CEO Agenda

One of your most important leadership functions is in selecting, hiring, and integrating top level talent to help you grow your company. The true cost of a bad hire can be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Here are the 5 most expensive hiring mistakes and how you can...

One of the most important lessons with respect to managing cash flow is this: The faster you collect from your customers, the easier it will be to manage your cash flow. Most businesses carelessly fall into cash crunches because they let their receivables slip longer and longer before being paid....

Think of how much time and money your company spends on meetings. Yet so few executives know what it takes to make meetings crisp and productive. Here are 7 tips to make your meetings more effective: 1. Plan your meeting in advance – in writing A. What is the purpose...

Surprisingly, Tampa came in at number one among the top destinations in the U.S. for people to retire, and Providence, Rhode Island was No. 150 --- worst places to retire. Which cities are the best for retirement—and which ones are the worst? Grand Prairie, Texas ranked second, Orlando came in...

For the 2nd consecutive year, New York-based Blackstone Group, a $273 billion global asset management firm, tops the list as world's largest investment banks to work for, followed by Goldman Sachs in second place. INTERNATIONAL investment house Morgan Stanley took the third spot, With more than 16,300 financial advisers, Morgan...

The 2014 Song of the Summer is Calvin Harris's appropriately named song "Summer," which was the most streamed song internationally over the past 3 months.  Is there a more aptly named song of the summer? Nope. Ariana Grande’s Problem ft Iggy Azalea is 2nd on Spotify’s global list, with 3rd...

So yeah, turns out San Francisco have been ranked number one in a list of the top 10 snobbiest big cities in the United Statest. All signs point to "yes, definitely," but is this an insult or a compliment? So what if they’re a little conceited? No surprise here, the...

Ertharin Cousin, the head of the United Nations World Food Programme, has landed at No. 1 on a list of the world's most "innovative & groundbreaking" women in Food and Drink from around the world, compiled by Fortune and Food & Wine magazine. While U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree was ranked...

For a third consecutive year, Sofia Vergara is the highest-paid TV actress in the United States, took home an estimated US$37 million in the last 12 months. Coming in at No. 2 for a second year in a row is "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" actress Mariska Hargitay, earning...

An extremely rare 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO, known as 3851 GT, once involved in a fatal accident has become the most expensive car ever sold publicly for a record-breaking $38.115 million--- at London's Bonhams auction house. What makes a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO Berlinetta so unique? The Ferrari 250 GTO,...