Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

According to author and thought leader Simon Sinek, people buy the “why.” While most companies explain that they make great products, Apple is unique in that they begin by telling the consumer “ why ” they make their products. By Maribeth Kuzmeski Why do people do business with you? Many times it doesn’t seem clearly defined.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2018

The Mind of the Leader : How to Lead Yourself, Your People, and Your Organization for Extraordinary Results by Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter (Harvard Business Review Press, 2018) The Mind of the Leader offers a radical, yet practical, solution to solve the leadership crisis. Blog Post ). Blog Post ). Blog Post ). We fear rejection.

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CoachStation

MARCH 7, 2016

If you have not had the opportunity to view or read any of Simon Sinek’s material regarding marketing and to ‘ Start with Why ‘, I highly recommend you spend a few minutes doing so. Interestingly though, I have found that his key concept has as much bearing on how we see ourselves as it does with tangible things such as businesses.

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Roundtable Talk

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

It’s the thing that happens to get the product to market” Mitch Joel @mitchjoel / Author and marketing guru / In a nutshell: It’s time for Leadership 3.0… Before building community you need to build engagement.” “If your product or service sucks; social media, marketing or management won’t save you.”

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

“I don’t quite know what to do next,” said Simon, a media CEO. Simon had been a chief executive for 15 years, and CFO before he was 30. But, with his company recently sold, Simon was considering retirement. Over half assume leadership positions at nonprofit organizations and almost all are philanthropic.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2012

It's a powerfully proven fact based on the study of the human brain, which Simon Sinek explains here. How: "Because we think differently, we marry cutting-edge technology with human intuition and beautiful design to create products that look and function like no other." This isn't my opinion. We believe in thinking differently."

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2012

It's a powerfully proven fact based on the study of the human brain, which Simon Sinek explains here. How: "Because we think differently, we marry cutting-edge technology with human intuition and beautiful design to create products that look and function like no other." This isn't my opinion. We believe in thinking differently."

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Simon McGill/Getty Images. This is all consistent with what I see as a speaker and trainer on productivity — it’s bad enough that employees feel tethered to their email during the work day, making it hard to get more important — and more satisfying — work done.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2016

The company’s Supply Chain Leadership Team had seen the pace of change for its group began to plateau. The results helped mobilize a significant part of the organization: people at all levels and functions teamed up to generate new revenues, cut costs, increase productivity, and enhance quality. Kotter’s book Accelerate.).

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Skip Prichard

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Matt Tenney is a social entrepreneur and the author of Serve to Be Great and The Mindfulness Edge: How to Rewire Your Brain for Leadership and Personal Excellence Without Adding to Your Schedule. As Simon Sinek wrote about in his book Leaders Eat Last , Bob Chapman, the CEO of Barry Wehmiller, decided on furloughs for his employees.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2015

” In his book, Start with Why , Simon Sinek says that purpose should provide direction when deciding a company’s future: “Instead of asking, ‘WHAT should we do to compete?’ There may have been another business that they could have started, utilizing the company’s assets (real estate, technology, staff, etc.)

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2011

Nick Simon* switched careers in his late 20s and entered a two-year management rotation program at a telecom company. It was too early in his new career to make a productive move. Lisa Su* has worked at a Boston-based technology company for six years. Badmouth the person who got the job or those involved in making the decision.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2016

The technologies and processes that are transforming companies. Their margins on products far exceed manufacturing cost and empty store shelves mean huge lost opportunities. But after almost a year of discussion, the company’s leadership team was no closer to a decision than when it started. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2015

Instead, the company makes an effort to go where their customers are, even at the risk of being seen to endorse a rival product. The only shock there was that the technology retailer, Carphone Warehouse, did even worse. Enlightened leadership can create a more empathic culture. Empathy can be learned and companies can improve.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2011

For instance, in October 2010, Biocon struck a $350-million marketing alliance with Pfizer, the world's largest drug maker, to commercialize four of Biocon's insulin biosimilar products in non-overlapping markets globally. Invention is a novel idea or new technology that can be patented or copyrighted as intellectual property (IP).

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

What will be the administration’s take on science and technology? Likewise, we know that whatever our historical assumptions have been, many are likely to change as technology advances. It seems reasonable to use these intentions as a basis for forecasting the impact on taxes, trade, demand, employment, and mobility of labor.

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