CEO Agenda

The marketplace is changing, for both business owners and those seeking employment. The rise of high-velocity markets and an increase in global mobility has led to a unique set of challenges. The high-velocity markets are those markets that experience a number of characteristics such as: frequent launches of new competitive...

Over the past decade, there has been an unmistakable evolution in the role of the CFO, a shift that has only intensified with the adoption of new data-centric business technologies and practices. In the past, organizations searching for a new CFO typically had a choice to make. Did they want...

Arguably, the human resources function should be considered at least equal to your finance function. In most, if not all businesses, people are the single largest cost and, in all likelihood, have the single biggest impact on customer satisfaction and advocacy. In an HBR article, Felix Barber and Rainer Strack...

All executives know data, analytics, and reporting are critical to their operations. Having a solid strategy in place — and the best software to compile the most relevant data and have it ready to share with stakeholders — are key parts of this equation. Here’s how to shore up the...

According to a recent nationwide study, women make up only 28% of the U.S. workforce in occupations that require training in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The underrepresentation of women in these fields seems likely to continue, as men outnumber women majoring in most STEM undergraduate programs. This disparity...

"You have to write your own book. And every day is a page, it's blank and you've gotta get out of your consciousness, find the words, and make the poetry of life!" ―Wim Hof Most celebrities want to write their life story either as a memoir or as an autobiography...

There is a myth that businesses are run basically about making profits. The truth is that businesses are run basically about adding value to customers and clients with an emphasis on ethics. When you look at entrepreneurs including Steve Jobs, Richard Branson, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk, they...

For decades, senior leaders have treated the classic symptoms of a less-than-optimal business operation—low employee engagement, less-than-stellar customer service, poor retention rates, and barely acceptable productivity levels—rather than the problem: An unhealthy company culture. So, despite spending billions of dollars over the past three decades, we've made zero progress. And...

Just like the phone replaced the telegraph, television supplanted radio, and the Internet changed everything, the remote worker trend that skyrocketed during the pandemic is poised to change the world of work forever. In 2020 companies had to move quickly and adapt to remote working on the fly. Even without...

The Delta variant makes it clear the pandemic and all its associated stressors are likely to continue for some time. Employees will need to call on every possible reserve of resilience if they are to continue to meet their obligations, and ideally to thrive in all aspects of their lives....