CEO Insights

CEO Satya Nadella’s story of his first-ever interview at Microsoft, where he was asked how he would react seeing a baby crying in the middle of the road, and his response found short on empathy, has by now gone into corporate folklore. Rational, intelligent and effective actions have always been...

Two Powerful Practices for Encouraging Your People with Mindfulness and Resolve. The news remains jampacked with the latest developments surrounding COVID-19. Cities and entire states remain under “stay at home” orders, while medical professionals care for people and research cures. It is our duty as business leaders to help our...

A fellow father came up to me recently and shared a story about how his ten-year-old son came running home from school into the kitchen and asked for a chocolate biscuit. When the father asked him for the magic word, his son replied, “NOW!” Although leading in an instant generation...

We’re at the edge of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and in the midst of a global pandemic turning countless businesses upside down. The strains on corporate culture are profound — as are the pressures on leaders. But even before the recent economic and social upheavals, the corporate culture concept was...

A few months ago, I asked my daughters to read a few chapters from the manuscript of my new book.  One piece of feedback I received was about a section in the Introduction, where I defined some key terms. My daughter Kristin liked that these definitions created a shared understanding...

The best leaders always care about their people and act like it. Treating others with dignity and respect, rather than proverbial cogs in the wheel, has been repeatedly proven to engender trust, loyalty, and productivity. Many leaders give lip service to valuing their employees, both collectively and as individuals. But...

Crises can define CEOs and cement their abilities to guide an organization. As business leaders navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, we asked eight former C-suite leaders of global workforces, who sit on the Advisory Board and Board of Directors of InStride, to share their perspectives on leading through a crisis. Collectively,...

Knowledge is firstly accumulated by creating new knowledge from organizational intellectual capital and acquiring knowledge from external environments. This knowledge exchange with external business partners develops innovative environments that can enable leaders to creating a more innovative climate in companies. This knowledge process enhances the capabilities of leaders to play...

The closest parallel to today’s COVID-19 pandemic might be the 1918 Spanish flu outbreak, which is a time few living people can remember. Consequently, modern executives are now expected to make unprecedented management decisions without any direct experience or information. Still, that doesn’t mean they can’t evaluate what has worked...

The COVID-19 pandemic is challenging leaders worldwide in ways most have never experienced. The health of your employees and their families is threatened. You are experiencing an extreme range of challenges. Some of you are under government orders to close or demand for your products has disappeared. For others, demand...