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Company Perks Are Key to Employee Retention

Employees love perks, and an inclusion of some extra pluses may be enough to keep your employees hanging around even when times are tough. Perks, or discretionary benefits to employees, are not given to everyone and thus can make employees feel valuable and supported by their employers. Everything from the option to telecommute to charitable gift matching programs may hold more sway than CEOs give them credit for.

 ChiefExecutive.net CEO Briefing Newsletter June 30 2011

CEO Succession Planning: Crucial and Totally Overlooked

Although CEO succession planning is an integral part to any business plan, companies often fail to plan for it in a real and meaningful way. Doesn’t it seem counterintuitive to focus on leaving a company when you are busy enough with current management challenges? Failing to plan for the future can have negative effects on company reputation, employee morale, momentum and even stock price. Do you have a plan in place?

 ChiefExecutive.net CEO Briefing Newsletter June 30 2011

One Third of Your Employees Want to Quit

Despite today’s uncertain employment climate, American employees are unhappy. Though you’d think that anyone would be thrilled to be employed [...]

 ChiefExecutive.net CEO Briefing Newsletter June 23 2011

Don’t Waste Your Time Visualizing Success: It Will Keep You From Actually Finding It

Leaders often think that visualizing future success will help to motivate their employees. By asking employees to think about what [...]

 ChiefExecutive.net CEO Briefing Newsletter June 23 2011

All Press is Good Press: How Negative Info Can Help You

Even though it might go against conventional marketing wisdom, positive reactions are not the only kind of PR that helps [...]

 ChiefExecutive.net CEO Briefing Newsletter June 23 2011

CEO Overconfidence Leads to Inflated Financial Projections

CEO temperament can have a great deal of influence on a company’s image. A recent study concludes that CEOs who are characterized as overconfident are more likely to volunteer earnings predictions that are too high. In fact, these overconfident CEOs were 10% more likely to inflate their earnings than those who were not seen as overconfident. Where do you stack up and how could this affect your business?

 ChiefExecutive.net CEO Briefing Newsletter June 20 2011

Hackers and Your Company: Navigating the New World of Cyber-Security

Recently, there have been a number of cyber-attacks on high profile businesses such as Sony, Citibank, Google, PBS, and even major defense contractor Lockheed Martin. Sensitive data such as personal addresses, Social Security numbers, credit card information, and other account information was accessed by hackers. If giants such as these face security breaches, it’s likely that your company faces the same risk. How should you deal with the increasing cyber threats? Two tips: have a plan and dispose of data.

 ChiefExecutive.net CEO Briefing Newsletter June 20 2011

Should A CEO Ever Say ‘No’?

CEOs are constantly faced with the prospect of telling someone ‘no.’ Although it can be difficult, some very prominent CEOs have shown that saying ‘no’ can be far more powerful than saying yes. As Apple CEO Steve Jobs said, “I’m actually as proud of the things we haven’t done as the things I have done. Innovation is saying ‘no’ to 1,000 things.” So, how do you do this without making an uncomfortable situation or alienating employees? Answer with, “let’s explore” or “what if?”

 ChiefExecutive.net CEO Briefing Newsletter June 17 2011

Leaders Gone Bad: Why Power Turns to Misbehavior

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, David Sokol, Mark Hurd, Lee Farkas. These powerful business leaders have taken over the headlines because they chose to engage in abuses of power. With offenses ranging from bank fraud to sexual assault, one wonders why such smart people would risk their careers in such reckless and destructive ways. Harvard Business School professor Bill George explains the appeal of rule-breaking and why so many prominent leaders end up on the wrong side of the law.

 ChiefExecutive.net CEO Briefing Newsletter June 16 2011

Almost 40% of Companies Now Rely on the Cloud

The data storage landscape is quickly changing and many companies are switching to cloud computing as the storage of choice. [...]

 ChiefExecutive.net CEO Briefing Newsletter June 3 2011

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