Steve Farber

AUGUST 8, 2012

The program will be held in San Diego from January 11 – 13, 2013. Email me and I’ll tell you how you can participate in The Summit at a deep, deep discount. It’ll be a great combination of work and fun. Like a “graduation” BBQ at my place. ” The Certification Weekend is limited to only 25 people!

Workshop 40

Workshop Licensing Leadership Discount 40

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2013

This year, 2013, marks the 100th anniversary of the Federal Reserve System, and central bankers are taking a historical perspective. A July 2013 Congressional research report articulates a challenge for today’s central bankers. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. earlier this month. All rights reserved.

Banking 50

Banking Crisis Morale System 50

LDRLB

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Welcome to the February 2013 Leadership Development Carnival. John Hunter from the Curious Cat Management Blog looks at how to develop leadership culture in any market condition with The Mark Discounts Proven Company Leadership Far Too Quickly. This month’s Carnival offers an array of fresh insights for a fresh year.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership McCarthy 167

Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 26, 2014

We often: • Overestimate our contribution to a project; • Have an elevated opinion of our professional skills and standing among our peers; • Exaggerate our project’s impact on profitability by discounting real and hidden costs. Marshall was the highest rated executive coach on the Thinkers50 List in both 2011 and 2013.

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Succession Commitment Follow-up Learning-by-Doing 181

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Discount others’ emotions and perspective. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Your integrity is without question. You are willing to partner with others and you listen with an objective and compassionate for the greater good of the organization. Or Do I…? Consider leaving a comment! All rights reserved.

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Self-aware Emotional Intelligence Construction Competitive Advantage 50

The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 17, 2012

McGraw-Hill Ryerson’s site for a 40% discount on How to Be Exceptional until January 31, 2013. A free e-book drawn from the first chapter of How to Be Exceptional featuring video clips of Jack Zenger and Joe Folkman. The Revolutionary Leadership Development Paradigm.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Emotional Intelligence 45

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

If round after round of profit warnings was not enough – group operating profits fell 20% between 2011 and 2013 and are likely to fall another 30% in 2014 — the company recently announced it had overstated its first-half profit by about $400 million. billion in 2013, and operating profits increased 65% to $422 million. billion to $8.6

Retail 11

Retail Merchandising Discount Price 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Black Friday 2013 turned out to be, well, a bit more like a Grey Friday. stores started their “Black Friday” sales days or even weeks ahead of the actual Black Friday Some, such as Hugo Boss, hosted brief “private sales” claiming to offer the same discounts that would be available on Black Friday. drop from last year’s $59.1B

Retail 8

Retail Discount Incentives Succession 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2015

Contrary to popular thinking, this often requires offering selective discounts—in other words, lowering prices, not raising them. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could identify price-sensitive customers and discreetly offer them discounts—without having to lower prices to those who are willing to pay full freight?

Price 8

Price Uncertainty Hotels Discount 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Ask questions to ensure they are enjoying their job and don’t discount the little questions like asking how their day is going or how they enjoyed their weekend. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Ask Questions: While you may believe you know everything about your employees, like customers, expectations can change.

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Motivation Environment Servant Leader Competitive Advantage 59

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2013

Earlier this month the Rolling Stones kicked off a brief 2013 tour celebrating their 50th anniversary. When this occurs, the challenge for a premium company is how to discount in a manner that doesn''t damage their brand nor anger customers who paid full price. Quite simply, sometimes you overshoot. Tell a White Lie. Tell the Truth.

Price 8

Price Discount Brand Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2013

For many of us, a reflexive trigger to purchase is the emotional rush of scoring a big discount. Convinced that consumers were sick of playing the fake discount game, CEO Ron Johnson pledged to stop the madness. And then, of course, a low discount price elicits a Pavlovian “buy” reaction which seals the deal.

Price 8

Price Discount Retail Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2015

The Canada expansion was announced in January 2013 when Target bought the 220 leases of Zellers, a declining and now defunct Canadian discount chain, from Hudson’s Bay. What Target may not have fully appreciated was that the Canadian discount sector is a particularly tough market. encounters and those new to the brand.

Retail 8

Retail Merchandising Discount Price 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Similarly, trust erosion triggered by Edward Snowden’s revelations of government surveillance in mid-2013 are estimated to have cost U.S. At the same time, several technology platforms that do not collect or share personal data have emerged since mid-2013. In 2013 alone, this app drove $500 million in revenue for its partners.

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Cost-Benefit Analysis Reputation Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2012

Last August, they pledged to hire 1,000 veterans and spouses of active duty soldiers by the end of 2013 - a noble commitment. This does not discount deeper challenges in the talent shortage, namely the disjointed relationship between higher education and the private sector. Humana's director of inclusion and diversity, A.J.

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Discount Training Insurance Education 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2013

Most companies – including the movie studios in Hollywood – over-rely on basic tools like discounted cash flow and net present value. But it is possible to significantly improve your odds by understanding which decision-support tools work best for which decisions.

Discounted Cash Flow 8

Discounted Cash Flow Net Present Value Comparison Tools 8

Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Many were feeling disconnected, discounted and undervalued. From an organizational standpoint, the leaders didn’t feel there was a compelling strategy they could commit to. They felt rudderless. They also felt they were operating at cross-purposes every single day. The talk of driving collaboration and innovation was just that – talk.

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Human Capital Commitment Discount Conference 244

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2014

To be clear, Whole Foods’s financials are still healthy: in FY 2013, its revenue was $12.9B, EBITDA $1.2B, and earnings per share increased by 19%. Grocery chains such as Kroger now offer similar products (often with discount private label offerings). As a result, its stock dropped by 19% in one day.

Price 8

Price Marketing EBITDA Wilde 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2015

Others may simply see no alternative to trying to keep the brand going at any cost, even if that means aggressive discounting, cheap licensing, or other tactics that erode long-term brand value. Perhaps the source of the problem is that it’s not clear when a brand should be euthanized. Profitability isn’t a useful metric.

Brand 8

Brand Merchandising Retail Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2018

They usually run into at least one of four barriers: They lack access to used products, they aren’t able to refurbish or recycle used products in a cost-effective way, their products are not designed with circularity in mind, and their customers discount the value of refurbished or remanufactured products.

Policies 8

Policies Asset Management Cost Productivity 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

In 2005, Amazon introduced its Prime service, which provides members with unlimited “free” two-day delivery (as well as discounted overnight delivery) on eligible products for $79 a year. Amazon claims it has at least 20 million Prime members, having signed up 1 million new subscribers in the third week of December 2013 alone.

Library 9

Library Price Forrester Wilde 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2015

In 2013, Target even told the Securities and Exchange Commission that “digital sales represented an immaterial amount…of total sales.” The first automatically price matches purchased products; the second provides discounts and/or expedited checkout. Both programs have been described as loyalty programs.

Airlines 8

Airlines Retail Loyalty Price 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2017

A Kaiser Family Foundation report shows that 99% of firms with 200 or more workers offered at least one wellness program in 2013. Of these employers, 69% offered gym membership discounts or on-site gyms, 71% offered smoking cessation programs, and 58% offered weight loss programs. -based employers offer some type of wellness program.

Health Care 8

Health Care Insurance Peer Review Information 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2015

Similarly, the percentage of people who have used Twitter for customer service leapt nearly 70%, from 22 to 37% from 2013-14. Small incentives (such as discounts or coupons) can encourage customers to provide this information. in the past two years. Gather and track the right information.

CRM 8

CRM Company Airlines Guidelines 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

According to the 2013 Maritz Loyalty Report, 91 percent of customers in loyalty programs are likely to download a loyalty program app. Companies need to create compelling offers (such as discounts, free delivery, early access) to convince customers to download apps.

Advertising 8

Advertising Loyalty ROI Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

According to the 2013 Maritz Loyalty Report, 91 percent of customers in loyalty programs are likely to download a loyalty program app. Companies need to create compelling offers (such as discounts, free delivery, early access) to convince customers to download apps.

Advertising 8

Advertising Loyalty ROI Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2014

In the classic 1930 formulation of economist Irving Fisher : The value of any property, or rights to wealth, is its value as a source of income and is found by discounting that expected income. Estimates of future income are full of uncertainty, and choosing an appropriate discount rate is often more art than science.

Price 8

Price Finance Definition Uncertainty 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2014

In his article “ Why Conglomerates Thrive (Outside the U.S.) ” in the December 2013 issue of the Harvard Business Review , J. Given the still-prevailing “conglomerate discount” Western firms are subject to (i.e.,

Social Capital 8

Social Capital Chemicals Industry Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2015

There was a spike in the 2000s when Venezuela began to provide petroleum at deeply discounted market prices, and that peaked just before the 2008-09 financial crisis. For many Cubans even at a discount, half your monthly income would go to Netflix. In 2013 in U.S. After 2009, the Cuban economy really didn’t recover.

Biotechnology 8

Biotechnology Tourism Human Capital Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2014

The more astute higher education administrators tell me they can see this happening now: Tuition discount rates are at record highs, and the summer scramble is on to hit admission targets as enrollments drop. Debt levels are unsustainable, for both students and many universities. They’re quite good at it, on the whole.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Education Disruptive Innovation Asset Management 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

In a 2013 Deloitte survey of executives at large companies, 39% said they were either “barely able” or “unable” to meet their needs for talent. Are we risking institutional ageism when we discount tenure in this way?

Skills 8

Skills Company Core Competence Career 8

Strategy Driven

JULY 2, 2015

Today, packages commonly include discount perks, employee purchasing programs and one that addresses the challenge of repaying student loan debt: student loan refinancing. Of the financial stresses employees face, student debt is among the more significant, pernicious and weighty.

Education 50

Education Survey Absenteeism Participative 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Why shop there for tools or appliances rather than at Home Depot, Harbor Freight Tools, Kam Appliances, or some other big-box, discount, or specialty store? But from the average consumer’s point of view, it can be hard to see Sears’ competitive advantage right now. Why buy clothes at its Kmart stores rather than at trendier Target?

Retail 8

Retail Quinn Real Estate Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Discount perks like flex-time as a key retention tool; eliminating frustrations can go a long way toward keeping your best people happy. And when Garrett opened a new oyster restaurant in Boston’s Seaport in 2013, Jillian agreed to be its general manager. Don’t. “She came back to us,” he says.

Case Study 8

Case Study Learning-by-Doing Team Long-term 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2013

K-Mart, long the dominant discount chain had gotten comfortable with its leads over competitors. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Current management of both companies were ill-advised on handling the crises. Consider leaving a comment! This content is intended for personal and non-commercial use only.

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Crisis Crisis Management Retail Budgeting 59

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2014

So do not be discouraged to learn that we start with something called the stochastic discount factor , which Campbell describes as the central idea of modern asset-pricing theory. Many lay readers are familiar with John Burr Williams and the dividend discount model , or the discounted value of future cash flows.

CAPM 8

CAPM Discount Price Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

The main problem is, though, that most ICO’s don’t actually offer equity in start-up ventures; instead, they only offer discounts on cryptocurrencies before they hit the exchanges. Most made their money early on by buying or mining bitcoin when it was still under $10 (in the early days of 2011-2013).

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Venture Capitalist Due Diligence Finance Long-term 11