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APRIL 9, 2018

Judith Barrow – Review – Rosie Amber Team Member. Jesse Lyn Stoner – Interview – Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership. Stacie Tyson – Review – Pursuing Stacie. Dianne Ascroft – Review – Dianne Ascroft and Goodreads. Amy Buckle – Review – Amy’s Bookshelf.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2012

I’d rather it be about us, about the team. A coach or mentor’s advice may serve to overcome personal weaknesses; it may have to do with leadership, how to deal with an impossible boss or a toxic corporate culture. Honorable career management must be anchored in the right values.

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MAY 10, 2018

It comes naturally with a small highly motivated team, but it’s increasingly difficult to maintain in the face of size and success. Continually move up the bar to re-test your personal limits and your team. Study their moves and engage your team for an analysis of updates. Build it at the start and don’t ever lose it.

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DECEMBER 4, 2011

Leadership. by John • December 4, 2011 • Leadership , Life • 2 Comments. Their marketing teams research everything to death. Leadership. In the CEO Afterlife. Main menu Home. Gretzky, Gates, Zuckerberg: Can they see the Unseen? It takes a knack to see the unseen. They proudly claim the consumer is the boss.

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MARCH 1, 2016

That night, I presented the marketing strategy that catapulted a regional brand to national leadership in Canada. After buckets of red ink and much soul searching, our young management team came to terms with the fact that Nabob could not survive as a ‘generalist’ against multi-nationals twenty times its size.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Leadership. by John • September 6, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership • 1 Comment. You see, the “talk” of cultural strategy (we called it the credo) that hung on the walls of the offices and the plant was “walked” by the leadership team. Leadership. In the CEO Afterlife.

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APRIL 13, 2015

When leadership foresight is compelling, inclusive, and easily definable, people want to be a part of it; they want to follow their leader to that place. Clear visions work for inventors, athletes, sports teams, nations, and companies of all sizes and shapes. Leadership is the conduit. Nodding to the premise is easy.

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DECEMBER 7, 2014

To rise from the ashes, our young management team made several tough sacrifices to transform a multi-product, multi-brand operation from generalist to specialist. Branding Human Resources Leadership Life Marketing Strategy Bob Olodort CEO Complexity Culture Focus Jacobs Suchard Nabob Sacrifice Samsung Vision'

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OCTOBER 23, 2011

Leadership. by John • October 23, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 4 Comments. They want to know how to better trek Mount Here , the vista everyone on the team agreed to climb in the first place. Leadership. In the CEO Afterlife. Main menu Home. The Essence of Strategy (Part 1).

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FEBRUARY 17, 2013

The controversy over American sports team branding and mascots has been going on for years. Some teams have made alterations such as the Washington Bullets, who became the Wizards. Even brands nearing death such as Brylcreem Hairdressing and Ipana Toothpaste have some equity left in them to generate profits for their owners.

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MAY 13, 2012

Cultures conducive to inspiring individuals and teams are the ones that deliver results. I’m suggesting this addition. Foster a culture that creates value. Superb strategy and execution comes from the people within the enterprise. Procter and Gamble have been winning the culture game for 175 years. That is sustainable competitive advantage.

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MARCH 20, 2012

Cultures conducive to inspiring individuals and teams are the ones that deliver superior results. Foster a healthy corporate culture that creates value. Great strategy and great execution comes from the people within the enterprise. Procter and Gamble have been winning the culture game for 175 years. That is sustainable competitive advantage.

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JUNE 4, 2012

They spend weeks, sometimes months assessing, discussing, assembling teams, leading SWAT analyses, and on, and on, and on. Strategic Planning positions exist inside companies, and in external consulting businesses. Consultants earn a living by the clock. The ramification of this incentive is easy to deduce. in some cases, less.

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APRIL 28, 2012

Most importantly, the implications and action steps became an ‘easy sell’ to my team. 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. Human Resources.

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MAY 9, 2011

Leadership. To achieve this, Riley had to balance the tough academic demands and extracurricular endeavours required for entrance.Graduating Head Boy of Collingwood School, a member of its first 15 rugby team and a highly regarded YMCA councillor, Riley entered Yale University. Leadership. In the CEO Afterlife. Main menu Home.

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MARCH 21, 2016

They put the pedal to the metal to get the job done, and they expect that modus operandi from their teams. They understand the risk of each play, but unlike chessmen, they sacrifice strategic contemplation and negotiation to establish themselves as nimble paragons of tireless execution. Fast Companies Get Results.

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JULY 2, 2012

As in war, a common enemy is a great place to unify and motivate a team behind a worthy cause. When a business is in the red because of smart competitive maneuvers or its own strategic ineptitude, intense disdain for the competition emerges. It is the mindset of a company in a “turnaround.” Desperate times require desperate measures.

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JANUARY 20, 2016

” Of course this is all for not without disciplined leaders with the passion to guide their team in the direction indicated by the strategic compass. These promotions fortify the emotional claim that “ Red Bull gives you wings.”

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JULY 16, 2015

They want to know how to best trek Mount Here , the vista everyone on the team agreed to climb in the first place. Once stubborn strategists carve out their course of action, the wisest of the owls stick to it like crazy glue. They don’t seek out the infinite, untapped opportunities at the top of Mount Elsewhere.

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MARCH 28, 2012

Cultures conducive to inspiring individuals and teams are the ones that deliver superior results. Foster a healthy corporate culture that creates value. Great strategy and great execution comes from the people within the enterprise. Procter and Gamble have been winning the culture game for 175 years. That is sustainable competitive advantage.

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AUGUST 23, 2011

Leadership. Going through those archives, I re-discovered my kids’ baby years, their birthday parties, sports teams, class pics, and celebrations with friends and family. Leadership. In the CEO Afterlife. Main menu Home. Distant Replay: My Mid-Life Crisis. by John • August 23, 2011 • Life • 4 Comments.

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APRIL 23, 2012

Competitive situations create a distinct individual and team behavior. The companies that employed me were generally the underdogs in battles against bigger, better-financed organizations. Against mounting odds, we did more than survive. We thrived. From my experience, these six characteristics encapsulate the competitive business culture.

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MAY 24, 2012

If you see any of these within the leadership of your organization, beware. Their leadership practices weaken and demotivate the team. While one can attribute their rise to political shrewdness, the frightening answer is that someone bought into their “smoke and mirrors” and promoted them into a leadership position.

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DECEMBER 29, 2013

If HR’s promise is a “nimble, creative, get-it-done” team of employees, there is a host of ways to deliver and demonstrate this positioning. The glue that binds leadership, strategy, and execution is people – quality individuals at the board level, in the C-suite, in the cubicles, on the factory floor, and in the field.

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OCTOBER 17, 2011

Leadership. by John • October 17, 2011 • Branding , Human Resources , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 3 Comments. I worked on more than a few global brands where the management and marketing team really didin’t fully understand the strengths of own brand. Leadership. In the CEO Afterlife.

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JUNE 13, 2011

Leadership. by John • June 13, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Strategy • 1 Comment. Every employee knew the purpose and they worked hard as a team to reach the goal. Leadership. In the CEO Afterlife. Main menu Home. Why Mission Statements Suck. Starbucks achieved the target two years early.

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MARCH 18, 2015

A new management team pruned several of the acquisitions, stopped ‘doing more and more,’ and started ‘doing less better’ by giving their full attention to their core business, LEGO blocks. By 2004, sales and profits were in double digit declines. Complexity had brought LEGO to its knees. Something had to be done.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2012

By mid-morning coffee, the creative department was coming back to life, and we participated in the daily ritual of wandering around the airy Georgian splendor of our Edinburgh offices and critiquing each teams crumpled creations. It wasn’t brutal or destructive.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2017

In the meantime, perennial innovators the likes of Apple, FedEx and Amazon extended their leadership over old-guard competitors. Your job,” I said, “is to choose an organization with a buoyant culture and a leadership team that’s not afraid of change. Innovation and entrepreneurship made a comeback, albeit in measured bites.

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MARCH 7, 2015

Absentee leadership. Picture this: The CEO of the decaying company is addressing his management team. Revival is not too late, but whatever you do. remember, the steps you take must be transformational, not incremental. Sick companies are never turned around by doing more of the same, better. Lack of vision. High employee turnover.

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APRIL 10, 2011

Leadership. Teams composed of individuals with different backgrounds generally find faster, better ways to solve problems. Leadership. In the CEO Afterlife. Main menu Home. Pursuing Entrepreneurial Companies: Grad Advice. by John • April 11, 2011 • Human Resources , Strategy • 0 Comments. Bottom line?

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JUNE 8, 2016

For a while, the team tried to save its peanut butter brand, Squirrel, and its jam product line, says Bell, but after a few years, they too were cut, with the peanut butter business sold to Canada Packers in 1981. In 1977, the year the two executives joined, Nabob decided to sell and dissolve eight of its 12 product lines.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2014

Is this also the case in business leadership? Those who strive for this quality are known to study the art and the science of leadership presence. They take courses on public speaking, they learn how to stand out in group settings, they search out mentors and leadership coaches who help them engage, connect and influence others.

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In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

Is this also the case in business leadership? Those who strive for this quality are known to study the art and the science of leadership presence. They take courses on public speaking, they learn how to stand out in group settings, they search out mentors and leadership coaches who help them engage, connect and influence others.

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