Creativity is not something you’re born with but a skill that can be gained through practice. However, as a CEO, you can jolt your creativity muscle to improve your inherent potential to develop creative thoughts with the correct practice and determination. As the author Austin Kleon discusses, creativity isn’t about innate skill or genius. Austin says that everyone can be creative. It all comes down to curiosity, focus,…
There’s only so much you can accomplish in a day, right? But then, how is it that some people manage to be so productive when others struggle to get a single thing done on time? How do some people become billionaires at a young age while others fail to get their careers kick-started? How did Elon Musk become such a successful CEO in such a short time? A…
A common misconception among many is that every entrepreneur can be a CEO. It’s not necessarily true. Every entrepreneur does not have the makings to be CEO…and vice versa. When you launch a business, you become an entrepreneur. But the role of the CEO comes into play once the business grows in size with more parties coming on board. To determine whether you identify yourself as an entrepreneur…
While CEO styles and talents might be challenging to create and comprehend, they are critical to the success of any company or organization. Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) have strong leadership abilities to successfully manage their enterprises in achieving their strategic purpose and objectives. Every CEO is a leader in their unique management style. It depends on the climate and the sector if certain CEO leadership styles are more…
CEOs reach the top in their field not necessarily by following in the steps of their predecessors. In fact, breaking rules has become common. Consider the following five examples! 1. Mark Zuckerberg Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, has had a long and strenuous journey with his company. Everything from hate speech to vaccine misinformation, Facebook has had it all. The inappropriate content has left a sour taste in…
U.N. research finds that women CEOs hold only a third of all top leadership positions in public administration. And governments are worried. A report from two prominent CEO groups under the United Nations did a compilation of data. The discovery was that gender gaps continue to exist and that women are still methodically stopped from advancing to positions of influence at top levels. In many of the 170…
When you think about developing stronger leadership throughout your company, you probably picture training sessions, strategies, and conferences designed to strengthen leadership skills. Leadership training is absolutely critical, but so is access to accurate data. In fact, it could be argued that data is more important than leadership training. Without access to accurate data, all the training in the world won’t help your CEOs make important business decisions.…
Workforce-related personnel choices will be critical to the CEO in the future because of two things, namely remote work and a labor shortage. Workforce-related choices in personnel will be highly critical in the future. These choices, which are always vital in a CEO’s job, are due to two historically significant and uncommon macro-trends, namely the transition to remote work and the severe and long-lasting labor shortage. As we…
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,…
