CEO Agenda

COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on the Thai economy, which is heavily reliant on tourism both for GDP and for stimulating international trade. The Bank of Thailand expects the economy to contract 8.1% this year following a ban on non-essential international and domestic travel imposed in March in an...

Climate change is a big issue all over the world, worrying to both governments and citizens. Pew Research Center conducted a new survey for climate change and what American citizens believe about the way the government is handling it. 65% of Americans say that the federal government is doing too...

Businesses are reopening. Nations and states are loosening travel restrictions. People are making moves toward a “new normal.” And yet, rising case numbers and unemployment applications show that the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects are far from over. As a business leader, that means you’re still operating under crisis conditions. As with any crisis,...

Last week, I took CEOWORLD Magazine readers for a ride on my most recent learning journey and realized a few aha moments about what’s next and what we need to do to prepare for it. What I learned is preparing for what’s next isn’t going to cut it. That would...

There are several ways to deal with risk. One of them is to include a risk factor into the capital costs. Starting with a risk-free rate some additions are made. Often only discrete rates are used, processing the basic rates and the additions. However, discrete rates do not give guaranteed...

Intangibles have been largely ignored by accounting standards and traditional valuation methodologies. Consequently, many organizations do not have a clear picture of the economic worth of their intangibles. Given the increasing importance of intangibles in driving growth and revenue, a failure to identify and leverage the value of these assets...

It's been 18 years since I changed my arena of combat from the internet industry to the hospitality industry. It was exhausting but the results were not bad: although we were late starters, we overtook our peers in almost every aspect to slowly become the top hotel brand in China....

The Increasing Workforce Diversity Requires New Skills for Leaders and Their Employees    Over the last eight years we’ve noticed a dramatic shift in our clientele. Our firm trains companies and individuals in presentation and communication skills. This shift in our clients’ demographics, which includes Fortune 500 companies, has necessitated us...

As business leaders, we understand the importance of creating a healthy work environment for our employees. At least one-third of our days are dedicated to the roles we play in our professional lives and work often bleeds into more of our personal lives than we anticipate. Particularly as leaders, we...

In the wake of the death of George Floyd and others by police, individuals, corporations, and high-profile donors raised millions of dollars for the Black Lives Matter movement. The movement was founded in 2013 following the acquittal of the killer of Trayvon Martin and developed into a global, decentralized network...