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Why the Best Strategies Blend the Digital and Physical

Skip Prichard

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. More tactically, we saw companies with strong stamina have multiple business lines over time in order to add diversity to their business models.

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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, “ If you break it you own it”.

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When Was the Last Time You Asked, “Why 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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Morning Advantage: How Tide Detergent Became a Drug Currency

Harvard Business Review

In fact, one Safeway in Maryland was losing $10,000 to $15,000 worth of Tide merchandise a month, and it seems the detergent spree has spread from Maryland to the rest of the United States. THE REAL DEFINITION OF DIVERSITY. Obama Has Inner-Circle Issues (Washington Post On Leadership). It’s a huge problem for stores. The reason?

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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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Merging Two Global Company Cultures

Harvard Business Review

When contact occurs in a situation like an acquisition and in-groups and out-groups form, members of the in-group have a tendency to homogenize members of the out-group, without attention to the diversity and differences within the out-group. Gillette’s merchandising expertise complemented P&G’s branding acumen.

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How to Influence People with Your Ideas

Harvard Business Review

Idea entrepreneur Cesar Millan (he has built quite an empire around his ideas including books, tv shows, DVDs and merchandise) is a dog behavioralist ("the dog whisperer"), but his deeper motive is to reduce maltreatment of animals — and kids — in our society. Communication Informal leadership Leadership'