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For small businesses struggling to gain traction in the marketplace, there are two common options: continuing to forge ahead or quitting altogether. But there is a third option: pivoting your business to embrace a new strategy for success. “To pivot” entered the business vernacular thanks to Eric Ries, an entrepreneur...

Somewhere along the journey, we’ve lost our way when it comes to authentic, values-based leadership in our organizations. Employees have grown cynical of over-promising and under-delivering. Executives have lost trust for saying one thing, and doing another. Integrity, honesty and leadership from the heart is always what employees are looking...

Much is being made of working remotely. The internet is rife with articles that espouse the benefits of having a completely remote workforce, touting everything from higher levels of productivity to less overhead costs. But while many are tipping remote work as the new trend that the best and brightest...

We all want to work in an environment where people are treated fairly. A place where we feel our voice matters equally, without being dismissed because of our age, gender, or race. But how can we make this dream a reality in companies that have been operating in a different...

New York has been named the world's most exciting city for 2019, according to a survey released by London-based Time Out magazine. Based on surveys of more than 34,000 city-dwellers in 48 different cities worldwide, the 2019 rankings also indicated that "The Big Apple" was also city most people want...

In 2018, the United States had a trade deficit of 621.04 billion. The trade deficit is the result of exporting goods and services worth about $2.5 trillion while importing goods and services worth about $3.12 trillion. To identify the United States' trade deficit from 2000 to 2018, CEOWORLD magazine studied...

Saudi Arabia was the biggest arms importer from 2014-18, which accounted for 12 percent of the total imports during the period leaving behind India. India was the world’s second largest importer of major arms in 2014-18 and accounted for 9.5% of the global total. To identify the biggest arms importers...

Globally, Volkswagen Group, the German automotive giant employed around 656,000 people in the fiscal year of 2018. Additionally, German automotive manufacturing sold 10.9 million cars worldwide in 2018. Volkswagen’s original brand is Volkswagen Passenger Cars; major subsidiaries include Audi, SEAT, Skoda, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, Bentley, Ducati, and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles....

Volkswagen Group’s global car sales crept up to 10.9 million in 2018, from 10.8 million in 2017. The Volkswagen brand itself sold 3.71 million vehicles in 2018, the upmarket volume brand, Audi sold 1.81 million cars, followed by Skoda (1.25 million cars), Seat (528,029 cars), Porsche (268,451 cars), Bentley (9115...

Just about every company these days promises excellent customer service as part of its mission statement. It's no longer something that sets one business apart from another; it is simply standard operating procedure to survive. That being said, great customer service must now evolve to creating a stellar customer experience....