When it comes to team-building weekends, you'll often hear of some employees complaining at the thought of sitting in a conference room as they partake in infuriating team building activities while trying to stay awake listening to some boring motivational talks. While team-building exercises are one of the best ways to get to know one […]
Tarek Meliti, founder of TDM Group, explains how to recognise when your company’s MSP isn’t the right fit. Around eighteen months ago, IT departments and IT suppliers were called to action as the effects of the pandemic forced businesses to adopt a much stronger reliance on technology. In fact, as offices closed, IT Managed Service […]
Bridget Grenville-Cleave, a positive psychology consultant specialising in happiness and well-being at work, considers the sphere of influence of CEOs. Our expectations of companies are rising The idea that companies can and should try to change the world is hardly new; Corporate Social Responsibility reporting (sometimes referred to as ‘people, planet, profit’) has been around […]
Andre Oentoro, founder of Breadnbeyond, shares 10 amazing lessons that CEOs can take from Bezos' letters to shareholders. Although many leaders often mention phenomenal tech entrepreneurs as their true inspiration, like Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Ma, Elon Musk, and Bill Gates, Bezos' name used to be overshadowed in the past few years—until his resignation […]
Andrew Duncan, Partner and UK CEO at Infosys Consulting, explains how businesses can meet ESG targets. Economic recovery will need to consider far more than just your business’ – or even your country’s – finances. As we emerge from the pandemic, leaders will be met with equally global issues: climate change and accelerated inequality. To […]
Abdullo Kurbanov, co-founder and CEO of Alif Bank, speaks to CEO Today about Alif and his career so far. You've got an interesting story of coming back home from London against all the odds and building a company in Central Asia. Why start a fintech in Tajikistan? In the early 2010s, the world was reeling […]
As a business owner or leader, it's natural to want the very best for the company, and part of that often involves making sure your employees are doing the best job they possibly can. However, there’s a fine line between supporting and encouraging your employees and micromanaging them. Micromanagement is a term that holds negative […]
At first sight, there may not be much of a link between businesses and democracy. But, if we take a deeper look, we will see that the link is actually very strong. Businesses depend on democracy and with the help of it, they can flourish. Together We Can Flourish In a democracy, people can start […]
Square and Afterpay have entered into a “Scheme Implementation Deed” under which Square will acquire all of the issued shares in Afterpay. The transaction will be paid entirely in stock and is estimated to have a value of $29 billion. Like many other buy-now-pay-later companies, Afterpay has thrived during the pandemic as more shoppers have […]
On 29 July, after a bumpy few months and a fair share of troubled headlines, Robinhood founders Vlad Tenev, 34 and Baiju Bhatt, 36 each sold around $50 million worth of stock. The mobile-friendly discount brokerage, which pioneered commission-free stock trades, generated a profit of just under $2 billion in its public market debut. Following […]
Wayne Johnson, CEO and co-founder of Encompass, explains what pKYC is, why it is yet to materialise, and how businesses can reap the its benefits. Most organisations are embarking on digital transformation programmes to build better customer relationships and have already changed due diligence processes drastically, with a majority already committed to taking a digital […]
Gone are the days when customers had only one or two options available to them due to geographic location and other limiting factors. In an age of e-commerce, there are literally hundreds of thousands of accessible stores selling every product under the sun. This freedom of choice means that customers don’t just get to be […]
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