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. This company earned that honor by re-staging a tired coffee brand with innovative packing technology and breakthrough advertising. As marketers well know, unfilled needs create opportunities to meet the need.

Brand 100

Brand Competitive Advantage Marketing Strategy CEO 100

Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 18, 2012

China, for example, is pouring a ton of state funds into programs, investments, and technology that foster innovation. 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.

Innovation 230

Innovation Competitive Advantage Brainstorming Bottom-up 230

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

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.

Brand 353

Brand Depreciation Blog Politics 353

N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

As odd as it sounds, businesses that are not dependant on smart talent, capital, or technology can scale faster and easier than those businesses burdened with the aforementioned dependencies. 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

N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Here is the rub and the reason why adopting this principle is so critical: in our experience, the priority initiatives turn out to be on new product, service, customer, and technology initiatives accompanied by an assumption that the organization has the capabilities to execute them. Nothing new here, right? Engineered to Win.

Process 150

Process Agility Competitive Advantage Strategy 150

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.

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Blog Outsourcing Competitive Advantage Innovation 334

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

MIT Technology Review The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s magazine of innovation promotes “the understanding of emerging technologies and their impact on business and society.&# Inc.com Inc. magazine’s offering of information, products, services, and online tools for business or management.

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Directory Magazine Blog Brand 167

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

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

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

Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 26, 2011

In the early 1980s I had the opportunity to work as a consultant in several of America's largest organizations. Global Competition In the 1950s managers and professionals in the U.S. had a huge competitive advantage. Over time this competitive advantage has slowly eroded. and not hit anyone!

Health Care 132

Health Care CFO Competitive Advantage Outsourcing 132

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

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.” But they caution that such technologies are tools that, if misused, can just as easily be counterproductive.

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

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 3, 2014

I ask clients to do so without using the words: ‘technology,’ ‘sales,’ and ‘solutions.’ Technology is a tool, which feeds into tactics. Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets.

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Mission Statement Benchmarking Tactics Strategic Planning 78

Strategy Driven

MAY 15, 2015

Here are some examples of Collaborations: Parties and consultants involved in taking a company public work together as a team. A group of consultants offer their collective talents to clients on a contract basis. A group of consultants offer their collective talents to clients on a contract basis. About the Author.

Cooper 50

Cooper Open-book Tourism Telecommunications 50

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 2, 2015

Many people used to do the same thing with the word ‘technology,’ using it far from its reasonable definitions. These expressions are trite and reflect a copy-cat way of talking and thinking: ‘Solutions’ is a tired 1990’s term, taken from technology hype. The ‘brand’ is a marketing term.

Strategy 50

Strategy Strategic Planning Budgeting Risk Management 50

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 27, 2015

But this new world of Big Data is proving to be much more demanding and complex than expected, requiring companies not only to adopt different technologies, but also to make significant changes to their business strategy, internal skillsets, and organizational structures.

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CIO Technology CRM Competitive Advantage 50

Coaching Tip

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

They don't respond well to traditional forms of supervision or even hierarchies, preferring to work in collaborative teams. ( Note: For how coaching is different from consulting and how management needs to change to effectively lead Gen Yers, listen to this interview: [link] ). The challenge is to orchestrate intelligence.

Innovation 84

Innovation Competitive Advantage Trends Open-book 84

N2Growth Blog

MAY 26, 2010

Refusing to surrender, having the ability to make the tough decision, the needed sacrifice, and the focus to place fiduciary obligations above your self interest will allow your company to continue taking ground and will keep the competitive advantage on the side of your enterprise.

Leadership 284

Leadership Gordon Blog Brand 284

Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2015

Managing one location has it's own challenges like keeping up with all of your departments including Human Resources, sales, marketing and the like. With cloud implementation you'll be able to go wherever your business takes you by accessing it from different technologies, too. Create relationships and ask for help.

Tips 50

Tips Globalization Compliance Competitive Advantage 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Over the past two decades, technology has advanced exponentially; and with that burgeoning growth, IT organizations have seen tremendous expansion. Customer centricity: It’s been proven that companies that prioritize their customers see greater business results and continually bring more innovative products to the market.

Organization 58

Organization Open-book Innovation Technology 58

Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Innovative high-technology corporations are currently paying employees large bonuses to recruit top talent. The “intellectual capital” brought in by high-knowledge employees will be a major, if not the primary, competitive advantage. The rise in the influence of the knowledge worker. .

Bureaucracy 151

Bureaucracy Intellectual Capital Kotter Telecommunications 151

Strategy Driven

JULY 11, 2014

Though I wrote all my books on computers, I wrote the modern technology chapters on the typewriter, to make points to myself that the readers could never have grasped. Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets.

Energy 72

Energy Strategic Planning Succession Humphrey 72

Strategy Driven

APRIL 18, 2014

Imagine combining the brilliant technological advances of today with timeless people skills, and consider the potential of future generations. After working for twenty years in the sales and marketing industries, she founded her consulting business, Protocol Consultants International , in 1992. No related articles.

Consultative 56

Consultative Skills CFO Competitive Advantage 56

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

If your company has passive and/or timid leadership you will face serious problems in sustaining your competitive advantage. Great leaders will do anything to get off the bench and into the game.

Blog 387

Blog Learning-by-Doing CEO Strategy 387

QAspire

JUNE 1, 2014

In a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) business environment where technology is constantly changing how people collaborate and work, the paradigms of leadership are changing. In this edition of Carnival, we have a solid collection of posts that explores the changing face of leadership in the new world.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership McCarthy 185

Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

It turned out that the unit was driving profits by raising prices and cutting marketing and advertising expenditures. Higher prices and reduced advertising created an opening for competitors to take away market share, which they did. So while profits were rising and ROIC was high, market share was declining.

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ROIC Balanced Scorecard Metrics McKinsey 62

QAspire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

With rapid globalization and advent of technology, the rate of change in society and in organizations has just multiplied. market forces) and internal ones (e.g. Ability to change, readiness to realignment and agility in mindset are the new competitive advantages. Remember what Charles Darwin said ?

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Management Blog Directory Open-book 131

Strategy Driven

JUNE 26, 2014

But after a number of processes are selected with this ‘whoever is interested’ approach, leaders and process Improvement practitioners see that it would make sense to select processes that are underperforming, would provide increases in market share and revenue, or would directly support key strategic initiatives.

Process 57

Process Strategy BPM Metrics 57

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2017

However, some of the most common beliefs about how this will happen, repeated by conference speakers, self-proclaimed gurus, and consultants, have been oversimplified, misunderstood, or misapplied. Many business models that make extensive use of digital technology have network-type properties. Complements are not substitutes.

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McCallum Competitive Advantage Business Model Consultative 12

Strategy Driven

JULY 3, 2015

Today's workforce will need three times the amount of training that it now gets if the organization intends to stay in business, remain competitive and tackle the future successfully. It is usually technical or sales/marketing in nature. Trainers cannot reconstruct organizational structure, nor can other niche consultants.

Education 50

Education Company Succession Mentor 50

Strategy Driven

MAY 16, 2014

Young companies located in these hubs—particularly technology firms—are able to attract technical talent and maintain close proximity to their investors and mentors. Even if investors can now reach entrepreneurs anywhere, the aforementioned ‘home bias’ is a natural occurrence in the public and private securities markets.

Company 51

Company Real Estate Strategic Planning Venture Capitalist 51

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

That is to say: they are finding competitive advantage in what were historically reckoned to be (or ignored as) externalities. I think that a "game-changer" along the lines you mention may the increasing capacity of companies to create value by advancing the values of their customers and other stakeholders.

Blog 379

Blog Media Open-book Learning-by-Doing 379

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2015

For decades now, both consultants and academics have been arguing that the world has become so fast paced, so hypercompetitive, so complex, so ambiguous, and so uncertain, that the death knell has sounded for strategy’s central concept of sustainable competitive advantage. Insight Center. The New Ways to Compete.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Strategy Hypercompetition Agility 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

Carr predicted that an organization''s ability to compete through investing in information technology was about to change dramatically. When "the core functions of IT — data storage, data processing, and data transport — have become available and affordable to all," he wrote, IT would cease to be a source of competitive advantage.

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Supply Chain Competitive Advantage Information Technology How To 8