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Advice for Marketing Executives During Tough Times

Marshall Goldsmith

Q: Do you have any specific suggestions for marketing executives in this challenging climate? During hard times companies often cut back on marketing budgets. As business becomes more competitive, marketing executives face increasing pressure to demonstrate the value that their function is adding to the firm. A: Great question.

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Revealing Leadership Insights From Thinkers50

Tanveer Naseer

The ideas which inspire and influence business practitioners often have their origins in the ideas and work of the thinkers celebrated in the Thinkers50 , the biennial ranking of business thinkers. Similarly, CK Prahalad’s work on the bottom of the pyramid from the beginning of this century is still hugely influential.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Deepa Prahalad – Focused on design and emerging markets. Telisa Yancy – Chief Marketing Officer at American Family Insurance. Praveen Kopalle – Associate Dean MBA Program, Signal Companies’ Professor of Management and Marketing at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Co-author: Predictable Magic.

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Why Management Ideas Matter

Harvard Business Review

Or consider the influence of Clayton Christensen, who tops the new ranking. Christensen's influence on the business world has been profound. In The Innovator's Dilemma , he looked at why companies struggle to deal with radical innovation in their markets. The ideas of INSEAD professors Chan W.

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Get Your Organization to Run in Sync

Harvard Business Review

However, actions are influenced at the grassroots. Prahalad called this concept strategic intent. Apple and Google, of course, have been successful across a variety of market contexts. It is easier to formulate a story based on market analysis than it is to promote better organizational health. Gary Hamel and C.K.

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Get Your Organization to Run in Sync

Harvard Business Review

However, actions are influenced at the grassroots. Prahalad called this concept strategic intent. Apple and Google, of course, have been successful across a variety of market contexts. It is easier to formulate a story based on market analysis than it is to promote better organizational health. Gary Hamel and C.K.