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20 Reasons Why Companies Should Do Less Better

In the CEO Afterlife

The seemingly more attractive (and logical) option is to do more and more – the theory being the more markets, products, and businesses a company engages in, the better the results. Mired in the complexity of an unrelated product line, Campbell’s leaders keep plugging along trying to do more of the same, only better. This is not true.

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How to Get Ten Hours of Your Week Back

Next Level Blog

It comes from Caroline Starner who, when I interviewed her for my book, Overworked and Overwhelmed , was the head of human resources for the sunglass and sports apparel company, Oakley. The goal each Friday was to cancel 20% of the meetings two weeks out. It was then that I shared one of my favorite tactics for getting your time back.

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How To Grow In Your Career

Strategy Driven

Professional development is something that begins from a conscious awareness of where you’d like to be in your career and taking informed steps towards that goal. It may take some time to get to that point, but it’s worth it to consider it now if you’d like to get further in your goal. Navigate Relationships Professionally .

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15 Nuggets of Wisdom From 15 Entrepreneurs

Terry Starbucker

I jotted down a lot of notes during the day, and I wanted to share what I thought were the 15 best nuggets of wisdom from the event: “Pay attention (to everything)” – Eric Winquist , CEO of Jama Software , who is delivering enterprise-grade software solutions to product development challenges.

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Guest Post: 3 Steps to Magnetic Leadership

Lead on Purpose

Product managers in coalition organizations know this all too well. How do you drive your goals when you are not in a line on an organizational chart? My largest client is in the apparel industry with a multiplicity of brand names. Be the visionary for your product and you will lead your products to success.

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

Christy Pambianchi, CHRO at Verizon (NYSE: VZ) : With more than $130 Billion in revenue and more than 140,000 employees worldwide, Christy leads a category dominant company with an ever-expanding portfolio of product and service offerings. While new to Verizon, her contribution is already being felt. Affiliates.

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The Ways Customers Use Products Have Changed — but Brands Haven’t Kept Up

Harvard Business Review

Provide them with a platform to participate in your products and services — as Coca-Cola managed to do with its personalized “Share a Coke” initiative — and then you have the chance to embed people directly into the narrative or fabric of your brand. For example, Nike fulfills seasonal needs of the market (i.e.

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