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7 Reasons Why You Can’t Do It Yourself

Strategy Driven

The real question you want to ask is not which tool can plan your digital strategy on your behalf, but which expert can you trust with the job. Just as anybody can use a hammer, only trained professionals can build a house. The same principle applies to your digital strategy. You don’t have a sales strategy.

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What Not to Do When Business Sours

In the CEO Afterlife

When it comes to belt-tightening, the astute CEO will target those areas or projects that don’t detract from the vision/strategy or the company’s competitive differentiation. Never do a Knee-Jerk Reaction on the Corporate Strategy. CEO’s justify across-the-board cuts because they think it is fair. It may be, but it isn’t smart.

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Never say, “It's Just Semantics.” | Top Executive Coaching with.

Tony Mayo

Experimenters showed peasants drawings of a hammer, a saw, an axe, and a log and then asked them to choose the three items that were similar. If pressed, they considered throwing out the hammer; the situation of chopping wood seemed more cogent to them than any conceptual category.

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In Praise of Average Joes

LDRLB

Companies, large and small, cannot survive without great leadership, sound strategy and flawless execution. In fact, it was Ronnie who took a sledge hammer to that wall and turned it into rubble. That might explain why Swiss Chalet has switched to the Lindt brand. Ronnie was an organizer – a leader in cultural development.

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Is There a CEO Afterlife? | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

Beyond my recreational life (weapons of choice being a tennis racquet or a golf club - on a good day I use both), I’m writing about business leadership, branding and life. Beyond my recreational life (weapons of choice being a tennis racquet or a golf club - on a good day I use both), I’m writing about business leadership, branding and life.

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The Rainmaker Fab Five Blog Picks of the Week

Sales Wolf Blog

.  Sadly, as the old saying goes, when a hammer is the only tool in your arsenal, you start to see every problem as a nail. Cathy Missildine-Martin, Profitability Through Human Capital : 7 Ways HR Can Lead Strategy Execution - Strategy is arguably one of the more exciting and captivating elements of leadership and management.

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Don’t Overlook the Small Brands You Already Own

Harvard Business Review

Many large companies are on an acquisition spree to pick up these small brands to buy growth that is hard for many big brands to generate themselves, often at Silicon Valley-like valuations. Ironically, many big companies have small brands they already own that they could use to generate growth in a much cheaper and easier way.

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