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Taking Another Look: Leading Minds on Reflection Part 3

Leading Blog

In my personal experience, travel can be invaluable. Daniel Patrick Forrester, Consider. Many enterprises—from Google and GE to sports teams—encourage regular meditation or related mental exercises. To the extent each day can be seen as a sort of lifetime in itself, meditation or prayer can also be viewed as a sabbatical of sorts.

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Experts Offer Advice For How To Lead During 2021

Eric Jacobson

Jerold Zimmerman and Daniel Forrester -- Authors of Relentless: The Forensics of Mobsters' Business Practices “2021 will not be a return to 2019. Many industries will forever be altered: cruise lines, retail, restaurants, business travel, and higher education. 2019 is gone for good.

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Focus on Your Customer's Customer

Harvard Business Review

To understand the work, first you need to understand an airport's business model: its real customer isn't travelers, but the airlines that rent the gates and terminals, much like a mall owner leases space to retailers. The team kicked off by conducting in-airport interviews with travelers.

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Despite Dire Predictions, Salespeople Aren’t Going Away

Harvard Business Review

“Things were different once upon a time before the railroads turned farms into cities… The traveling [sales]man is a middleman and the evolution of business is gradually eliminating the middle man.” Forrester Research predicted that one million B2B salespeople will become obsolete by 2020, lost to e-commerce.

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Leadership Lessons from the Navy

Skip Prichard

A couple of years ago, my wife and I were traveling in Europe and visited a close personal friend, Rick, who was employed as a public affairs officer on a U.S. That boss was Admiral Forrest Faison, and he was Commander, Navy Medicine West (NMW). Even seasoned leaders get this wrong, and numerous opportunities to improve trust are lost.

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How Big Data Brings Marketing and Finance Together

Harvard Business Review

Similar reform in the relationship between marketing, finance and analytics is taking place across many sectors – from manufacturing and retail, to financial services, travel and entertainment, pharmaceuticals and toys. Organizational Anachronisms Exposed. It’s completely reframed the conversation.”

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Your Mobile Strategy Can’t Just Be About Phones

Harvard Business Review

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. In other words, shift the focus from reach and frequency to the moments that matter most to your customers and your business. Insight Center. Crossing the Digital Divide.