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Microsoft Office: A Competitive Advantage that Needs to be Mobile

Coaching Tip

One of the major strategic plays, set in motion by the purchase of Nokia Corporation''s mobile-phone business, is to take their Microsoft Windows Office competitive advantage to the mobile marketplace of smartphones and tablets. Source: The Wall Street Journal, September 16, 2011. High Performance Teams; A Competitive Advantage.

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Recommended Resource – Beyond Performance: How Great Organizations Build Ultimate Competitive Advantage

Strategy Driven

Beyond Performance: How Great Organizations Build Ultimate Competitive Advantage. You just finished reading Recommended Resource - Beyond Performance: How Great Organizations Build Ultimate Competitive Advantage ! Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. by Scott Keller and Colin Price. About the Reference.

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How to Accelerate Team Learning

QAspire

Jack Welch famously said, “An organizations ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the greatest competitive advantage.”. In fact, it seems that constant learning is the only key to agility as a team and organization. It all starts from understanding why organizations don’t learn.

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The Essence of Strategy (Part 2) | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

by John • October 30, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 4 Comments. I’m going to assume they’ve identified their competitive advantage and the secrets of success in the business they’ve defined. Competitive advantage is strategy’s ultimate purpose. December 2011.

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3 Factors That Make Costco America’s Best Employer

Michael Lee Stallard

I’ve spoken with Jim Sinegal, Costco’s co-founder and CEO from 1983 to 2011, and interacted with Ryan Watkins, a young Costco warehouse manager across the country in Oregon. Vision + Value + Voice = Connection). Costco’s Connection Culture. Surviving and Thriving.

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The Rainmaker Fab Five Blog Picks of the Week

Sales Wolf Blog

Below are my picks for January 24th - 30th, 2011. Tanmay Vora, QAspire Blog: Creating a Learning Organization: 10 Actions for a Leader - Jack Welch boldly proclaimed that an organization's ability to learn and translate that learning into action is its greatest competitive advantage.

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Highlighting Our February 2017 Sponsor: Leaders Made Here

Lead Change Blog

Blake and his team then translate their findings into a practical plan that any organization can use to create a leadership culture that will ensure a sustainable competitive advantage and long-term success. Mark has written other insightful leadership books, including The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do.

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