CEO Debate

One big story emerged from the 2023 World Athletic Championships in Budapest: Australian Nina Kennedy and Olympic champion Katie Moon of the United States sharing gold after tying in a nail-biting women’s pole vault final. Many celebrated the decision, praising the duo for sports(wo)manships, while others criticized the two athletes...

Interpersonal and other relational soft skills underpin a team, department, or even an entire company’s ability to work together. Because they’re less quantifiable, these crucial aspects of a team’s health and effectiveness are often underplayed and undervalued, especially in competitive or stressful situations. However, in these stressful moments, when deadlines...

In the ever-evolving landscape of business, CEOs are perpetually on the lookout for innovative solutions to maintain competitiveness, drive growth, and ensure long-term sustainability. Today, we find ourselves at the precipice of a new era, where Artificial Intelligence (AI) is poised to revolutionize the way we work, communicate, and collaborate....

The “big secret” of innovation is that you must master the process before you can come up with content, or what makes up a truly breakthrough idea.  This means that it’s important through the innovation process that you concentrate on continuously finding and solving important problems, which requires that you concentrate on process....

In the world of leading companies, CEOs carry a heavy load of responsibility in steering their organizations towards success. Amidst chasing business goals, one critical factor often goes unnoticed: the CEO's own health. Yet, research and experience consistently stress how a healthy lifestyle significantly boosts productivity, decision-making, and overall accomplishments....

In an era where technology has seamlessly woven itself into the fabric of our daily lives, the way we work has undergone a profound transformation. The traditional office, with its cubicles and water coolers, is giving way to a more flexible, digital, and boundary-less environment: the virtual workspace. As companies...

With over $182 billion of new annuity sales in the first half of this year alone, annuities are more popular than ever.  Baby boomers may be drawing unprecedented attention to retirement planning, but annuities were first introduced to America in 1759 when Presbyterian ministers in Pennsylvania contributed to a fund...

The value of presence occurred to me while standing in a small community hall in Iwate Prefecture, Japan, in early 2011. It was the aftermath of the tsunami that devastated so much of the east coast of that beautiful country and claimed close to 20000 lives. Once again, I found...

A vice president in an engineering firm called us. “I’m in a tight spot,” he said. “I have a great team, and we’re performing at an all-time high. But I’m losing the support of the board. I’ve made a few mistakes and even a few enemies. I’ve got three strikes...

Many executives complain that their efforts to hire Gen Z employees have generally ended in disaster. Some have declared that they had to fire Gen Z workers who had been on the job for less than a month. These so-called leaders have a long list of complaints about Gen Z...