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This Strategic Pivot to Address COVID Will Help Your Business Thrive

Lead Change Blog

They had to deal with cancelled orders and supply chain disruptions, as well as employees needing more flexible schedules or being unable to work remotely due to inadequate home office setups. After reading my book about strategic pivoting , the CEO asked me to hold a strategic retreat to help the company restrategize its plans.

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Rapture at the Farmer's Market - Still Big Business after All these Years

Building Personal Strength

Kathleen and I go to the New Braunfels farmer's market nearly every Saturday morning. And do you remember the children's book by Dr. Seuss called Green Eggs and Ham ? You can buy green eggs at this market. I was a Christian myself, but I hadn't read the book and I hadn't heard about the Rapture. I wasn't laughing.

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Why the Health of Your Doctor Matters

Michael Lee Stallard

Social connection is a primal human need , as research has borne out. People who are traumatized may suffer damage to part of the brain that can lead to emotional shutdown, as described in the insightful book Untangling the Mind: Why We Behave the Way We Do by Dr. Ted George, a neuroscientist and psychiatrist.

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The Continuum and the Marketplace

Strategy Driven

In consumer business strategy – from branding to product development – addressing the emotional human needs continuum is crucial to success. Businesses that seek to create superior product/service experiences need to learn how to empathize with consumers’ needs. The Value of Human Needs.

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When to Give Up Your Pride | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

by John • May 30, 2011 • Human Resources , Life • 1 Comment. One of my favorite ‘inspirational’ books is The Art of Possibility by Rosamund and Benjamin Zander. Human Resources. 5 principles of simplicity via @ matthewemay [link] Humans need a reminder RT @ hunterwalk Good design teaches. Leadership.

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Moving on from ROI to ROE, a Return on Empathy

Strategy Driven

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. The Need for Caring Relationships. The need for Care is another core emotional need.

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Navigator Newsletter #180

Chart Your Course

People have a basic human need to feel appreciated. Recognition programs help meet that need as well as generate behavior in alignment with organizational goals and standards. 9) Customer and market focus. The “best companies to work for” are more productive and more profitable than their stock market peers.