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Sundar Pichai & the Road to Becoming the CEO of Google

September 2, 2022

Sundar Pichai has firmly held the number-one position on CEO Today’s Top 50 CEOs list for over two years. To celebrate his brilliance and achievements as the CEO of one of the biggest companies in the world, we tell you his truly inspiring story below.

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How CEOs Can Banish Their 'Imposter Monsters'

August 31, 2022

Jenny Devonshire, Founder of Pause2Perform, the corporate wellness solution focusing on improving performance, tells The CEO Today that, “Imposter syndrome can be defined as ‘a collection of feelings of inadequacy that persist despite evident successes. Imposters suffer from chronic self-doubt and fraudulence, that override any feelings of success or external proof of their competence,’ and it may surprise you to know that while 7 out of 10 people will suffer from Imposter Syndrome at some point in their life, 8 out of 10 are at CEO level.”

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Thinking Space: Space Must be on the Agenda of Every Future Board Meeting

August 1, 2022

There are just under 5,000 working satellites orbiting earth. By the end of 2029, conservative estimations are suggesting no less than 107,000 satellites will be orbiting earth as we enter the 2030s. At the same time, hyperscalers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft are building the Ground-Station infrastructure, designed to capture, store and […]

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Together for Tomorrow

July 29, 2022

W. Kenny Massey is the President and CEO of Modern Woodmen of America - a nearly 140-year-old, member-owned, fraternal financial services organisation based in Rock Island, Illinois. Modern Woodmen serves nearly 730,000 members throughout the United States.

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What’s the Future of Crypto & NFTs?

July 29, 2022

Viktor Uzunov is a 30-year-old Bulgarian-born blockchain entrepreneur and marketing specialist. He moved to London in 2011 to pursue a career in finance and after trying university and studying for a degree in International Relations at the University of Greenwich, he dropped out after his second year to gain some practical experience and start an entry-level marketing position in a small London company. After a year there, Viktor managed to talk his way into a Marketing and Client Entertainment role at Jefferies LLC without having an inkling of what exactly he was supposed to be doing. Fast forward a few years and he managed to climb all the way to becoming Strategy Marketing and Client Entertainment Manager for EMEA/AP and a master of the craft.

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How to Avoid the Sale of a Company or a Merger Leaving a ‘Twitter Taste’

July 29, 2022

Twitter’s plans to sue Elon Musk proved another twist in a fractious deal. It’s been an acrimonious acquisition process and the entrepreneur’s intentions to countersue the social media company suggest there are more difficulties to come before a resolution is finally reached.

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Flexibility, Not Four Days: Why Autonomy is the Key to a Productive Workforce

July 29, 2022

As of July, thousands of UK employees have enjoyed a three-day weekend, every week for at least six months, with zero loss of pay. To most of us, it sounds like a dream scenario—after all, a bank holiday is often the highlight of a working month. But what effect would regular extended weekends have on business profits? And can workers really be as productive in four days as they were in five?

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Sustainability: Are You Contributing to the Communities You Serve?

July 29, 2022

“I wish I had been more thoughtful about our company’s impact on its communities” was a comment I didn’t expect to hear from CEOs I’ve interviewed.

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Top 5 Luxury Destinations for Summer 2022

July 29, 2022

With the beach holiday season in full swing, we round up CEO Today’s top five luxury holiday destinations for summer 2022.

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The Top 8 Business Reads for the Beach

July 28, 2022

CEO Today’s ultimate summer 2022 reading list.

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The Secret Reason Elon Musk Pursued Twitter

July 1, 2022

Elon Musk’s offer to purchase Twitter caused investors to pummel Tesla, gouging out billions of dollars in Tesla’s market value. Investors doubted he could run both companies equally well, let alone all of his other holdings.

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How Tennis Serves Up a Lesson in Simplicity that Organisations Should Learn

July 1, 2022

The Wimbledon tennis tournament is in full swing. Tennis is a unique sport in many ways with its bizarre scoring system; the number of biomechanical, equipment, surface and weather variables it brings into play; and, the complex interaction between mentality and physicality that it demands of its players. But perhaps the biggest oddity in tennis is a fundamental difference in the nature of the spectator sport versus the participation sport: although the vast majority of club players almost always play doubles, almost all of them prefer to watch singles. These are two massively different games in terms of patterns of play, technique and strategy, and it strikes me as quite strange that people choose not to watch the sport they play and vice versa. I can’t think of any other sport in which this dichotomy exists.

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