Executive Insider

And it most definitely begins with people we give the right to “Leadership”.  There are 2 absolutes about the “Leadership” role:  1) Their experience and skills match the role (for instance if people are put into wrong roles & higher grades without prior experience & prior skills that the role...

Leadership has been highlighted as the behavior indicative of friendship, mutual trust, respect, and warmth. The key to leadership is based upon satisfying basic needs and verbalizing feelings of admiration, respect and trust toward themselves to meet higher desires through inspiring followers to provide newer solutions and create a better...

According to the McKinsey research, about half of executive transitions fail! Are you surprised? I am not. I hear a lot about the struggles of emerging executive leaders during my listening tours. You may wonder what causes such a high number of transitions being unsuccessful. It is connected with the fact that...

Goals are essential to every individual and organization. However, setting those goals is meaningless unless you pay attention to the course you’re traveling. We all start at Point A en route to our Goals and Objectives (Point C). Unfortunately, far too often, individuals and organizations get off track and get...

The strategist's dilemma: According to Forbes, the amount of data created in the last two years is more than 90 percent of the world's total data combined. Furthermore, IDC Global DataSphere forecasted in May 2020 that more than 59 zettabytes of data would be created, captured, copied and consumed in...

The Consumer Product Goods (CPG) industry has undergone several significant shifts over the last few years. The role of digital in the CPG business has evolved and continues to, customer preferences have changed drastically, and compliance imperatives have driven the industry towards stricter, better, and customer-centric standards. In the last...

After three years and more than two hundred episodes featuring interviews with some of the world’s most influential thinkers, it’s a fair statement that I’ve learned a thing or two. Thirty, to be precise. I am privileged to host FranklinCovey’s On Leadership With Scott Miller podcast, now the world’s largest...

As a CEO, you’ve got a lot on your plate. You’re dealing with busy, unpredictable schedules, late hours, ample travel time and many conflicting responsibilities vying for your attention. While this demanding and energizing lifestyle might be one of the things you love most about your job, it also takes...

Over the course of the past three weeks, the International Olympic Committee and this year’s host Japan have doled out hundreds of bronze, silver, and gold medals – symbols given to athletes for reaching the height of human achievement in whatever sport they’ve dedicated years to being the best. Long...

The way in which organizations innovate, and places where they are based to do this, have changed profoundly over the last decade due to two overall trends – convergence and disruption. Companies have moved away from closed innovation models to more open approaches in which organizations and places work in...