Six Disciplines

JANUARY 12, 2012

IndustryWeek recently reported on a survey it conducted with TBM Consulting about the impact of continuous-improvement programs on three financial metrics: anticipated revenue growth, operating income growth, and cash flow over the past year.

Competitive Advantage 82

Competitive Advantage Metrics Maturity Strategic Planning 82

Eric Jacobson

MARCH 12, 2024

Rather than seeing it as an obstacle to overcome, integrate it into your strategic approach to invigorate your high-growth potential and outperform competition under any market condition,” explains Rebecca Homkes , author of the new book, Survive, Reset, Thrive. “Uncertainty is here to stay.

Agility 117

Agility How To Uncertainty Competitive Advantage 117

Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 19, 2018

Here, we will share from our forthcoming book The Purpose Revolution: How Leaders Create Engagement and Competitive Advantage in an Age of Social Good reasons why some leaders fail at purpose, and offer proven practices to get your people connected and engaged for success.

How To 218

How To Mission Statement Mayo Core Competence 218

Lead Change Blog

APRIL 6, 2021

Ken Byler of Higher Ground Consulting Group contributed How Not to Be Defensive. Stephanie Skryzowski of 100 Degrees Consulting provided How to Create a Monthly Finance Routine. You need to be proactive in helping your employees develop a strategy for remaining marketable and valuable through these transitions.

Leadership Development 267

Leadership Development Development Leadership Ethics 267

In the CEO Afterlife

OCTOBER 30, 2011

by John • October 30, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 4 Comments. Years ago I had the displeasure of consulting for a Canadian natural gas company. I’m going to assume they’ve identified their competitive advantage and the secrets of success in the business they’ve defined.

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Strategy CEO Marketing Strategy Human Resources 234

Coaching Tip

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

It's sad that something as important to the economy as sales shows up as a footnote in the principles of marketing course at most graduate business schools," says Andy Zoltners, a professor at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. If you're going into consulting or banking, how do you get clients and how do you raise money?"

Competitive Advantage 84

Competitive Advantage Welch Tactics CEO 84

Strategy Driven

JUNE 5, 2014

As data-driven marketers are taking full advantage of collecting, organizing, and analyzing demand management, many are adopting the classic marketing waterfall model from leading experts such as Sirius Decisions. One size fits all’ marketing waterfalls are too rigid. One marketing waterfall view has become a catchall.

Marketing 50

Marketing B2B Due Diligence Benchmarking 50

Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 9, 2014

Part of the attraction for me is the weekly escape to an unfamiliar world – a time, a place and a culture that seem light-years away from the daily challenges I face consulting with businesses on leadership issues. And they’re the only way to keep ahead of the changes that are affecting your markets and your success around the world.

Competitive Advantage 267

Competitive Advantage Resistance Business Model Consensus 267

Lead from Within

MARCH 19, 2019

In many fields, the workplace has become a candidate’s market where the best people have their pick of jobs. Being known as an organization where the best people want to work isn’t just an HR issue—it brings a serious competitive advantage when the best people want to be part of your team. But it doesn’t just happen by chance.

How To 167

How To Competitive Advantage Reputation Executive Coaching 167

Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 21, 2015

More than ever, telling the whole truth has become a competitive advantage. Outsmart the competition by being an explainer. 3 Ways to Outsmart the Competition by Being an Explainer. This is part 2 of 7 ways to outsmart the competition. In Marketing: Teach Before Selling. Great leaders are amazing explainers.

Competitive Advantage 180

Competitive Advantage Outsourcing Career Energy 180

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

All business (for profit or not) provide goods, services, or intellectual property/capital to a market (or markets) for some form of consideration. All businesses have competition, serve stakeholders and other various constituencies, and must do certain things to avoid failure while on the path to creating a sustainable endeavor.

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Blog Brand Depreciation CEO 305

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.

Content 50

Content Marketing Open-book Brand 50

In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 1, 2016

Thirty-five years ago at a ceremony in Vancouver, BC, I accepted AMA’s Marketer-of-the-Year Award on behalf of Nabob Foods. That night, I presented the marketing strategy that catapulted a regional brand to national leadership in Canada. Nor do they understand how to leverage focus and specialization for competitive advantage.

Brand 100

Brand Competitive Advantage Marketing Strategy CEO 100

In the CEO Afterlife

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

The very best strategies aren’t generated by outside strategic planning consultants who bill thousands of dollars a day. Monsanto , for example, enjoys the competitive advantage that emanates from a culture of clout. But to smaller companies, qualitative strategies are the catalyst to sustainable competitive advantage.

Competitive Advantage 100

Competitive Advantage How To Human Resources Strategy 100

Coaching Tip

JULY 28, 2015

Recent studies from Accenture Research and Deloitte Consulting find employee skill gaps and disengagement in the workplace are increasing. Whether you're communicating internally or marketing, it's important to know who you're talking to as well as you can. Play is an immersive process that allows us to ask: "What if?"

Competitive Advantage 70

Competitive Advantage Objective Skills Power 70

HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

it’s also critical to attracting and retaining premier talent to gain a competitive advantage in today’s competitive talent environment. The data also helps EY manage its workforce to meet current and future market demands. I got diverse experience working in different markets, with different businesses and people.

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Diversity Career Globalization Learning-by-Doing 52

N2Growth Blog

MAY 5, 2011

Pricing impacts everything from strategy and tactics, to finance, to branding, to marketing and sales, to vendor selection and supply chain management, to recruiting and compensation, and to customer satisfaction and loyalty. Why do some consultants get $50,000 a day for their time, while others have to give their time away?

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Price Discount Brand Supply Chain 371

N2Growth Blog

JULY 2, 2010

If you’re passionate about something it means you care so much that it hurts…Refusing to surrender, and having the ability to make the tough decision or the needed sacrifice, will allow your company to continue taking ground and will keep the competitive advantage on the side of your enterprise.

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Brand Depreciation Blog Politics 353

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Staying ahead of the competition will require constant work. You need to be aware of key strategies for building your competitive advantage, improving the customer experience, and keeping the competition at bay. The most efficient way to stay ahead of the competition is to research your competitors carefully.

Strategy 50

Strategy Competitive Advantage Brand Industry 50

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Before you know it the herd mentality of the legions of politically correct consultants and advisers use said practice area as a platform to be evangelized, and the necessity of common sense and the reality of what actually works often times gets thrown out the window as a trade-off for promotional gain. consultants, etc.),

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Blog Outsourcing Competitive Advantage Innovation 334

Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 15, 2012

With 15 years of marketing experience and an MBA Degree, Debbie developed her marketing expertise while working in the high-tech industry, the Consumer Marketing Department at Disneyland Paris in France, the non-profit arena, and the insurance industry. Eric: What personality traits are ideal for a marketing leader ?

Marketing 71

Marketing Real Estate B2C B2B 71

Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Regardless of the size and resources you’re up against, you will certainly have some competitive advantages of your own. If you’re facing a global competitor, you probably have a better knowledge of your particular market and its conditions; if you’re up against a much bigger organization, you are probably more nimble.

Advice 227

Advice Open-book Competitive Advantage Globalization 227

Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 18, 2012

Just coming back from Singapore in mid-November, I read an article in The Straits Times where the CEO of IDEO, a leading innovation consulting firm, blames the lack of Singapore’s progress on risk-aversion leadership. China, for example, is pouring a ton of state funds into programs, investments, and technology that foster innovation.

Innovation 230

Innovation Competitive Advantage Brainstorming Bottom-up 230

Tanveer Naseer

JUNE 11, 2013

For institutions, determining Point A is not much different; it is making an assessment and taking an inventory of its strengths and weaknesses, including its competitive advantages and intelligence, and then determining the nature of its market and its market position. is profound.

Leadership 278

Leadership Maturity Competitive Advantage Teamwork 278

LDRLB

JULY 23, 2012

As for sport, the game of market share was an easy way to track success. With only 100% available to the players of the market share game, you knew whether your play(s) made you a winner or a loser. The delusion is that market share is the “be all and end all” of business success. Their horizon is markets that do not exist.

Sports 121

Sports Tactics Competitive Advantage Short-term 121

N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

To achieve real competitive advantage and sustained breakthrough results, strategy must become the job of every employee, not just a handful of senior executives. The strategic conversation shifts towards strategic performance drivers and competitive advantages that can be delivered in days, weeks or months… not years.

Process 150

Process Agility Competitive Advantage Strategy 150

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 13, 2020

Research your target market. Whether you are creating a coworking space platform from scratch or using a white label solution, there is no way around doing thorough market research. According to studies, lack of market research is one of the major reasons why startups fail. Choose the right business model. Happy Coworking!

Business Model 66

Business Model Open-book Competitive Advantage Books 66

Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 8, 2015

So rapid is the pace of new developments, and so diverse the forms of competition, that many large corporations struggle to be agile enough to compete. Tiny niche players can emerge from nowhere to take the market or make expensively researched products obsolete overnight. A worthy aim!

Agility 120

Agility Short-term Long-term Competitive Advantage 120

In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 29, 2011

There are all sorts of strategies in today’s business – at the top is corporate strategy, followed by a slew of functional and sub-functional strategies ranging from marketing to waste management. Regulators now worry that declining seed competition may lead to price increases on foods that every American family consumes. Leadership.

Strategy 131

Strategy CEO Company Competitive Advantage 131

N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

It applies to your branding, marketing, supply chain, and ultimately to your customer base. Here is a simple rule of thumb…the bigger the key man policy the less scalable the company is. The dumb factor not only applies to talent, capital, and technology, but it also extends throughout the entire value chain.

Business Model 344

Business Model Brand Blog Supply Chain 344

Strategy Driven

JUNE 29, 2016

Professors of business and corporate strategy (which includes me) research and lecture about the goal of long-term “sustained” competitive advantage, driven by grand plans that mesmerize and seduce the most seasoned leaders and leadership teams. The hard truth is that companies that do not pursue corporate entrepreneurship are doomed.

Supply Chain 51

Supply Chain Real Estate Resistance Competitive Advantage 51

LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

There are all sorts of strategies in today’s business – at the top is corporate strategy, followed by a slew of functional and sub-functional strategies ranging from marketing to waste management. Regulators now worry that declining seed competition may lead to price increases on foods that every American family consumes.

Strategy 97

Strategy Company Competitive Advantage Chemicals 97

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Rankings, Lists and Recognitions The Power 150 – Top Marketing Blogs This list ranks the top 150 marketing blogs based on an algorithmic approach using Google page rank, Technorati rankings, Bloglines ranking and editorial quality. The N2growth Blog is pleased to announce its inclusion in the list.

Directory 167

Directory Magazine Blog Brand 167

Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 22, 2013

At the end of the day, in today’s hyper-competitive global economy, talent just might be the only remaining sustainable competitive advantage. Count up how much time is spent reviewing the earning per share, revenue, profit, sales quotas, manufacturing capacity, inventory, marketing strategy, and other topics.

Review 248

Review Talent Management Follow-up Bottom-up 248

Six Disciplines

JUNE 20, 2011

According to an ongoing study by consulting firm Booz & Company (with more than 2,350 responses so far), many business leaders seem to be losing their confidence in strategy, or at least in their own company's approach to it. Only one in five (21%) executives think their company has a "right to win" in all the markets it competes in.

Strategy 98

Strategy Company Competitive Advantage Marketing 98

Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 15, 2013

He similarly questions the routine use of layoffs, which he describes as “trading skills, experience, future capability, and competitive advantage for short-term cash.” It’s not that layoffs are necessarily wrong, but that they have become a habit in many organizations, a response embedded in and reinforced by the culture.

Open-book 260

Open-book Books Competitive Advantage Participative 260

LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

There are all sorts of strategies in today’s business – at the top is corporate strategy, followed by a slew of functional and sub-functional strategies ranging from marketing to waste management. Regulators now worry that declining seed competition may lead to price increases on foods that every American family consumes.

Strategy 74

Strategy Company Competitive Advantage Chemicals 74