Executive Insider

Employees who thrived through the past year are undoubtedly excellent self-leaders. When life is demanding, unpredictable and uncertain, those who lead themselves from the inside out excel. They have greater focus, direction, and stability. As will be illustrated through some examples below, their capacity to navigate change, ensures they are...

Of all the things that Amazon founder and chief executive Jeff Bezos has accomplished in his storied career, none may be as important as the orderly retirement he recently announced. Bezos, 57, had given no sign that he was going to step away from Amazon. The global pandemic and the...

When it comes to COVID-19, it seems we’re nearing the light at the end of the tunnel. With this sense of calm comes a conundrum, however: Executives have been laser-focused on simply keeping afloat — but priorities that were less pressing through the pandemic are coming back into focus. Here...

The economic impact of the pandemic has been disproportionately hard on women entrepreneurs, according to research published by Tatiana S Manolova, Candida G Brush, Linda F Edelman, and Amanda Elam in SAGE Journals. This extra impact comes from more than one direction, including the fact that women-run businesses tend to...

Which countries have made it to the list of the up-and-coming economy? How does the United Arab Emirates stand out in this context from the rest of the world? The world is subjected to rapid expansion and the growth rate is meant to increase in the coming years. While political...

There is a prevailing mindset among the start-up founders in their journey as to how fast they can make profits, implying, burning up money very fast. The business model of companies like Uber and Airbnb has been adopted by most start-ups. Have you too adapted or adopted one? The path...

It’s not just the money. This was Ralph Anderson’s bottom line take away. I have interviewed many company owners and CEOs while writing my book, Create the Future - for your company and yourself. The owner of a property and casualty insurance agency told me about his experience founding, growing,...

Sometimes even the gold standard still isn’t enough. Since 1995, company leaders and their corporate counsel have leaned on a single, well-respected measure to gauge vulnerability to bribery and corruption risks around the world. The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) is a trusted annual yardstick that ranks the integrity of every country’s...

Investors determine company values based on a wide range of factors, from product differentiation to the outlook for sustainable and profitable growth. Business leaders should use their same criteria as a scorecard to maximize value creation within their company over time. With that in mind, here’s a list of the...

Most start-up founders are labouring under the misconception that their business growth will follow a J-curve, and that their ‘big break’ is always just around the corner.  Whilst this may occasionally hold true for a digital or platform-based business that can design itself for exponential growth, most often the ‘tough...