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Why the Best Strategies Blend the Digital and Physical

Skip Prichard

Now that almost every good or service combines digital and physical, leaders need to be able to manage and drive both digital and physical in a company.” -Rob And availability of merchandise is what allows a company to make a sale – or not. I describe System Leadership as the the ability to lead on both digital and physical areas.

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Breaking the Rules

You're Not the Boss of Me

You’re Not the Boss of Me Skip to content Home About Me About This Blog ← The Language of Leadership in the 21st Century. From this perspective, I think it safe to say that the work of leadership includes breaking rules. As they often say in retail stores about handling merchandise, β€œ If you break it you own it”.

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Great Leaders Can Think Like Each Member of Their Team

Harvard Business Review

He exemplified a special leadership skill — the ability to get diverse teams of contending bankers, merchants, and traders to collaborate effectively. Central to Cosimo’s success was what I think of as “multivocal leadership.” He identified with each group’s sentiments and mindsets.

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When Was the Last Time You Asked, β€œWhy Are We Doing It This Way?”

Harvard Business Review

At the MIT Leadership Center, I recently spoke with another leader, Guy Wollaert, chief exploration officer at Loggia Strategy & Design, about similar experiences he encountered at another highly visible brand, Coca-Cola. Successful leadership isn’t just about the leader, it’s about the team.

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Merging Two Global Company Cultures

Harvard Business Review

. “What I tell the new hires is that this is the one thing in the company that will never change, these values and principles,” claimed the P&G Near East general manager. ” Successfully managing with culture in mind is an art based on judgment – like a tightrope act, it hinges on balance. Healthy debate.

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Create Your Legacy as a Leader

Harvard Business Review

All too soon, however, the demands of managing the near-term business take over. The surest way to build a company whose leadership will outlast your own is to focus your attention on the few essential things that your company can do better than anyone else. How thoroughly must they transform the company to make this happen?

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The Big Picture of Business – The Realities of Branding… Slogans that Mislead

Strategy Driven

What is their commitment toward literacy, social services, health care, the environment, multicultural diversity and other key issues that really create a better life? My analysis: Productivity software does no good unless one commits to change, alters behavioral traits and commits to time management. ‘Work Smarter, Not Harder.’

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