In the CEO Afterlife

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Tips On Honing A Culture Of Winning Through Focus by Martin Zwilling

In the CEO Afterlife

Intuitively, many entrepreneurs and businesses believe that the key to faster growth and success is more products, features, and markets. Good examples of startup focus before success include Google with their search engine, Facebook with friends networking, and Apple with personal computers. Well-articulated goals and metrics.

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20 Reasons Why Companies Should Do Less Better

In the CEO Afterlife

Do Less Better practitioners are fanatical about focus and de-complexity; herein lies the secret of their success. Specialists beat generalists, but generalists who embrace and practice focus can be wildly successful. More balls in the air do not present more chances of success. Case in point – Nike. Prioritize project lists.

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In Praise of the Fast Company

In the CEO Afterlife

For sure, in the tech world, it’s hard to imagine success without quick and continuous technology improvement. Whether you sell information or cremation, the common thread for success is sustaining an advantage. The most successful leaders, leverage ‘fast company’ cultures to achieve competitive advantage. What about your world?

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The Most Overused Word in Business

In the CEO Afterlife

Consider these staggering statistics: 54% of respondents didn’t believe their company’s strategy will lead to success. Just look at the success of Apple. With so much written about the success of great companies led by outstanding strategic visionaries, one has to wonder why strategy is so misunderstood by so many of today’s leaders.

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The Paradox of Two Guitar Companies

In the CEO Afterlife

They are global, they are successful and they have become the quintessential icons of pop music. Perennial success in the competitive consumer products business is usually attributed to superior business strategies and outstanding marketing. So with all that going against them, what is it that makes these brands so successful?

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Is Business a Combination of Sport and War?

In the CEO Afterlife

The man who preceded me in the corner office lived by the credo that a company’s success wasn’t enough; the other guy had to fail. As for sport, the game of market share was an easy way to track success. The delusion is that market share is the “be all and end all” of business success. That may sound extreme.

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Who is the 21st Century CEO?

In the CEO Afterlife

Proactivity is the secret to long-term success. That’s because success for Page and Jobs hinged on the strategic choices they made – primarily which products and applications to bet on. Those who get to the future first, are the ones who win. Apple has been adept at the vision game for a quarter of a century.

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