Leading Blog

JUNE 11, 2021

Most entrepreneurs are imbued with a super-strong work ethic and boundless optimism. It’s hard to get the price you want when you want to get out. The idea that the price paid for companies is based on past performance is only partly true. Treat the equity in your business as your most valuable asset. Mistake #5: The Wrong Team.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 28, 2023

In the commercial world, factors ranging from sudden disasters to evolving market trends play a crucial role in shaping the business landscape. Market Trends and Consumer Behavior Market trends and consumer behavior are dynamic factors that can significantly impact a commercial business.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

And the actions that these brands take to demonstrate their credibility must clearly illustrate a blend of corporate ethics and brand authenticity. But a problem that’s becoming ever more visible is that some organisations have made authenticity their marketing strategy, rather than a business one.

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Joseph Lalonde

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Policies and procedures will help you deliver consistent results and your team will be more productive and efficient. Build a great company culture so that it’s ingrained in everyone’s minds from the minute they start that you expect your workers to be ethical and honest. Use Straightforward Marketing. Focus on Quality.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 17, 2021

The green agenda that governments are touting is going to impact the cost of making products and that in turn will affect your price. They do not want to buy products that have been made by sweatshops, made using techniques that harm the local environment etc. Productivity gains. Work with local brands.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 18, 2021

Now, the Western management style tries to learn from the Japan management style when it comes to matters related to work ethics and employees’ dedication to the company’s goals. In Japan, the workforce seems to be more productive. In many Western companies, the employees are considered as part of the production.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 17, 2011

The same principles apply to e-marketing: before rolling out a campaign to a large audience, test it on a small one. How does their e-marketing supplement their traditional marketing? Create a Benchmark Traditional direct marketing always uses a control piece as the benchmark, generally with an A/B split test.

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Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 4, 2011

It’s a high-end establishment, most of their prices are top dollar (even the sale items), but I like going there because they always have the best clothing. In fact, they had the same pricing they always do, but in addition, they offered free dessert for my whole family — no charge — wishing us a very happy new year.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 13, 2020

Obviously the very act of laying off large numbers of people suggests the firm involved is not in good shape, but the researchers wanted to test how the impact of layoffs differs from other forms of organizational crisis, such as poor publicity or breaches of ethical norms. Unique crises. Financial consequences.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 13, 2020

Like other industries, basic marketing principles, such as strategic planning and branding, apply to healthcare marketing. Nevertheless, healthcare marketing needs a different approach as compared to other industries. Healthcare marketing has to be different from traditional marketing. Sensitivity.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

And you demonstrate the work ethic that will push your company to reach its goals. Do you balance an insistence on accountability and productivity with your response to the human condition? To your team, your work in these areas is every bit as important as how you manage your company’s brand and market share.

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Rich Gee Group

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Jet Blue does it with customer service and price (and great seats!). Trader Joe’s excels in products, price, and customer service. Next Step: Look at your pricing, your product, or your customer service and tweak a bit. How To Be More Productive When You Work From Home. Get where I’m going?

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CEO Blog

MARCH 30, 2016

I posted an article on Linkedin on easy video marketing. I believe in video for marketing but am not a real consumer of video (No TV does that). We produce good product at fair prices. Tied to this - a study revealed ethical bosses produce ethical staff. I like the Linkedin publishing platform.

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In the CEO Afterlife

JULY 10, 2011

Green Company, Red Products, Black Ink. Whether the CEO is driven by personal ethics, a socially changing world, or headlines praising “sustainable” organizations, business is finally responding to the green trend—albeit slower than many would like to see. But there is a bottleneck and it isn’t the multi-million dollar price tag.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 16, 2020

Product development, marketing, and pricing, among others, are all influenced by the data the business has. The main goal of a CDP is to improve marketing decisions by unifying online and offline data. Be Ethical. Data is one of the most valuable assets in any organization. Use a Customer Data Platform.

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Six Disciplines

JULY 25, 2014

Marketing (company image, reputation, positioning, market share, growth). Products and Services (price, quality, Finances (stability, profitability, debt to equity ratio). Cultural (values, ethics). Having trouble starting out your SWOT analysis? Consider exploring these key categories: Strengths and Weaknesses.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 4, 2020

The ability to act will help you attract your next generation of consumers, customers that prioritise ethical business practices. Find out more on how your printer has worked to be more sustainable and what products they can offer to help reduce your carbon footprint. If so, are you sure that the labor conditions are fair?

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 13, 2019

Your focus will be on your business’s bottom line, and how you can exploit your chosen market to make it as healthy, buoyant and sustainable as possible. They live and breathe by their business’s mission statement to provide the products and services that they know the public need. Work Ethic. People skills.

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The Idolbuster

JANUARY 11, 2013

In 1994 Massachusetts had a statewide referendum that would have required companies to reduce the amount of product packaging. If you can deliver a better product at a lower cost, why wouldn’t the company do it? For example, argue that A will differentiate your product in the market, and allow the company to command a higher price.

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Rich Gee Group

OCTOBER 29, 2010

Who are the best salespeople that can educate you on the Z4 and get you the best price? How To Be More Productive When You Work From Home. Investigate alternatives to the Z4 – cheaper, better, other brands. What are the best dealerships? How much will insurance be? What is the resale value? Lease or buy? Return policies?

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Six Disciplines

MARCH 21, 2011

Marketing (company image, reputation, positioning, market share, growth). Products and Services (price, quality, Finances (stability, profitability, debt to equity ratio). Cultural (values, ethics). Having trouble starting out your SWOT analysis? Consider exploring these key categories: Strengths and Weaknesses.

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Rich Gee Group

OCTOBER 21, 2010

If you want to win the showcase on The Price Is Right, you at least have to show up and be in the audience. How To Be More Productive When You Work From Home. So if you’re waiting for that big, shiny limousine to pull up at your home or office and whisk you off to a better life with more money — keep dreaming. Make it happen!

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 15, 2009

Seth Godin , marketing guru and thought leader, did a cool project where he brought together more than seventy “big thinkers&# to write the ebook What Matters Now. What matters in 2010? His purpose: “Now, more than ever, we need a different way of thinking, a useful way to focus and the energy to turn the game around.&#

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Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

— The Product Management Perspective: Ideas are the fuel for great products. The difficulty for many product managers is capturing ideas and filtering the potentially great ones from the not so good. The more ideas you capture the more likely you are to get the perfect new product or feature.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 18, 2016

But, when the time comes for the cows to be transported to market, herding can become a challenge. If you limit your customers’ freedom with stupid rules, you pay the price with their propensity to respond with greater than normal wrath. Clearly there are circumstances where rules are crucial to safety, ethics and fairness.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2015

Ethical consumerism is the broad label for companies providing products that appeal to people’s best selves (for example, fair trade coffee or a purchase that includes a donation to a charitable cause). This pessimistic stance stems primarily from the lower sales of ethical brands. We cannot shop our way to a better world.”

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

With the ever-changing dynamics of the workforce, the stewardship of organizational culture is just as important as strategy, talent, product development, or customer service. Companies with a healthy culture gain a positive reputation, not only among employees, but also with customers and the market. Jason Richmond.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

They’ve refined the buying process so far that they have precluded the words ‘quality’ and ‘value’ from the buying process AND they have taken the words productivity, ease of use, and morale out of the delivery process. The main goal of bidding is NOT get the best product. Nor, for the most part, do they care.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 7, 2011

This impacts the training we deliver, the way I write this blog, the way we handle Customer product orders and literally a thousand other things. What products or services would you like us to implement? We are in the process of forming a new team and want a strong team ethic and identity towards our key stakeholders.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

They will not compromise their value system and personal ethics for temporary gain. Leaders can be extremely strong in any of the areas above, but if they are not leading effectively or productively, if they are not meeting performance expectations, then they have work to do. Want to find out? Section IV: Tactics.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Specifically, the idea came from someone in the sales department who’s in touch with the market and booksellers and what kind of books they think readers want. It would be unintentional, because most people just haven’t thought much about the ethical and unethical uses of storytelling. That’s marketing, not sales. Including me.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Specifically, the idea came from someone in the sales department who’s in touch with the market and booksellers and what kind of books they think readers want. It would be unintentional, because most people just haven’t thought much about the ethical and unethical uses of storytelling. That’s marketing, not sales. Including me.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

They want the companies they buy from to trade in an ethical and responsible way, and for the organizations they work for to not only make a positive difference to the world, but to offer them work that is fulfilling and enriching in equal measure.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Furthermore, last time I checked a CEO can always be removed for lack of performance, or moral and ethical indiscretions, so what purpose do CEO term limits serve other than to disincentivize the CEO? Why would you ever want the person in charge of corporate leadership, vision and strategy to be a lame duck right from the get go?

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 2, 2015

Our world is saturated with advertising, marketing and branding, but are you missing the big picture? Take this further than retail and physical products. Look to the headlines on any given day and you will find a CEO who has fallen from grace because of a decision to stray from the moral, ethical or legal path. Principles.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 2, 2015

Our world is saturated with advertising, marketing and branding, but are you missing the big picture? Take this further than retail and physical products. Look to the headlines on any given day and you will find a CEO who has fallen from grace because of a decision to stray from the moral, ethical or legal path. Principles.

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Leadership Brand Definition Emotional Intelligence 150

Women on Business

JANUARY 19, 2011

It costs 5 to 10 times more to attract a new customer than it does to keep an existing one.

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