Experience to Lead

MAY 30, 2023

The purpose of executive leadership training is to provide business leaders with a practical framework needed to inspire, motivate and engage their teams. Our Leadership Experiences immerse leaders in powerful metaphors from professional sports, songwriting and human space travel to bringing leadership lessons into sharp focus.

Training 52

Training Execution Leadership Emotional Intelligence 52

Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 29, 2014

In spite of decades of clichés and motivational speeches about confidence, true confidence has a radically different set of rules than what tradition tells us. A Choice, Not a Symptom “Confidence is a choice,” wrote marketing savant Seth Godin, “not a symptom.” Envy is a strong motivator but a weak navigator.

Self-aware 257

Self-aware Comparison Learning-by-Doing Charisma 257

HR Digest

MAY 8, 2023

Using obscure words and unique expressions can help keep your employees engaged and motivated to improve their performance. They train hard and practice relentlessly to hone their skills and stay sharp. Has a talent for identifying new market trends and developing products to meet customer needs.

Review 105

Review Performance Review Ethics Teamwork 105

N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

It applies to your branding, marketing, supply chain, and ultimately to your customer base. What's funny is that it really doesn't matter what the motivations are for doing so, the outcomes are rarely good. Here is a simple rule of thumb…the bigger the key man policy the less scalable the company is.

Business Model 344

Business Model Brand Blog Supply Chain 344

Strategy Driven

APRIL 13, 2015

Or at least uncover if that is one of their motives for buying. In New York City, you don’t have a choice, you have to walk in razor-sharp and razor-prepared and razor-ready. Marketing & Sales business management buy gitomer buygitomer Jeffrey Gitomer marketing and sales strategydriven' Dull razors get thrown away.

Objective 50

Objective Video Customer Loyalty Competitive Advantage 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

A leader’s purpose and job is to give direction and purpose and motivate his people. The sharp focus and direction on your objectives and goals can only be maintained with constant monitoring of your procedures and processes. Marketing plan is annually updated, with realistic, measurable goals. Provide leadership.

Succession 50

Succession Strategic Planning Budgeting Goal 50

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Being sharp means being succinct. Evaluate organizations online: their mission, major products/markets, history, and biographies of key participants. If you rely on searches for your background research, so will those you work with (if they are sharp). Base marketing initiatives on shared values and multiple-agendas.

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Tim Milburn

OCTOBER 2, 2013

It’s that among the sharp-elbowed hordes pushing through Washington’s corridors of power, they didn’t even stand out.” The initial costs of entry, especially for marketing, will be prohibitive. ” ACCOUNTABILITY. In the eighties, “cutting your losses” quickly was fashionable thinking.

Waterman 140

Waterman Automotive Learning-by-Doing Industry 140

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

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. World authority on project management.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 16, 2017

The battle that is fought in the trenches is the marketing campaign. Exposing your brand to new markets should be treated like a well-orchestrated battle plan. Whether you’re trying to expose your brand to a new market, releasing a new product or service or expanding to another country, you want to give cause to your actions.

Marketing 50

Marketing Brand Advertising Marketing Strategy 50

Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

​ For example, the job function I have now, digital marketing , didn’t exist when I left college, and had I focused on other areas without adapting as my career progressed, I might’ve missed my calling in digital marketing. What you like, what motivates you, what fires you up. What motivates you?

Career 74

Career Advice Succession Learning-by-Doing 74

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 26, 2011

The Benevolent Dictator : Empower Your Employees, Build Your Business, and Outwit the Competition by Michael Feuer and Dustin Klein What does it require to take a concept rapidly and effectively from mind to market? A laser-sharp strategy is much more practical, productive, and economical.

Bottom-up 50

Bottom-up Sharpe Follow-up Retail 50

Reiter Thinks

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

My current projects are, expanding my own business through targeted marketing and empowering the right people to make key decisions. It helps you stay mentally sharp and is a great stress reliever. We need to celebrate those little victories together, no matter how small, along our climb towards success. Matt No trackbacks yet.

Blog 32

Blog Sharpe Motivation Career 32

Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

It''s that among the sharp-elbowed hordes pushing through Washington''s corridors of power, they didn''t even stand Out." The initial costs of entry, especially for marketing, will be prohibitive. ACCOUNTABILITY The value of accountability is the willingness to take responsibility for one''s own actions. Copyright © Robert L.

Waterman 54

Waterman Follow-up Automotive Learning-by-Doing 54

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2016

And while two years of shrinking GDP growth , sanctions , and a volatile ruble have led some companies like GM to leave the market, there has not been a large-scale exodus of MNCs from Russia. For multinational firms, Russia’s attractiveness lies primarily in the size and sophistication of its market.

Depreciation 8

Depreciation B2B Price Crisis 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

For example, this study examining the rivalry between sales and marketing showed that conflicts between managers from these historically warring functions were not driven by interpersonal issues. Neither alone controlled speed to market, but together they could significantly influence it. How to Manage a Toxic Employee.

How To 8

How To Sharpe Operations Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2012

They occur in the trenches, when a salesperson signs up a new customer; in middle management, as a group struggles to understand and improve market share; in the analytics group, when a data scientist is seeking a new discovery in big data; and in an executive's office, as she works the numbers to decide whether now is the time to add staff.

Technology 15

Technology Sharpe Middle Management Energy 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2012

A marketing professional who dreaded the thought of planning the next strategic campaign couldn't bring herself to move into management consulting, a move which she acknowledged would be both exciting and a much-needed change. But I've found that a sharp focus on incremental gains could also lead to "premature optimization."

Sharpe 15

Sharpe Bottom-up Proposal Banking 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

. “Eliminating my commute frees up seven more hours per week I can spend reaching out to clients,” or “my being in Chicago allows the company to cover the Midwest markets efficiently and at no additional cost” are more compelling, inarguable statements than “I wanted to spend more time at home.”

How To 8

How To Long-term Tactics Commitment 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2011

In the decades since Deng Xiaoping instituted market reform, millions of women have profitably followed Deng's dictate that "to get rich is glorious." Understanding the unique needs of this talent pool is one of the most overlooked secrets to succeeding in this complex market.". This post was co-authored with Ripa Rashid.

Survey 14

Survey Policies Globalization CFO 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2011

Eric Schmidt was the perfect Peacetime CEO — a "gregarious and articulate" leader who was adept at "expanding the market and reinforcing the company's strengths." For us, peacetime lasted six years — until the economic bubble popped, the advertising market collapsed, and a world of opportunity became a world of hurt.

CEO 15

CEO Venture Capitalist Sharpe Environment 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2013

While Functional Fixedness has no doubt been around since Man first tied a sharp rock to a stick with a length of vine and called it a spear, it was Gestalt psychologist Karl Duncker that originally coined the term after conducting what has become a famous (among psychologists, anyway) cognitive bias experiment.

Innovation 8

Innovation Open-book Objective Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2015

The contrast is sharp and it is no accident. Otpor might have been a protest group, but it operated as if it was a startup company marketing a product. ” It further advises that, “working towards achievable tasks motivates people to complete them.” Successful movements do things that failed ones don’t.

Management 8

Management Bureaucracy Sharpe Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2013

Not infallible, for sure, but if you ask any of the high-profile authors who have run afoul of copyright provisions recently I bet they''ll say the law can have pretty sharp teeth. You believe your book is great and that your motives in writing it are honorable. All-purpose tool.

Books 8

Books Merchandising Video Sharpe 8

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2010

I don’t care in the slightest about winning arguments, whether someone is right or wrong, or whether logic is sound or flawed, but I do care about motivation and intent. When it comes to authentic, transparent discourse, motivations matter. Therefore the art you speak of sculpts with a very sharp blade – the tongue.

Blog 419

Blog Gordon Learning-by-Doing Open-book 419

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2011

That's the heart of eudaimonia, a new economic paradigm based on fulfilling human potential — not creating and marketing useless stuff. Insanely great work isn't motivated by glittering jackpots — but by an abiding desire to, as Steve Jobs put it , make a dent in the universe. Which human outcomes are you here to transform?

Short-term 16

Short-term Sharpe Brand Marketing 16

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2015

Motivating people to take moonshots, predicting changes, and making transformational bets are what the venture industry is predicated on. The folks who are willing to ask and answer the tough questions are the ones who keep you sharp, keep you moving forward, and keep you honest. The future is far out, until it isn’t.

Execution 8

Execution Venture Capitalist Software CRM 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2012

But you want your employees to at least like you and understand where you're coming from — because, as copious research has shown , money isn't a good motivational tool. Well, love might be strong. Your personality and enthusiasm can come through just as clearly on YouTube. (A Transparency is brand insurance.

Venture Capitalist 16

Venture Capitalist Leadership PR Sharpe 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Was he agreeing with the president that the motivation of the counter-protesters was not so benign? Here are some of the principles I’ve used as a boss for smoothly navigating political discussions: Be aware of the situations that might trigger a sharp exchange. Why was Mike asking about the membership numbers of the KKK?

Politics 9

Politics Sharpe Media Diversity 9