CEO Agenda

Of the many calamities sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the toughest lessons CEOs and business leaders have learned centers around the shakiness of modern supply chains. By mid-2021, just when many businesses were putting pandemic woes behind them, the promising trends toward recovery were squashed. Supply chains quickly...

Planning and forecasting became virtually untenable and often downright unreliable for sales professionals in the last two years, dramatically increasing the reliance and importance of planning that provides real-time insights. According to a recent BARC survey, 89% of respondents claimed that the predictability of events impacting business was low to...

One of the greatest lessons I learned in the military was that everyone is in it together. If the U.S. military goes to war and wins, we all win. The teams that fight directly win, and the teams that never come close to the battlefield win. If we lose, we...

We are in the midst of what many experts are calling the Great Resignation. Not surprisingly, employee retention is a top priority. Traditionally, organizations would use ‘exit interviews to gather information as to what went wrong. This involves asking a series of targeted questions to see what could be done...

Businesses of all sizes must grapple with a host of different regulations and compliance frameworks, depending on their industry or location. It’s too often tedious and time-consuming, leading companies to view compliance as a nuisance more than anything else – one that gets in the way of business. And especially...

Amid a well-publicized worker shortage and near record-low unemployment, Mike Conley, an Indiana-based software engineer seeking a new job faced a seemingly incredulous situation. Conley, who has 25 years of experience, withdrew from consideration for “a role I wanted, the pay I wanted, all the benefits I wanted” at a...

As you start planning for 2022, your top priority should be increasing profit margins. After all, the past two years proved that business trends can change at the drop of a hat. By employing innovative methods that drive profitability, you can navigate the new year more easily. The earnings season...

There are more than 7.5 billion people on Earth, and most speak a native language other than English. Even in the United States, at least 350 languages are spoken. As a brand marketer who hopes to engage these households — as well as international audiences — you'll need to translate your messaging...

It's all in the numbers, stories, and perspective: inclusive leadership is the key to unleashing the true potential of organizations As organizations drive significant investments towards accelerating the charter of inclusivity and diversity within the cultural fabrics of their ecosystem – the leaders of tomorrow, are eulogized to lead from...

If anything became clear out of the global pandemic of 2020-21, it is how many businesses and leaders had done a miserable job at strategic planning – And, worse yet, how many global leading think-tanks and consulting firms were caught with their pants down at their client’s expense! The number...