3 Strategies for Managing Your Profit-Drain Customers
Managers today have a huge unaddressed opportunity to engage and manage their large, profit-draining customers, creating win-win relationships that rapidly increase profits and lock in these key customer relationships. As yesterday’s mass markets fragment, managers must shift from broad-based product management to highly focused management of target customer segments — and even individual customers. The […]
The Great Resignation Doesn’t Have to Threaten Your DE&I Efforts
The “Great Resignation” has major implications for companies’ diversity efforts. Many talent teams that were already facing capacity issues are now struggling to fill gaps with qualified and available candidates, much fewer ones from diverse communities. In a climate where underrepresented job seekers are in high demand and many will be part of the cadre […]
Apple chief executive Tim Cook gets $750m payout
Apple chief executive Tim Cook has received more than five million shares in the technology giant, as he marks ten years in the job. A company filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) watchdog shows that he sold most of the shares for more than $750m (£550m). It is part of a deal […]
Who Is Kathy Hochul, the Politician Who Could Become the First Female Governor of New York?
Andrew Cuomo’s grip on the New York governorship may soon come to an end. After a damning report on Tuesday corroborated multiple allegations of sexual harassment against him, the calls for his resignation—including from President Biden—reached a fever pitch. The report, which details Cuomo’s unwanted touching and inappropriate comments targeting 11 women (including nine current and former […]
John Paul Dejoria: The billionaire entrepreneur who was once homeless
John Paul Dejoria is one of the wealthiest people on earth. His current net worth is estimated at about 3 billion dollars. He is best known as the co-founder of the Paul Mitchell line of hair products. His life is very interesting and can be an example for all of us as he started his entrepreneurship […]
Mark Zuckerberg: His business story started from creating computer games at his school years
Facebook’s net income for the third quarter of 2020 was 7,8 billion dollars, a 29% increase from the comparable quarter of 2019. Advertising revenues during the third quarter of 2020 reached 21,2 billion dollars, a 22% increase from the comparable quarter of 2019. Furthermore, according to latest data Facebook’s daily active users were 1,82 billion […]
How Bharat Rana Is Redefining the Dental Industry
When we think about the dental industry, we generally don’t think of dentists as being at the forefront of innovation. After all, people come to get their teeth cleaned, cavities filled, and other treatments that, on the surface, seem to have not changed in decades. What is there to innovate? Bharat Rana, the CEO of […]
Andrew Miller’s Take on How CEOs Should Deal with Employee Complaints
Part of managing a company is addressing and solving the complaints of your employees. While some issues may be minor, it is crucial you treat each case carefully and equally as you can have serious and devastating ramifications if one is mishandled. This article will identify key factors that Andrew Miller, former CEO of Polycom, Inc., […]
Have women CEOs coped better with COVID than men?
Have female world leaders been more effective in tackling the coronavirus pandemic than their male counterparts? From New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, to Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, it is a widely-held view. There have even been academic studies on the issue, with one claiming that “Covid outcomes are systematically better […]
Don’t Over Focus On Your Mistakes, Instead Learn From Your Successes
It’s inevitable that we all need to start somewhere in our careers and as in all new positions, it takes time to get acquainted with a new role and much can be unfamiliar. I have a very unusual career path to becoming a CEO of Aker BioMarine and learned some interesting things along the way. […]