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. Since we all have limited resources, and can’t add more hours to the day, the result is usually more things done poorly, rather than a few key things done better than anyone else.

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Is Business a Combination of Sport and War?

In the CEO Afterlife

We put our best efforts into creative and strategic maneuvers to tip the scales in our favor. At the time, our cause was survival. As for sport, the game of market share was an easy way to track success. With only 100% available to the players of the market share game, you knew whether your play(s) made you a winner or a loser.

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The Decay of Brand Differentiation

In the CEO Afterlife

I’m also betting that the Cayenne is the tip of the iceberg at Porsche. Slovakia has a stellar reputation for auto manufacturing, but I’m betting there isn’t a Porsche customer out there who won’t have a nagging question about quality in his or her mind.

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Retired? 7 Insights on Getting Back in the Game

In the CEO Afterlife

I’ll gladly admit that this was the tipping point. So why, you might ask, would I come out of retirement and accept a temporary assignment in the C-suite of a business in America. Some might say the idea of living on the beach in southern California in place of the chilly Canadian winter was simply irresistible.

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Insider Insight on Price Fixing | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

She has some great tips for authors. My blog specialize in helping writers get published by learning from agents, editors and authors who I interview. Tomorrow, I am having a literary agent on my blog as a special guest. Take care and have a nice day Go to [link] and pick up your award. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.

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Why Mission Statements Suck | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

tip on writing good missions is to limit the statement to no more than ten words. Who better than Wal-Mart to make this claim, although a Google image search for “People of Wal-Mart” makes me wonder if these particular customers are living better.A Strategic sacrifice brings clarity and focus.