Executive Insider

In the summer of 2019, I sat down with 10 branding executives—each of whom had advised on some of the most high-profile branding crises in modern history. I gathered their inside perspectives on what works to rebuild brand, and uncovered four guiding principles through which brands can evaluate their post-crisis...

“We are in this together” – this has been the unifying banner under which nearly all businesses have rallied since COVID-19 really hit. Over the first five weeks of COVID-19 we saw a flurry of initiatives from businesses across many sectors, all of them aimed at helping society. During that...

I had the pleasure of working with Ray Pittman when he was the President and CEO of CBRE ANZ. One day I asked him, what he has learned about himself over his career. He told me, ‘I think as I’ve gotten older and more experienced, I’ve realised who I am....

I feel that books are one's biggest stress buster. Whatever happens good or bad, books make you forget the world. In fact, during the current critical situation when everyone is under lockdown, I guess everyone shall develop a habit of book-reading and be consistent with it later as well. So,...

Many of us don’t believe we can be powerful enough to make change, let along to make Champions. It seems to take a lot of effort and is something that other, more powerful people do. Board chairs and CEOs have the formal levers they can use to shift strategy and...

No matter what type of company you run — a retail establishment, an accounting firm, or a custom software development company — it has likely been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in some way. If you’re a restaurant owner, you’ve likely had to shut down or drastically alter the nature...

We are currently in the midst of the largest ever global experiment with remote working. Without question, COVID-19 has accelerated the work from home movement exponentially, with millions of workers transitioning to a home based working environment over night. But will the experiment last beyond lockdown? Yes, but only if...

We are living in a crazy time.  Many organizations are likely to cease to exist. In some instances this is due to their particular line of business and the COVID19 pandemic (e.g., restaurants, beauty care…), but other organizations will cease to exist or become much smaller due to choices made...

We all know that the world is changing, that Amazon is coming to eat your business model, and some startup is going to Uberize your market. Unfortunately, Digital Transformation has become a buzzword synonymous with large consultancies and not business results, and many businesses are jaded. Nowhere is this more...

Believe it or not, this is a great time for executives in career transition to network and to meet people. In my role as a coach for C-Suite members looking for their new jobs, one of the things that we talk about is how important networking is in general and...