Coaching Tip

APRIL 22, 2012

In The New York Times of April 22, 2012, a former executive described how Wal-Mart de Mexico had orchestrated a campaign of bribery to win market dominance. But in handing the investigation off to one of its main targets, they disregarded the advice of one of Wal-Mart’s top lawyers. Source: The New York Times, April 22, 2012.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

According to Google, in December of 2012, 1.44 I want to give you a little bit of expert information about the sort of platforms we’re talking about – and some stern advice. The way these platforms work is to provide a product or service that is marketable. In return, you provide the marketing muscle to make the sales.

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Women on Business

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

percent of board seats as of mid-year 2012. The wisest advice he ever gave me was to build my career based on what I want, not what others expect of me. This goes back to embracing your humility, which also leads to my next piece of advice…. According to a new research report by Catalyst, women held 14.3 2) Sit at the table.

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Chart Your Course

AUGUST 14, 2012

This book is packed with loads of practical advice, tips, case studies, suggestions and examples that not only retain, but also engage and make your people as productive as possible. Unique from other books on the market today, it provides tried and true practices that will quickly transform your place of business.

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Nathan Magnuson

DECEMBER 17, 2012

” December 17, 2012. Remember how much of a difference high definition television made when it first came to market? If so, ppl will follow your leadership advice! Home About Coaching Contact Guest Posts Archives. Thoughts for the Everyday Leader. by Nathan Magnuson. Home / Inspiration / The Value of Asking “Why?”

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LDRLB

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Other companies are integrating their HR and Marketing departments because they see their culture as being synonymous with their brand (I have noticed this emerging trend in my own research as well). Parker seems to understand that, but also provides practical advice to leaders. Generating a culture is an art, not a science.

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Marshall Goldsmith

JANUARY 27, 2014

Getting to the useful advice and avoiding “noise” can be a real challenge. Seldom can this be done quickly, no matter how great the advice. For example, some leaders may need to change behavior; others may need functional training in marketing or finance. The Role of the E-Coach. Marshall@MarshallGoldsmith.com.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 27, 2011

It could involve new people, markets, customers, products, tools, and processes, all of which are opportunities to learn and develop. If you never got that high school, Associate, Bachelor, Master, or PhD degree, and have regrets, then how about making 2012 the year to get started? A geographic move. Go back to school.

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Coaching Tip

MAY 7, 2012

Almost nine in 10 CEOs agree that tapping female talent is important to "getting the best brains" and competing in markets where women now make most of the purchasing decisions, the McKinsey study says. It was Gloria Steinem who said, “I’ve yet to hear a man ask for advice about how to combine marriage and a career.”.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 8, 2012

In Front Line Heroes , Bruce Hodes offers executives and business leaders advice culled from 30 years of coaching privately held companies ranging from $5 million to $100 million in size. Copyright 2007-2012 by StrategyDriven, Inc. Consider leaving a comment! This content is intended for personal and non-commercial use only.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 25, 2012

In Front Line Heroes , Bruce Hodes offers executives and business leaders advice culled from 30 years of coaching privately held companies ranging from $5 million to $100 million in size. Copyright 2007-2012 by StrategyDriven, Inc. Consider leaving a comment! This content is intended for personal and non-commercial use only.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 26, 2012

That might be a good intention for the remainder of 2012. Study your business, your market, your competition, your customers, and yourself. Best advice: Give genuine support, and yours will follow. Here’s the conclusion of what’s now and what’s next: 19. UNDERSTAND CREATIVITY. Start with anything by Michael Michalko.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 1, 2012

In Front Line Heroes , Bruce Hodes offers executives and business leaders advice culled from 30 years of coaching privately held companies ranging from $5 million to $100 million in size. Copyright 2007-2012 by StrategyDriven, Inc. Consider leaving a comment! This content is intended for personal and non-commercial use only.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 18, 2012

In Front Line Heroes , Bruce Hodes offers executives and business leaders advice culled from 30 years of coaching privately held companies ranging from $5 million to $100 million in size. In essence, we needed less administrative work and more research and marketing. Copyright 2007-2012 by StrategyDriven, Inc.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Jeffrey, I am a marketing and sales rep for a company that sells emergency cleanup services. Do you have any advice for me? Copyright 2007-2012 by StrategyDriven, Inc. What’s your proactive marketing approach to loyalty? Given the nature of what we do, my biggest challenge is coming up with objectives for each visit.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

How can you become a go-to person that others look to for guidance and expert advice? ” So, ask colleagues for their perspectives and advice. The new Work Market website will go live this spring. ” Jitterbit had its first cloud-based release in 2012. What the Experts Say. Her efforts paid off.

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Influence How To Case Study Learning-by-Doing 19

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

According to the travel and leisure marketing firm MMGY, the use of travel agents increased by 50% from 2014 to 2015. Here are examples of how firms in three industries are simplifying the purchase process, and the specific tactics they are using: An employee wellness benefits provider uses content marketing. Fast forward to today.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 2, 2013

It's true: in 2012, online videos were watched at a rate of 150 clips per second. In this handy list, Visible Measures marketing director Matt Fiorentino breaks down what companies need to know about the current online video climate. BONUS BITS: Remembering 2012. billion voluntary views this year. NO MORE BRAIN FREEZE.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2011

These 11 posts all hit a common nerve and went viral; it's no surprise that most of them contain advice about how to succeed and be happy at work. Five Things You Should Stop Doing in 2012. What Venture Capital Can Learn from Emerging Markets. A lesson in accurately valuing yourself -- from the stock market.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2013

In December 2012 and January of this year, Tata Consultancy Services surveyed 1,217 executives from large companies (revenue of more than $1 billion) in a dozen global industries in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. The Big Data wars are hardly limited to the media industry. million apiece on it last year.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

The center of gravity for jobs, wealth, and market opportunities is moving, disrupting the world economic order as we have known it. In 2011, for the third year in a row, the Euromonitor International market research firm ranked Haier as the top appliance brand in the world, calculated its retail volume share as 7.8 They learn fast.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

My advice to them, and others feeling similar economic angst, is to try one or more of these strategies for getting back control over your destiny. Artisans' cooperatives help market products from diverse artists. Although they're no longer wage slaves, they still feel captive to the fortunes and whims of big companies. Own a big idea.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2012

Havas Sports & Entertainment (HS&E) provided advice to a number of brands considering sponsorship of the 2012 Games. It was too late to source information relevant to 2012 decision-making, so we're using these Games as our test bed to determine the effect that sponsoring the Olympic Games has on sponsors' brands.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2012

In the post below, Unnikrishnan shares his experiences searching for an IT consultant position in the Indian and Saudi Arabian job markets. It was a late evening in 2001 — in the small Indian town of Kozhikode — when my friend's father, Professor Salahudheen shared this advice, "Son, job hunting is a different art.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2014

They also offer free financial advice to those who are being deployed, or returning to civilian life. This clarity of focus is why in 2012 USAA achieved 98% customer retention , and 95% of their customers said they will stay with USAA for life. It’s difficult to beat the current market leader in its area of differentiation.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Drawing from these examples, we also hope to provide some advice on how to deal with the increasing number and variety of cybercriminal gangs. billion has been hacked from the Boleto Bancário, a payment method managed by the Brazilian Federation of Banks, since 2012.

Company 8

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2016

My hypothesis, and Stephenson agrees, is that for organizations to win in the market, they must help their employees stay relevant in their skills. They also need to prepare the workforce to be agile and to adapt quickly to changes in the market. It started this program in 2012. To atrophy is to lose in the market.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

In 2012, HBR dubbed data scientist “the sexiest job of the 21st century ” It is also, arguably, the vaguest. A final piece of advice for those hiring data scientists: Look for people who are in love with solving problems, not with specific solutions or methods, and for people who are incredibly collaborative.

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Engineering Software Metrics Stage-Gate 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Although policymakers agreed that the measures were necessary to prevent the Euro from breaking up under the pressure of the crisis, they came too late to save the Eurozone from its second recession in 2012. Fiscal policy. As the ECB’s bazooka began to run out of ammunition, all eyes were on fiscal policy.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

A 2012 Nielsen survey found that people value advice from online peers on both what to buy as well as what to avoid. This is especially true in emerging markets, which are rapidly catching up with wealthy nations in online penetration. may have the most Facebook members of any country, at about 170 million people. Yes there is.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Airtime, a video conversation platform, launched in the summer of 2012 by Napster legends Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning with much hype and more than ample funding. That's good advice for any leader struggling with change. Pull out in the messy middle, and by definition the effort is a failure. Consider this real-time case.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2013

Some MOOC critics have argued that the "MOOC revolution" has been characterized by the Gartner Hype Cycle and that 2012, the Year of the MOOC , has given way to a new trough of disillusionment. Universities have touted the value of free on-line courses offered to millions of learners from all walks of life. Education Global business'

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

The center of gravity for jobs, wealth, and market opportunities is moving, disrupting the world economic order as we have known it. In 2011, for the third year in a row, the Euromonitor International market research firm ranked Haier as the top appliance brand in the world, calculated its retail volume share as 7.8 They learn fast.

Globalization 8

Globalization Chief Financial Officer Class Licensing 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Identifying this so-called “growth gap” is critical, because the bigger the gap, the more a company needs to look beyond its current offerings, markets, and business models to find growth opportunities. By reaching new customers in current markets? By stealing share from current competitors?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2014

Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of people in sales occupations in 2012 was virtually the same as in 1992—before the rise of the internet. They may be following Mark Twain’s sage advice: “If you put a lot of eggs in one basket, then keep your eye on that basket!”. Marketing Sales Social media' According to U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

In 2012, one of us — Gregor Gimmy, a California-based serial entrepreneur and former IDEO consultant — accepted a new role at BMW’s corporate R&D headquarters. From 2012 to 2015, the number of global corporate venture capital deals almost doubled, and their investments quadrupled, to $29.1

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2014

At a recent baby shower, along with the 35 or so assembled guests, I was asked to write down a specific wish for the newborn girl: “I hope you grow up to…” Predictably, most of the advice was along the lines of “become a good person” or “realize your dreams.”. I felt oddly self-conscious as I wrote: “I hope you grow up to become a CEO.”

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