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In working with CEOs for decades, we acknowledge how difficult this question really is. In the past 15 years we’ve seen growing interest in developing more emotional intelligence and with it, executives being more open to the advantages of greater transparency and authenticity.  That inevitably raises the issue of vulnerability. ...

Rinat Leonidovych Akhmetov is well-known in Ukraine as a successful businessman and enthusiastic philanthropist. Akhmetov has used the success from his business dealings to make generous charitable investments that have benefited Ukrainian people for over a decade. Rinat Akhmetov: The Successful Ukrainian Businessman One of the most notable achievements of...

For more than a year, the global aviation industry has faced its greatest crisis to date and in 2020, it suffered the heaviest losses in history. Like other global carriers, Turkish Airlines and Turkish Cargo had to adapt quickly to face many challenges – from limitations imposed by countries on...

If ex-post allocating and apportioning of indirect costs can be done in a particular way, but just as well in another arbitrarily chosen way (see the various methods; splitting or sharing common costs ultimately into the unit-costs of individual products), then proven outcomes i.e. true integral unit-costs and consequently reliable...

A popular consumer goods company needed a strategic transformation to find its place in the growing health and wellness segment. The board hired a new CEO to lead the charge – a solid start but that alone was not enough. To make the transformation successful, the top leadership team would...

There is no question of the importance of innovation right now. It is a critical muscle for getting a business back to growth. But there is one innovation skill that is surpassing the rest in the current climate. It is a skill that some of the worlds’ most innovative companies...

When I first started running my company, The Film Festival Doctor, during the first two years of trading, I began to work extremely long hours which consisted of 16-hour days, seven days a week and surviving on five hours sleep each night. Inevitably, I was burnt out but I still...

Some people may want to work part-time to add a little extra to their monthly income and others may start their career from scratch. It is hard to be asked about your previous experience and not have anything to respond to or present in your CV. On the other hand,...

The statistics around employee engagement are startling. According to Gallup, for the past 10-20, around 45-50 percent of US Employees are disengaged, with a further 10-15 percent actively disengaged. I use this graphic as a perfect example of what that really means and the impact that it is having on...

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...