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Our business blog shares articles about business management, we share insights and tips to help you learn, prosper & grow with expert business advice from an accomplished CEO. We focus on all things business and growth. We'll be your business mentor, educating you on many business topics.

"Being in business can be a lonely journey. I know, because I've been there myself. So, here in the CEO HQ Blog, I share valuable pieces of information and tips and tricks I have learnt along the way in the hope you can avoid making the same mistakes I've made." - Caroline Kennedy

Business Growth

How to be customer centric for business growth with Kate Morris

By Caroline Kennedy | Sep 13, 2016 |

  I had the pleasure of chatting with Kate Morris, the founder of adorebeauty.com.au Australia’s First Online Beauty Store. We talk about the importance of a customer centric approach for business growth. With a strong focus on business growth Adorebeauty.com.au now has a turnover of more than $10 million dollars annually. If you’d prefer to listen to the podcast…

Tools To Save You Time

6 Tools To Save You Time In Business

By Caroline Kennedy | Sep 2, 2016 |

Not enough hours during the day to get what you want done, or to focus on growing your Small Business? The key is to find tools to save you time and reduce your work load. Use the tools to save you time so you can focus your energy on what is truly important, the revenue…

Small Business

How Small Business can Capitalise on the New Financial Year

By Caroline Kennedy | Jul 7, 2016 |

How Small Business can Capitalise on the New Financial Year Can you believe the new financial year is here? For many small business owners, the end of a financial year period can be overwhelming. You’re focused on reconciling your accounts and getting your financial affairs in order. But, you can also look at it as…

Get the Best Culture Fit with 4 Powerful Interview Questions - virtual executive blog

Get the Best Culture Fit with 4 Powerful Interview Questions

By Caroline Kennedy | Jul 5, 2016 |

Get the Best Culture Fit with 4 Powerful Interview Questions Let’s be honest. The most critical element in any business is the culture, and the culture fit of employees. Your business is going to thrive by having amazing employees who buy into your vision. Employees who don’t fit, may become toxic, and poisonous employees can spread…

How to be a Successful Leader with Introvert Traits

By Caroline Kennedy | Jul 5, 2016 |

How to be a Successful Leader with Introvert Traits Imagine a successful leader. I’m presuming a reserved unassuming introvert was not what you imagined. This is because studies have proven that the majority of executives in leadership positions display extroverted personality traits. However, that does not mean that extroverts are better leaders than introverts. Introvert leaders…

Demand Equality, Regardless of Your Gender

By Caroline Kennedy | May 2, 2016 |

Demand Equality, Regardless of Your Gender I was fortunate enough to be a finalist in the Victoria Telstra Business Women’s awards in 2014. I really enjoyed the journey and loved the fact that I had the opportunity to meet so many inspirational women who are very successful in business. I was surprised by the large…

A Poor Leader – the Fish Rots from the Head Down

By Caroline Kennedy | Apr 12, 2016 |

A Poor Leader – the Fish Rots from the Head Down In my view, the definition of a great leader is someone who has followers, a tribe of people who respect and admire them. Leaders are those who empower others.  True leaders create more leaders. The most significant trait of a leader is to be a…

Women in Business – Credit Yourself

By Caroline Kennedy | Nov 6, 2014 |

Women in Business – Credit Yourself I’m currently reading “Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead.” by Sheryl Sandberg’s Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer. She provoked a lot of conversation on feminism in the workplace with her book. The book sold nearly 150,000 copies in its first week and has held the top non-fiction…

Happiness Equals Rewards

By Caroline Kennedy | Nov 6, 2014 |

Happiness equals rewards How happy are you? Recently, I started thinking through this question, and how happiness or the lack there of can affect people in everyday life. I’ve always tried to live by the philosophy that you are the master of your own destiny, if you are not happy, you have the power to…

10 key reasons customers will pay more for a product or service

By Caroline Kennedy | Nov 6, 2014 |

10 key reasons customers will pay more for a product or service In my book, The Power of Wow! Why Thank You Makes Dollars & Sense I talk a lot about customer buying patterns and the strategies you can implement to avoid customer buying from you purely based price. One of the biggest challenges I…

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