Coaching Tip

JANUARY 26, 2013

Its diversified galaxy of brands for man and beast are iconic -- from chocolate favorites like M&M's and Snickers to Wrigley's Juicy Fruit and Lifesavers to pet-care products like Pedigree and Whiskas, as well as Uncle Ben's Converted Rice. It is still 100% family-owned -- now by the three elderly offspring of Forrest Mars Sr.,

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Chart Your Course

DECEMBER 28, 2017

This Herman Trend Alert is intended to provide employers with insights about what to expect in the coming years, so that they may position themselves for success. In a recent study, Forrester Research reported “close to 15 million new jobs will be created in the US alone over the next decade as a result of automation and smart machines.”

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Sales reps, according to Forrester , tend to prioritize a sales agenda over solving a customer’s problem. If organizations don’t change their outdated thinking and create effective sales models for today’s digital era, Forrester warns that 1 million B2B salespeople will lose their jobs to self-service e-commerce by 2020.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2015

“Death of a B2B Salesman,” a new report from Forrester Research , lends urgency to the need for companies to rethink and radically transform their sales models by incorporating digital media into their processes. Contrary to what these findings — and Forrester’s prediction that “1 million U.S.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

A subordinate’s trust in their leader is the most important factor in the success of any organization.”-Mark One of your first leadership lessons is “A subordinate’s trust in their leader is the most important factor in the success of any organization.” What was the key to his success? Mark Brouker. Mark Brouker.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2011

We do this ourselves, noting who mentions Groundswell, "Bernoff", or Forrester (my employer). But shifts in Twitter sentiment — a surge in mentions of your competitor's brand, for example, or a rise in posts that associate your product names with words like "love" or "sucks" — are indicators that changes in sentiment are brewing.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2018

Digital natives who grew up with the Internet and smartphones have transformed the way B2B buyers research purchases, qualify vendors and make purchases—changing the rules of the game for marketers and product managers. Contacting a salesperson occurs later in the typical purchase process, and sometimes not at all.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Redmond's three-years-in-the-making answer to the iPad, the Surface, is a high-risk product that is self-cannibalizing, says Sarah Rotman Epps on her Forrester blog. To make Surface a success, Microsoft would need to aggressively expand distribution, which would alienate OEMs in its partner ecosystem.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2012

This idea is supported by Forrester Research, which found that 65% of high-level decision makers give their business to the company that creates the "buying vision," versus 35% who acknowledge putting candidates through a fair-and-square "bake-off." The product — in this case, the tornado siren — doesn't create the reaction.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2011

Over the past five years, we have followed the rise of customer experience efforts from small outposts to central players in executing company strategies, especially as firms have faced growing challenges in maintaining meaningful differentiation based on product innovation alone. Our organizational culture wasn't optimal to say the least.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2017

Lucia Luce Quinn is Chief People Officer at Forrester Research. Jacqueline Reses, a former private equity investor who became Yahoo’s CHRO, said, “We should drive HR like a product organization that finds the most critical use cases of our customers and then builds products to solve those needs.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

Make sure to use the right metrics when measuring success and identifying areas for growth. Repeat usage or transactions completed may be more meaningful metrics than time spent for a productivity app like Dropbox or a travel app like Alaska Airlines. What cross-channel customer behaviors can mobile help impact and influence?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2011

In fact, social login can be a huge marketing "force multiplier" in every business's two core tasks: acquiring customers, and selling them products and services. Most companies today require visitors to their websites to register — i.e., create an account — in order to purchase products or services or post comments.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2014

In a recent Unify survey of knowledge workers, 79% of respondents reported working always or frequently in virtual teams, but only 44% found virtual communication as productive as face-to-face communication. I’m seeing a new generation of technology emerge that can make dispersed teams more productive than collocated teams.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

In 2005, Amazon introduced its Prime service, which provides members with unlimited “free” two-day delivery (as well as discounted overnight delivery) on eligible products for $79 a year. Given these figures, Prime members account for roughly 36% of Amazon’s $74 billion in annual revenues.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Forrester Research predicts that by 2012 half of all consumer purchases will be either transacted online or digitally driven in some way — influenced by search, social media, or emerging digital platforms like location-based services and digitally augmented store environments. Few companies are prepared for this kind of customer.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2016

These firms track inventory, productivity, utilization, and other traditional Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). In our experience, nearly half of your team and board will need to turn over during the course of a successful digital transformation. You manage what you measure. Will you be ready to spin off your digital business?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2015

A Forrester study found that posts from top brands on Twitter and Facebook reach just 2% of their followers (note: that’s followers, not new customers) and only 0.07% of those followers actually interact with those posts. .” Business success requires linking customer-acquisition efforts with a coherent strategy.

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