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With an ambitious vision and a deep sense of ethical responsibility, Yerkin Tatishev and Kusto Group have launched an initiative to build a sustainable protein export business and modern agricultural sector in Kazakhstan. Innovative entrepreneurs like Yerkin Tatishev, Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kusto Group, are...

The last decade completely transformed the way in which we do business. Back in 2010, many of the concepts that are now integral to digital commerce—smartphone technology, mobile commerce, BOPUS, etc.—were still in their infancy, if they existed at all. That said, the new decade ahead of us will almost...

What will customers expect and encounter when they interact with you and your business in 2025? I know that the question is asking about a distant horizon line, but it wasn’t long ago that 2020 seemed like it was forever away. As a consultant to Fortune 500 companies, I have...

I’m on LinkedIn quite frequently.  It’s such an amazing platform for learning, growing professionally and engaging, sharing business ideas with other like-minded people.  I post and engage on an almost daily basis. It’s changed the way I think about and do business because of the brilliant minds I come across....

Let’s say you’re interviewing a new applicant for a job and you feel something is off. You can’t quite put your finger on it, but you’re a bit uncomfortable with this person. She says all the right things, her resume is great, she’d be a perfect hire for this job...

As the days go by, the world continues to flourish in the digital world as the addiction to social media perpetuates. With this development, online marketers target their consumers on digital platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter. However, censorship has limited the use of these platforms, which has...

Around the world, the fading economic growth is a challenge, including China, though something indicates that the Chinese government is already trying to reverse the trend. The macroeconomic data from China has been surprisingly positive lately, particularly that the private manufacturing sector signals progress, which was quite unexpected. The Caixin...

A recent study shows that women at S&P 500 companies represent only 5% of CEOs. Gender disparity occurs in executive boardrooms, too, where women make up 16% of board members among the S&P 1500. There’s no question that we need to do more to develop women at all career stages...

Most aspiring CEOs don’t sit around pondering how to be more hesitant. Perhaps it’s time they did. As Sam Walker, deputy editor at the Wall Street Journal notes, “Most reluctant leaders, Eisenhower included, don’t have big personalities. They achieve status in organizations by lowering themselves in relation to their subordinates and...

Positional Power: I have spoken to many CEOs and Senior Leaders whom I support about the notion of positional power. Put simply, positional power is the use of your power (of authority) to get things done. This type of power is something you exert over others. It is the use...