Worldwide Success

In the article Corporate Career Success – How to Become CEO we discussed in detail some the key skills required to become a CEO and listed the 22 vital traits of the person at the top based on the book How to Think Like a CEO by D.A. Benton.   This article has become one of […]

Kenneth Chenault, 56, is the CEO of the No.3 credit card company, American Express, a $27 billion franchise with 65,000 employees.  Born in Long Island, NY, Chenault obtained a Bachelor’s degree in History from Bowdoin College In 1973 and then graduated from Harvard Law School in 1976.  In the early days of his career he was […]

In the article Corporate Career Success – How to Become CEO we described in detail the key vital traits required to become a CEO.  In this article we will address the question of how to become a CEO from a different angle.  This time we will be focusing on the companies that will give you […]

Do you think a car reflects its owner’s personality?  According to Golden Gate University’s psychology chair Kit Yarrow, a car represents an individual’s personality better than any other product.  It is easy to see the connection.  Most people would agree that a car many times says something about the driver … Jeep Wrangler – renegade; Toyota […]

You may have never heard of David Novak or the company that he runs, Yum Brands.  But once we start mentioning the household names KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut, you will certainly recognize the powerful brands controlled by Novak and his company.   Yum Brands was spun off from Pepsico where David Novak started his […]

A week has 168 hours.  If you sleep eight hours a day, that leaves 112 hours per week of active time in your life.  If you work about 50 hours a week, that is almost half of the active time you have available to you.  This is a very significant portion of your life that […]

For many people the ultimate success in a corporate career is to reach the most senior position in the corporate ladder, which is typically accompanied by a C-level title: CFO, CIO, CMO, COO, and, the top company title of CEO.  Reaching the top job in the corporate world requires many years of experience and several […]