CEO Insights

I have been founding, scaling, and selling businesses in Los Angeles for more than 20 years. I have seen ups, downs, and everything in between. The peaks and valleys of an entrepreneurial career are intense, and if I have learned anything throughout my tenure it is that they simply cannot...

The unusual challenges businesses faced over the past year forced leaders in every industry to embrace innovation. While many of those changes were great moves, the path forward will require an equal dose of strategy. These suggestions should help you feed your appetite for innovation in the most strategic manner...

"Focus on building a team that trusts and respects each other will lead to company’s success." - Samo Login, co-founder and former chief executive officer of Outfit7. In my life, I have met a lot of people with million-dollar ideas. What I usually hear is, “Let's go in on a...

How is it possible that many countries still have to elect their first female leader? Especially when we think of the many recognized qualities in an influential leader commonly associated with typically feminine traits. A few years ago, the British company WP asked 32,000 people in 13 different countries to...

As I watched Joe Biden up on the podium giving his first presidential address, it struck me that many of the major leadership challenges facing the new President (though of course magnified in his case) are similar for senior leaders within all organizations, at this turbulent time in history. Just...

Radical transparency: It’s a philosophy that’s grown in popularity over the years, one that encourages leaders to increase their openness about everything from organizational strategy and processes to financial data. As a CEO, I’ve always viewed true radical transparency as the level you reach when you go beyond what feels...

No one predicted what happened last year. Our vocabulary expanded, our world view was altered, and for many, the way and where we work changed. While some would like to forget 2020 and just move on, wise CEOs know there are rich lessons to be found in challenging and painful...

One of the foundational ways a business continues to experience growth is through the building of trust with its consumer base, employees, leadership, investors, and causal followers. Trust is the difference between making a sale or investing time and financial resources trying to convince consumers to do business with your...

By any standard, last year was as much chilling as it was unexpected. Simultaneously forced to become at-home teachers, caregivers and breadwinners, many working professionals were driven to the brink of despair. However, with vaccines beginning their distribution and administration, there is light at the end of the tunnel. That...

After a long career that included work in private enterprise, co-founding and running an international public relations agency, and leading such non-profits as CARE USA and AARP, my current role is teaching MBA students. Every business school in America, maybe every school of any kind, proclaims that it creates leaders....