PATHWAY TO HEALTH: A CASE STUDY

Pathway Communications, a 100+ person ISP and Managed Services firm in Toronto, engaged the Corporate Health Coach to run a pilot wellness program with 8 of their senior staff beginning in May 2011. Challenge These staff members were critical to…

AFRICA’S RICHEST MAN BUILDS $3.5 MILLION BUSINESS SCHOOL IN NIGERIA

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has donated a $3.5 million building to the Bayero University, Kano in northern Nigeria. The building, which is named after the Nigerian billionaire, will be the premises of the newly established Dangote Business School. Speaking at…

MY JOURNEY AS A FIRST-TIME CEO

Hi there. My name is Jackie. I’m 26 years old, Cuban-Colombian-American. I was born in Miami, but have lived all over the world. I was a teacher in Teach For America out of the lovely state of Colorado I now call…

TOO POOR TO SUCCEED? WHATSAPP STORY – INFOGRAPHIC

 It was year 1992 in Ukraine. It was the worst of times for the economy. Jan Koum was 16. His mother, hoping to find a better future for her son, decided to immigrate to the United States. There wasn’t a…

7 AFRICAN DROPOUT CEOS

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.”  – Albert Einstein The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get anywhere if you are…

5 YOUNG NIGERIANS THAT MADE FORBES FUTURE BILLIONAIRE LIST

Here are some Nigerian future billionaires, according to Forbes First African 30 under 30. Affiong Williams, 29 Founder, Reelfruit  ReelFruit, founded, in March, 2012 is an emerging fruit processing company focused on packaging and branding and processing of locally, and quality fruit products.The…

THE DAILY ROUTINE OF 17 CEOS

Jim Citrin at Yahoo! Finance set out to study the daily routine of 20 CEOs. Surprisingly, he received responses to his survey from 17 of the 20 CEOs polled. Jim’s questions were focused around their daily routines. There was overwhelming similarity…

DANGOTE DONATES N1.2BN STRUCTURE FOR BUSINESS SCHOOL IN BAYERO UNIVERSITY

In his avowed commitment to encouraging entrepreneurship in the country as a way out of the economic doldrums, business mogul, Aliko Dangote, has donated another N1.2 billion structure for running of business school in Bayero University, Kano (BUK). The building…

EQUINOX/SOULCYCLE CEO REVEALS HIS SECRETS TO SUCCESS

I was able to connect with Harvey Spevak, CEO of Equinox. I have known Harvey socially for several years and I always been meaning to ask him how he built such a superior business. Fitness is such a crowded field…

As CEOs get older, investors demand to know more on succession

  As U.S. chief executives grow older, investors demand to know more about succession The same-day deaths of two aging chief executive officers – industry icons in railroading and banking – show why some investors and governance experts want companies…