CEO Agenda

Get promoted fast. Be recognized for what you do. Understand your team. Become a better leader. Scale your business. Retain your best employees. All of those sound like goals that employees, managers, and executives have for their professional careers, right? Depending on where you stand on yours right now, it’s...

All too often, charitable giving in the U.S. is an afterthought. Even Giving Tuesday – a movement that serves to incite generosity and celebrate philanthropy – was founded in response to the consumerism-crazed holiday shopping season. Overlooking the anecdotal gift-giving generosity associated with Thanksgiving; it took not one, but two commercialized, profit-driven...

Businesses are cropping up every single day, and the competition seems to be getting stiffer. It is one thing to start a business and another thing to run a successful business. Making your business lucrative in this digital era calls for a lot of commitment, hard work, as well as...

Across the globe, people are divided over whether they should follow America’s or China’s economic & political model; that's according to a new Ipsos survey of 18,500 people across 28 countries. For America, people in India (85%), Brazil (79%), Peru (77%), Poland (71%), and South Africa (68%) are most likely...

Thanks to your holiday shopping, once again Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is the richest person in the world, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Jeff Bezos has a net worth of $113 billion. Bill Gates is just below, at $111 billion. French billionaire Bernard Arnault is in the third position...

The winter holidays are upon us once more, and now is the time to begin thinking about corporate gifts to send to your top clients as a token of your appreciation and gratitude for their business over the past year. Corporate gifts let your valued clients know that they are...

Tiffany & Co's new owner, Bernard Arnault has overtaken Bill Gates to be named the world’s second-wealthiest man, according to Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaire Rankings. It was revealed that French luxury group LVMH which is owned by Bernard Arnault, agreed to purchase the iconic New York jeweler Tiffany & Co for...

The new year is fast approaching, and for many, that means that it’s time to take a good hard look at your business and what changes you need to make to take it to the next level over the next 12 months. I have said this time and time again...

Imposter syndrome is a very real psychological phenomenon. It typically manifests in people who find it difficult to acknowledge that they have a learning curve or that, from time to time, they may need to ask for assistance. Chances are you don’t have imposter syndrome. When you’re starting a new...

Mistakes are part of human nature. We are bound to make them throughout life - your promotional efforts may succumb to some mistakes too. However, that’s nothing to be ashamed of - we live and we learn. It’s important to learn from these mistakes and improve as we proceed in...