archiveChief Encouragement Officer Insider

Being a mother means being “on the clock” 24/7, 365 days per year. In many ways, being in a leadership role can sometimes feel the same way. Each day brings on a new set of challenges, and sometimes there is no telling what those challenges will be, when they will...

Justin Halladay feels fortunate to have been involved with several entrepreneurial ventures so far in his career. Currently self-employed in the information technology industry, Halladay has also launched companies in the education and sales fields. His work in IT has taken him in many different directions, among them software development...

James Watt and the leadership team at BrewDog have plans to open a £12M eco-friendly brewing facility. This bio-energy plant will fuel the production of 176M pints of craft beer per year and reduce carbon emissions by 7,500 tonnes.  The plant will be located at BrewDog’s Ellon base, where the...

Business intelligence, or BI, has become a buzzword across industries, encompassing the various processes, tools, and methodologies that enable companies to collect data, analyze it, and get better answers to key questions. Business intelligence is a data-driven process of understanding your business so you can make better decisions based on...

Partnerships are the backbone of any business. The relationship between CEO and CFO is the most important of them all. A CEO choosing their CFO is like a Presidential candidate searching for their VP. The CFO is the CEO’s co-pilot, trying to navigate the company through each hurdle. CFOs help...

As a CEO or C-level executive, you may feel that your biggest financial opportunity from your services with a new company may not be your cash compensation, base salary or bonus, but rather your equity package. There may be one or more of several reasons you feel you have a...

Over the last decade, there has been a sharp increase in the expectation for leaders to use data to guide their decision making. Data is a useful resource in our organisations because it helps us understand how we are performing, where things are going well, and where we should focus...

In recent years, many companies have focused on various projects in the field of renewable energy and ESG. Introducing these directions into the structure of their investment strategies, they thus seek not only to attract new potential investors, but also to be in trend. On the other hand, some companies...

Christina– a successful Canadian CEO, married mother of two, was a workaholic. Her life was full of money, power, and a jet-setting lifestyle. If you were to meet with her, you would probably envy her. People surrounded her for advice, and she was called upon at various public conferences to...

Ensuring employees have access to quality information is essential for any organization. An effective information management plan ensures employees have the correct information to do their jobs and meet the demands of their responsibilities. In short, information management is about the individuals (workers, customers,...) empowered with knowledge and actions via...