Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Flashback to this post from early 2015 : After reading nearly 40 books about leadership released this year, my pick for the very best leadership book for 2014 is, The Front-Line Leader: Building a High-Performance Organization from the Ground Up , by Chris Van Gorder. You’ll find the 200-page book easy to read.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 22, 2020

As he relates in Market Mover , the story had five parts: 1. Learn to work with it and use it to increase your competitive advantage. He left the CEO position to someone he promoted when he first arrived, Adena Friedman. T URNING AROUND an organization requires a new story. A very clear and well-told story.

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Organization Bureaucracy Competitive Advantage Technology 257

Leading Blog

MAY 6, 2019

A BRAND properly conceived is more than a marketing activity. An Ironclad brand is one that unleashes your competitive advantage. Creating an ironclad brand is not just the function of the marketing department. What is your asymmetrical, lopsided, disproportionate strength that far exceeds the rest of the market?

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Brand Competitive Advantage Sharpe Strategy 209

Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Anticipating and preparing for change is the essence of competitive advantage. The leaders who dominate in this new era will not only understand the changes affecting them, but they will seize them, master them, and use them to their advantage to achieve ever-higher performance. They are trying to survive, not grow.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

This is achieved through powerful ideas, personal expertise, and impeccable integrity rather than through their position or by “pulling rank.” Personal branding is less a marketing exercise than becoming the best person you can be. This translates into a significant competitive advantage. Supercharge your career.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 14, 2018

competitive advantage, value proposition, and market position) and drill down to function-level strategy (e.g., marketing, sales, product development, and innovation). The book The Inside Advantage , by Robert Bloom , lays out one of the best bolt-on survival question frameworks out there.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

After reading nearly 40 books about leadership released this year, my pick for the very best is the book, The Font-Line Leader: Building a High-PerformanceOrganization from the Groumd Up , by Chris Van Gorder. He has presided over a dramatic turnaround, catapulting Scripps from near bankruptcy to a dominant market position.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 30, 2019

Flashback to this post from early 2015 : After reading nearly 40 books about leadership released this year, my pick for the very best is the book, The Front-Line Leader: Building a High-Performance Organization from the Ground Up , by Chris Van Gorder. You’ll find the 200-page book easy to read.

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Books Leadership Ethics Morale 50

LDRLB

JUNE 27, 2012

I’ve read a lot of books on strategy. I was devoted to master strategies and “big play” innovations that ideally positioned a company to dominate their chosen market(s) and enjoy sustainable competitive advantage.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 11, 2015

With much of the business world abuzz about content marketing, smart marketers are taking stock of opportunities for their clients to use the power of story to convey a message and build stronger brands. Conspicuously absent from most content strategies, however, is the granddaddy of all content marketing: writing a book.

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Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Too many business leaders are preoccupied with the next answer to growth and find themselves stretched thin – trying to play in too many disparate markets and pursuing multiple strategies and directions that undermine rather than reinforce each other. As a result, they forgo the right to win in any market. .

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In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 17, 2012

I’ve read a lot of books on strategy. I was devoted to master strategies and “big play” innovations that ideally positioned a company to dominate their chosen market(s) and enjoy sustainable competitive advantage. The philosophy begins with a mindset obsessed with the competition.

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Marshall Goldsmith

JANUARY 13, 2014

The trend toward globally connected markets will become stronger. Future leaders will have to learn how to manage global production, marketing, and sales teams to achieve competitive advantage. Leaders who can make globalization work in their favor will have a huge competitive advantage. Thinking globally.

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Competitive Advantage Globalization Diversity Technology 140

Skip Prichard

JUNE 12, 2023

Bob Lisser, author and business strategist, unveils the secrets to unlocking this growth advantage in his book aptly titled The Growth Advantage. The Growth Advantage serves as a comprehensive blueprint for companies seeking to thrive and gain a decisive edge in their respective industries.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 29, 2012

These resources provide the company a highly differentiated position from which to secure large contracts. Perform Business Leader and Sales Professional Performance Assessments – Accountability to performance expectations cannot exist without both positive and corrective reinforcement. Book value is not guaranteed.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

After reading his book Culture Spark , I reached out to talk about his work and his research. “If Teams with strong positive cultures can weather short-term blows to engagement, such as economic downturns, anxiety over mergers, or increased competition. Culture is the fuel that drives and sustains positive engagement.”

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Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

I recently spoke with Stan, thought leader, columnist, and business leader about his new book Be Different! The title of your book is Be Different! There is one universal principle that determines the degree of success of all businesses: Be the preferred provider to your markets. The Key to Business and Career Success.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 2, 2022

They’ve been burned too many times by empty promises and marketing speak. Just like any other competitive advantage, your new focus won’t do any good if no one knows about it. So, figure out your company’s overall footprint and share it. Step five: Show everyone you mean it. People don’t trust business.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 29, 2020

I’ve written previously about INSEAD academic Linda Brimm’s book The Global Cosmopolitan Mindset, in which she highlights the benefits of having people in your team who have experienced living and working in multiple countries. “The reality is, it is talent that is in shortest supply,” the authors say.

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Globalization Competitive Advantage Human Capital Analysis 87

N2Growth Blog

JULY 2, 2010

I strongly recommend to all business leaders that they learn to develop a command presence, and lead from a committed and passionate position of strength. I’ve rarely come across students of military history that don’t have a great command of both strategic thinking and tactical implementation.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 28, 2014

Some commentators felt the move to New Coke was a marketing gimmick to regenerate interest and sales in the brand after sales erosion due to the “Pepsi Challenge” taste test campaign. Bezos’ ambitions were as large as the company name, and he eventually developed a business model that would include far more than books.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Several years ago, we realized that specialized positioning and communications are necessary for social harmony and a global economy. As media does a good job of showcasing multicultural events, note it positively. It opens your services to additional market niches. FREE COPY of a StrategyDriven Expert Contributor book †.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 14, 2018

Guest post from Robert (Dusty) Staub : “Perhaps the only sustainable competitive advantage is increasing your ability to learn faster than your competition.” - Arie de Geus, former head of Strategic Planning, Shell Oil Company Are you getting the best results from the people–the embedded collective intelligence–in your organization?

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Unless it is positive, truth can be a dangerous concept in China, Japan and Korea and if too bluntly expressed is risky anywhere east of Istanbul. He is the creator of the Lewis Model of Cross-Cultural Communication and author of many books including the bestselling When Cultures Collide: Leading Across Cultures.

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Open-book Competitive Advantage Marketing Content 60

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

I have actually come to cringe every time I hear a so called expert use the phrase in an authoritarian manner as a justification for the position they happen to be evangelizing. Don’t utilize your competitions practices, but rather innovate around them and improve upon them to create an advantage that can be leveraged in the market.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 22, 2013

It’s not market conditions; it’s you’re mental conditions. And it’s certainly not the competition’s conditions; it’s your inability to prove value beyond doubt and risk. The power of a positive attitude. They’re not just positive; they’re powerful. Let me share with you the 20.5

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Strategy Driven

MAY 9, 2014

Learning how to use lead-generation marketing to your advantage requires planning and forethought. When their campaign is over, they have no idea how well specific tactics are working to provide them with the leads they need or if they’ve provided a positive ROMI (Return On Marketing Investment). The Power of Testing.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Change is inevitable and 90 percent positive. Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets. It is a compendium book, containing quotes and extrapolations into business culture, arranged in 76 business categories.

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Mission Statement Benchmarking Tactics Strategic Planning 81

Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

My friend Joe Wheeler, Executive Director of The Service Profit Chain Institute, recently co-authored a book with Harvard Business School Professors James L. entitled The Ownership Quotient, Putting The Service Profit Chain to Work for Unbeatable Competitive Advantage. Heskett and W. Earl Sasser, Jr. Marshall: Thank you Joe!

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Heskett Competitive Advantage Health Care Short-term 117

Strategy Driven

JULY 21, 2014

‘Fair enough’ is pointed, powerful, and positive. Jeffrey Gitomer is the author of The Sales Bible , Customer Satisfaction is Worthless Customer Loyalty is Priceless , The Little Red Book of Selling , The Little Red Book of Sales Answers , The Little Black Book of Connections , The Little Gold Book of YES!

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 17, 2014

As a result significant business resources are wasted buy an over-reliance on market research that poses only rational questions but neglects to probe customers’ emotional reactions that lie hidden within their answers. When companies maintain trust and cultivate positive relationships with customers they are rewarded with loyalty.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 30, 2015

Early and late sales meetings net positive outcomes. Seek leadership positions in every group you join. Attitude , The Little Green Book of Getting Your Way , The Little Platinum Book of Cha-Ching , The Little Teal Book of Trust , The Little Book of Leadership , and Social BOOM! Book value is not guaranteed.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Special Edition 65 – An Interview with Ed Reilly, editor of AMA Business Boot Camp explores today’s management and leadership challenges and the fundamentals that will help those in these senior positions achieve ongoing career success. Ed’s book, AMA Business Boot Camp , can be purchased by clicking here.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 26, 2013

I’m certain that in a Facebook research-marketing lab someplace in Silicone Valley they’re talking about Instaface or Facegram. People typically post positive things. FREE COPY of a StrategyDriven Expert Contributor book †. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. But should.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

And that impression is either positive, neutral, or negative – and YOU CHOOSE how you made them feel. Attitude , The Little Green Book of Getting Your Way , The Little Platinum Book of Cha-Ching , The Little Teal Book of Trust , The Little Book of Leadership , and Social BOOM! Book value is not guaranteed.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 28, 2014

And, in fact, I don’t believe you are in first position. Jeffrey Gitomer is the author of The Sales Bible , Customer Satisfaction is Worthless Customer Loyalty is Priceless , The Little Red Book of Selling , The Little Red Book of Sales Answers , The Little Black Book of Connections , The Little Gold Book of YES!

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Finally, Collins and Hansen do not broaden their analysis to include companies such as Microsoft and Apple that change performance positions over time. FREE COPY of a StrategyDriven Expert Contributor book †. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95

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