The Practical Leader

AUGUST 16, 2023

Their reputation or “leadership brand” has become as critical to their success as the company brand they are selling in their market. Brand management is an inside job. External brand management is multiplied or minimized by workplace culture. They brand themselves and the workplace.

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Energy Crisis Absenteeism Leadership 52

LDRLB

JANUARY 16, 2014

When culture is the brand, you’ve nailed it. Bureaucracy lurks on the periphery, waiting for its opening to subvert the lean, mean, organizational machine. In the final analysis, bureaucracy is your greatest threat. It is a state of mind that says, “These are the things that really matter around here.” Doing less, better.

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Bureaucracy Creativity Constraint Discount 162

Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Many businesses these days are clogged up by bureaucracy that thwarts innovation, slows down creativity, and encourages mediocrity. We should be committed to being a lighthouse brand; that is, one who shines brightly, whose position is fixed, so that people can navigate their world trusting in us and our position on things.”

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Mission Statement Charisma Bureaucracy Politics 294

In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 8, 2012

Every day, we see or read about bureaucracy – government is the biggest offender. While the speed of a snail is the most common knock against big company bureaucracy, there are several other similarities between the species. I’ve always held the opinion that big organizations move at a snail’s pace. Snails are slow. Snails can’t hear.

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Company Bureaucracy Airlines Banking 212

In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 4, 2011

And although pundits continue to encourage entrepreneurial thinking for stagnating mega-businesses, these bureaucracies can’t break from risk-averse management. Formerlife: CEO of Jacobs Suchard (Nabob, Kraft), Strategy/Branding Consultant. link] #branding #marketing #advertising #design Follow Me on Twitter. Main menu Home.

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CEO Bureaucracy Brand Constraint 235

In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 13, 2012

Like most bloggers, I write about what I know; that’s strategy, leadership and branding. More recently, I delved into the business of “cult” energy drink brands, Red Bull and Monster, and I strongly advise anyone in consumer products or services to examine Red Bull’s strategies and culture.

Entrepreneur 227

Entrepreneur Bureaucracy Creativity Energy 227

In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 20, 2014

Zappos and Patagonia believe that culture is the brand. Bureaucracy lurks on the periphery, waiting for its opening to subvert the lean, mean, business machine. This is the way we do things around here.” Mindsets are free. Some companies thrive on innovative cultures. Others pride themselves on getting the job done. Simplicity.

Real Estate 215

Real Estate Human Resources Bureaucracy Constraint 215

Lead Change Blog

APRIL 18, 2017

They cut through bureaucracy with a strong fervor for outcomes. Success within organizations emanates from the exact same zeal to serve and an obvious allegiance to the brand character the organization represents. . Winners show up ready to perform and are only interested in efforts that yield a path to achievement and results.

Consultative 225

Consultative Self-aware Bureaucracy Energy 225

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 29, 2021

Most people make a mistake and try to build a brand based on strategies they’ve copied from famous entrepreneurs, but that’s never a good plan. So, start taking care of this issue right now and try not to let bureaucracy defeat you!

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Licensing Bureaucracy Pharmaceuticals Planning 83

Tony Mayo

JANUARY 8, 2011

I needed get free of their bureaucracy to focus on running my business. To his credit, however, he did go back the next day to apologize and be absolved, thus demonstrating one of the the oldest rules of bureaucracy. I had spent way too much time on hold and hearing excuses from Verizon. So I called in the Marines. Popularity: 1% [ ?

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Mayo Company Bureaucracy Executive Coaching 141

Chart Your Course

OCTOBER 9, 2012

In branding, Jobs understood the power of optimism. Is bureaucracy weighing you down? Jobs succeeded because he valued design and salesmanship as much as function. It’s not just an MP3 device – it’s an iPod. It’s not a smart phone, it’s an iPhone. It’s not a tablet, it’s an iPad.

Chief Executive Officer 185

Chief Executive Officer Bureaucracy Motivation Innovation 185

LDRLB

APRIL 27, 2012

Like most bloggers, I write about what I know; that’s strategy, leadership and branding. More recently, I delved into the business of “cult” energy drink brands, Red Bull and Monster, and I strongly advise anyone in consumer products or services to examine Red Bull’s strategies and culture.

Entrepreneur 154

Entrepreneur Bureaucracy Brand Creativity 154

In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 27, 2011

Jacobs Suchard thrived as a chocolate and coffee specialist with brands like Toblerone, Milka, Côte d’Or, Nabob Coffee and Swiss Water Decaf. A new boss charged with transforming a bureaucracy into nimbleness must shift the mindset of an entire organization. link] #branding #marketing #advertising #design Follow Me on Twitter.

CEO 100

CEO Human Resources Bureaucracy Brand 100

RapidStart Leadership

APRIL 20, 2017

If you discover things like safety violations, corners being cut, bureaucracy getting in the way, or inappropriate behavior, and do nothing about it, your inaction signals that it is not important to you. It’s a brand of loyalty and respect that most people will feel a need to return. Click To Tweet.

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Books Learning-by-Doing Bureaucracy Follow-up 144

Coaching Tip

APRIL 29, 2011

Size doesn’t have to mean bureaucracy, but it takes fresh organizational thinking. For example, when a global brand manager and a local sales organization share responsibilities, and are rewarded for working together, they will fight for their interests so that both the global brand and the local market are addressed.

Development 112

Development Bureaucracy Globalization Middle Management 112

Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2012

This is not written to take swipes at responsible branding, marketing and advertising. Branding is a sub-set of marketing, which is a sub-sub-set of corporate strategy. Products and services assist the bureaucracy to do its job more efficiently but cannot claim credit for Big Picture success of a client’s entire industry.

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Brand Analysis Advertising Software 50

LDRLB

APRIL 27, 2012

Like most bloggers, I write about what I know; that’s strategy, leadership and branding. More recently, I delved into the business of “cult” energy drink brands, Red Bull and Monster, and I strongly advise anyone in consumer products or services to examine Red Bull’s strategies and culture.

Entrepreneur 92

Entrepreneur Bureaucracy Brand Creativity 92

Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 6, 2015

Leading Through The Power Of “And” Why It’s Time to Rethink Your Company Brand’s Message. Certain programs and policies are also aimed at making Menloians feel that they are members of a supportive community.

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Tony Mayo

MAY 7, 2010

Get RSS Feed follow tonymayo at [link] My YouTube Channel Tony Mayo, Top Executive Coach on Facebook Emails Worth Getting Booz Allen: Strategy + Business Good Morning Silicon Valley Knowledge@Wharton New York Times Headlines Friends Blogs Belmont on Branding Did someone say, “Strategy&# ?

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2016

It was a problem regardless of brand, formula, or product — until Atis set her sights on solving it once and for all. Thanks to Windham and her team’s incredible perseverance, the BLACK+DECKER brand has a series of prototypes completed. They proceed on the cheap.

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Innovation Brand Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2013

He waved his brand-new VillageCar card near the door handle and got in. "It The two were executives of Beacon Car Rental, one of the industry''s most established and respected brands. It was clear the brand had cachet in the region, which we could''ve leveraged. I have no interest in creating an unwieldy bureaucracy.

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Case Study Brand How To Beyer 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2016

To find the next wave of growth, they were taking a hard look at their bureaucracy. Our analysis showed something else, too: Most of these barriers resulted from complexity and bureaucracy that had accumulated as these leaders scaled up their businesses. ” Today, he confessed, “it is the worst job.”

Execution 8

Execution Bureaucracy Self-aware CEO 8

You're Not the Boss of Me

JANUARY 13, 2010

I don’t mean to pick on quality circles per se, but these things have a way of taking on lives of their own and before you know it, your goals are going one way and the people who are meant to achieve them are bound up in processes that get lost in bureaucracy, and administration. link] LeadershipNews: A Leadership Crisis or a Branding Issue?

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Leadership Self-aware Blog Emotional Intelligence 40

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2014

Airbnb is not only challenging the biggest hotel chains but also challenging the bureaucracy, going after the New York City housing and tax laws that stand it its way. They are realizing that the open marketing systems gives brands the ability to do what agencies did themselves by creating their own marketing content and media channels.

Marketing 8

Marketing Disintermediation Hotels Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2011

Nokia had won by promising, communicating, consistently delivering, and relentlessly improving straightforward, relevant customer benefits, in line with its easily understood brand promise, "connecting people". Part of Apple's brand appeal has always been that it was a plucky challenger, first against IBM, then against Microsoft.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Long-term Brand Early Adopters 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2013

This offers up a great opportunity for airlines and hotels to mine for early brand loyalty — and to eventually increase profits — but only if they understand how very different this generation of flyers is from the last. BONUS BITS: Habemus Papam.

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Airlines Travel Bureaucracy Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2017

In fact, only 33% of participants indicated they prefer the most prestigious, best-known brand with the highest functionality and cost. Conversely, 63% said they would select a fairly well-known brand with 85% of the functionality at 80% of the cost. 5: It’s Possible to Cut Through Bureaucracy.

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Price Health Care Committee Fashion 8

You're Not the Boss of Me

MAY 30, 2010

Do they tell stories about overcoming obstacles or being crushed by the bureaucracy? Announces Social Media, Branding & Diversity Strategies" by @ bizshrink. link] LeadershipNews: A Leadership Crisis or a Branding Issue? The first is a practice. Listen to the stories people tell. · Theme: Pilcrow by Automattic

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

But as business became more global, spreading to emerging and developing markets in pursuit of cheap resources and labor, corporate leaders entered countries with weak institutions, bureaucracy and corruption. This is not easy and requires well-thought-out strategies, but many global leaders see it as an investment in the future.

Globalization 13

Globalization Bureaucracy Efficiency Ethics 13

Roundtable Talk

JUNE 22, 2010

adweekcdn #genesimmons 12 hours ago Every brand has to work hard to stay relevant. We have a former Dragons Den contestant rapping about Meet the Farties. 12 hours ago If a man walks in the forest alone, is he still wrong? The answer is yes. "Cool" is a moving target.

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Tips Team Bottom-up Teamwork 34

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2014

Content creation + product expertise: Brand marketers are becoming more and more like publishers. Most marketers would never think to execute a customer acquisition strategy without a clear value proposition, segmentation, pricing, collateral, sales enablement, metrics, and brand. Are you known for creating “marketing that matters”?

Marketing 8

Marketing Strategy Brand Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

We, two young, wholly inexperienced co-founders were responsible for program design, fundraising, branding, promotion and execution of this effort. The experience of that launch taught me a great deal of invaluable skills, such as collaborating within a larger organization, maneuvering bureaucracy, etc. and scariest.

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System Bureaucracy Entrepreneur Magazine 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2016

We would start something brand-new. It was a powerful lesson in trusting citizens and designing for their (in this case, myriad) needs, not for the preferences of a well-intentioned bureaucracy. Hack the bureaucracy. But Mayor Menino decided to intentionally go the “new” route. One Fund was, and he did.

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Banking Chief Operating Officer Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2014

Virtually everything except customer management and building the brand was left to partners. We could easily envision a landscape of lean, open, networked firms that managed their customers and their brands themselves but outsourced everything else to partners. Now, by “hierarchy” I don’t mean a stifling bureaucracy.

Technology 8

Technology Marketing Outsourcing Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Agricultural cooperatives such as Land of Lakes and Ocean Spray offer big brand names and wide distribution to their farmer-members. Artisans' cooperatives help market products from diverse artists. Such small alliances can become big economic forces that ensure the prosperity of their members.

Entrepreneur 15

Entrepreneur Cooper Apparel Bureaucracy 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2014

Turner, a professor of communications at Stanford, is the author of a book I had been meaning to read for a while, From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism. That first group, the New Left, believed in bureaucracy, believed in hierarchy, believed in organizations.

Information Technology 9

Information Technology Bureaucracy Technology Open-book 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Since 2006, hundreds of companies — including global brands like Novartis , Hewlett-Packard , and Rolls Royce — have reached settlements with U.S. You would factor $30,000 to $60,000 in certain places just to address the bureaucracy that they put in place.” authorities on charges of overseas bribery.

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Management Ethics Cost Bureaucracy 8