How can you make the most of the mentoring activity for you both? Well, before you start, think about who you are mentoring. Mentoring colleagues who are not like you Mentoring those who come from similar backgrounds to ourselves can be a fairly intuitive process. We are more likely to recognise our younger selves in […]
As 2022 is now upon us, so are New Year resolutions and the lists of goals for what we want to achieve in the next 12 months and beyond. Here is CEO Today’s compilation of the most inspirational books every CEO, entrepreneur and leader needs to read this year.
Danni Rush, Chief Operating Officer at Virgin Experience Days and Virgin Incentives, explains what employers can do to keep their staff feeling valued amid a period of heightened employee dissatisfaction. Employee retention should be one of, if not the, biggest priority for any business. Although increasing revenue and attracting new clients may seem like more […]
Developing emotional intelligence should be at the top of your list. The current challenges that CEOs are facing make emotional intelligence more important than ever. Leaders should tap into not only their IQ but also their EQ so they can lead effectively in these challenging times. Emotional intelligence is the capacity of individuals to recognise […]
Vaibhav Jain, CEO and Founder of Hubilo, explains what business leaders can do to prevent their staff from handing in their notice amid a time of heightened employee dissatisfaction. The post-pandemic era is bringing many changes to working environments and employee expectations, with many now looking to jump ship in favour of better pay and […]
One of the main messages from COP26 was that governments and businesses need to be more generous to avert further catastrophes on this planet. The lack of generosity the West shows the rest of the world is shocking – for example, if we showed more generosity and paid for the rest of the world to be […]
Joe O'Mahoney, Professor of Consulting at Cardiff University, explains how to employ the right consultancy for your business. Oddly, whilst the top ten consultancies have grown seven-fold since 1990, it seems that not a week goes by without a major failed project or scandal hitting the business headlines. The two are not unrelated. Resisting pressure […]
CEO Today speaks to Danni Rush, Chief Operating Officer at Virgin Experience Days and Virgin Incentives, about the obstacles women in business face, female mentorship, and what businesses can do to support women in leadership roles. What would you say are the biggest obstacles preventing women from reaching higher positions in business? Firstly, being really […]
Against the backdrop of the climate crisis, unsustainable inequality, growing dividedness and divisiveness, and lack of a consensus about what is true, “business as usual” is no longer an option. We are starting to see a global awakening: we need new systems in every sector and more employees are now speaking out, taking a stance […]
Annie Button, professional content writer and branding aficionado, discusses the importance of business leaders prioritising health. The last few years have clearly demonstrated that anything can happen. Businesses who are able to adapt to challenging and changing circumstances not only stand a much better chance of weathering the storm, they are also best placed to […]
Karen Thomas-Bland, founder of business transformation consultancy Seven, takes a look at where CEOs and boards can play a bigger role in M&A deals. Global mergers and acquisitions (M&As) hit a record high of more than $5 trillion last year, according to new data released by Reuters, as companies prioritised inorganic growth opportunities in response […]
The trick for employees is to find the right balance between challenges and skills – and this is hugely important in teams. Are you challenging your teams to stretch themselves or is their work too boring? This becomes part of the process of managing people's growth. Sometimes when corporates go through a bad patch, I […]
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