The 10 Most Admired Companies to Watch, 2020

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Successful Personality Traits to Learn from Elon Musk

Imparting Wisdom

Attributes of a Good Leader

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Leading with Vision

Vision is what differentiates a company and a great company

reat companies, which ceaselessly strive several decades in a significant way, do not consider profits as their primary goal. Their mission is to make an impact on the world as they tread in their endeavour. One quality of these companies is that they evaluate themselves and their practices by well-defined internal standards. These companies’ internal standards are more demanding, but more closely aligned to their longterm goals.

The biggest difference between any company and a great company is that great companies decide things on the basis of how it would drive them and their motive of contributing towards a specific industry. However, it is not that they would be averse to earnings or are running as a charity.

When renowned companies of world are on a mission to make use of their services and solutions to improve the quality of life, they have something concrete to aim for that would transform the world.

Emerging companies also need to focus on their vision because a vision is what builds a projects companies towards success and helps them to rise out of any challenge. Becoming a long-term player will not be a one-man show, but a work of a great team with skills and impactful, positive attitudes.

Insights Success, in its upcoming edition The 10 Most Admired Companies to Watch, 2020, brings to you, companies which show great potential to become longterm players with a profound display of expertise in their profession.

On the cover we have Intengine, an organization that makes sustainability simple and believes in the power of good, transparency, accountability, equal access, human rights, and ecological stability.

The company’s goal is to consistently improve the directory to make it easier for people to make better decisions in their supply chain purchases where 76% of emissions lie. Everyone can improve on how we live daily. Those billions of actions made by individuals compiled across the globe have the biggest impact.

Editor's Note

Also, while ipping the pages, do go through the articles and CxOs written by industry experts and our in-house editorial team.

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Connie Linder Founder Intengine

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Unbiased Future Establishing Gender Equilibrium

Imparting Wisdom Successful Personality Traits to Learn from Elon Musk

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Alertgy Monitoring Blood Glucose in the Convenience of a Wrist band

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EntrenaYA Assisting in Accomplishing Fitness Goals

Boatsetter Sailing towards Global Success

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A Winning Streak in the Gaming Industry

Delivering Innovative Smart Energy Solution

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“Our goal is to consistently improve the directory to make it easier for people to make better

decisions in their supply chain purchases where 76% of emissions lie. Everyone can improve on how we live daily.

Those billions of actions made by individuals compiled across the globe have the biggest impact."

- Connie Linder

Connie Linder Founder Intengine

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unning a business while equally developing it towards contributing to the circular economy is not an easy task. It becomes essential to work with a platform that facilitates healthier personal and professional procurement. Therefore, sustainable development remains the current need of the present without undermining the ability of future generations to accommodate their own needs.

Meet Intengine, an organization that makes sustainability simple and believes in the power of good, transparency, accountability, equal access, human rights, and ecological stability. Founder of Intengine, Connie Linder states that their mission has always been to make environmental and social sustainability information easily accessible to consumers and businesses. She is Intengine's moral and logistical guide, lending her experience in the industry, innovation, and eco-technology to add an invaluable perspective. She offers a trusted source of information and inspiration.

The Beginning Years ago while Connie was working as a stockbroker, she did not agree that social and environmental factors were not considered making investment decisions. Later on, she decided to shift to the business of building companies and worked for a decade as a consultant for newly emerging environmental technologies and was encouraged by the types of solutions that were becoming available, yet the public was not aware.

With her strong corporate and business background and focused intention for healthier ways of doing business, she became a bridge and pioneer in the sustainability movement in Canada. She knew the demand for an efficient, pro-business, and pro-solutions platform would allow people to make healthier informed decisions. She also knew that the essential changes needed to occur within the marketplace. That's when the inception of the original platform, formerly called GreenPages Directory, was born and is now known as Intengine.

How does Intengine stand-out?

Intengine continually looks for newer ways to provide value. Their research determined that trust in today's marketplace is important to consumers and businesses and starts with an intention to improve one's social and environmental footprint. For this reason they implemented the Sustainability Pledge as a way for companies to show this commitment.

Intengine acknowledges the dedication of others and, they also seek the advice and co-ordinated efforts of progressive leaders who share their vision to develop a common language and measures that will maximize a collective path to results.

To put it in simple words, Intengine’s business listing directory implements a different designThey encourage

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They focus their efforts to shift the conversation from what is wrong to what can be done to get back on track.

They discuss their work in a way where everyone can voice their true feelings. The decisions are sometimes not unanimous.

Usually, in the end, people agree the path forward was the right decision. However, getting to that decision sometimes is made with concessions and, compromises which are a testament to the collective belief.

Outreaching Marketing Activities As part of Intengine's commitment to support future leaders, they founded the Intengine Global Change Foundation. This

organization takes a leadership role through an annual Youth Leadership Conference, School Leadership Program and online webinar “Truth Seekers Series”. Anyone can demand change but to effectively implement better ways to do business is another thing. Through the foundation, Intengine helps ensure future leaders receive a balanced education from those who are currently on the front lines of implementing sustainability, with the tools and skills that will help them become stable, competent, and compassionate leaders. To put it in simple words, Intengine's business listing directory implements a different design. They encourage and support solutions to the marketplace's sustainability challenges. They focus their efforts to shift the conversation from what is wrong to what can be done to get back on track.

The Values and Work Culture “The people on the Intengine team are terrific intellectually, and they are also wonderful people. There is synergy with our team because everybody likes each other. Everybody respects each other and that is essential. Moreover, it took a while to get to this team. We have had different people enter the organization that didn't last.

Perhaps they had a role to play that was for a finite time and made a great contribution and went on to other things. Digitally, online campaigns are created to provoke discussion,

and the listings administrators are encouraged in many places across their platform to share their praises and first-hand accounts of the path it took to individual success. Intengine believes a positive outcome will spring from proportionate hope for our future, not fear. This essential principle guides every action their organization takes.

Opinions on Corporate Social Responsibility The Founder Connie Linder states, “Corporate Social Responsibility is the recognition that organizations need a social license to operate – meaning, organizations have a responsibility to contribute to society overall and have an obligation beyond their employees, directors and shareholders.”

Using Technology to Stay Ahead The latest technologies for performance and search in Intengine's platform is incorporated. In a time when companies are relying on artificial intelligence, chatbots, and algorithms, Intengine opts to utilize these and the other nontechnical solutions which help them thrive. Their team moderates news updates, to ensure relevancy and focus on solutions, and verifies their listing and writer applications prior to approving them and, they listen and discuss every member's suggestions to provide the best development options moving forward. This is both refreshing and responsible.

Choosing to take a supply chain green is a very individual process, and Intengine respects that for some, slight incremental actions can be impactful, and top-down sweeping policy may be better for others. At the heart, they know, the combined efforts of people matter and its people with heart who will take Intengine to where it intends to be THE world's most trusted connector to sustainability in the marketplace.

They consider empowering action to be a powerful and significant differentiator.

What the Future Holds?

Intengine leads with value and is often inspired by individual stories. Their goal is to be useful as change agents for the transition to a more equitable and sustainable economy.

If you follow Intengine on social media, you will see they systematically release materials that address lesser-known topics in sustainability based on research, not opinions. These are stories that need community support to thrive. Their Industry-at-a-glance reports offer immediate and quick value.

They provide the language and metrics which influence those still sitting on the fence.

Determined Focus Currently, Intengine has researched and is watching the progression of 5G technology and its testing, which concerns many people. 5G is possible because of low-grade microwave radiation, which is on the verge of a global release, so faster downloads are possible. However, it comes with potential hazards to health and global security, which are not being identified and adequately addressed. If there is one take-home point, it is that the polarization of attitudes with regards to climate change and other controversial topics does not help the situation. It is time to take that debate away from dissension and consider, without bias, how our actions, not words make a difference, and how the energy of these actions need to drive solutions, not drive a battle of public opinion. It is time to take a step forward and consider how to be efficient, accountable and responsible. Intengine urges concerned citizens to move beyond protests toward practical actions while offering the ability to move fast and informed, where it counts, with smart purchasing decisions.

Testimonials “I recently learned about Intengine and this tool. I now refer to SUSTAINABILITY as RESPONSIBILITY and this site of information will help procurement professionals find sources that align with their corporation's strategies and directives.”Victoria Wakefield, Purchasing Manager, UBC “The contributions of Intengine have been immense.

Intengine is North America's fastest-growing online search directory for sustainable purchasing and healthier living.” – CIO Bulletin Magazine.

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Monitoring Blood Glucose in the Convenience of a Wrist band

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iabetes is one of the most common chronic dieses that often leads to thousands of deaths each year around the globe. It occurs, when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or when the body cannot eectively use the insulin it produces. The number of people with diabetes rose from 108 million in 1980 to 422 million in 2014. Also, between 2000 and 2016, there was a 5 percent increase in mortality rate due to diabetes. Additionally, half of all deaths attributable to high blood glucose occur before the age of 70 years. So, with the intent of revolutionizing the way you manage your Type 2 diabetes enters Alertgy. The Alertgy NICGM is a band that its users wear around their wrists that works with an app on the users' smartphone to measure blood sugar.

In an interview with InsightsSuccess the President and Founder of Alertgy Marc E. Rippen has shared key insights of how the organization is planning to revolutionize the way people measure their blood sugar level.

Below are the highlights of the interview; What led to an inception of the company?

Alertgy was founded in 2016 after my wife Sue had a low blood sugar attack and was found nearly unresponsive.

After this scary situation, I knew I had to do something to ďŹ nd a solution to this problem so many people today face; accurately monitoring blood sugar and alerting loved ones if you have a low or high blood sugar levels. Since then Alertgy has been focused on providing real-time blood sugar measurements to the millions of diabetics and pre-diabetics throughout the world.

Could you throw some light on your mission and vision statement?

The mission and vision here at Alertgy is to bring relief to the

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day to day lives of the millions of diabetics throughout the world who are desperately needing a better way to monitor their blood sugar to ease their life. Diabetes is a deeply personal issue to every team member in the company, so our drive and inspiration keeps us centered on this mission to improve the lives of those we love as well as all the others in the world we know are going through similar situations.

Describe your company and its cutting-edge (domain of the respective project) solutions which address all the needs of your customers.

The Alertgy NICGM (Non-Invasive Continuous Glucose Monitor) is our device that measures blood sugar without the need of drawing blood like the traditional glucose measuring devices. Through our revolutionary technology, we have developed a platform and sensor that is unlike anything currently available on the consumer market. Most all devices today rely on physical blood measurements collected through direct blood measurements requiring needles and other painful processes. The Alertgy DeepGluco NICGM gets rid of these arduous methods and gives people the ability to accurately measure their blood glucose in real-time.

Give a detailed description of the featured person's influence over the company and the industry.

My team at Alertgy would say I am an encouraging and supportive CEO, dedicated to reaching our company goals, as well as create a positive impact on the careers of team members whom I lead. Furthermore, I put an emphasis on personal responsibility, relying on each team member to get his or her work done, and not micromanaging how things get done day to day. The goal of my leadership here at Alertgy is to positively affect the problem solving, communication, and teamwork skills throughout the team, which will in turn accelerate the development of our groundbreaking technology and create a massive positive disruption in the diabetes industry.

Describe in detail about the work culture and the values that drive your company.

The work culture we have developed at Alertgy is centered around hard work, personal responsibility, and a passion for success. As previously mentioned, we here are all effected in one way or another by diabetes, whether it be personally or through a family member or loved one.

Over the course of the development of our technology, these qualities, and values that we have instilled within the company have provided the drive required to overcome the hurdles and tough times we have faced. We all share a common goal, and through the close-knit bond we have developed we know we can accomplish this goal together.

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“Transforming health through innovation”.

What is your idea of Corporate Social Responsibility?

Alertgy is before all centered around improving the health and lives of millions around the world, and we strongly believe our business and product will bring positive change throughout the health care industry. We believe we have a responsibility as a company to effect this positive change ahead of any profit incentive. It will bring us immeasurable joy as a company and as people to see the lives of diabetics be dramatically improved by our product.

What are your company's future aspirations? What strategies are you undertaking to achieve those goals?

Currently, we are focused on first bringing our device to the type 2 diabetes population in order to provide millions with a way to easily and effectively alert users to measure their blood glucose 24 hours a day using FDA approved SMBG's to determine their best course of action. This product alert and surveillance application will be subject to FDA approval. As enough data is collected and the system is further optimized, FDA approval to link it to insulin pumps and use its data for insulin sliding scale will be pursued. In the future there is no limit to what our technology can provide in the way of monitoring and diagnostics. We have shown to be able to track other metabolites and cellular markers within the body that could pave the way for Alertgy to be a premier leader in diagnostic technology.

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Boatsetter: Sailing towards Global Success Jaclyn Baumgarten Co-founder & CEO

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identifying a market need, and then pulling together and leading the team, funders, partners and etc. which are necessary to conceptualize and build the solution to cater the growing market needs. She visions to continue the same and desires leading the company growth with her expertise.

Testimonials of Excellence “Used Boatsetter for my 30th birthday and it was amazing!

My group of 6 sailed around San Francisco Bay and I could not be happier with the service they provided.” - Scott W. Thornburg

“Boatsetter is the Airbnb of boating experiences.”

“I had an unbelievable experience using Boatsetter! I was completely new to renting boats and had only been on the water a few times, and the true simplicity of reserving a boat online with someone showing me the ropes at the marina right before launching out was awesome! I can just imagine how difficult this whole process would be without Boatsetter! Just like the iPhone, once you use Boatsetter once, you can never imagine renting a boat in the old way again! Thanks Boatsetter for an awesome day, I’ll definitely be seeing you again soon!” - Jonathan Timianko “Easiest way we’ve found to go out on the water! Great site, the boats are beautiful. The captains were super professional and friendly. I recommend looking here first if you’re looking to rent a boat in the US, the Med, or the Caribbean”. - Angela Armenakis

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Successful Personality Traits to Learn from Elon Musk

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egends never need an introduction. They tend to be victorious despite of their uneventful histories. They stick to captivating traits such as Discipline, determination and self-belief which help them accomplish wonders in the long run. One such example of an extraordinary person is Elon Musk, a South African Business Magnate, Investor and an engineer.

Musk is the founder, CEO, and chief architect of SpaceX; co-founder, CEO, and product designer of Tesla Inc.; and co-founder and CEO of Neuralink. As of February 2018, he is the 53rd-richest person in the world and has a net worth of $20.8 billion, which is far more than the net GDP of Greece taken into consideration.

While each entrepreneur possesses a unique set of traits that makes him/her successful, this Tech founder has a few traits much different from any other ordinary CEO, which has allowed him to build some of the world’s most respected and innovative organizations. Musk once quoted, “When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.”

Let’s have a look on these personality attributes and characteristics that make him a contender for the most innovative intellectual entrepreneur of the century alive.

Hard-work and Characteristic Work Ethics Elon Musk is a hard-working innovator, working for about 100 hours a week, and has been productive since many years. He may even be considered as the hardest working

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employee of the company, setting standards for his colleagues to follow and implement. Since the field of work lies inside his radius of interests, he enjoys it to every moment and bit when it comes to learning and execution.

Strong Risk Tolerance Founding a start-up involves a great deal of uncertainty and risk. A study found that after 10 years of being in business, 96 percent of the start-ups fail. Going by the statistics, Musk must have faced the same odds against him, when he had decided to leave an otherwise comfortable life to start a risky and uncertain business venture.

For instance, Musk left his PhD program at Stanford University to find a company called Zip2 with his brother in the year 1995. Later, the company was sold to Compaq computers, profiting Musk a bit over $20 million.

Following this, Musk once again took a great risk by investing millions of dollars to found a company called X.com, one of the world’s first online banks.

‘Always Be Learning’ Attitude An astounding and less-known fact about Elon Musk is that he is self-taught in programming and in many advanced level subjects. He read and understood a variety of books, which helped him gain endless and persistent knowledge and understand diverse concepts.

The best piece of advice on learning and implementation is to constantly think about how things could be done in a better manner and question self to seek the answers.

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Imparting Wisdom

Feedback Loop It is of prime importance to recognize the present symbol or otherwise ‘status quo’ in the market as an organization and re-position accordingly. Musk solicits constant feedback of the companies and executes ‘self-analysis.’ He induces efforts and divergent strategies to improve customer feedbacks and strives towards perfectionism.

For example, he seeks out his critics and tries to converse with them. This habit of self-reflection at regular and considerable periods is pivotal for any entrepreneur or organization to succeed in the long run.

Tendency for Vertical Integration Vertical integration is a strategy where an organization or a firm acquires business operations within the same product vertical. Both Tesla and SpaceX embrace this concept. For example, Tesla not only produces electric cars; they also generate public awareness about their cars via Tesla showrooms across various countries. And SpaceX does not only have the primary goal of rocket propulsions; they develop their own rocket architecture as well.

Faith in Self and the Founding Team Musk undoubtedly possesses a profound belief in his own capabilities as well as the potential-seeking factor of its founding team. He does not hesitate to gamble on large scale unless he is genuinely aware of the expected endresults.

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It is equally essential to maintain clarity of doubt in any large scale organization. Under his supervision, Musk encourages in creating a positive and comprehensive environment across his firms.

Preferring to Stand Out From the Crowd Musk elects to bring up innovation at every level of his understanding. He tends to impart theoretical knowledge at the base level, applying changes and executing the same on the practical level. He relies more on transitional aspects such as research and development, thereby increasing the probability of ground-breaking inventions.

Tesla Motors, a far headed firm headed by Elon Musk, is anti-ordinary. Its compelling marketplace has become a one-stop destination for potential buyers where they can interact about product specifications. They also have video testimonials that far outperform in the sales-dominated industry.

There is no ambiguity that Musk, by far, has been a pillar of inspiration for budding entrepreneurs and investors because of his prolific and optimistic approach towards life All these traits possessed by Musk, in some manner or the other, coincide with most of your habits. The only thing that stands as a potential barrier between these two is identifying your strengths and working on them on a continual basis. Go on, apply these traits into your daily life, and you may become the next big CEO the world is in need of today!

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EntrenaYA: Assisting in Accomplishing Fitness Goals Javier Wasserman Co-founder & CEO

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hysical exercise is essential part of our lives. We all love to have a toned physic and a healthy lifestyle. Every one of us choose various activities to keep ourselves fit; be it diets, cross fit, yoga, pilates, dance, cardio or any other gym exercise we try everything. Although essential, at some point of time, due to laziness or any of the reasons most of us stop the exercise. When asked we blame lack of guidance, temporary health issues occurred during practice or other difficulties affecting consistency. It is also an unwavering fact that sometimes pertaining to lack of guidance we choose an unsuitable type of exercise or diet which results in quitting the endeavor.

Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina, EntrenaYA is unique alternative acquisition channel for fitness centers that enable its customer to choose suitable physical exercises and suggests the best options nearby. Making it more interesting, the platform offers exciting packages and discounts across Argentina and other counties worldwide, ensuring the utmost customer satisfaction.

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Reforming Health Habits EntrenaYA was founded with a mission to improve health habits of busy workforce around the world. It has developed a platform that helps users find a suitable health activity in their near location, which plays a crucial part in improving their health. The company believes alike every industry there is a specific buying and selling pattern in the fitness industry. The potential customers are initially driven by the powerful motivation to begin the training. However, most of them quit the training before three months because of the extensive and sweating training methods. Gym owners find it difficult to retain such volatile customer base. EntrenaYA envisions addressing this issue by offering the training at customer’s convenience. Its alliances with gyms and other fitness institutions enable it to offer unequivocal discounts including first three months of personal training programs.

The company has been delivering a great service and results for both users and associated gyms and fitness centers, for last four years. Its evident success in Argentina has developed array better opportunities for

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the platform. In next six months the company is aiming towards a growth in Spain and Chile, and investing diligently to begin its operations in respective countries.

Additionally, the company is willing to offer additional digital services for mid and large gym owners as a digital agency as it has witnessed an exponential growth as an e-commerce platform for fitness industry since its inception.

The Path Breaker Javier Wasserman is the Co-founder and CEO of EntrenaYA. He believes one must have vision and intuition to create something innovative. EntrenaYA is pioneer in fitness broker platforms and is considerably different from other fitness platforms online. It’s UI and even offerings are inimitably exclusive and efficient than competition. Javier asserts his unique academic credentials have been the major factor behind the platform’s distinctiveness. He has worked as software developer in several industries for the last fifteen years and has extensive tech background. However, he mentions he is skilled in several digital disciplines and perhaps specialist in none of them. Hence, he likes to mention himself as an innovator instead of tech geek.

EntrenaYA was one of the first and foremost online fitness broker platforms. Today, more than thirty platforms has marked their presence and EntrenaYA has been the inspiration for them.

Shaping the Future Bringing a new business model in Argentinian market is comparatively difficult due to the excessive tax pressure and complexity. In addition, there is a very small venture capital scenario compared to other countries in this region. These two key issues make the most of the noise in the growth of disruptive startups like EntrenaYA. Thus, entrepreneurs are required to be more creative and adaptive while introducing an innovative platform or solution in Argentina. Ensuring these issues are addressed with precision, EntrenaYA has been able to attract significant number of customers in this region.

The company is positively working towards its

“We help fitness enthusiasts to find the fitness activity they most lik e, and enable them to keep on doing it until they accomplish their fitness goals”

expansion plans in Chile and other South American countries. With its exclusivity and sculpted vision it will surely shape the future of new age fitness platforms.

Work is Life!

EntrenaYA’s both the founders, Javier Wasserman and Nicolás Cohen walked a long mile to make the company what it is today. Javier recalls during the exponential period in 2015, Javier and Nicolás had an opportunity to accelerate EntrenaYA’s growth with 500 start-ups in Mexico DF. For more than six months away from home and everything owned, they worked extensively to prove their mettle. The experience of dedicatedly working for the cause itself flowered with lifetime learning and earning. Working for the company is a sole purpose for Javier. He states he can’t imagine another way to create and live in a company which is all about them. He believes weather its coding, calling clients, strategizing for further expansions or learning something new, everything is work and this work is life.

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About the Author Ineke Kooistra is the CEO of YoungCapital, a leading Dutch recruitment agency, since 2013. She has been working in the recruitment and secondment branches for 25 years.

Additionally, she has also set up and expanded various specializations within the IT stafďŹ ng market. Her role as the CEO of the company is to get people moving, motivate them and coach them.

Together with three male founders, she directs a predominantly female management team and 1,300 employees, of which 80 percent is also female. This is pure coincidence, because Ineke doesn’t believe in selecting her employees based on gender.

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t the top “It’s all about finding someone’s strengths. Women don’t outperform men and vice versa. But I won’t deny that it takes a lot of discipline to stay at the top as a woman,” Ineke expresses. Just like men, women have a lot of qualities that match perfectly with a leadership role. It’s important that leadership comes from the heart. And you need to have the intention to help others grow and make them better through your role. I call it Servant Leadership.

If you want to make your company a success, you need to be of service to the company and its people. This has nothing to do with gender or background.

That’s why a quota for women at the top is completely nonsense, according to me. All women who really want to reach the top, will find a way to break through that glass ceiling. No bias in the world will stop a woman on a mission to reach that top position. But it’s wrong to think that anyone with the right capabilities – man or woman – can work anywhere they want. There should be a match between your personality, the company’s values and its culture. And sometimes it’s just a case of pure luck. Being at the right place at the right time. If this match doesn’t come naturally, it’s just not meant to be.

But if there is a perfect match between you as a leader and a company, it’s the first positive step, in my opinion. It’s still a lot of work. Having all that responsibility takes a lot out of you. You shouldn’t be afraid to make choices, and that also means saying no to certain activities in your personal life.

I am a mother of two and am not home every day. My husband and I have been able to make it work. I notice that a lot of women still find it difficult. But you can’t run a company part time. You need to dare to go full in. Those doubts often appear during the initial job interview. Women

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say “I want to be a director, but I still have children that I need to bring to school. Is that possible?” As if there are no male CEOs that bring their kids to school. The big difference is that men don’t ask these kinds of questions.

They just do it!

Balance It’s all about balance. Recently, I attended a forum on female leadership, where I talked about my role as a CEO. In the audience, were female students who were just about to graduate. When the moderator asked which of them wanted the same job as me, only three of the four hundred students raised their hands. The moderator was shocked, and asked the audience what was going on. “She works too much”, was the answer. “And we also want to be able to go to parties, exercise and have a social life.” That shocked me a little. It’s not that I don’t do anything else besides work.

My downtime, social life and work activities are just one big mix. It’s true that I’m constantly thinking about work.

But I also allow myself to go for a run in the morning or see my hairdresser during the week. To me, it’s just one full week in which I can do a lot.

Did I have this go-getter mentality as a child, since I already knew I wanted to one day reach the top? I think so.

But, at the same time, all the things I hoped for as a child didn’t come true. What I got is a lot better. I definitely don’t regret the choices that I’ve made. I started a family, got married, and am the CEO of a young and ambitious company. I should therefore be the last person to decide whether or not one should have a leadership position based on a ‘home situation’. How you combine the two is up to you. And yes, that takes a lot of discipline. But if you have natural leadership qualities, I believe everything is going to be alright.

The key to achieving this? As a female – or male – leader, you need to learn to let go and prioritise. Just do your best and focus on making things better for other people.

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Attributes of a Good

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The Art of Leading

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eadership is about using the power of a position to empower a group of people in order to attain a common goal. A leader’s task is to implement the plans that usually look good on paper, through a delegated team, in a specific time with an ongoing motion. She/he may use the traditional method or may think out of the box. It depends on the leader as how to do it; the ultimate motive is to get the job done.

Although, each and every individual has a different approach on leadership, some might say it is about setting examples, some might say it is about sharing the authority; what matters is, taking the right decision when it is most needed.

Leadership varies from one organization to another. An organization is a dynamic body and creates new probabilities every now and then. And with new probabilities, come new challenges.

Although, it is impossible to overcome every challenge, the business environment has adopted certain leadership styles for the efficiency of business: The Participative Leader Participative Leadership is the process of sharing authority with the work force in order to get optimum efficiency. The team, after getting access to certain powers, works responsibly to accomplish the goals set by its leader. The shared leadership also helps in case of any requirement of change, as the employees adapt quickly in such environment.

Incidentally, this style of leadership fits best in a scenario when there is a limitation of time.

The Transformational Leader A transformational leader inspires the team through effective communication and an intellectual environment.

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more detail oriented managers to successfully implement their strategies.

Transformational Leadership is considered among the most effective employees of the organization. One of the examples of this type of leadership is when a leader is assigned on a higher level for effective environment.

The Transactional leader The transactional leadership, as the name suggests, enables the leader to incentivize the team corresponding to their performance. The team gets rewarded when it attains the goals and the Leader has the power to review the results and act accordingly when the team fails to do the same. The goals and the strategy to attain them are decided by the leader and the team itself.

The Situational leader Situational leadership is a theory that the best leader will adapt to the required leadership style according to need of the hour. A Situational leader may adopt democratic style while discussion business with senior executive, but may switch to transactional at the time of team review. However every individual has a natural style of leadership and it may be difficult to switch roles at a certain point of time.

Qualities of a good leader There is an old proverb that says, “Give a Man a Fish, and You Feed Him for a Day. Teach a Man to Fish, and You Feed Him for a Lifetime.” So is the case with leadership. One of the basic qualities of a Leader is to pass on the leadership skills.

Following are some of the qualities of a good leader:

communication grows. Especially, when it comes to leadership, there is no scope for lack of communication. A Leader who fails to develop this skill is looked up as incompetent, because it is his job to send the message loud and clear. Although, it is also important to listen as it is an integral part of communication.

Integrity C.S. Lewis said, “Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.” Be it giving credit to one of the team members or be it admitting a mistake, a leader wears integrity as a badge of honor. They do what is right, no matter what. Ÿ

Empowerment As mentioned earlier, Leadership is about using the power of one’s position to empower a group of people in order to attain a common goal. A good leader shares his authority with the team in order to get the job done. By doing this, he shows confidence in the team and obliged by the gesture, the team works with full enthusiasm to accomplish the goal. Ÿ

Decision making There is risk in decision to making.

Great leaders take great decisions when the stake is high and it is the success of those decisions that make them great. To add up, a good leader takes right decision at the right time.

In conclusion, a good leader can be defined by the dynamics of his style in leadership, the values that he brings to the organization, the methods he uses to make the best of the resources, and the kind of decision he makes in the given situations. At the end it is about the attitude of an individual to bring the change for good. Ÿ

Communication Skills Communication is the basic requirement for efficiency in a business. As the level of hierarchy elevates, the requirement of Ÿ

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ver since the digitization, the implementation of upgraded technology and the race of being available digitally has spontaneously increased. Though businesses are more indulged in digital aspects, they are in need of a secure and strong Cyber Security system. The markets are filled with many such Cyber Security providers yet only few prove to be reliable. Meet MetaCompliance, a leading Cyber Security and compliance specialist which offers their clients a one-stop-shop management solution to engage users, provide defence against cyber threats, and deliver regulator reporting. The company’s mission is to help organizations to keep their staff safe online, secure their digital assets and help protect their corporate reputation.

Glimpse into MetaCompliance Robert O’Brien, Founder and CEO states that he had previous experience working in software and was involved in a company that sold a portfolio of Cyber Security products. He had heard repeatedly about companies seeking a solution that would enable them to evidence employee attestation of policies. Robert also emphasizes on an issue that organisations were facing large financial sanctions and risking their

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corporate reputation due to a lack of attestation management. In 2005, this type of product did not exist and he soon recognised, there was a real demand and opportunity in the market for a solution that would allow companies to provide the evidential weight to defend themselves and was easy to consume for the end user.

Exceptional Solutions to Rely On MetaCompliance is a leading Cyber Security and compliance specialist dedicated to helping businesses to keep their staff safe online, secure their digital assets, and protect their corporate reputation. It has created a world leading SaaS platform that provides a one-stop-shop management solution to engage users, provide defence against cyber threats, and deliver regulator reporting. The company’s innovative cloud platform provides their customers with a fully integrated suite of software solutions that includes policy management, e-learning, simulated phishing, privacy, awareness campaigns and incident management. Moreover, since the year 2005, the company have been supporting organizations around the world to develop responses to the growing cyber threat and implement strategies to defend against regulatory scrutiny.

Into the Shoes of Robert Robert O’Brien is the CEO and founder of MetaCompliance. He is involved in all aspects of the business. Most importantly, Robert’s role is supporting innovation-driven-growth and leading multiple teams towards a common goal. Robert enjoys the development of ideas through to finished products and projects. He feels passionately about the necessity for organisations to invest in keeping their people safe online and protect their digital assets.

In addition, he emphasizes on the culture that the company follows, he states that it is and always has been the most important factor in MetaCompliance’s success. It is founded on the principle of Extreme Ownership developed by former Navy SEALs Jocko

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Willink and Leif Babin. Extreme Ownership runs through every aspect of the business from its people to its processes. Embedding Extreme Ownership has created leadership at every level and a culture of accountability to achieve its mission. This in effect has enabled the company to move faster, operate more effectively, get results and learn continuously.

Being Socially Responsible Robert states that Corporate Social Responsibility represents an organisation’s impact on society and how this is embedded into its everyday strategy. He believes business can pursue its self-interest while doing good work for society. Currently, CSR is no longer a measure of good will but a measure of being a good business and organisations are increasingly judged on their merits and ethics. Prioritising CSR directly impacts the type of customers, employees, and suppliers and stakeholders that a company attracts. For MetaCompliance, the key is a long term commitment and leading by example.

The company’s aspiration is to become the “go to” solution for organisations that need to ensure Cyber Security awareness and manage their privacy life cycle.

Their goal is to become a leader in Cyber Security software and to achieve such the company is expanding in Europe and North America.

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Mario Aguilera Founder & CEO

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nergy plays a crucial role in the global economy and will become the dominant economic issue of the coming decade. Most recently, to promote various energy efficiency improvements and encourage the development of specific energy sources, many policies are initiated. Energy utilization is a key for a better future and Tespack, a company that provides smart energy solutions with their innovative products to make everyone energy independent.

Meet Mario Aguilera, Founder, and CEO, an ex-special forces officer with background in military operations, international economics, international business, and renewables. He has founded several companies and is an inventor by heart, and he has six different patents to his name. Before Tespack, Mario was the Co-Director at a renewable energy company while writing research publications for the Foreign Ministry of Finland, Bolivia and also Kazakhstan.

The Roots During Mario's time in the military and outdoor experiences, he always thought that energy is an essential part of technology as many lives depended on it. As an infantry soldier and special forces officer, he experienced the loss of power and its limitations first hand while training in remote areas in South-America with his unit. It was at this moment when Tespack was born as a company. This particular need happens every day with rescue personnel, NGOs, military personnel and outdoor enthusiasts and Tespack is happy to continue innovating products that help tackle these issues in the market to generate free energy for off-grid usage. Now they plan to go even further by adding connectivity and statistics.

Mission & Vision Tespack visions to go even further as the world of IoT entered our space, and as wearable

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opened a new horizon of opportunities. Now they can track, automate and analyze supply and demand of energy in the consumer sector and also in rural areas.

Tespack's mission is to make mobile energy and to create products that can power the needs of all professionals under any circumstances and when possible, integrate clean energy sources in our process.

Values that Drive the Company Tespack's motto is quite simple, "It is better to have ten lions than a 1000 sheep." The only way to create edgy and innovative products is to have leaders that come from diverse backgrounds and ethnicities who are willing to join and mold their ideas to create something revolutionary. The company does not believe in titles but in getting the job done. They view the company more of a "sports team" than a "family", where everyone needs to stay sharp in order to perform and where everyone has the same opportunities to grow and learn. The organization has been able to come to terms and be realistic enough to understand that and learn it the hard way. What counts for Tespack is the attitude and that you can deliver your job. It can teach a skill, and anyone can learn a trade, but they cannot teach honesty, hard work or the most crucial part of small companies…loyalty.

Providing Innovative Energy Solutions Tespack creates innovative energy products that tackle not only energy problems but also connectivity and safety. For this reason, the organization announced its latest Innovation "Solar media Backpack". This product powers anything from smartphones to projectors and laptops, making education possible in most rural areas. It also has a software platform & application for people on the ground that monitors their safety and the status of their equipment. This year Tespack is proud to announce that it will test this new innovative technology with one of the largest NGOs, Plan International. The company is also looking forward to distributing technology globally to other NGOs and government agencies who need audiovisual technology to educate children in rural areas.

Corporate Social Responsibility The idea of Corporate Social Responsibility is to ensure that every decision Tespack makes from creating products to creating company protocols has a positive impact on the community, personnel and surroundings. That's the main reason Tespack pushes itself to develop products that don't exist on the market, as it wants to bring this change through technology but also by using solutions that will contribute to our environment and society in general.

What Comes Next?

Tespack aspires to create technology that makes an impact.

The company's future aspirations are to innovate premium

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Tespack has made it its mission to become the biggest energy supplier outside peoples homes, making everyone energy independent. products that help institutions and rescue workers be charged and safe in remote areas. It is in the process of studying how to provide internet in remote locations with their products (No satellites or antennas needed). Currently, Tespack is proud to say that all its upcoming projects and innovations are being developed with NGOs, rescue workers, and governmental institutions during its field expeditions to ensure its product goes beyond the expectations. Mario Aguilera always joins these missions to be on the front line and always provides the first-hand feedback, testing a product in the lab will never be the same as testing in the field. For this reason, the company goes to extreme measures to ensure it provides only the best as many lives depend on its products.

Testimonials “The energy sector needs renewal, and it can only happen if everyone works together to change it. Companies like Tespack are a perfect example of the kind of novel thinking that is needed in the industry and GE wants to help these companies succeed. We challenge all companies, big or small, to join us and help us to create better solutions for the future” -Head of Energy Village at GE, Mikko Kauppinen “The bags (Tespack Solar Smart packs) are very useful and give us the liberty to keep our devices charged during outdoor activities.”

-Saeed Ur Rehman, Director Program Development & Quality, Save the Children Sudan “Tespack products have been vital for the safety of our team during Mars analogue expeditions.”

Austrian Space Forum.

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