The retirement of Keith Weed, Unilever’s Chief Marketing Officer, is interesting. A textbook all-rounder, Weed always understood the importance of brand purpose, sustainability, and diversity and inclusion. Crucially, he also knew these priorities had to run through the heart of Unilever, not just act as headlines for its marketing efforts. The difference between the best […]
This year’s World Economic Forum in Davos focused on the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’ – a new era of emergent technologies like 5G, AI and connected devices that are already changing our lives. This technology offers risk and reward for businesses in all sectors. Effective and early adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), for example, is already […]
Already in 2019, Noel Moran, Chief Executive Officer at Prepaid Financial Services has been honoured with three CEO awards, two of which are international. The current European Entrepreneur of the Year was showcased at the prestigious World Economic Forum meeting in Davos in January. His company, PFS, is one of the world's leading FinTechs. Recently, […]
Over the past few months, the definition of self-made has been fairly misconstrued by the general populous, on the back of notable media, celebrity and financial claims; perhaps the most prominent of these being Forbes’ listing of Kylie Jenner as America’s youngest self-made billionaire. Though not the only criteria for said listing, the term ‘self-made’ […]
1.4 million people left the big six utilities between June 2017 and June 2018. For the most part, they left for smaller challenger firms. The reason? Switching to better tariffs certainly, but not solely. For many people, it’s the customer experience – in fact in the January 2018 Which? customer satisfaction survey, the Big Six […]
As a CEO you can undoubtedly benefit from boasting certain personality traits. Even if you don’t possess these skills naturally you can make the effort to develop the skills and traits needed to make you a respected and successful leader.
Below CEO Today hears from Luca Senatore, author of new book The Agency and the director at multi-award-winning digital agency Genie Goals, who explains why transparency is absolutely key to succeeding as a business. A few years ago I had a meeting with one of our large customers to tell them that we should move […]
The length of time that CEOs stay in their jobs is becoming shorter. A 2017 report by PWC found that FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 CEO turnover rates are some of the highest in the world, with CEOs spending an average of just 4.8 years in the top job, down from a high of 8.3 years in 2010.
As the 8th of March ushers in the 110th International Women’s Day (the first was held in New York in 1909), we talk to five trailblazing senior female professionals from the creative industries, and ask them how they deal with the challenges facing women in the workforce today, and the key qualities that you need […]
If you have a huge to-do list, then we are sure you are looking for the best way you can be productive. Because at times, at the end of a work day we tend to think we could have achieved more, in completing tasks or just doing more work. Thus making us feel a little incomplete like a whole day has just been wasted.
Pierre Vannineuse is the Founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Alpha Blue Ocean, an international alternative investment firm with headquarters in London. Pierre is leading all of their investment strategies and represents the company on all fronts. Pierre’s idea was to create an innovative financing philosophy which aims at switching from direct market risk […]
Melinda Davis, Group Director of Strategy at Spicefire, looks into how the Big Co's of the world can keep up with modern competition with a humanized approach. From calling a cab or taking a vacation to ordering food or applying for a loan, brands with a challenger mindset are transforming the world with solutions that […]
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