zettabytes of data accessible and available nowadays, the need to analyze this data is so important to be incorporated within the digital strategy. Metrics that really do not have an impact to the bottom line will just be a waste of time and resources. Business owners should learn...

Recent surveys from NerdWallet, Consumer Affairs, and Credit Karma all say nearly the same thing about the holiday season: Americans expect to go into debt.  This is a different statistic than the fact that, historically, about half of U.S. households go into debt to celebrate the holidays.  The difference is...