If you’re new to being the CEO, start with these simple steps to get your bearings. In short, learn how to fake it until you make it! Leading a team is difficult work, but rising to the CEO position takes the difficulties, victories, and lessons of leadership to a whole new level. You are a company’s face, and everyone — customers, partners, workers, and the general public —…
CEO education is a never-ending task. CEOs need continual development in order to fully realize their leadership and managerial capabilities. Learning to be a better CEO is critical for entrepreneurs who didn’t seek to be managers but found themselves in the position due to their own ambitions. Listed below are 13 ways to undergird your authority and pursue your primary objective. 1. Be an inquisitive CEO. For starters,…
The eCommerce market is formed around several major players such as global Amazon and Alibaba. These and other eCommerce giants are quickly becoming ecosystems. Globalization is a trend that all market participants will have to live with. Does this mean that small players have no chance? The CEO of Scallium, Andrey Pavlenko, believes that eCommerce development is closely related to the increasing globalization in the past few years.…
So you’ve achieved gender diversity in your workplace. Great! Now what? Diversity matters, of course — but not just for its own sake. Inclusion is the key to retaining both new and longer-term women employees. And it’s critical to your organization’s success. If diverse employees don’t feel valued and acknowledged, their engagement could suffer. You might find yourself starting the candidate search all over again. As a business…
Running any business is never easy. If you’re an HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) contractor, you’ve definitely had your fair share of challenges. Regardless of the size of your HVAC business, ensuring smooth business operations can be challenging…but not impossible. When HVAC businesses improve their operational efficiency, they enjoy a favorable increase in profits, revenues, and customer satisfaction levels. It also helps their business stay competitive, leading…
Consultants are both a blessing and a curse in the modern business environment. Keep an open mind once the need to hire one becomes clear. Because they are unfamiliar with how the process works, many business owners prefer to hire in-house workers rather than a consultant or fractional resource. Many businesses are more familiar with the position of a full-time employee than they are with the function of…
There’s no simple way to ensure employee loyalty, but that’s precisely why it’s so crucial to try. It will require commitment and honesty. While the financial benefits of improving employee loyalty are evident (turnover costs firms over $1 trillion annually), the cultural and organizational advantages shouldn’t be neglected. Teams that are devoted to your company have higher levels of productivity, synergy, and overall happiness. You and your company…
When it comes to branding, storytelling is everything. The trick is to translate your CEO’s story into something more widely accessible. We, as a society, love stories because they help us understand ourselves and the rest of the world. With company leaders constantly being scrutinized, CEOs have to step up to the challenge of embodying their company’s brand. But does CEO branding matter? We know that if the…
Every property owner wants to increase the value of their rental property. However, when most real estate investors and landlords come to the decision that they want to do so, they usually think they need to invest thousands of dollars in order to get a marginal increase in value. But if you are an experienced landlord you already know that there are certain improvements you can make to…
CEOs don’t really hate marketing; they just like things structured and certain…which marketing isn’t. CEOs must learn to be freewheeling. Marketing Investment: The Reality and Fantasy. Marketing is a hateful thing for CEOs. They can’t do anything about it. They have to pay cold, hard money for something that isn’t guaranteed. Marketing is a passion for CEOs. They are excited about marketing’s potential to drive their company. What…
