Chart Your Course

OCTOBER 27, 2014

But eConsultancy’s 2013 Cross-Channel Marketing Report found that 70 percent of business owners feel acquisitions are definitely more expensive than retention. The 2013 GE Capital Major Purchase Shopper Study found that 81 percent of consumers will research a product online before buying it. Live Chat Online.

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Quality Succession White Paper Customer Loyalty 182

Chart Your Course

MAY 2, 2013

According to a study by WorldatWork, “Retention of key talent – those employees who are the strongest performers, have high potential or are in critical jobs – is even more important during economic recoveries when organizations compete aggressively for market share and talent.” Copyright © 2013 TTI Success Insights.

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Benchmarking Succession Motivation Training 183

Chart Your Course

JANUARY 20, 2015

But a recent Chart Your Course International project led by Greg Smith and Patricio Porras not only achieved success for Riverside Auto Group but outlined a blueprint that virtually every company can follow when trying to change its culture.

White Paper 100

White Paper Case Study Human Resources Hotels 100

Chart Your Course

AUGUST 20, 2016

More than half of all Americans are female, yet this gender split is not reflected in today’s job market, especially in more executive-level roles. There is a large body of research indicating the organizational, marketing and financial benefits of an equitable gender mix in management and worker-team groups.

Company 100

Company Automotive Diversity Metrics 100

Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

The idea of what we focus on was one of the central themes of my talk on what leaders need to address in terms of managing the various challenges their organization faces or will face going forward. Guy Kawasaki and Tanveer Naseer – MHLC 2013 3. “It’s

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Organization Conference Audience Globalization 264

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 24, 2013

The result, I think, is a set of ideas that together are important, useful, and original, and that feel like quite an accurate account of the management concerns many of us shared in 2013. The right kind of project management — and project manager — really matters. What Sets Effective Middle Management Apart.

Management 19

Management Health Care Middle Management Agility 19

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2016

In the text that follows you’ll hear Sam’s views on leadership, the state of the market, and you’ll be introduced to his retirement ambitions and the future challenges for the boardroom, following his return to Perth, Australia. I will, of course, continue with my Charity and Arts connections. On with the interview.

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Gordon Restructuring Leadership CEO 150

Chartered Management Institute

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Big Data, and its close cousin the Internet of Things, are among the trendier terms of 2013. They can sound geeky, but they are developments that every manager needs to understand. Of course, Big Data has also created new concerns about privacy. They are transforming each and every business model.

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Leadership Styles Human Capital Ethics McKinsey 83

Strategy Driven

MARCH 28, 2014

Some commentators felt the move to New Coke was a marketing gimmick to regenerate interest and sales in the brand after sales erosion due to the “Pepsi Challenge” taste test campaign. The story is told that he named it after the river, of course, because of its size. Unless you are a big player with an enormous marketing budget (e.g.,

Brand 58

Brand Marketing Engineering Competitive Advantage 58

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

If one disapproves of a statement or course of action, alternatives may be suggested in a humble manner, as indirectly as possible (“we tried something like that last year… ” or “another thing we found useful… “). from Northwestern University, Kellogg Graduate School of Management and his M.Sc.

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Open-book Competitive Advantage Marketing Content 59

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Research by Gallup, as reported in The State of the American Workplace in 2013, discovered that roughly 70% of workers were disengaged. Some may be engineers, marketers, finance directors, or salespersons. With input from their managers, peers, and teams, leaders know what they need to focus on when it comes to their development.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Self-aware 259

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Given the number of baby boomers expected to retire between now and 2030 (the last group of baby boomers reach of the age of 65 in 2030, and, of course, some may choose to work past age 65) organizations need to prepare others to take over leadership roles. Financial management. Change management. Communication. Risk taking.

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Case Study Training Development Leadership 228

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 1, 2019

Oxford University researchers Carl Benedikt Frey shot to public attention in 2013 when he and colleague Michael Osborne released research in which they predicted that 47% of jobs could be automated within the next decade or so.

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Technology Short-term Osborne Long-term 64

Deming Institute

DECEMBER 4, 2017

I have written about this presentation in 2013 with a few selected clips from the presentation. Now we have added the full presentation to our YouTube channel: Louie provides an informative discussion of the transformation of Hallmark Building Supplies as they adopted Deming’s ideas to manage their organization.

Quality 28

Quality Deming Strategy System 28

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 6, 2019

In the course of my years partnering with web developer and SEO specialist Sagapixel, I’ve learned a lot about how to market my firm. I am a busy Philadelphia appeals attorney and had to learn the hard way that running and marketing a law practice has nothing to do with the practice of law. What Are the “Four P’s” of Marketing?

Marketing 11

Marketing Advertising Price Real Estate 11

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Recognizing this fundamental difference, Universal changed its marketing from promoting what it wanted consumers to experience to a testimonial to what the experience was already providing. No longer focusing on their marketing platform – “ride the movies”– they built a new strategy – “Experience an extraordinary escape at Universal.”

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Press Release Marketing Human Needs Advertising 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 21, 2013

However, universities, and the job market, often argue that a college degree is necessary to succeed in life and obtain a high paying job. The Competitive Job Market. Of course, different people define ‘best’ in various ways, and some might not consider the highest-paying jobs to be the best ones.

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Education Letter Competitive Advantage Talent Management 59

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 21, 2013

The FIRST thing to cut is executive pay, then management pay, then eliminate middle management as needed. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Not you, of course! The last things employers should cut are sales, service, and training. OR MAKE THEM SALESPEOPLE, and have them contribute to the effort.

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Customer Loyalty Reputation Loyalty Competitive Advantage 63

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Some compile complex Customer Relationship Management algorithms to develop and maintain these relationships. The systemic nature of marketing strategy depersonalizes their audience by using language that groups customers into segments and tar¬gets. The Powerful Role of Trust. And if trust is lost, the relationship is lost as well.

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Aaker Short-term Marketing Benchmarking 63

Strategy Driven

MARCH 4, 2013

If I take the time to complain, which I rarely do anymore, the manager will always ask, “Did you get the name of the person?” Somehow getting the name of the person is important to the manager. The manager is looking to blame someone. The manager is NEVER the one who takes it. The manager is NEVER the one who takes it.

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Airlines Loyalty Customer Loyalty Training 50

Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2012

president of Simon Associates Management Consultants. I was recently asked to think about how 2013 trends will impact women in the work force and how women will impact the trends. But many of the trends are picking up speed now and should become even more pronounced in 2013. Of course, and they’ve done so for much of history.

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Trends Power Simon Real Estate 265

Strategy Driven

JULY 15, 2013

Loss of key contact (the person that buys from you) happens often in business, and most salespeople (not you of course) are totally unprepared for it. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Thank you in advance. Common problem. Uncommon answer to follow. There are two variations to this scenario: 1. Four words: Winner.

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CRM Customer Loyalty Competitive Advantage Books 58

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 30, 2013

It’s a popular topic and it gives you a legitimate reason to go to the golf course when the sun is shining or quit at 5 PM. Blame the market, other departments or poor IT-systems for the fact that you are not taking brave, independent action. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Never take the blame.

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Strategy Strategic Planning Porter Simon 59

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2015

Most Western executives have limited exposure to a frontier market until they are relatively senior in their careers. By then their worldviews are largely formed, and at best they graft frontier market experiences onto that mature-market base. At worst, they misjudge or simply stay out of markets vastly different from their own.

Marketing 8

Marketing Career Wireless Decentralization 8

Strategy Driven

MAY 15, 2013

The market is filled with self-help books promising to propel one’s sales career to the top. Perhaps they have been reasonably successful over the course of their profession and have become complacent. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Self-stagnation. This stagnation can result in lost opportunities.

Sports 50

Sports Open-book Follow-up Career 50

LDRLB

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Welcome to the February 2013 Leadership Development Carnival. There aren’t many courses about how to ask questions, but great questions can help you become a great boss. Joan Kofodimos at Anyone Can Lead brings some insight into coaching with Biggest Coaching Mistakes Managers Make. Leadership. Jennifer V.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership McCarthy 167

LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

One of the things I think is most interesting is there’s a lot of old models of innovation and of strategy that I won’t say they don’t necessarily apply anymore, but they apply to very, very, almost static markets. DAVID: Yeah. I should say we were talking off the air about- Thanks for ruining Everett Rogers’ curve for me.

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Early Adopters Rogers Disruptive Innovation Innovation 60

Strategy Driven

JUNE 19, 2015

My research revealed that their company had in fact founded LLB, which younger generations of management did not know. In 1998, I advised the Disney corporation and reminded them that Walt Disney’s 100th birthday in 2001 would offer great marketing and positioning opportunities. Houston Symphony Orchestra, 100th in 2013.

Case Study 50

Case Study Open-book Learning Curve Learning-by-Doing 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. Management, by contrast, is focused primarily on coordinating action to fulfill objectives established by leaders. What type of management practices do we need to put in place?

Chief Executive Officer 50

Chief Executive Officer Learning-by-Doing Charisma Competitive Advantage 50

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2018

We investigated this topic when we studied how Nokia executives dealt with the company’s severe strategic challenges between 2007 and 2013. As part of this research, we conducted 120 interviews, including nine with board members and 19 with top managers. Practice #1: Increase trust by defining new conversational norms.

Strategy 8

Strategy Analysis Operations CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Of course, that “success” didn’t come with a lot of revenue. It’s still the users whose creating and sharing gives Twitter its value as a business, but their activities are now mostly channeled and managed by the company itself. billion in its 2013 IPO) that investors have plowed into it.

Marketing 9

Marketing IPO Venture Capitalist Fashion 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2013

I remember well when the idea of applying complexity science to management was first being eagerly discussed in the 1990s. Gallen had developed a management model based on systems thinking. Managers'' eyes were opened to the reality that organizations are not just complicated but complex.

Management 9

Management Short-term System Uncertainty 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2017

Change management can be a test for any organization. Several studies by Towers Watson show that just 25% of change management initiatives are successful over the long term. Change management certainly tested us. We have hired more than 5,000 new employees since beginning the effort in late 2013.) What did we do?

Management 10

Management IPO Diversity Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2015

“That partner simply couldn’t remember that it was my leadership, my work — aided of course by the team and that one guy (we’ll call him Jim) — and that I’d been instrumental in hiring Jim and promoting him while I was leading it,” she says. He did such a great job with that cost reduction project.’”

Management 8

Management Diversity Report Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

His resume was spot-on — he’d spent five years as a sporting goods sales rep and several years as an operations manager doing “everything from ordering for shops, to speaking with dealers, to sales.” Senior management at the new company knew him, his successful track record, and the companies he’d worked for. Slam dunk, right?

Management 8

Management Proposal CEO Human Resources 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

2013 had all the signs of being a comeback year for venture capital. Booming public equities and a recovered IPO market generated record portfolio company exits and distributions from VC funds. There are, of course, individual firms that succeed in generating venture rates of return.

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Venture Capitalist Asset Management Rate of Return Industry 16

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2018

Our research points to one possible reason: employers increased skill requirements during the recession, when high-skill workers were more plentiful, making it more difficult to fill those positions as the job market began to recover. project management), specialized skills (e.g., First, some context. Jobs That Newly Require B.A.’s

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Education Skills Marketing Industry 10