Strategy Driven

JULY 6, 2012

Critical topics include leadership development of executives, mindset changes in the evolution from manager to executive to leader, executive mentoring, insights into how top professionals evolve, plateaus of professional accomplishment, developing a winning work ethic, lifelong learning and the accrual of business wisdom. Support Staff.

Business Development 51

Business Development Development Learning-by-Doing Ethics 51

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

But if marketing is the hinge that links human nature to business methods, half of that hinge remains fixed to something enduring: consumer behavior. Marketers, then, would do well to ask: what do we really know about how consumers behave in commercial settings? What truths and tendencies have been proved by rigorous research?

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Levitt Marketing Uncertainty Price 15

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Studies consistently show that respect is an important factor in consumer or commercial purchases. For more information regarding this subject, visit Frank McIntosh at his website www.FJMcIntosh.com. People do business with people they trust and the companies they represent. Studies aside, common sense confirms this for most of us.

Leadership 50

Leadership Newsletter Learning-by-Doing Critical Success Factor 50

N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

It’s been my experience that regardless of the subject, it is precisely when the noise becomes the loudest, that it’s most difficult for the consumer to extract quality and value from the market. Was it when I wrote my first book on the subject or the third? How many of these practitioners are qualified?

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Blog Leadership Consultative Follow-up 293

Chris Brady

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Way #1: Audi is as fed up as most of us with the legalistic approach of government-worshippers who want to enforce responsible behavior through the power of the state. There is no way a statist power of even the most invasive kind can effectively control the behavior of 6 billion people.

Politics 77

Politics Blog Travel Letter 77

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

They build active communities both online (on different platforms) and offline (at events) around seemingly any topic imaginable — everything from beauty to AI to e-sports. For example, IBM manages a global network of “ IBM Futurists ” who are subject matter experts on emerging technologies, commerce, and marketing.

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Influence B2B Globalization Webinar 10

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

This chapter puts business events of the last two years into perspective… covering a broader scope of subjects than has been reported and discussed. It is time for fresh thinking, heightened ethical behavior and a shift to a macro focus. Thus, consumer confidence dipped, and it will take years to fortify the trust in business.

Ethics 59

Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 59

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

People (consumers) are both logical and irrational, motivated by opportunity and emotion, full of contradiction, impacted by economic conditions, and often difficult to define. Understand that consumer needs and aspirations are both hierarchical and grow in complexity over time. People stay more or less the same.

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Benchmarking Maslow Analysis Trends 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2012

The CEO of Chick-fil-A's position on same-sex marriage has provoked a consumer boycott, mayoral threats of denied permits, a counter-boycott culminating in a "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day," and a kiss-in. Activists are not merely trying to change the behavior of one specific firm, but want to change industry practice as a whole.

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Company Supply Chain Politics Media 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Thus when consumers search on a physician’s name, they’ll be steered to robust physician ratings rather than the less solid reporting often found on sites that rely upon fewer and less complete data. Consumers are hungry for first person reports of experiences from others like themselves.

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Sample Survey Quality Health Care 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

In general, successful strategies include posting quality content that people want to consume, letting customers tell their stories and post their grievances, and then responding to their criticisms. Only after you’ve built a firm foundation will your social network begin to sustain itself through participant contribution and recommendation.

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Media Follow-up Software Newsletter 50

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

In the study, the researchers asked two sets of subjects to wait in a room where there were two plates of food. Moreover, brain experts have known for quite some time that the brain does not consume more blood sugar when working on difficult tasks. It appears ego depletion may be just another example of the way belief drives behavior.

Energy 8

Energy Participative Learning-by-Doing Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2014

He will be “on trend,” as they say in fashion — in recent months, leaders from the new Mayor of New York to the Pope have also been vocal on the subject. Second, the bimodal distribution of incomes is inimical to the consumption behavior businesses depend on to thrive. That should be a sign that it’s a topic that matters to the public.

Golden Parachute 12

Golden Parachute Apparel Trends Short-term 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2013

But it''s true, thanks to something known as "the curse of knowledge" — one of the most vexing cognitive biases identified by psychologists and behavioral economists. Another big one is "functional fixedness" — a topic I will save for another day).

Innovation 11

Innovation Proposal Quality Engineering 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2013

So my first observation is that leaders must constantly acknowledge that their companies are subject to an onslaught of destabilizing forces. Over the course of our conversation, the executives and I arrived at the hot topic of authenticity. Being vigilant and observant about the nature and velocity of these forces is crucial.

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Drucker Diversity Pharmaceuticals Uncertainty 8