Secrets of Success

Great CEOs are great coaches. Whether they run big corporate beasts or smart small companies, CEOs only deliver by growing the mindsets, capabilities and ambitions of the people around them.

To maximise the chances of your business succeeding, you need a data-driven approach. This is even more important when the decision to be made is of high importance for your business's survival and success.  An insight-driven approach…

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…

Good thinking is the basis of all good work. Our brains are incredible, complex machines – while we tootle about our day, a network of neurons are firing and wiring to enable us to undertake everything from mundane tasks to complex…

According to Forbes, Jeff Bezos has an estimated net worth of $136.1 billion at the time of writing, making him one of the richest people on the planet. Most of Bezos’ wealth stems from his shares in Amazon, which he founded in 1994 from…

What is the core of great leadership? Is it heroism, the leader as an inspiring spearhead who can march her troops to collective achievement? Is it service, the leader as an enabler who is there to supply his team with the resources they…

With the cost-of-living crisis, the ‘great resignation’ and the energy crisis all building momentum, HR and business leaders need to go above and beyond to keep their teams motivated and engaged. The importance of fostering a healthy…

The Cambridge Dictionary describes a CEO as “Chief Executive Officer: the main person responsible for managing a company, who is sometimes also the company's president or chairman of the board.” Although there is no standardised set of…

Christina Kosmowski, CEO at LogicMonitor, shares her top tips for the next generation of female leaders. For a woman in business, it can be lonely at the top. Historically, the representation of women in the boardroom has been shamefully…

As a CEO, for me, there were a few top lessons that I learned over a 10-year period that actually I wish I'd known the day I started. Just reflecting on them now, they seem so simple but I just didn’t have a grip on them on my first day as…

Many entrepreneurs spend at least the first year of business going it alone. However, any successful business owner will tell you that in order to succeed you eventually need to let go and delegate so that your company can grow.  In this…

Seated shoulder to shoulder with the senior directors, I once again found myself in the boardroom of a Fortune 500 company. “We need to make some critical decisions here. Surely not all of these goals are our number one priority. Our…