CEO Agenda

12% of U.S. Households Have A Net Worth of $1 Million. Do You Want To Join Them?  Here’s How. Twenty years ago, I took the plunge to be an entrepreneur, starting my first company.  It ended up being one of the best business decisions in my life.  I explain why below....

Ask anyone starting a business and they’ll tell you they want to make a difference, whether it’s in their specific industry, their local community, or the world. Making an impact, and an income, is on the mind of every individual considering taking the leap and pursuing entrepreneurship; it was certainly...

Put simply, uninspiring leaders can cause damage to their organizations and their workforce. Ten to fifteen years ago, leaders often focused more on getting staff to follow their rules and complete tasks. However, modern leadership focuses more on how best to engage employees and unite the workforce in purposeful ways....

Joel Arthur Barker, the technology and business futurist, in his book, Paradigms: Business of Discovering the Future (New York, NY: Harper Collins, 1993) wrote that the difference between a manager and leader is that a manager manages within a paradigm and leader manages between paradigms.   Leaders create paradigm shifts when...

When a volcano erupts, it causes immeasurable damage to the surrounding area. Trees are laid flat, rivers and lakes are filled with suffocating ash, and all wildlife is devastated for an extended period of time. It’s Mother Nature’s way of resetting the natural balance, and the only thing that gets...

Manifestation means bringing your desires from your inner self into your physical realm. With some practice, one can attain this art of manifestation without any level of spirituality to be attained in specific. You can take different routes either way or get used to numerous habits. Here, below are some...

Patrick Lucchese built a reputation on helping small companies plan for and execute successful initial public offerings, but his true legacy may rest with a favela in the south of Brazil.  “I believe that helping people is the best legacy that you can leave,” he said. “I try to help...

Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have an exciting opportunity to foster a sustainable business from the ground up. They can communicate with their customers on a personal level, giving them a unique ability to create loyalty by sharing how well they make progress on their goals and align with company...

When business leaders think of network connectivity for industrial enterprises today, they tend to think of Wi-Fi and LTE or 5G connectivity. However, these networks on their own fall short of providing effective non-stop connectivity.   Wi-Fi brings the benefits of high speed and capacity to support an increasing concentration of...

Middle management is in trouble. These leaders (I refer to them as the B-Suite) are typically too senior for training but too junior for executive coaching. They are responsible for bridging the gap between strategy and organizational capacity, and they act as the eyes and ears of the executive, and...