In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 4, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. by John • April 4, 2011 • Leadership , Strategy • 0 Comments. Their competitive edge eroded because the people at the top, who considered themselves the corporate brain, failed to innovate. Innovation and entrepreneurship began a comeback, albeit in measured bites. Human Resources.

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In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 1, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. by John • August 1, 2011 • Branding , Marketing • 0 Comments. To its credit, GSK still owns Macleans and although it is no longer the #3 brand, chomping at the tails of Colgate and Crest, Macleans has benefitted from contemporary marketing and dental care innovation in a few geographies.

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In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 1, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. by John • August 1, 2011 • Branding , Marketing • 0 Comments. To its credit, GSK still owns Macleans and although it is no longer the #3 brand, chomping at the tails of Colgate and Crest, Macleans has benefitted from contemporary marketing and dental care innovation in a few geographies.

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In the CEO Afterlife

JULY 24, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. by John • July 24, 2011 • Branding , Marketing • 3 Comments. Here’s a clue to the French liquor-maker’s culture, from their annual report: “We will continue to raise our game so that creativity and innovation are the heart of our model. July 25, 2011 at 6:19 am. Human Resources.

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In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. by John • November 13, 2011 • Branding , Life , Marketing • 5 Comments. I’ve never thought of the homeless as innovative or entrepreneurial. November 14, 2011 at 8:59 am. November 15, 2011 at 7:47 am. November 19, 2011 at 11:09 am. November 19, 2011 at 1:32 pm.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 5, 2015

The Kodak name became synonymous with a resistance to change, but it’s not just innovation the company lacked. In 2011, Kodak made the list of Top 10 Fortune 500 Employers With Older Workers, called out for employing a disproportionately high percentage of mature workers. Human Resources'

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

I cannot even begin to count the number of times I’ve had a CEO tell me that certain immutable business principles just don’t apply to his/her business because, “this business is different.&# What about competing against the innovation of others that could cause the obsolescence of your product or service?

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In the CEO Afterlife

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. by John • February 5, 2011 • Branding , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 1 Comment. The role has been relegated to middle managers who are brand custodians, not leaders in innovation. CEOs must recognize that their own personal attention holds the key to the continued earnings stream.

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Sales Wolf Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2010

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional! Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration (ESA) - U.S. License. .  However, The Conference Board does much more than just report on leading economic indicators.

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Sales Wolf Blog

JULY 9, 2010

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional!   Weekly topics are wide and varied and include just about everything from innovation and communication to leadership and corporate social responsibility. Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration (ESA) - U.S. License. .

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Women on Business

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

HP announced Whitman’s appointment on September 22, 2011 but given the public comments, customers seem to think it’s a bad choice. It’s my stance that HP usually leaps before it looks and I am not sure that I am sold on Whitman as the new CEO. HP Has a Poor Track Record in Past CEO Selection. So let’s look.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Note: today, 10/28/2011, is the 4 year anniversary of Great Leadership. A community (or nation) that rates high on conformity is less likely to be adaptive, innovative, and probably even viable. Take for example Jeff Immelt's eleven year run as CEO at GE. I think it's spot on and has had a impact on my approach to life.

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Chart Your Course

JUNE 30, 2016

The essence of the book is captured in the quote by Robert Eckert, former Mattel CEO: “As you go to work, your top responsibility should be to build trust.” It is one of the top selling business books of all time and a favourite among CEOs. Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (2011). By Jim Collins.

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In the CEO Afterlife

OCTOBER 17, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. The CEO as Chief Brand Custodian. by John • October 17, 2011 • Branding , Human Resources , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 3 Comments. The conversation in the 2011 branding world is well beyond product and service brand discussion by marketers and ad agencies.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

It's hard to find leaders of the human resources (HR) function who are active in helping their organization improve the way it works. In 2009 Tony Scibelli, Vice President of Human Resources and Operations at Faxton-St. In 2009 Tony Scibelli, Vice President of Human Resources and Operations at Faxton-St.

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Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

E.g. take a team of developers to tour an abattoir, take the human resource team to a museum exhibit on ancient Egypt, or take legal on an outing to a flower show. The benefit of this kind of team activity, is the opening of one’s mind, and shared creative stimulus, which fosters innovation. These are just a few examples.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Facebook’s focus on spreading the right mindset became clear to us when, in late 2007 and early 2008, researcher and consultant Beth Benjamin and I had a series of conversations with Chris Cox, then Facebook’s 25 year-old head of Human Resources.

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Chart Your Course

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Why Your CEO and CFO Should Care About Employee Engagement TLNT, 2013. Focusing on Employee Engagement: How to Measure it and Improve It UNC: Kenan-Flaglar Business School, 2011. Employee Engagement-A Leading Indicator of Financial Performance Forbes, December 2011. Canadian HR Reporter, March 2011. NEWS, January 2012.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2016

On one hand, many noted that in the 1990s, following scandals in Indonesia and Vietnam, the shoe giant’s name had become, in the words of the company’s co-founder and former CEO Phil Knight, “synonymous with slave wages, forced overtime, and arbitrary abuse.” workers over those in poorer countries. Not necessarily.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

CEO Jeff Immelt declared in 2011 that GE needed to become a software and analytics company or risk seeing its hardware products become commodities as information-based competitors took over. Bill Ruh was selected in 2011. A design studio is geared for collaboration and innovation work with customers and partners.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2015

The road map starts with creating an environment for frontline workers to imagine innovative new ways of delivering care. When I was CEO of ThedaCare in Wisconsin, we chose a medical-surgical unit at our Appleton Medical Center in 2007 as the place to develop an innovative process for caring for inpatients we dubbed Collaborative Care.

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Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

They are experts on something but they don’t care much about the structure of the company, they lack the knowledge about planning, accounting or even human resources. In any case, this is an indicator of wasted resources, and wasted dreams. Deming Insitute Grant and Visiting CEOs in California. Hernan Botbol, CEO Taringa.

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In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

Towards the end of 2011, he was diagnosed with inoperable esophageal cancer. But even artists have to eat, and the fuel of commerce and industry is innovation and novelty. Linds gave up the studio and spent his remaining days walking Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf, taking pictures, drawing, making music and writing about living and dying.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 10, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. by John • April 11, 2011 • Human Resources , Strategy • 0 Comments. Sixty-five innovative operations - four in the state of California alone. EA says that would stifle innovation. Know the reputation of the CEO. The style of the company will be that of the CEO.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

One result is that they keep their cards close to their chests about what they are looking for (at first), while expecting you to reveal everything – your finances, pricing, ownership, human resources, production processes, quality assurance, customer service procedures, KPIs, and existing customers.

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