CEO Agenda

Stuart Kirk’s now infamous presentation at the Financial Times Moral Money conference has thrown the cat among the pigeons in the world of climate finance and climate politics. In this, he has, maybe, done us all a favor by getting us to question all too comfortable assumptions and beliefs that...

There have been studies regarding older employees living their lives and later leaving the workforce and younger hospitality employees entering the hospitality industry. Understanding this future hospitality workforce is crucial as experiential studies of past generations (Baby-boomers, Generation X and Generation Y) have reported high turnover patterns among the hospitality...

For those of you who are following the story of my Epic trek, you will recall that in pursuit of my ‘Life is Too Short’ Lust List of a yearly adventure and challenge, this year I chose to hike the Larapinta trail in central Australia.  In my last post I...

Millennials were raised to believe they are special. This is where the “generation me” moniker comes from. Millennials were the first generation to routinely receive awards for participation—for something as simple as just showing up. Parents raised their millennial kids to believe that, while they couldn’t excel at literally everything,...

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. In working with a variety of leaders, a handful will still sometimes roll their eyes when you bring up mental health awareness in the workplace, while others smile, nodd, and champion the movement.  Mental health awareness does not have to take form in a...

The success or failure of an organization’s digital transformation ultimately depends on leadership by the CEO. To really transform the company’s technologies and the culture around them, strong leaders have to be equipped with the knowledge, advice, and tools they need in order to effectively lead their organizations through transformation. If you’re...

“I want to be on the fun team!” Believe it or not, this is something I often run across in companies. Somehow, a narrative forms among the employees that their environment is a drab, monotonous slog, and there’s one particular team, one shiny castle in the clouds, that sticks out as...

Canada is the second-largest country in the world after Russia. Blessed with many natural wonders, there is more to the nation than what meets the eye. Not many people know this, but the Canadian passport ranks among the most powerful in the world. Reason? Well, of course, there are many....

Most people (leaders included) are terrified of conflict. The fear is that when two colleagues, teammates, or business partners want different things, it inevitably spells the end of the working relationship. Conflict is then seen as a major problem and to be avoided at all costs. This is such a...

Personal trainers and people who are involved with diets like to say ''we are what we eat.'' We wouldn't go that far, but the choices one makes regarding the gastronomical options they have are crucial. To support the environment, we should start from the cells of the society, which are...