CEO Agenda

Politicians are elected to serve the people of their district, county, state, and country. Great politicians appreciate the honor and authority bestowed upon them to represent their constituents. Good governing requires truth and integrity. When politicians forget these values, the seduction of power becomes a slippery slope toward self-serving, egocentric,...

Innovation is going to be a key driver of growth for organisations and the economy as we look to come out of the pandemic, yet innovation itself is not easy and there are many pitfalls to be avoided along the way. Here are some of the common things that organisations...

Innovation will be a key driver of growth for organisations and the economy as we look to come out of the pandemic. As we look to 2021 as an opportunity for a fresh start how can we reset our organisations’ and teams’ cultures to be more innovative? Here are 6...

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to advance and handle more complex analytical and cognitive tasks, humans throughout the workforce will be increasingly valued for their dexterity with emotional issues, intuition, empathy, and people skills. In businesses and organizations of all kinds, AI will no longer be seen as subservient to...

The good news is that the U.S. unemployment rate fell to 6.7% in November – down by 8 percentage points from its pandemic high in April of about 15%. The bad news is that well-paying jobs are still hard to find, as many positions that were furloughed or eliminated during...

The most successful people are those who are mentally tough.  They choose thoughts that biologically improve their quality of life.   Twenty years ago, I set out to combine what I knew about cognitive neuroscience, brain chemistry, and human performance to create a training method to show people exactly how to...

Nine months ago, when the pandemic completely disrupted our normal ways of doing business, marketers had no playbook to reach for that would offer guidance for keeping their brands relevant and top-of-mind. Prior challenges – from 9/11 to the 2008 downturn – were not completely applicable, since they did not...

We recently published an article about the story of Tony Hsieh. The man is an active entrepreneur who will probably leave his print in the business world for the bold decision to remove the directors from his company as a form of self-organization. We don't suggest moving forward to such...

As humans, we all can expect to experience an ambush of some kind during our lives. In particular, the coronavirus pandemic that came from out of the blue this year and infected hundreds of thousands around the globe, causing more than 1.3 million deaths to date, also shuttered businesses, affecting 3.3 billion...

If you’ve had trouble sleeping the past year, you’re not alone. There’s no doubting the uncertainties of the last year have kept many CEOs awake at night with studies showing insomnia rates rising by as much as 37 percent. Questions filling the heads of many executives, management teams, and boards...