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Say “Hi” and “Bye”

Michael Lee Stallard

This year’s conference includes Karen Katz, President and CEO of Nieman Marcus, Maxine Clark, Founder of Build-a-Bear Workshop, Duncan Mac Naughtan, EVP, Chief Merchandising & Marketing Officer for Wal-Mart U.S. and Graham Atkinson, CMO & Chief Experience Officer of Walgreens.

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Depreciating Intellectual Capital

LDRLB

Dan’s guest for the month was Gary Hamel, author of What Matters Now (review forthcoming) and The Future of Management (review not need – buy the book). Hamel argued that on biggest challenges facing large companies was senior leadership “inability to write off their own depreciating intellectual capital. Kodak knew film.

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Does a Mentor have to Breathe?

In the CEO Afterlife

I came up through marketing; quite honestly, during my years in marketing I hadn’t given much thought to HR. And sure enough, bright folks such as Gary Hamel, C. By applying Jacobs Suchard’s brands and businesses to HBR’s models, I was able to pin-point weaknesses and bring clarity to missing opportunities.

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LeadershipNow 140: December 2011 Compilation

Leading Blog

steveroesler: 6 Important Marketing Trends to Watch in 2012 : The World :: American Express OPEN Forum. mjasmus: Most read in 2011: 30 Overlooked Acts of Leadership Courage. The worst leadership moments of 2011 - The Washington Post. KevinEikenberry: My list of top leadership tweeters. Compassion builds support, loyalty.

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Depreciating Intellectual Capital

LDRLB

Dan’s guest for the month was Gary Hamel, author of What Matters Now (review forthcoming) and The Future of Management (review not needed – buy the book). Hamel argued that on biggest challenges facing large companies was senior leadership “inability to write off their own depreciating intellectual capital.

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Test Your Core Competencies

CO2

I also like Hamel and Prahalad three-question test for helping clients determine if one of their capabilities is actually a core competency : Does the capability make a disproportionate contribution to the ultimate customer value, and/or does it allow the company to deliver value to customers in an appreciably more efficient way?

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Is It Fun Being Led by You?

Lead Change Blog

Strategy guru Gary Hamel wrote in the Harvard Business Review: “Corporations around the world are reaching the limits of incrementalism. I later learned he was EVP in charge of the entire Aeronautical Division and highly regarded by the thousands under his leadership. Fun leaders are about light.

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