Strategy Driven

JUNE 26, 2020

By determining the margins each type of customer brings to your business, you can stop wasting resources on unprofitable segments and instead more strategically focus your marketing efforts on targeting the customer segments that will deliver the greatest ROI, such as lookalike or adjacent audiences to your high-value customers.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

He hunted wild animals in Africa and, as a naturalist, started the U.S. I knew his reputation for being a bit of a wild man. The audience was comprised of leaders from their Skunk Works division—the R&D innovators who focused on air defense 25-30 years out. Forestry Service. Fun Leaders Are Light.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 1, 2012

The difference to conventional branding is this: “cult” imagery and the “buzz” created by breakthrough marketing execution that continues to drive Red Bull’s distinctive image. . Red Bull’s initial target market was the college crowd. Without a large budget, Mateschitz relied on sampling students to create word-of-mouth awareness.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

So did the audience. Peals of laughter erupted from the audience, followed by grateful applause. ” Go wild. It was early in Act I, and without warning, the large wooden frame of the shop – about the length of the stage itself – plunged to the ground with a resounding thud, narrowly missing the actors.

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Next Level Blog

AUGUST 20, 2018

Depending on the organization you’re leading, you will likely have both internal and external audiences to attend to. People will pay more attention to what you do and say. They’ll have expectations for you that you may not be aware of. It may be tempting to answer, “How the hell should I know? I just got here!” Probably not your best choice.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 23, 2018

Of course, humor can be highly subjective and what one person finds hilarious another person may not – so knowing your audience is paramount. Social humor is practiced as part of the IDEO design thinking process that “encourages wild ideas” to take root.

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Terry Starbucker

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

If the words that are delivered are “ over the heads ” of your audience, it will sound nice but everyone will walk away with little comprehension. Excessive hubris has always been one of the fatal flaws of leadership, and it often leads to wild and reckless business bets that come up snake eyes. They will fall flat. Simplicity.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

As a result, audience members are often left feeling disengaged and unsatisfied while guests struggle to inform and engage in a way that resonates. Customizing your content based on your audience matters. Ask the following questions: “What does my audience care about most?” How do I want my audience to feel?

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 31, 2016

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”. The third element, soul, is the why: why you, the leader, care and why they, the audience, should care. Just remember we only get one wild and precious life. “Doesn’t everything die at last, and too soon? Mary Oliver. It’s the leader’s skin in the game.”

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Strategy Driven

JULY 28, 2019

Taking the time to gauge the degree to which key messages are landing, as well as whether the audience is aligned, is probably the most important investment you can make as a leader. This is time very well spent because it takes your underlying culture and applies it to specific business problems.

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Surviving Leadership

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

I try to weigh the relevance for a wider audience and if it fits into the general leadership theme of my blog. Feel free to make any wild conjecture that makes my blog more exciting to you. .” Except for that one time. That was TOTALLY about you. It’s a challenge to not translate everything at work into a blog post.

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Steve Farber

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

French and I have been friends since meeting at a conference several years ago, and we’ve since shared the stage as speakers to business audiences –and as guitar players at a couple of jam sessions , too. Twisted Sister is a “classic” metal band, so audiences flock to see them play their original songs.

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Steve Farber

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

French and I have been friends since meeting at a conference several years ago, and we’ve since shared the stage as speakers to business audiences –and as guitar players at a couple of jam sessions , too. Twisted Sister is a “classic” metal band, so audiences flock to see them play their original songs.

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Leading Blog

JULY 12, 2021

We need it to be specific, improvement-focused, reflective of the audience we are trying to reach, and properly timed. What is interesting, too, is that we might think that the totally novel product or approach would win over your audience. Nearly every example you admire was developed using a blueprint. 4 Don’t Mimic, Evolve.

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The Practical Leader

JUNE 18, 2012

You can watch a two minute example of this in front of a large audience at Getting Started With Humor and Dad Jokes. They must come swaggering in from the wild jest with their puns on their lips! Despite being kicked under the table, he sometimes breaks into a small grin. They, too, groan at ‘Dad Jokes.’

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 9, 2015

Wild At Heart: Discovering The Secret Of A Man’s Soul by John Eldredge – This is the second or third time I’ve read through Wild At Heart and I’ve found it just as applicable today as I did the first time I read the book. What we can take away from Wild At Heart is that men and women are created differently.

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Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

It should reflect your personality and speak directly to your audience, whether potential employers, clients, or collaborators. "Updating your LinkedIn profile is like getting a haircut. You don't realize how wildly out-of-style you've become until you attract the wrong kind of attention."

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2015

For the most part you’re reading lead-ins to other people’s stories — 22 minutes in all — and I couldn’t relate to the audience in the way I’d been able to in the morning.” When I went to do the CBS Evening News, the format did not allow me to be as relaxed and show my personality.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

NOVEMBER 19, 2011

Consider the cultural makeup of the intended audience. It was Oscar Wilde who said, “ When you assume, you make an ass out of U and Me” . It was developed for the vacuum cleaner Manufacturer, Electrolux, then interpreted and used, without modification, in the company’s American campaign. What To Do. Linguistic Barriers.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JULY 27, 2013

Consider the cultural makeup of the intended audience. It was Oscar Wilde who said, “ When you assume, you make an ass out of U and Me” . It was developed for the vacuum cleaner Manufacturer, Electrolux, then interpreted and used, without modification, in the company’s American campaign. What To Do. Linguistic Barriers.

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Joseph Lalonde

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

A Reel Leadership Article. Liam Neeson returns to the big screen as Nels Coxman in the movie Cold Pursuit. Cold Pursuit is based on the Norwegian film In Order Of Disappearance. In Cold Pursuit, Neeson’s Nels Coxman pursues the men he believes played a part in the death of his son, Kyle Coxman (Micheál Richardson).

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Joseph Lalonde

MAY 8, 2017

The movie did surprisingly well and movie audiences left the theater blown away. Being outside of the ship during the jump gave Drax a wild ride. A Reel Leadership Article I believe everyone was surprised when the first movie in the Guardians Of The Galaxy series released. I know I did. When Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. He laughed.

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Roundtable Talk

APRIL 23, 2010

So said Oscar Wilde and yet, how many leaders out there are walking around with corporate armor on… being everyone BUT themselves? " 12 hours ago #adweekcdn #genesimmons lesson in what can go wrong with interactive audience participation. 12 hours ago #adweekcdn #genesimmons turning into a groupie gift exchange.

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Roundtable Talk

JANUARY 18, 2011

Watching it reminded me of the Oscar Wilde quote: be yourself, everyone else is taken. " 12 hours ago #adweekcdn #genesimmons lesson in what can go wrong with interactive audience participation. I had to wonder if the whole pressure of trying to live up to Larry King’s legacy got to Morgan.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2011

He started inviting her to speak to larger audiences in the organization. Maintaining your presence in front of an audience can be daunting, and public speaking for Amy was initially uncomfortable. She connected with audiences by learning to tell engaging and captivating stories. Connect, don't transact.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2018

When I speak to corporate audiences around the country, I ask that individuals give us their personal definition of stress. Unclear and therefore often unmet expectations set teams up for failure. Agreements, on the other hand, set the team up for success, fulfillment, and most importantly, a sense of control.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2011

There was some disagreement on the panel and in the audience as to whether more law is needed). Michael recently co-authored Wild West 2.0. Enforcement of existing laws against cyber crime is highly wanting. Very few prosecutions are brought for clear and provable or even proven violations of existing law.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2015

She described ethnographic field research where, armed with cameras, Vans leadership hit the road to observe customers out in the wild. Performance CMOs shift the conversation from activity metrics — site traffic and audience engagement, for example; and vanity metrics — likes, followers, retweets, etc.;

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

To test service, put yourself in the shoes of your audience’s experience. Media momentum is much like a wild fire—the power of one well-placed match can ignite dramatic pyrotechnics! There is no shortcut to playing the numbers when building an audience. Design stems from USE. Start small and build up.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2014

A key target for Ceres’ work, and the main audience at the conference, is the group of institutional investors who manage tens of trillions of dollars in assets for long-term performance. This is the key message from a leaked United Nations study that The New York Times reported on last week. Talk of potential risk to humanity is not new.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2014

The huge audience yells back in one voice: “Ours!”. He involved employees in changing the culture (a group of 800 representatives chose the new name.) He made a point of recognizing hundreds of employees every year who went the extra mile for patients. Revenues have risen from $1.4 billion to $11.8

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2012

I learned that moving away from the podium helped me have a conversation with and connect to my audience. There's the plucky Henry Ford quotation which admittedly, and almost embarrassingly, I have used: "Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently."

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2012

I learned that moving away from the podium helped me have a conversation with and connect to my audience. There's the plucky Henry Ford quotation which admittedly, and almost embarrassingly, I have used: "Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently."

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 2, 2018

Once you’ve identified your objectives and selected the right platforms, you have to create content that the audience will value. How will you know you are successful? How does your boss judge success? What has changed recently that is challenging you? What do stakeholders care about most?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2014

Can governments, NGOs, and doctors communicate with very different audiences  with accuracy, agility, and ingenuity? Traditional sources of food  wild animals  also carry the virus. Whether the worlds scariest outbreak of Ebola can be managed may come down to communications. Can they be convincing?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2013

Gather some outside counsel to be sure the value is clear and easily explained to your targeted audience. As long as the niche service has a true value proposition and a reasonable market audience, it can pull in profits. How will you market your product or service to the intended audience on a reasonable budget?

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2014

According to Dr. Emma Firestone, who has studied the audience perception and response to images and words in media and entertainment, from a cognitive perspective, “It makes sense for advertisers to present women as strong, well-educated consumers. At the same time, the share of men shown in their advertising has declined.

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