May, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife

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The Perfect Brand Slogan | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife. Main menu Home. Leadership. Branding. Life. The Perfect Brand Slogan. by John • May 23, 2011 • Branding , Marketing • 3 Comments. Most folks in the branding game will judge a proposed slogan or tag line by a defined set of objectives. In my day, I started with strategy. If a slogan did not communicate the brand’s strategic intent, it was a non-starter.

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Do Vulture Cultures still prevail in Business? | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife. Main menu Home. Leadership. Branding. Life. Do Vulture Cultures still prevail in Business? by John • May 2, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership • 1 Comment. Vulture Culture, Alan Parson’s musical composition told the story of a person’s struggle for money, fame and power. Take a moment to read his lyrics of 1984.

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Tough-Minded Ways to Innovate | In the CEO Afterlife

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In the CEO Afterlife. Main menu Home. Leadership. Branding. Life. Tough-Minded Ways to Innovate. by John • May 16, 2011 • Leadership , Strategy • 3 Comments. One of my best mentors during my CEO years was my monthly Harvard Business Review. Articles on strategy and culture were my favorites, many of which I scribed in pencil on a piece of paper that my secretary typed for posterity – oh my, that sounds archaic.

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When to Give Up Your Pride | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife. Main menu Home. Leadership. Branding. Life. When to Give Up Your Pride. by John • May 30, 2011 • Human Resources , Life • 1 Comment. One of my favorite ‘inspirational’ books is The Art of Possibility by Rosamund and Benjamin Zander. Though I read it 10 years ago, one passage still stands out in my mind. Ben, the conductor of the Boston Philharmonic, had been teaching a master class at a festival in Newcastle, filmed by the BBC.

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One Young Doctor gives Prostate Cancer the Finger ? by David Bell.

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In the CEO Afterlife. Main menu Home. Leadership. Branding. Life. One Young Doctor gives Prostate Cancer the Finger – by David Bell, Guest Blogger. by John • May 10, 2011 • Life , Marketing • 1 Comment. Before I can share the tale of Dr. Riley Senft’s cross-Canada run for cancer, you need to know what it took to get there. The eldest of 3 children, Riley grew up a high energy ADD kid, challenged by permanent hearing loss in one ear.