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The Art of Servant Leadership

Lead Change Blog

By integrating the servant-led paradigm into their inner lives and professional thinking, today’s leaders can revolutionize heartless corporate strategies that reward the few at the expense of the many. But that is exactly what Art and Lori Barter did in 2004, when they purchased Datron World Communications.

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Uniqueness Helps When It Comes To Getting Investment

The Horizons Tracker

Back in 2004 INSEAD’s W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne published their hugely influential book Blue Ocean Strategy, in which they popularize the concept of seeking unknown market spaces that are untainted by competition. “They are more likely to encourage management to implement these strategies, ” the researchers say.

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5 Proven Strategies to Accelerate Business Growth

Women on Business

If you are like most women in business, you are looking for new strategies to stimulate growth. Whether solutions to better communicate or how to best manage employees, here are 5 Proven Strategies to Accelerate Business Growth: Expand thru Alliance Partnership. With success comes a responsibility to help or support other women.

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A Closed-Loop Strategy Execution System

Six Disciplines

In their 2008 book "The Execution Premium: Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive Advantage" (Harvard Business School Press), Harvard professors Dr. Robert S. Translate the Strategy: define strategic objectives and themes; select measures and targets; select strategic initiatives. Kaplan and Dr. David P. Discipline I.

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Leadership: Balancing Art, Craft, and Science

Mike Cardus

This leadership continuum is expressed most evidently in how each approaches strategy: as a process of visioning in art, planning in science, venturing in craft. The Three Poles of Leadership. Managers, not MBAs: A hard look at the soft practice of managing and management development. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler. Reference: Mintzberg, H.

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Brand Portfolio Strategy: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Brand Portfolio Strategy: Creating Relevance, Differentiation, Energy, Leverage, and Clarity David A. Aaker Free Press (2004) Note: I read this book when it was first published and recently re-read it. If anything, Aaker’s insights are even more valuable now than they were then.

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A Closed-Loop Strategy Execution System

Six Disciplines

In their 2008 book "The Execution Premium: Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive Advantage" (Harvard Business School Press), Harvard professors Dr. Robert S. Translate the Strategy: define strategic objectives and themes; select measures and targets; select strategic initiatives. Kaplan and Dr. David P. Discipline I.

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