archiveChief Encouragement Officer Insider

Leadership in an entrepreneurial business is a complex fusion that brings together different individual characteristics and skills. However, these diverse characteristics need to work together and achieve the set goals of the business. Leaders have the privilege to have the opportunity to lead, empower and mentor those around them. These...

Traditionally, most prominent families are underpinned by a family office. Often offering everything from estate planning to investment advice, the people serving the family are often as important as the management of companies they own. An institution in its own right, the lightly regulated family office has nevertheless remained surprisingly...

There is much chatter today about the Biden administration seriously taking on Climate Change. In response, there is also “woe is me” chatter from some business leaders. Such a mindset is outdated and ignores an immense opportunity. The presumption has long been that “going green” hurts earnings. Government forces, critics...

88% of change initiatives fail, according to a 2016 report by Bain & Co. And while we can argue about the percentages, the fact that the vast majority of change initiatives, business strategies, mergers and acquisitions fail to deliver – is irrefutable. But we can be among the 1 in...

Respect is one of the invisible and vital elements that make organisations work smoothly and effectively – or not. When respect is present, operations flow well. When absent, there’s friction, which comes with high risks and potentially high costs. A recent report by McKinsey on COVID-19 and the Employee Experience,...

We are depleting our natural resources in an all-out-effort to enjoy our modern comforts. But our single-use throwaway culture isn’t sustainable. We need to find a solution. Can technology be the great enabler as we imagine and engineer the solutions to the planet’s challenges? To answer this question, we first...

Do you have any corporate urban myths? Perhaps you are not sure what an urban myth is or why it is important for business. According to Wikipedia, an urban myth is ‘a genre of folklore comprising stories circulated as true.’ ‘Circulated as true’ is an important part of this definition...

We know that the challenge of leadership has shifted in the last few years to a greater state of uncertainty, ambiguity, and changeability than we have ever seen. The implication of this is that decision making and judgement is increasingly being devolved to the middle – to the B-Suite. While...