CEO Agenda

I recently heard of a male CEO approaching his female Director of Communications about their March publication to members. He wanted her to move the ‘International Women’s Day’ feature to the back of the magazine and profile some men in the front. Tone-deaf at best. Bias or sour grapes at...

A great deal has been written about growth mindset and how it applies to leadership. The theory, originated by Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck, argues that each and every one of us has the capacity to view the world as either limited or unlimited, closed or open or, in Dweck’s...

Stress has reached an all-time high – before the pandemic 80% of workers were experiencing stress, according to the American Institute of Stress. Now those numbers are even more staggering. From remote work causing undue stress for workers, especially those with school-aged children to the “on-call” nature of work, human...

Any executive’s choice to use data-driven decision making is admirable. On the surface, it’s the responsible approach to avoid making costly decisions — especially since executives can directly influence hundreds and thousands of people’s livelihoods. However, this paradigm can end up becoming a shackle that limits your team and company....

2021 has rolled around, with many companies continuing to operate remotely. This new dispersed workforce reality has made building and maintaining company culture a persistent challenge. How do you keep your culture alive? Who should be the advocate of company culture? Does that responsibility still rest on HR even though...

The “expertise on-demand” marketplaces. The competition for talent is changing at a speed that we have not predicted. If you are a small or medium enterprise (SME), the traditional way of attracting talent was that you hired the best applicant who responded to your ad. Usually that worked well for...

With regard to television advertising in the 1970’s, it was said that “if you do not pay for the product, you are the product.” While advertising has changed, that observation is just as true today. This past week we all received a lesson on how the market works and how...

More business moving online means unprecedented cybersecurity threats, and companies that prioritized cybersecurity as a vital business function were better able to handle the transition. Several major cybersecurity trends have emerged over the past year, including greater cloud adoption and increased need for comprehensive threat management. To better navigate the...

According to Statista, the hand sanitizer market will likely increase from $3 billion in 2019 to $7 billion by 2025. Beyond that, other products that relate to one's hygiene are likely to experience big jumps as well. 2020 served as a masterclass for the importance of practicing personal habits we...

Living in the US, it’s easy to believe that the Amazon retail platform will eventually eat retail altogether. Its advantages are well known, sellers seemingly cannot avoid it (much as they may want to), and Amazon itself is transitioning from its own retail operations into a marketplace platform. It seems...