CEO

Having a great boss should be a desirable feature of an organization’s leadership culture. Yet despite earnest attempts in training and development, we have a long way to go. Gallup reports that one in two U.S. adults have left their job to get away from their manager and improve their overall life at some point

The gasps were audible – as were a few snickers. That’s what I heard not long ago when I told a gathering of senior corporate executives that that they should stop thinking of their brands as companies and start thinking of them as candidates.  What did I mean by that?  Glad you asked. What I’ve

When you’re the CEO, and without a hint of selfishness, I’d like to suggest that the culture is all about you.  What you say, what you don’t say, what you do, what you don’t do.  As much as culture is determined by the collective lived behaviours of the organisation (‘how we do things around here’)

As we prepare to head into the new year, organizational leaders must prepare for what’s next for their people, their companies and the world around them. Based on conversations with talent and leadership experts from across the globe, Korn Ferry has identified 10 talent and leadership trends for 2022. 1. The Great Resignation gets worse.

More than 100 years ago, Teddy Roosevelt delivered a speech at Le Sorbonne, University of Paris, titled Citizenship in a Republic, popularly known for its passage “the man in the arena.”  Future Hall of Fame quarterback Tom Brady saw this quote every day in the locker room during his time at the University of Michigan.

As a senior leader, you know that building a workforce characterized by diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is the ethical thing to do. And you’re well aware that doing so delivers vital benefits to your organization—including greater creativity and innovation. But did you also know that excelling at DEI is essential for winning the talent

The pandemic brought many problems facing the business community to the forefront of people’s consciousness – owners, leadership, managers, and employees. As a result, the traditional outlook of having people work long hours and perform tasks without asking questions met a severe roadblock. Due to people changing from working in an office environment to working

Covid-19 has undoubtedly cast an enormous shadow globally, but it has also reshaped leadership.  Rewind two years and some leaders were already embracing behaviors like servant leadership, and new approaches, like hybrid working. As a global people development company, at Insights we put our people firmly at the center of everything we do and work

The keynote speaker is introduced. He or she begins with some introductory remarks and then launches a Power Point presentation while carefully reading, word-for-word, from a script. The speaker seldom looks up from his or her notes to “read the room.” The audience intuitively picks up on the disconnect. The speaker – and the audience

Apple’s Tim Cook is arguably the most influential person and CEO worldwide currently. Cook regularly features in various global rankings for the most influential people and CEOs. One such ranking is TIME’s 2021 influential persons, which ranked Cook in the “Titans” category alongside other influential people such as Tom Brady, Simone Biles, Shonda Rhimes, Swizz

In today’s hyperconnected age, we’re all familiar with the concept of networks, the webs of relationships that connect people or things. Networks influence who you are connected to, where you get your information, and how work gets done. Networks are “intricately intertwined with an organization’s performance, the way it develops and executes strategy, and its ability to innovate,”

Starting a business from scratch isn’t always the right option for everyone. When starting a business from the ground up, there are several obstacles one must overcome before generating large profits is a reasonable goal. From finding a foundation to discovering the dos and don’ts of running a business, building a well-known, trusted company can

Business, like life, is a story of yin and yang. This tale has two dominate players, who are interdependent in the raising of capital needed to get a start-up started.  Firstly is, quite obviously, the entrepreneur. By definition, a “person who sets up a business or businesses, taking on financial risks in the hope of

Good leaders understand that people are their greatest asset.  Prioritising the needs and well-being of your people can have a remarkable impact on the organisation and your bottom line.  In this profit-driven world, we live in today, it’s no surprise that sales, margins, shareholder return and revenue is at the forefront of most leaders’ minds. 

The concept of distance education was already commonly known, but what Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) did, was to ensure accessibility to everyone and anyone in the world. Of course, digital literacy is a major driving force behind the rise in the popularity of MOOCs so there is still a long way ahead. However, the

One of the greatest challenges of a CEO is changing strongly held biases of employees, investors, or customers. The most important initiatives can’t be accomplished through sheer force or position. Rather, to break through and influence someone to embrace a radically different point of view requires a very counterintuitive approach. The bottom line—your intellect, facts,

Millennials and “Zoomers” (members of Generation Z) care far more than previous generations did about making an impact on issues that matter to them. This might have something to do with the fact that they grew up with the internet and had access to boundless information about the inequalities in the world. This also might

Many workers remain teleworking due to the pandemic, and many companies don’t plan to return to the office until 2022. Because the shift to remote work was so successful for many organizations, some workers will be reluctant to head back to in-person work. When approaching the return to the office, leaders need to keep these

A very good friend of mine runs a dental-health business. For the past 20 months she has endured a whipsaw running a business in the Covid-19 era. Her once flourishing venture plummeted early in the Covid pandemic. Then, when business rebounded, she had trouble bringing employees back. Some were not ready to return to the

Predictions were rightly cancelled in 2020; instead, benefits professionals look to 2022 with thoughtful planning. One of my new year’s resolutions is to never make another prediction. If 2020 taught us anything, it’s that predictions don’t hold much water. Instead, I’ve learned to make flexible plans rather than firm predictions. So, it’s with that mindset