Craig W. Ross, CEO & President, Verus Global Beware: Those on your exec team may be masquerading as leaders. They may be unaware that, in reality, they are behaving as bosses. You might have a team of bosses on your hands—and if you do, you could be one as well. Successful companies thrive under great […]
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Dr. Stacy Feiner, Executive Coach & Author, Talent Mindset: The Business Owner’s Guide to Building Bench Strength Many middle market CEOs are stuck in an exhausting reality of wanting a strong bench of talent but not being able to build one. Leaders exert a tremendous amount of thought and energy trying to build a workforce
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Robert A. Adelson, Attorney Many CEOs and other high-ranking executives are regularly asked to serve on boards of directors. Indeed, the industry knowledge, business acumen and day-to-day management experience that C-level executives have make them perfect candidates to serve on a board, whether it be an outside board or the board of directors of their
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W. Gary Sitton, Author, Fire Up Your Startup and Keep it Up In 2004, I taught a graduate class in the School of Engineering titled “Technical Startups”. There were 17 enrolled students, six of whom were international students. In 2014, I taught the same class with 25 students, twelve of whom were international. Currently in my
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Howard Dorman, Partner, CPA, WeiserMazars LLP How do CEOs and other C-level executives of large international companies view human rights? According to a recent survey conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit, sponsored by nongovernment organizations (NGOs) and several companies including WeiserMazars LLP, 83% of executives believe that human rights is not only a central theme
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John G. Taft, CEO, RBC Wealth Management As Chief Executive Officers, we each have a responsibility to set the tone not just for our individual companies but for our industries and society at large. I believe this is so in every industry, but in no sector is more so today than in financial services, where
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Joe Siegrist, CEO & Co-founder, LastPass As the past year has shown, the evolution of technology has created a tidal wave of new security risks and concerns for businesses. Every day, more companies are seeing their names in the headlines after a breach in security. Aside from bad press, businesses that suffer from a data
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J.P. Flaum, Managing Partner, Green Peak Partners, and Dr. Becky Winkler, Partner, Green Peak Partners When it comes to hiring and developing talent, many companies prioritize qualities that are easy to measure and that allow employees’ progress to be tracked in a steady and linear way. Pedigree, professionalism and a polished career path have often
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William Vanderbloemen, President/CEO, Vanderbloemen Search Group In March of 2010, I left my job, my wife and I put our life savings on the table, and we started a business. We were committed to building it from scratch – debt-free and with no venture capital. Our new business – a search firm serving churches –
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Wendy Huang, CEO of the China Success Institute Taking the time and energy to learn a Chinese dialect can be difficult and intimidating for even the most seasoned and cultured CEO. Furthermore, given English’s status as the primary business language of the world, many American CEO’s don’t see why they shouldn’t just leave the speaking
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