In the CEO Afterlife

OCTOBER 11, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. Leadership. by John • October 11, 2011 • Branding , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 0 Comments. There’s not a Brand Manager that doesn’t want to build brand equity. Consider this exchange between Hogwash Detergent’s CEO and the Brand Manager I’ll call Janet.

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 30, 2022

There are leadership lessons in Southwest Airline’s fall from grace. The company has been a servant-leadership darling since it’s inception and co-founder Herb Kelleher applied the principles for decades before stepping down as CEO in 2001. There are several leadership lessons from this sequence of bad decisions.

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HR Digest

APRIL 10, 2022

According to a report by As You Sow , a shareholder advocacy firm, 2021 saw a significant increase in shareholder rejections of CEO pay packages. More than half of shareholders rejected CEO pay packages at 16 companies last year, up from ten in 2020 and seven in 2019.

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In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 11, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. Leadership. by John • December 11, 2011 • Branding , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 1 Comment. Believe me, there’s nothing that can match the turnaround experience in teaching or seasoning a young manager. Main menu Home. Turnarounds and the Big Play. And guess what? About John.

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In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. Leadership. by John • November 30, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Life , Marketing , Strategy • 0 Comments. Leaders who suffer the tough days of turnarounds and manage to resurrect a business are the ones who think about momentum in strategic terms. Leadership.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 17, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. Leadership. Anxious to learn as much as possible about this unique brand, I sent a Brand Manager to Switzerland to interview those in the know. The exuberant Brand Manager came back with plenty of information including a story that had been long-buried in the company archives in Neuchatel.

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In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 4, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. Leadership. by John • December 4, 2011 • Leadership , Life • 2 Comments. And although pundits continue to encourage entrepreneurial thinking for stagnating mega-businesses, these bureaucracies can’t break from risk-averse management. Leadership. © 2011 In the CEO Afterlife.

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In the CEO Afterlife

OCTOBER 23, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. Leadership. by John • October 23, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 4 Comments. Steve Jobs managed to harness the resources of 49,000 employees to introduce and successfully market a slew of breakthroughs. Leadership. © 2011 In the CEO Afterlife.

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In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. Leadership. Why HR and the CEO should be joined at the Hip. by John • September 6, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership • 1 Comment. My regret is that I did not free up my other hip for Human Resources, a group of eager young managers at the rear of the functional pecking order.

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Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 5, 2014

It also serves as excellent learning for leadership. In the interview, Steve talked about a significant event that occurred at a Starbucks when he asked his longtime friend, Ford''s CEO Alan Mulally, how he had turned around Ford. realized he had trained managers to see the trees, not the forest." Can''t Get Enough Leadership.

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In the CEO Afterlife

JULY 24, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. Leadership. ABSOLUT Vodka’s advertising campaign is one of the most successful and longest running consumer products campaigns in the history of advertising. Sometimes it is the marketers themselves that prematurely bring advertising campaigns to premature conclusions. Main menu Home.

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In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 7, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. Leadership. Is There a CEO Afterlife? by John • August 7, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Life • 0 Comments. Those of you who have followed my blog have an idea of how I’m spending my time as a retired CEO. But, not every CEO follows this trodden path. Visionary.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 4, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. Leadership. by John • April 4, 2011 • Leadership , Strategy • 0 Comments. I went in assuming his students believed corporate management and entrepreneurship were principles of contradiction and the only contrarians would be members of the flat earth society. Leadership.

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In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 1, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. Leadership. After the stint at Bristol-Myers, I moved on to Beecham Products (now GlaxoSmithKline) as Brand Manager of Brylcreem Hairdressing, Macleans Toothpaste and Silvikrin Shampoo. Formerlife: CEO of Jacobs Suchard (Nabob, Kraft), Strategy/Branding Consultant. Leadership. Main menu Home.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2016

10 things to do to keep “post-truth” from crippling your leadership. 2) Manage paradoxes. Effective leadership is an oscillating mix of head and heart: managing both facts and feelings as well as logic and emotion. Neither takes precedence over the other because both elements are needed for success. Isaac Newton.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 1, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. Leadership. by John • May 2, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership • 1 Comment. The most blatant was the Boards of Scott Paper and Sunbeam hiring ‘Chainsaw Al Dunlap’ as their CEO despite his reputation as a corporate sociopath. We look at ways to manage around them.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 23, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. Leadership. Ironically, this slogan was not created by an ad agency but by an Allstate sales manager in 1950. Formerlife: CEO of Jacobs Suchard (Nabob, Kraft), Strategy/Branding Consultant. Leadership. link] #branding #marketing #advertising #design Follow Me on Twitter. Main menu Home.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2018

Digital transformation starts at a strategic level with leadership being committed to change. Advisory Services Focused on Leadership Training & Organization. N2Growth’s Founder and Chairman, Mike Myatt, has a diverse background of professional leadership in the banking industry, law, internet strategy, and advertising.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 2, 2015

Our world is saturated with advertising, marketing and branding, but are you missing the big picture? Thoughts of the Gettysburg Address, his leadership, which overcame many setbacks, or the fact that his quotes, are among the most famous in the world. Do your followers recognize you as a leader or a manager? Principles.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 2, 2015

Our world is saturated with advertising, marketing and branding, but are you missing the big picture? Thoughts of the Gettysburg Address, his leadership, which overcame many setbacks, or the fact that his quotes, are among the most famous in the world. Do your followers recognize you as a leader or a manager? Principles.

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In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Sure, it isn’t business as usual, and yes, every CEO has to make some moves to shore up sales and profits. CEO’s justify across-the-board cuts because they think it is fair. When I was a CEO, I managed to squirrel away a “rainy day” fund for nasty business blips. At best, they are managers.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 16, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. Leadership. by John • May 16, 2011 • Leadership , Strategy • 3 Comments. One of my best mentors during my CEO years was my monthly Harvard Business Review. I can tell you, the articles’ principles helped guide me as a CEO and later as a strategy consultant. Leadership.

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In the CEO Afterlife

JULY 10, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. Leadership. by John • July 10, 2011 • Leadership , Strategy • 0 Comments. There’s unlikely a responsible CEO in America who hasn’t at one time, said, “You know what folks? Formerlife: CEO of Jacobs Suchard (Nabob, Kraft), Strategy/Branding Consultant. Leadership.

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Doritos and effective leadership. We can learn a valuable lesson about effective leadership through their messaging and how it translates to everyday life. Leadership is much like the techniques used in Doritos’ Super Bowl commercial. The following is a guest post by Jason Monaghan. You might be surprised.

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HR Digest

AUGUST 2, 2020

We bring you a list of books that women entrepreneurs must read to find the right balance between leadership and ownership of self. The same goes for women in leadership roles. Leadership qualities are not gender-based but rather on your personality traits, strengths, and superior intellect. by Ryan Holiday.

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Mills Scofield

APRIL 7, 2013

If you want your message to get out intact – whether it’s about who you are as a leader, or the vision you have for your company – you need take a step too few executives bother to do: create your leadership narrative. She was lauded by her supervisors and was even featured in an Army advertising campaign.

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Leading Blog

JULY 19, 2013

. * * * Brian Sheehan, author of Loveworks : How the World''s Top Marketers Make Emotional Connections to Win in the Marketplace , is Associate Professor of Advertising at the S.I. Loveworks follows Brian''s books Basics: Online Marketing (2010) and Basics: Marketing Management (2011).

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In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 1, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. Leadership. After the stint at Bristol-Myers, I moved on to Beecham Products (now GlaxoSmithKline) as Brand Manager of Brylcreem Hairdressing, Macleans Toothpaste and Silvikrin Shampoo. Formerlife: CEO of Jacobs Suchard (Nabob, Kraft), Strategy/Branding Consultant. Leadership. Main menu Home.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 14, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. Leadership. by John • April 14, 2011 • Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 1 Comment. I’ll take an educated guess and say that P&G and Unilever top management knew absolutely nothing of the conspiracy until the regulators came knocking. Leadership. Main menu Home.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 27, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. Leadership. ‘Doing Right Things’ or ‘Doing Things Right’ by John • March 28, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Strategy • 0 Comments. Most CEOs want their companies to do things right because that’s a sign of good management. Leadership.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 7, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. Leadership. One of my marketing managers recommended the company join Rick’s sponsorship group. Formerlife: CEO of Jacobs Suchard (Nabob, Kraft), Strategy/Branding Consultant. Leadership. link] #branding #marketing #advertising #design Follow Me on Twitter. Main menu Home. Recent Posts.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Guest post from Sophie Wade: Leadership is in the midst of a major makeover. The identity of an organization is shifting away from the CEO; elements of control are being willingly transferred to the employee, with empathetic and individualized attention being paid in order to increase engagement.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 23, 2011

Meg Whitman, 51, has been quoted saying a CEO should never stay with the same company for more than 10 years, because by that time the company needs a fresh outlook. She joined eBay in 1998 and now, 10 years later, she’s following her own advice and leaving the company she helped drive to online success.

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Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 23, 2023

And the summer season often presents a significant management challenge: managing time. CMI’s CEO, Ann Francke OBE, gave her expert advice in The Times this week about planning and scheduling holidays carefully to prevent important people from being away at the same time. Interested? Or know someone who would be? Read more here.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 8, 2011

NASDAQ: APPL ) has named Andrea Jung , CEO of Avon  (NYSE: AVP ), as the eigth member of its board of directors. Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO, stated that Jung will bring a “new dimension&# to the company’s board. Andrea Jung is the first woman and the first Asian to hold a seat on Apple’s board.Â

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In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 29, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. Leadership. by John • August 29, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Strategy • 2 Comments. There are all sorts of strategies in today’s business – at the top is corporate strategy, followed by a slew of functional and sub-functional strategies ranging from marketing to waste management.

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In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 23, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. Leadership. My intent was to write about business, life and writing - 30 posts later, I’ve managed but one post on life (Lessons from 9-year Olds) and one on writing (Branding the Aspiring Novelist). Formerlife: CEO of Jacobs Suchard (Nabob, Kraft), Strategy/Branding Consultant. Leadership.

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