CEO Agenda

Remember events? Held in large halls, populated with exhibitors and their stands, keynote presentations and break out rooms, they provided a marketplace for ideas, for networking opportunities, and, of course, sales. Of course, to focus on the physical aspect is to underplay corporate events. What they did most of all,...

As federal and state governments deliberate on the best way to reopen the economy, companies without a dedicated HR team are faced with numerous, valid concerns as they prepare to bring their employees back from pandemic-related quarantines. COVID-19 has not only shaken up the economy, but also the psyche of...

The excitement we all felt on New Year's Day when we welcomed in the new decade does seem quite far away, given the unprecedented times we've all experienced on a global scale. The Covid-19 pandemic, which is a very much ongoing experience, will undoubtedly live long in the memory for...

Kerry*, the owner of a creative company, called me in because she was having great difficulty with staff turnover. Projects were getting delayed; details falling through the cracks; remaining staff morale was decreasing. As Kerry and I spoke, she also told me that her family was pressuring her into planning...

I walked into the staff meeting 100s of times – this time as the director. This was going to be different.  Now I was at the head of the table. The one folks looked to for many things. How would I differentiate myself in the leader role? I’d been at...

Crises have impacted human existence for centuries. In recent times several economic crises have made and lost individual and collective fortunes and have profoundly shaped local and world economies, societies, and the communities we reside in. Resorting to a myopic view of a crisis runs the risk of overlooking the...

In today’s world as we witness modernization, most of the time when people touch upon the topic of fitness, they move the discourse towards physical fitness and divert attention from what is more important, that is, mental fitness. Even to this day, there is an enormous amount of population that...

Even as some economies are cautiously reopening since COVID-19 upended life as we know it, companies are not rushing to send employees back to their office buildings. Google, Facebook, Capital One, Twitter, and Zillow are among a growing number extending their work-from-home (WFH) policies far beyond required time periods (indeed,...

Leadership development expert John Spence recently surveyed CEOs worldwide, of companies large and small, to ask them to share lessons they have learned during the ongoing pandemic. “Empathy and compassion are potentially the most important traits of a leader,” said one CEO. “Every minute you spend putting your team first...

Although this was written pre the Covid-19 pandemic, the 21st-century themes have held true, if anything the trends have accelerated as we all adapt to the post coronavirus world. Have you noticed that some of the share market stalwarts and mainstays, like BHP and CBA, haven’t been the best money-makers...