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Guest Blogger Julie Freeman: The Trustworthy Leader

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Leaders need their employees to stay on board during the changes and continue to contribute to its strategy. Julie Freeman, APR, ABC, served as the President of the International Association of Business Communicators from 2001-2011. And that means their leaders are communicating effectively and often. __. About Julie Freeman.

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The State of Strategy Consulting, 2011

Harvard Business Review

They may have done a swell $2 million strategy study for a client, but then have to watch from the sidelines as a more broadly based firm swoops in to do the $15 million project — a total systems redesign, say, or a corporate reorganization — entailed in implementing the strategy. Monitor & Co.,

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Why Target’s Canadian Expansion Failed

Harvard Business Review

Crew’s approach when it entered Canada in 2011. Crew, might have helped it to gain experience in the market and adjust its strategy before expanding further. International business Marketing Strategy Retail & Consumer Goods North America' Consider J. Like Target, J. Crew had customers that were familiar with J.

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Tinkering with Strategy Can Derail Midsize Companies

Harvard Business Review

But because midsize companies lack the resources of big companies, which can experiment with multiple new strategies and launch pilot projects, midsize firms are at risk when they divert scarce resources from their core business. Revenue in 2011 was $59 million. Rodan + Fields’ revenue growth has been breathtaking.

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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job: Disruption and Activist Investors

Harvard Business Review

In his Harvard Business Review article summing up his tenure, Immelt recalls that the two things that influenced him most were Marc Andreessen’s 2011 Wall Street Journal article “ Why Software Is Eating the World ” and Eric Ries’s book The Lean Startup. He doubled GE’s investment in R&D.

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The 2010 Execution Round-Up: Six Companies That Couldn't 'Get It.

Strategy Driven

And Its Execution Gap Closer Round-Up Execution Gap Closer #1: Netflix Netflix received considerable media attention this year as it demonstrated its ability to successfully execute its strategy to provide video over the Internet. Here are a few of this year’s headline makers and the lessons that can be learned from each of them. …And

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In Defense of Routine Innovation

Harvard Business Review

Yet, its strategy for almost three decades has largely been that of a sustainer, not a disruptor. Since 2011, Apple has generated $150 billion in cash flow, much of that from the iPhone. Let’s examine a few examples. Intel is certainly one of the great disruptors of all time. None as far as I can tell. Then there’s Apple.