CEO Insights

I love mornings. What a great feeling, waking up fresh, well-rested, and full of energy. My mind is clear. I’m optimistic and powerful. For those first few minutes, the 24 hours that lie ahead seem full of possibility, and I just know it’s going to be a good day. Of...

Government spending on defense contracts topped $445 billion in 2020. These contractors inhabit a realm where classified and top-secret information is their focus. It stands to reason, then, that security should be at the highest level. Although budgets are often allocated to defend the perimeter, there’s another potential exposure point that’s...

Thirty-six years ago, a young Afghan girl peered through haunting green eyes from the cover of National Geographic’s June issue. She was Sharbat Gula, orphaned during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and in 1984 she, her siblings, grandmother, and scores of other refugees had fled on foot toward Pakistan. The...

In the words of Laozi, 'When the best leaders finished their work, their people would say we did it ourselves.’ Are you dealing with a high-stakes decision that needs your attention and decisiveness? Perhaps it’s your subsequent funding round, budget cuts, or layoffs. Whatever the scenario, the ability to lead...

The global COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated remote working, with figures from a Gallup survey from 2020 showed that 62 percent of employed US adults were working part or full time from their homes. While data in the UK compiled from a survey by the Office for National Statistics showed that on...

Executives are faced with challenging economic conditions today. Transformational leadership is the new competitive advantage and the organizations that embrace it will survive while those that do not will find their organizations facing possible acquisition. Thus, executives must understand that transformational leadership can effectively lead organizational change to successfully implement...

Who hasn’t got plenty on their ‘to-do’ list, and how often do we get to the bottom of the list and get it all done? The load of work, tasks, chores and projects we want and need to achieve can be endless. Many of us spend time in a state...

Have you found yourself on too many Zoom calls debating what direction a marketing campaign should go in? Have you heard your team bickering in meeting after meeting about what feature consumers will want in a new product? Have you just found your organization struggling to make a decision, any...

The Fourth Industrial Revolution is characterized by interconnectivity via digital tools. The COVID-19 pandemic nudged that digital transformation forward a few steps, but entrepreneurs transitioning out of the pandemic will need to find ways to use technology to improve their bottom lines. Here are a few great examples of how...

It’s happening in this world of working from home, living with lockdowns and isolations – overwhelm. That feeling when everything is too much. Too much work, too much emotion, too much information. Argh! As a leader, you’ve got to take care of your own wellbeing, workload and overwhelm, but there’s...