Strategy Driven

APRIL 22, 2016

At the end of a particularly long and grueling strategy meeting with the executive team of a major consumer services business, Alan, the chief executive officer, turned to me and said, “Living quarter by quarter is madness, but in a few years’ time people will laugh at us for developing three-year plans.” He was right.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 11, 2013

“Utility industry executives and managers face unprecedented challenges associated with aging assets, evolving regulations, and increasing budget pressures,” explains Nathan Ives, StrategyDriven’s Chief Executive Officer. “By Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Consider leaving a comment!

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Strategy Driven

MAY 18, 2016

Mehran Assadi serves as president and chief executive officer of National Life Group. American Enthusiasm to Shop with a Conscience at Record-High, but Doubts About Corporate Impact Persist , Cause Marketing Forum, October 2013. 2014 Edelman Trust Barometer Executive Summary , Edelman, 2014. References.

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Insurance Chief Executive Officer Brand Learning-by-Doing 51

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 19, 2013

We should be encouraging our teams to approach every area of the business innovatively – including customer service, processes, organizational design, marketing, and leadership. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. In the new business world, innovation should not be restricted to product development.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Indeed, if a department attracts new customers, it wins the lion’s share of the marketing budget, but it is well documented that it costs some companies five to ten times more to attract new customers than to retain an existing one. The Powerful Role of Trust. Customer relationships, like interpersonal relationships, are built on trust.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

They create value not by making things but by designing what gets made, determining markets for products, and generating consistent customer satisfaction. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. The value generators in today’s economy are no longer factory workers but what we call coordination workers. About the Author.

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Ohno Productivity Products Six Sigma 50

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 2, 2014

we are contending with wave after wave of jobs moving overseas, markets that whip up and down, and energy prices rising at an unprecedented rate. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. In the U.S., Declaring a mission. Making alliances. Creating followership. Managing the action cycle. About the Author.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Adopting the Chicago School’s assumptions of self-correcting markets, composed of rational, self-interested market participants, some courts and enforcers sacrificed important political, social, and moral values to promote certain economic beliefs. Competition, for them, was innately effective.

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