CEO Agenda

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...

As long as people don't know the PROFIT nor the CAPITAL, the YIELD is in the air. Many of the officially presented yield figures are of no use. The same applies mutatis mutandis also to derivative key figures. Financial ratio analysis often lacks evidence. Don't believe any net profit figure,...

When given a choice, most leaders would prefer an economic climate that offered smooth sailing or, better yet, a high tide. Realistically, though, we know there will be storms to weather. March 2020 created a unique time in history when all business leaders were in the same boat, weathering the...

Back in 2019, demonstrating your company’s commitment to supporting environmental priorities was relatively straightforward. You might have made the executive decision to retrofit your office building to suit green-building standards or, if such an investment was out of reach, switch to energy-efficient appliances and solar energy. You could have led...

Economic uncertainty caused by the pandemic has resulted in an uneven year for small to mid-sized businesses. Some verticals, such as e-commerce and grocery stores, have thrived in the stay-at-home environment. Others, like restaurants and the hospitality industry, have experienced drops in income despite their fundamentals remaining strong. And still...