Executive Insider

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...

The economy is unpredictable and there is even a whole sector on economic science, the so-called behavioral economics, that deals with how people choose what they will buy and what determines their consuming habits. Here are some industries that did extremely well in terms of profit. Educational institutions Education has...

A healthy and fully functioning immune system is vital to running a business. It recognises and combats threats, like bacteria and viruses including the COVID-19 virus and maintains health during times of increased stress. But what exactly is the immune system and what can you do to keep it healthy?...