No-one wants to be unhappy at work, and no employer wants an unmotivated workforce. Considering how much of our time is spent at work, it’s important that employees feel happy and engaged with their jobs, colleagues and managers. However, it’s inevitable that at some point, business leaders will have to deal with an employee handing […]
James Murray is the CEO of Send for Help Group. Send for Help is the largest lone worker protection firm in the world and makes GPS safety devices and smartphone apps protecting more than 150,000 people. The firm—based in Kingston, Surrey—was founded in 2010 by brothers James and Will Murray, a third generation of tech […]
Nothing is as invisible as the obvious, but chances are, you’re not paying close enough attention to notice. Take your workforce for example. On average, almost half of the workforce spend is on non-payroll workers and service providers. It is assumed that human resources, procurement and department managers have a handle on how this ‘external […]
Hafan Cymru is a charitable housing association that provides accommodation and support to women, men, their children and young people across Wales, offering a complete package of support provided to help people with a wide range of needs. Siân Morgan joined Hafan Cymru as Chief Executive on 4th January 2016, and she is ultimately responsible […]
Combining a hectic travel life, always on the go, with health and environment consciousness altogether? It just sounds almost impossible. A busy executive taking time to drive every day across London just to try, taste and choose the right herbs and vegetables, like a Chef would do, at their most reliable stores and suppliers that […]
As consumers, we find ourselves in increasingly asymmetric relationships with the companies that sell goods and services to us. In the most extreme cases, companies discover even more about us than our own families do. But to us, the way companies operate and make decisions feels increasingly like dark arts, despite us living in a so-called […]
Even in the pre-digital age, financial news travelled fast. Humans’ hard-wired love of both gossip and profit have long combined to make stock tips, trading floor rumours and market hunches a potent force. Potent not just because of the speed at which they travel, but because of their ability to not just reflect the market, […]
The success of a business (and subsequently, its CEO) tends to be judged on the basis of hard facts and numbers such as revenue, investment, product development, and innovation. These are certainly critical metrics – but if achieving success were really that simple, every business with the right assets on paper would experience exponential growth. […]
Maintaining a work/life balance is a challenge for the vast majority of committed workers, but for CEOs, the problem is much more pronounced. It’s driven by numerous factors: a huge workload, a belief that they need to set an example and an inability to relinquish control. This all culminates in them ultimately never being able […]
When we at CEO Today spoke with Frik Rademan, we asked him about the path that led him to become CEO of AVBOB. He studied part-time through the University of South Africa (UNISA) whilst working at an audit firm, and subsequently accepted a job with Anglo American Corporation (Gold & Uranium Division) as a Senior […]
From handling multiple failures to achieving enormous success in his life, the success story of Jack Ma proves that hard work and dedication can change a person's fortune. Startup stories proudly presents this motivational biography of Alibaba Founder, Jack Ma.
By Louisa Rochford Apple Inc. reached a valuation of one trillion dollars in August of this year, the first of this phenomenon in history. At the time, the company was in tight competition with Amazon, both vying for this historic milestone—and it’s clear who won the race. However, while only briefly, Amazon reached trillion-dollar […]
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