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Generally speaking, managers can be broadly defined as one of three types: the Builder, the Maintainer, and the Destroyer. How you manage the details of your sales team, especially the way you hold your people accountable to them, will show up in one of these three ways. You’re a leader...

With all the management tools and theories available, you’d think we’d have management down to an exact science. Unfortunately, that’s not the case. The largest Gallup survey of employee engagement showed that 87 percent of staff are not engaged, which, needless to say, is a huge drain on productivity. The...

As far as metrics are concerned, Key Performance Indicators (KPI) are deeply engrained in the management of businesses. From the boardroom to the frontline, leaders and employees at all levels are focused on delivering against an acknowledged set of outcomes or goals. Moreover, they regularly receive quantitative feedback on their...

The era of the chief risk officer (CRO) is upon us. Disruptions across the world are spurring changes in risk oversight and leading many organizations to think long and hard about adding a CRO. Consider the numbers: LinkedIn reports the number of CROs in the U.S. is rising. The RIMS...

CEOWORLD magazine, the world's leading business publication, has announced the appointment of Leo Bottary to its External Advisory Board (EAB). Leo is the founder and managing partner of Peernovation, LLC and has served as a CEOWORLD magazine Opinion Columnist for the past three years, where he has contributed more than...

With the challenging business landscape becoming more disruptive, with multiple balls in the air to juggle such as people, change, technology, strategy, hybrid working and constant innovation it’s no wonder many leaders are managing their teams instead of leading them. Many leaders and teams are, feeling time poor, skill stretched,...

The biggest danger facing an accomplished CEO isn’t another lockdown, competition or technological obsolescence. The looming threat, which is a product of success, is CEO Syndrome: the externally-inflated ego that leads a CEO to be certain of their own judgment and allows them to self-insulate from honest feedback and diversity...

The answer to such a straight question isn’t as obvious as you might think. In fact, this issue has been hotly debated in management and finance circles for decades now. While plenty of anecdotal evidence suggests that CEOs can make or break a firm – remember how every time Steve...

Just like money, our time and capacity are finite.  Good money managers understand this fact and weigh the opportunity cost of their investment decisions in the context of their clients’ goals.  Likewise, leaders who create new markets, new industry standards, or new levels of performance understand the principle of missed...

Of course, C-suite executives have a significant amount on their plates when leading their respective areas of the company. And in many cases, the changes brought on by COVID-19 have worsened their stress and anxiety. Thankfully, there are some tried-and-tested ways to better manage their workloads, become more efficient and...