On a cold, clear night in March 1975, Peter Cancro knocked on his high school football coach’s front door in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J. It was just after 9 p.m. on a Sunday, but Cancro felt this couldn’t wait. He…
FIRSTBANK MANAGEMENT TEAM COURTESY VISIT TO THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF KWARA STATE
FirstBank management team courtesy visit to the executive governor of Kwara State. View gallery below.
PUBLIC STATEMENT – SETTING THE RECORDS STRAIGHT
Public Statement from First Bank on the facts andposition on the recent contempt judgment at the Federal High Court to set the records straight. See a link to the Public Statement on there website here: FirstBank Public Statement
GLASSDOOR JUST NAMED THE TOP 100 CEOS (AND THE RESULTS MIGHT SURPRISE YOU)
Glassdoor just announced the results of its 2017 Employees’ Choice Awards for the highest-rated CEOs leading companies with 1,000 or more employees in North America and parts of Europe. The results are based on the anonymous feedback of employees who complete…
WEIGHTLIFTING TAKES A LOAD OFF A CEO’S MIND
Strength Training Gives Chris Mittelstaedt of the Fruit Guys ‘an Important Mental Oasis’ For Chris Mittelstaedt, lifting weights is a lot like selling fruit. Growing his business and learning to hoist hundreds of pounds both require patience and strategy to…
THE CEO MINDSET VS. EMPLOYEE MINDSET: WHICH DO YOU HAVE? THE CEO MINDSET VS. EMPLOYEE MINDSET: WHICH DO YOU HAVE?
There’s something they don’t tell you when you start a business: mindset is everything. And I didn’t have the right mindset necessary to run a business when I first got started. In fact, I went along for years before I…
HOW THE CEO OF NATIONAL LIFE GROUP DRIVES CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
Organizations talk about continuous improvement. Better processes. Improved customer interactions. Product innovations. More efficient workflows. Enhanced financial results. But few apply this process to the heart of all improvement: leadership. Leaders drive improvement at every level of an organization. So,…
WHAT SETS SUCCESSFUL CEOS APART
The chief executive role is a tough one to fill. From 2000 to 2013, about a quarter of the CEO departures in the Fortune 500 were involuntary, according to the Conference Board. The fallout from these dismissals can be staggering:…
SNAP’S CEO PERSONALLY PAID DRAKE TO PERFORM AT SNAPCHAT’S NEW YEAR’S PARTY
Snap, Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, held its lavish New Years Eve party at the L.A. Live complex in downtown Los Angeles. The highlight of the night: A surprise performance by Drake. TMZ reported earlier that the party cost…
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A CEO WHO’S CRUSHING IT
As a rule, there aren’t many of them: those fast-thinking, hyper-successful CEOs that have their companies on the move, setting strategy for the short term and the long haul, always ready with an all-important pivot, keeping investors happy in one…