Remove 2011 Remove Company Remove Insurance Remove Retail
article thumbnail

Don’t EVER Doubt How Leadership Impacts the Employee Experience, Customer Experience, and Overall Brand Experience!

Eric Jacobson

With two decades of marketing experience and an MBA Degree, Debbie developed her marketing expertise while working in the high-tech industry, the Consumer Marketing Department at Disneyland Paris in France, the nonprofit arena, and the insurance industry. I remember one website where the owners of the company said, “O.K.,

Brand 65
article thumbnail

Disruptive Business Models | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

The most successful companies incorporate disruptive thinking into all of their business and management practices to gain distinctive competitive value propositions. “Me Too&# companies fight to eek out market share in an attempt to survive, while disruptive companies become category dominant brands insuring sustainability.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

StrategyDriven Editorial Perspective – Hiring Uncertainties.

Strategy Driven

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. The increase in private sector jobs suggests that retail and factory jobs will continue to climb. Health insurance costs for small businesses increased from 1999 to 2007. Juliano Howard T.

article thumbnail

Building a Direct-to-Consumer Strategy Without Alienating Your Distributors

Harvard Business Review

Companies increasingly use digital technologies to circumvent distributors and enter into direct relationships with their end-users. But they also risk alienating the longstanding partners that companies count on for their core business. As a result, many B2B companies remain stuck in a stalemate. Three Images/Getty Images.

article thumbnail

Could Fewer Products Lead to More Profits?

Harvard Business Review

Although dampened somewhat by the economic climate and job uncertainty , the five+ weeks from late November through the end of the calendar year represent more than $500 billion in sales — or approximately 40% of the entire year's retail revenue in the U.S. Even automobile companies and airlines seem to have learned this lesson.

article thumbnail

4 Strategies for Reaching the Chinese Consumer

Harvard Business Review

Slowing Chinese economic growth coupled with confidence-sapping tumult on the stock market have set alarm bells ringing at companies about their future growth prospects in China. But while the power to initiate a transition to a consumption-led economy lies in government hands, what the government unleashes, companies can nurture.

article thumbnail

Wells Fargo and the Slippery Slope of Sales Incentives

Harvard Business Review

In 2005 the world’s largest insurance broker, Marsh Inc., paid $850 million in fines in the aftermath of accusations that it had received kickbacks from insurance companies for steering business their way — a scheme at odds with Marsh’s commitment to finding the best deal for customers.