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Four Strategies to Make Your Vision a Reality

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

I use a daily planning agenda, a weekly planning agenda, and a social media checklist. For me, I chose a trip to Europe or Asia, as my big reward for reaching my 2012 goals. Todd Nielsen has extensive leadership experience as a CEO, COO, President, & Vice-President of companies in the IT & Telecommunication industries.

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A New Digital Iron Curtain

Coaching Tip

Gordon Crovitz, Information Age, The Wall Street Journal, December 17, 2012. At the just-concluded conference of the International Telecommunications Union in Dubai, the U.S. At the just-concluded conference of the International Telecommunications Union in Dubai, the U.S. It was also too good to last. walks out of a U.N.

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Who's Really Responsible for P&G's Succession Problems?

Harvard Business Review

Using data from the 2012 survey, we also found that boards gave their companies'' very poor grades on talent management. consumer durables & apparel, retailing, education, media, hotels, restaurants & leisure); Consumer Staples (e.g., Penney''s board ousted Ron Johnson they reinstated his predecessor Mike Ullman. Succession planning'

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

Harvard Business Review

Our 2012 survey, in partnership with WomenCorporateDirectors and Heidrick & Struggles, of more than 1,000 corporate directors across the globe, found that only 48% of the boards had a formal process of determining the combination of skills and attributes required for their board and, therefore, for new directors.

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The Hidden Wealth Beyond Net Promoter

Harvard Business Review

Two studies of firms in the telecommunications and financial services industries showed that only about 10% of declared promoters actually do refer profitable new customers. The concept that emerged at the 2012 Summit on Customer Engagement was "defender." That may not be the case at all: they need to be asked. It's too passive.

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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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Joint Ventures Reduce the Risk of Major Capital Investments

Harvard Business Review

This is the virtual network operator (VNO) model used by the telecommunications sector. For example, in 2010, Corelio and Concentra, two European media companies, established Coldset Printing Partners, a joint venture (JV) for their newspaper printing assets. The integrated carrier gets incremental revenues from its excess capacity.