Leadership

Wilsonart: A Global Footprint in Engineered Surface Solutions

August 31, 2018

Timothy J. O’Brien is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Wilsonart Engineered Surfaces, leading all aspects of the $1.4 billion, 5,000+ employee global enterprise. Below, Timothy tells us about Wilsonart’s roots, accomplishments and the impact that new technology has on the development of engineered surfacing solutions. What has been Wilsonart’s greatest achievement that […]

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Corporate Lobbies: The Power of a First Impression

August 31, 2018

Visitors can feel the culture the moment they walk in the door to your offices. Worth £193 billion annually to the UK economy, face-to-face business remains king, so how can UK business owners make every visit to their organisation memorable for the right reasons? From the latest nature-inspired design techniques to smart technologies to deliver […]

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IC Universal Legal: Microfinancing and M&A

August 31, 2018

Equipped with varied experience across diverse sectors, Kavitha Vijay, the Senior Partner of IC Universal Legal, was instrumental in the establishment of the Chennai office in 2006 and has been leading it since 2010. The firm has built a reputation as having a highly-regarded global presence through its affiliation with Chugh LLP, a full-service law […]

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Succession: If Not Better Than You, You Failed!

August 31, 2018

In our 30 years of working with clients all over the globe, there’s one very important conversation that rarely comes up – but it should. And while it’s not talked about, it plays out in front of us. As outsiders, we can see it so plainly: It’s the ultimate “who’s who” throughout your organisational structure, […]

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Innovation Vs Tradition

August 31, 2018

Is there any one way to lead? Unfortunately, things just aren’t that simple. There are too many different strategies to count, and then the question arises: is it better to stick to traditional techniques or innovate with something more modern? The tried-and-true or the experimental? With their own takes on the matter, we hear from […]

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Innovation in a Flash: Yuichi Ishizuka, CEO of Canon (EMEA)

August 31, 2018

Yuichi Ishizuka began his Canon career in 1981 with the Camera Division and has since served in a variety of roles, most recently as President & COO of Canon USA. He’s spent 33 years of his career in North America which has given him a unique perspective on the importance of Canon’s international business and […]

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The Good, Bad and Ugly of Nepotism

August 31, 2018

Nepotism, in practice, has its ups and downs—most likely, when you hear the word, a negative association naturally comes with it. Is it all bad, or should hiring within the family be kept to a minimum? We hear from Jean-Luc Castro, Professor of Business Ethics, Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management at Audencia Business School […]

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The Key to Safer Technology

August 31, 2018

Ron Nersesian is the President and CEO of Keysight Technologies. Keysight provides world-class electronic measurement capabilities to accelerate the technology innovations that make the world more productive and a safer place to live. No other company offers the breadth and depth of measurement tools and expertise to meet the world’s critical requirements for electronic measurement. […]

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‘Emotional IQ’: The Next Buzzword in Business

August 31, 2018

Artificial Intelligence is speeding up logical and analytical tasks, shifting through datasets, identifying new patterns and helping to inform decision making. However, great business decisions are made with a significantly broader context than a single data point. Matt Jones, Lead Analytics Strategist at Tessella, explains in detail. As organisations work within the confines of a […]

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Feeling Like a Fraud? 5 Steps to Overcoming Imposter Syndrome

August 30, 2018

Do you have strong feelings of inadequacy and self-doubt? Perhaps you feel uncomfortable when people praise you, so play down your strengths? If the answer is yes, you may be suffering from ‘Imposter Syndrome’. So, the wellbeing and career experts at CABA have provided strategies to help overcome this lack of confidence. ‘Imposter Syndrome’ was […]

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3 Belief Systems that Hurt High Achievers

August 29, 2018

Malignant mindsets of current and aspiring leaders are likely to be counterproductive. This is what Dr. Marissa Pei, author of ‘8 Ways to Happiness from Wherever You Are’, believes and explains in detail below for CEO Today. As an Organizational Psychologist and 28 years working with the top three levels in Fortune 100 companies, I’ve […]

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Is it Time to Exclude Exclusion? A CEO’s Top Priority

August 23, 2018

Being excluded is dreadful. And humans are group living animals, so in evolutionary terms exclusion from the group ends in your disappearance from the gene pool. Our species has never lived in solitude and survived. Which strongly suggests that at a deep level, we need acceptance; and dread rejection. Then why is it such an […]

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