In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 19, 2012

These leaders will find a way to drive through the challenges with strategies that are right for their business and their customers. To meet growth goals, companies will have to sell more to the same customers and find a heap of new customers in foreign lands; China will be opportunity number one.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 1, 2020

Articles, books, seminars, videos, online courses…all of them provide pieces to the puzzle to assist individuals to becoming a great leader. What does the research show us about how we feel our leaders are doing? Ketchum Study: Only 23% believe their leaders are leading well. Leadership effectiveness is mired in mediocrity.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

While much has been written about what leaders are, today’s post will highlight eight areas that will help you quickly pinpoint what leaders are not. Put another way, not all leaders are created equal. Bottom line…unproven leaders come with a high risk premium.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 28, 2011

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Five Minutes – a Key to Successful Time Management by Kevin Eikenberry on January 28, 2011 in Decision Making , Leadership , Learning , Manage Projects , Personal Development Every leader I talk to tells me they are busy.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 28, 2014

As we approach the end of the first month of this new year, many of us are now well under way in implementing our plans and strategies to achieve the goals we’ve mapped out for the next 11 months. Rather, it also requires that we recognize the importance of building and sustaining relationships with those we lead.

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Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 12, 2018

Charles Wallace Murry: That’s my new word for the day, exclusive… Charles Wallace is the precocious adopted son of Dr. Alex Murry and Dr. Kate Wallace (Gugu Mbatha-Raw). And one of the things he learns is new words every day. Leaders need to constantly stretch and grow their mental acuity (See what I did there?

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Modern Servant Leader

OCTOBER 9, 2012

David McCuistion is a Modern Servant Leader subscriber and fellow Servant Leadership advocate. What are the greatest challenges facing Servant leaders? What are the greatest opportunities facing Servant leaders? Your Tagline at VOL is “Putting a SPARK in Your Leaders.” Introduction.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 24, 2010

The best leaders are proactive, strategic listeners. Take a moment and reflect back on any great leader that comes to mind…you’ll find that they are very adept at reading between the lines. Want to become a better leader? Being a leader should not be viewed as a license to increase the volume of rhetoric.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2018

Here are 5 signs that you are ready to expand: 1. You have a loyal customer base. Loyalty is the key word here. If you have regular repeat customers, you are on to a winner. It’s a sure sign that the products or services that you are offering are quality and that you are providing customer satisfaction.

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Mark Sanborn

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Kent was one of the most intentional leaders I’ve ever met, and I am grateful I had a chance to make his acquaintance, and more importantly, learn from his example. That way,” he explains, “ Visitors can see that failure isn ’ t a bad thing when you ’ re trying to innovate.”. Intentional Leaders Are Involved Leaders.

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Joseph Lalonde

AUGUST 7, 2017

Leaders see things others don’t: Jake Chambers was dreaming about the Dark Tower. Great leaders see what others don’t – Leadership lessons from The Dark Tower Click To Tweet. The same goes for leaders. Leaders have a keen sense of what is coming. Leaders can SEE things others do not see.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 8, 2013

And if it’s not happening in the best way possible, take responsibility to make it happen in a better way. When I hear a salesperson say, “The guy wouldn’t return my call,” I really want to punch somebody in the face (gently, of course). The customer does not perceive you as being genuine.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Are you different from your competition, or do you just tell customers and prospects you are? REALITY: It’s not what you think or believe, it’s what your customers do and say. REALITY: If you asked your customer what the difference is, what would they say? A face-to-face talk. Interview customers who love you.

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Coaching Tip

APRIL 30, 2015

He actually had an ego that was too small for his considerable abilities and new position as head of the Mexican arm of an international bank based in Dallas, Texas." . But in his new position, Paul was suddenly a misfit — or so he felt. He was self-conscious and awkward, and unable to speak with authority.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2013

How to profitably service existing customers? Design a Prospect Debrief Questionnaire Step 5. Money: More leads generate more revenue; plus, customers are willing to pay more for a high quality brand. Strive to become known as a thought leader in your space. What keeps small business owners up at night?

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Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

Becoming A Healthy Leader There are plenty of ways to become a healthy leader. I’ve shared various ways you can become a healthy leader over the last couple of weeks. Today, I wanted to bring new voices to the civanonversation on what a healthy leader looks like. Photo by Element5 Digital.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

The world is replete with SWOT mechanisms for evaluating a prospective new product offering, as well as opportunity assessment templates for evaluating a project against overall business goals, customer impact, strategic potential, and competitive urgency. But how do you evaluate the myriad smaller opportunities you face every day?

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Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

The 5 building blocks of collaboration. You can explore and experiment with many other ways to create a learning environment. Integrity – ability to inspire/engender trust and loyalty. This means partners, investors, employees, customers and the greater community. 1) Create a Learning Environment -.

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Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 25, 2013

I think it would be well worth your time to give it a listen, because there are some wonderful nuggets in there that I know would be helpful to any aspiring more human leader. What were the key ways in which Starbucks built a deep “reservoir of trust” with their stakeholders and employees?

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You're Not the Boss of Me

MARCH 23, 2010

Exploring Shared Leadership → March 23, 2010 · 5:37 pm ↓ Jump to Comments The Importance of Being Purposeful When I first came to Vancouver to take up my new role as a Human Resources Consultant with a major bank, my boss and I agreed that I should go on a road trip and meet with as many corporate banking employees as possible.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 6, 2012

In other words, what are Citibank, American Airlines, Amazon, UPS, and Volvo doing to create engaging apps that bind the user to the company, build brand equity, and provide high exit barriers for customers (and equally high entry barriers for competitors)? Leaders in this space include American Airlines and American Express.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2012

Check out these new and forthcoming books from HBR Press: The Intention Economy: When Customers Take Charge. As customers become more independent and powerful, and the Intention Economy emerges, only vendors and organizations that are ready for the change will thrive. Does it have to be this way? by Doc Searls.

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Leading with Trust

DECEMBER 15, 2019

It’s about why the best leaders make loving employees a higher priority than profit. Can you give some examples of how leaders can show commitment to an employee’s well-being? . Some general examples include frequently asking about and seeking out ways that we as leaders can help team members to be happier both at work and at home.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2011

I have long believed that innovation is not just about creating new products or services; it's also about rethinking the very nature of an organization's relationships. The most innovative brands have dramatically changed the way they connect with customers by supplementing traditional marketing and advertising with social and digital media.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

As our New England summer winds down, the night air gets cooler, the days grow shorter, and the parking lot here on campus is once again filled up with students, it can only mean one thing. This post seems to be a good fit for my favorite team, the Bills: How to be a Leader in a Crappy Culture. New England Patriots.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2016

What makes an effective leader? Looking for answers, I recently completed the first round of a study of 195 leaders in 15 countries over 30 global organizations. I’ve grouped the top ones into five major themes that suggest a set of priorities for leaders and leadership development programs. dave wheeler FOR HBR.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2013

In business today, "user experience" (or UX) has come to represent all of the qualities of a product or service that make it relevant or meaningful to an end-user — everything from its look and feel design to how it responds when users interact with it, to the way it fits into people's daily lives.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2013

Despite a Broadway-styled launch held in Radio City Music Hall , the new product received somewhat mixed reviews. If all of this sounds familiar, then it should because not too long ago Apple faced a similar situation after its launch of the iPhone 5. Publicity is a necessary part of new product introductions.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

Show me a CEO with a bad attitude and I’ll show you a poor leader. While this sounds simple enough at face value, I have consistently found that one of the most often overlooked leadership attributes is that of a positive attitude. If people see you coming and quickly run the other way, you have an attitude problem.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 1, 2011

The theme of this year’s conference was “ The New Leadership and Loyalty Business ”, and in my presentation and work session, I spoke about a leadership “model” that can be used by leaders in just about any situation – a model that, if it is applied correctly, will put a business, organization, or non-profit on the fast track to excellence.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2016

.” And yet the lean startup methodology, born in Silicon Valley as a way for startups to tune in to customer needs with limited resources, has been gaining major momentum inside big companies like General Electric, Alaska Airlines, Telefonica, 3M, and W.L. A faster cycle time for developing ideas.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2015

Both practices have long developed insights into their customers based on data and analytics. That has coincided with marketing’s increased influence on strategy, driven by the unprecedented level of insights into customer behavior and trends that are now possible through analytics. Take a customer–life cycle approach.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. The company’s emphasis shifted from making ad hoc contributions to chunks of time, whereby the firm got recognition, the partners became better leaders, and the community benefited from their expertise.

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