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Intrapreneurship in "Social" Business

Mills Scofield

Having lived in and with off-the-grid communities in Latin America, in Nicaragua and Colombia, I had seen and felt the impact of low Internet and basic telecommunications access, especially when it comes to communicating with potential employers. This customer discovery process let me identify the forces acting on a worker.

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Retain Your Top Performers

Marshall Goldsmith

Leaders can no longer afford to let the vagaries of the job market determine who leaves and who stays. The CEO of a leading telecommunications company recently embarked on an innovative approach. This process not only helps to retain key talent but also yields great feedback for continuous improvement. 1-858-759-0950.

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Are You Paying Enough Attention to Your Sales Force?

Harvard Business Review

According to Selling Power magazine, the largest companies in America selling products such as computer and office equipment, consumable goods, insurance, telecommunications, and financial services, each employ tens of thousands of salespeople. billion spent on all media advertising in 2012 and more than 20 times the estimated $39.5

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Joining Boards: It's Not Just Who You Know That Matters

Harvard Business Review

Although many boards continue to select new members from their own networks, our research suggests that more are beginning to implement objective processes to select members based on the skills and attributes that boards need to be effective. We also looked at results by industry and region.

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Ten Reasons Salespeople Lose Deals

Harvard Business Review

These interviews were conducted with salespeople across a wide variety of industries including high technology, telecommunications, financial services, consulting, industrial equipment, healthcare, and electronics, to name a few. Increasingly, purchasing has more say over decisions that were previously made solely by business areas.

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It's Not Too Late to Stave Off Disruption

Harvard Business Review

At the moment that a disruptive innovation crosses into the mainstream market and establishes itself as a viable competitor, the third stage in a disruptive innovation's life cycle. 2012 was a big year for payments leader Square, founded by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey. Is our strategy evolving as rapidly as the market?

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On a Consumer Watershed

Marshall Goldsmith

Over the past several years a major shift in customer behavior has reshaped the nature of many markets and is leading to profound changes in how companies attempt to serve those markets. What Got You Here Won’t Get You There has just been listed as the #2 bestselling business book for 2012 by INC magazine / 800 CEO Read.