In the CEO Afterlife

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

The controversy over American sports team branding and mascots has been going on for years. Even brands nearing death such as Brylcreem Hairdressing and Ipana Toothpaste have some equity left in them to generate profits for their owners. Enter political correctness.

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Brand Politics Merchandising Sports 243

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Real life is not a spectator sport – it’s a participation sport, and in fact, I submit to you that it’s a full contact participation sport. My mind is racing around between what I've been a part of over the last two years in social media and the participants in the story.

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Media Blog Audience Ryan 419

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 9, 2016

During their plebe (freshman) year at the United States Naval Academy, midshipmen are required to read two news and one sports page article each day in order to remain up-to-date on those current events impacting our nation and its military. To read Nathan’s complete biography, click here. Consider leaving a comment!

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Information Leadership Sports Industry 50

LDRLB

APRIL 21, 2020

When you think about Philadelphians, you should start from this simple fact: our most celebrated sports hero is a fictional character who loses a boxing match to the heavyweight champion of the world. We look back on it as a genius idea, but the market at the time wasn’t so sure. And its embrace of underdogs.

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CFO Motivation Industry Participative 128

In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 26, 2011

We believe we need to own and control the primary technologies behind the products that we make and participate only in markets where we can make a significant contribution. That goes for business and sports. Cook said, W e’re on the face of the earth to make great products. We’re constantly focusing on innovating.

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Power Mission Statement Sports Innovation 209

Chris Brady

JUNE 10, 2010

» June 10, 2010 Leadership Lessons from the World Cup Whether one is a sports fan or not, it would be hard to avoid the hype surrounding the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, which begins today. It is truly THE cosmopolitan sport. It's hype and sport-induced tension at its most elevated level.

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Sports Leadership Blog Travel 50

LDRLB

APRIL 21, 2020

When you think about Philadelphians, you should start from this simple fact: our most celebrated sports hero is a fictional character who loses a boxing match to the heavyweight champion of the world. We look back on it as a genius idea, but the market at the time wasn’t so sure. And its embrace of underdogs.

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CFO Motivation Industry Participative 78

Skip Prichard

JUNE 14, 2021

As a junior researcher, I had the unenviable task of collecting saliva samples from dozens of participants. First, you can have a “time-out” like in sport – in other words, a pause to make sense of what you’ve done, see what it’s adding up to and what needs to change going forward. And we identify two forms of levitation.

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How To Innovation Creativity Entrepreneur 111

LDRLB

JANUARY 2, 2012

We believe we need to own and control the primary technologies behind the products that we make and participate only in markets where we can make a significant contribution. That goes for business and sports. Leadership apple bell disney Manifesto mission statements steve jobs tim cook' Differentiate.

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Mission Statement Power Sports Innovation 84

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 16, 2014

Leadership Role #2: Declaring a Mission. Apple also made this mistake, and until the advent of the iPod, the company was relegated to being a small player in a vast market. Apple also made this mistake, and until the advent of the iPod, the company was relegated to being a small player in a vast market.

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Chief Executive Officer Competitive Advantage Open-book Software 50

Strategy Driven

JULY 18, 2012

This concept is commonly understood by sports teams and the military. Boot Camp for the military and pre-season workouts for sports teams are the norm. In essence, we needed less administrative work and more research and marketing. This is different than in the world of sports. That is the culture most adults live in.

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Team Sports BHAG Customer Loyalty 52

Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 31, 2010

And he and I have participated in a fabulous monthly Master Mind group with Jan Andersen of Beyond Words, Inc. and Gretchen Johnson of Virtual Wordplay Marketing Communications for a few years, a caring and supportive group of individuals who have helped each other without reservation to be successful in business and in life.

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Skills Books Blog Mentor 181

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 9, 2014

Leadership Role #1: Reading the World and Creating a Vision. Therefore, one of the most important competencies of leadership is the ability to read the world. Therefore, one of the most important competencies of leadership is the ability to read the world. No business is an island. Bill Gates had a different story.

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Chief Executive Officer Competitive Advantage Open-book Analysis 51

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

A recent paper from UCSB found that the return on being good at math has gone up over the last few decades, as has the return on having high social skills (some combination of leadership, communication, and other interpersonal skills). The other justification for using sports and clubs as a proxy for social skills was methodological.

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Sports Teamwork Participative Class 14

Chris Brady

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

We are invited to participate, but in order to do so we have to 'choose a side.' A small amount of 'speculators' is allowed in so a 'ready market' is available at all times for both buyers and sellers (who therefore don't have to wait for each other to make a sale or purchase).

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Banking Price Politics Letter 110

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2011

Now information flows in many directions, consumer touch points have multiplied, and the old, one-size-fits-all approach has given way to precision marketing and one-to-one communications. Feed it with content that touches consumers' passion points like sports, music and popular culture. Don't fight this wave of expression.

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Marketing Content Brand Metrics 18

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2018

” Whether in marketing or sales, it often feels like jobs are contingent on external circumstances, the whims of executives, strategic pivots, and shareholder demands. He’s the CEO and self-titled “Head Coach ” of Björn Borg, the Swedish sports fashion company named after the tennis star.

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CEO Company Sports Fashion 8

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Evaluate organizations online: their mission, major products/markets, history, and biographies of key participants. Base marketing initiatives on shared values and multiple-agendas. Metaphors from nature, sports, and travel are very useful to generate repurposed solutions. Investigate those doing what you want to do.

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Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2011

Cisco's councils and boards — a language that already suggests committees rather than goal-oriented projects — were supposed to speed things up and stimulate more innovation by creating cross-functional groups that could generate ideas about market-facing, solutions-oriented projects and organize across the organization to get them done.

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Team Sports Teamwork Bureaucracy 15

Roundtable Talk

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Going green: start your own grassroots leadership revolution → Own the Podium: when stretch targets go bad Posted on February 23, 2010 by LeaderTalker | Leave a comment There’s lots of hand wringing and apologizing going on from the Own the Podium committee, athletes and the media at large these days. Skip to content Home Welcome!

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Committee Motivation Blog Godin 34

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2016

One of us (Chia-Jung) conducted a study in 2011 with Harvard social psychologist Mahzarin Banaji, presenting 103 participants with written descriptions of two classical musicians. Tsay randomly assigned participants to read profiles of either a “natural” or a “striver” entrepreneur.

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Entrepreneur Proposal Participative Sample 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2016

Leadership. She and her colleagues gave participants a fictional news story about a police chief in a major city preparing for a big protest rally. Participants reading the story also wanted to demote her, but their counterparts did not want to demote him. Further Reading. Why Are We So Hard on Female CEOs? Magazine Article.

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CEO Micromanagement Participative Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

announced that CEO Andrea Jung would step down next year, investors and corporate leadership gurus cheered. Though Jung, a 53-year old Asian-American woman, dazzled early in her 10-year reign, Avon has struggled mightily under her leadership in recent years. Why then are these women so absent from our leadership ranks?

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Diversity Competitive Advantage Middle Management CEO 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

” Observers debated whether this was lazy branding or a very deliberate effort to market the iPad as a sibling to the Mac. Macs keep their names with each successive upgrade, analysts noted, while iPhones sport sequential numbers and letters to indicate improvements. Join the conversation. With John Gourville and Elie Ofek.

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Brand Education Productivity Products 8

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Keep your company fighter-pilot agile in any turbulent or changing market. They must close the gap between what was true about the market yesterday and what the new truth is today. has a unique and powerful mix of leadership skills in both the military and business worlds. The new paradigm: Time is your enemy.

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Six Sigma Learning-by-Doing Training Tools 57

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

But she also realized that the company needed to develop greater marketing muscle to drive a commercial transformation. As she put it, “Our markets are going through dynamic change. It must be marketing. And she put marketing in charge of an organization-wide growth program. Who should lead our transformation?

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CEO Marketing Hotels Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2016

“ Employer branding ” is no longer simply a concern for recruitment marketing; it is also a key component of effective organizational leadership. Our participants were responsible for employer branding efforts in their companies.

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Globalization Brand Survey Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2013

So with that caveat, let's look at our first mission statements from Adidas and Nike: Adidas : The adidas Group strives to be the global leader in the sporting goods industry with brands built on a passion for sports and a sporting lifestyle. You can't inspire someone without their participation and engagement.

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Mission Statement Sports Merchandising Brand 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2013

In 2010, IBM ran a survey of 1,500 CEOs and found that the most valuable management skill was no longer "operations" or "marketing" but "creativity." CEOs say that creativity is a crucial leadership skill, but few apparently have it. At the top, it's also important to move toward multi-generational leadership teams.

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Creativity How To Efficiency Survey 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2013

This may seem like a silly question, the answer being of course, the sales & marketing team. Marketing that''s based on customer advocacy and influence must keep this basic truth front and center. Market and sell your customers. Who sells your products or services? More specifically, your customer advocates.

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PR CIO Reference How To 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2011

I learned about it from years of active participation on the social web. Social networks also contain experts, but their expertise is not gained through some set of courses but rather through participation and putting value into a social system. This is the new, emerging model of influence. Credibility.

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Influence Participative Media System 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2012

This includes information that we choose to publish ("I'm a small business owner in Florida."), information that others publish about us ("Sarah is a great team player."), and information that is aggregated and shared behind the scenes without our knowledge ("Jonathan spends 400 minutes on sports websites and $300 on specialty foods per month.").

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Reputation Media Engineering Technology 18

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2016

It’s worth remembering Peter Drucker’s famous distinction: “management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right thing.” ” It is the stuff of marketing textbooks – extensive market research driving product design and “jury testing” of the final gun design prior to market release. .”

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Licensing Drucker Retail Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

Sports journalist Andrés Montes called this style of play tiki-taka, drawing a parallel between the sounds of quick passes and clackers, the popular two-balls-on-a-string toy. The production and design departments will complain that the marketing and sales departments aren’t selling enough of their high-quality products, and vice versa.

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Cooper Objective Short-term Incentives 16

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

Sports journalist Andrés Montes called this style of play tiki-taka, drawing a parallel between the sounds of quick passes and clackers, the popular two-balls-on-a-string toy. The production and design departments will complain that the marketing and sales departments aren’t selling enough of their high-quality products, and vice versa.

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Cooper Objective Short-term Incentives 8

Strategy Driven

JULY 5, 2013

They came back in the 1980s as sport utility vehicles. Participated In It. Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets. The 1980s brought us compact discs, which play at a speed of 78-RPM. About the Author.

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Planning Learning Curve Budgeting Learning-by-Doing 63

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

They came back in the 1980s as sport utility vehicles. Participated In It. Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets. The 1980s brought us compact discs, which play at a speed of 78-RPM. About the Author.

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Planning Learning Curve Learning-by-Doing Budgeting 61