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New Year. New Leader.

Lead Change Blog

Here they are: Daniel Pink – In 2015, London-based Thinkers 50 named him, alongside Michael Porter and Clayton Christensen, as one of the top 10 business thinkers in the world. SAP Business Innovation, and Huffington Post for his leadership, customer experience, and social media influence. Would you like to meet my team?

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Why Door Hanger Marketing Is A Dynamite Way To Target Your Niche

Strategy Driven

There are plenty of marketing strategies that one can use for their businesses. One creative way to market a brand is by using door hangers, believe it or not! Most people assume direct mail marketing is the only way of getting people’s attention. Door hangers offer a fresh and innovative way to spread your message.

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How Disney Found Its Way Back to Creative Success

Harvard Business Review

Since every industry changes in time, the key to success is adapting to those changes – hence, strategy is innovation. This strategy has been, in itself, Disney’s great breakthrough innovation. WB’s revenue dropped 13% in fourth quarter 2015. In fact, WB does have a history of innovation.

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A Simple Way to Test Your Company’s Strategic Alignment

Harvard Business Review

Strategic alignment, for us, means that all elements of a business — including the market strategy and the way the company itself is organized — are arranged in such a way as to best support the fulfillment of its long-term purpose. Superior technical innovation is at the heart of its strategy and its organizational design.

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How to Build a Strategic Narrative

Harvard Business Review

As an example, between 2008 and 2015, IBM organized its marketing under the shared purpose of “Building a Smarter Planet.” As an example, Nike has a mission “to bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete in the world.” By having a shared purpose, the relationship shifts from consumer to co-creator.

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What Multinationals Need to Do to Succeed in Africa

Harvard Business Review

Africa’s Business Revolution: How to Succeed in the World’s Next Big Growth Market. Strategy & Execution BOOK. As one example of such innovations, consider the story of Indomie noodles — one of Nigeria’s most successful consumer products. Further Reading. Add to Cart.

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What U.S. CEOs Can Learn from GM’s India Failure

Harvard Business Review

As recently as 2015, when Mary Barra, CEO of GM, committed to investing another $1 billion in expanding Indian operations, the company seemed to understand the impact of scale. However, it has now decided to pull back its investment and run its Talegaon factory in western India, to make cars primarily for the Latin America market.

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