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The Essence of Strategy (Part 2) | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

Leadership. by John • October 30, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 4 Comments. In a strategy seminar I asked the leadership team to tell me what business they were in. Here’s how the Fortis B2B team define themselves: Natural gas is our business. Leadership.

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What Does A Business Owner Need To Know When Hiring A Marketing Leader?

Eric Jacobson

With 15 years of marketing experience and an MBA Degree, Debbie developed her marketing expertise while working in the high-tech industry, the Consumer Marketing Department at Disneyland Paris in France, the non-profit arena, and the insurance industry. Eric: What personality traits are ideal for a marketing leader ?

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What Salespeople Need to Know About the New B2B Landscape

Harvard Business Review

This is a big transition for firms whose marketing, sales-training and enablement tools, and wider organizational processes reflect outdated assumptions about purchasing in their markets. The AIDA model and its variants are the basis for sales funnels at many B2B firms. Don’t believe the hype.

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How to Get Your Salespeople to Execute Your Strategy

Harvard Business Review

research on B2B purchases indicates that 25% of the buying decision depends on the interaction with the sales professional. Many companies in my experience have a similar disconnect between their intended market or customer type and their actual client base. There’s a reason you chose those target markets or customer types.

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What Makes Great Salespeople

Harvard Business Review

Last year, research by my people analytics company VoloMetrix identified three things that were highly correlated with top performing reps: More time spent with customers; larger internal networks; and more time spent with managers and senior leadership. It’s clear that time with customers matters.

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Unlock Employee Innovation That Fits with Your Strategy

Harvard Business Review

Inside many companies, particularly in B2B settings, the notion of “liberation” remains challenging. This results in both a “clearer front end” of innovation and better defined opportunities at the market end of the effort. It was exactly the sort of entrepreneurial energy that he hoped a platform organization would unleash. “We

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How to Fake It When You’re Not Feeling Confident

Harvard Business Review

” Often, the root of the insecurity involves your personal leadership style , says Herminia Ibarra , a professor at INSEAD and the author of Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader. Seek ways to incorporate their strategies and tactics into your leadership repertoire. So, for starters, “let up [on] the self-flagellation.”

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