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How to Lead Like a Pig

Next Level Blog

In it, he describes  how real estate investor Sam Zell and his minions destroyed the culture of the Chicago Tribune and other great newspapers in its holding company. It wasn’t long after Michaels arrival that he was impressing his co-workers by offering $100 to a waitress at the nearby InterContinental Hotel to expose herself.

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Social Media Influence | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Validating proof of concept around social media ROI is a discussion that may have had a bit of relevance 24 months ago, but unless you’ve been stranded on a desert island for the last couple of years you know that numerous case studies abound which validate social media beyond any reasonable doubt. What more proof does one need?

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Keeping It Professional When You Work in a Family Business

Harvard Business Review

And what about getting candid feedback for your own growth and development? That might mean dedicating time to professional networking and enrichment groups so that you keep up with business contacts and develop new skills. Case Study #1: Work elsewhere before climbing the family ladder. What the Experts Say. ”

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Solving Facebook's Customer Advocacy Challenge, and Yours

Harvard Business Review

Thus, at this point, it is unable to develop and innovate the sort of software that could realize the full potential for customer advocacy and engagement on its platform. For the most part, they haven't yet developed the skills necessary to build such genuine engagement. Building customer communities.

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The $300 House: A Hands-On Approach to a Wicked Problem

Harvard Business Review

Suri proposed potential solutions, including innovative materials, new ways of thinking of the construction process, and building up. Bhalla used the case study of the chulha stove, co-created by businesses, NGOs, and slum dwellers, to make his point. For us, good business and social innovation are one and the same.

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Attitude Reflects Leadership

N2Growth Blog

If you struggle with recruiting, team building, and leadership development you likely have a bad attitude. Barbers, plumbers, real estate agents, and almost all trade personnel are required to meet established levels of trade skills and be licensed; none will have as bad an impact on a customer as a bad manager or supervisor will!

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Why Can't Kmart Be Successful While Target and Walmart Thrive?

Harvard Business Review

Successful companies develop a system of a few truly unique capabilities that help them create differentiated value for their chosen customers. Retailers provide many case studies in capabilities-driven success, one of the most compelling of which is the big discounter triad of Walmart, Target and Kmart.