Coaching Tip

JULY 9, 2013

Tom Borders told me that they decided to hire a CEO whose experience was in retailing versus a strategic marketing expert. Booksellers, like any other business, must have Strategic Leadership to Prosper. Many in management mistakenly assume that leadership style is always a function of personality rather than strategic choice.

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Experience to Lead

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

When we talk about building strategies for leadership development, it’s about making a plan for guiding a team that also allows space for change to occur naturally. In this article, we’ll explore what a leadership strategy is, why it’s important and how to implement one in your workplace. How will you achieve that goal?

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Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

There is one universal principle that determines the degree of success of all businesses: Be the preferred provider to your markets. It’s a provider that a customer or client favors in the purchase of a product or service versus its competition. Understand the leadership styles, tone and culture of the senior managers reporting to you.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

While hubris can be a needed trait to call upon at times, to rely solely upon it as the foundation of your leadership style just doesn’t work. Thanks in advance for sharing… Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Most Tweeted Articles by Leadership Development Experts [.] link] Ovidiu What a GREAT article!

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

This includes sales , marketing, customer support, pricing, and revenue management, distinctly mapping out the path to sustainable, profitable growth. Additionally, a CRO is crucial for aligning all revenue-related functions, from customer service to sales and marketing.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Perhaps the marketing team is pushing for one set of goals while the sales team wants to go another way. Perhaps the technology team want to spend more time developing an upgrade to your product, but the finance team insist the money is better spent elsewhere. Please consider the environment before and after printing this article.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Management by Objectives came into vogue in 1965 and was the prevailing leadership style until 1990. Other important components of business (training, marketing, research, team building and productivity) were all accomplished according to goals, objectives and tactics. About the Author. All rights reserved.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2016

These two leadership styles, which I and other researchers refer to as dominance and prestige , respectively, reflect two fundamental strategies people use to navigate their way through social and organizational hierarchies. Did they lead by presenting a plan and using their authority to insist that others follow along?

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 26, 2010

While hubris can be a needed trait to call upon at times, to rely solely upon it as the foundation of your leadership style just doesn’t work. link] Roots of healthy confidence « Leadership Freak [.] His article got me thinking about this [.] to Mike Myatt for his blog “Confidence vs. Arrogance.”

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

It has been my experience that whenever methodologies become productized objectivity is removed from the equation. Whenever you are being pitched a product as a solution I suggest you exercise extreme caution. Let’s look at this from another angle…Why would you want to do business in the same fashion as your competitors?

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 18, 2015

Management by Objectives came into vogue in 1965 and was the prevailing leadership style until 1990. Other important components of business (training, marketing, research, team building and productivity) were all accomplished according to goals, objectives and tactics. About the Author. All rights reserved.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Here’s the thing - leadership and conflict go hand-in-hand. Leadership is a full-contact sport, and if you cannot address conflict in a healthy, productive fashion then you should not be in a leadership role. Your principles and language so resonates with my leadership style. Thanks again.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2016

To launch a brand that dazzles customers and dominates its markets. Which means that all of us, no matter where we are in our career, have to wrestle with the big questions of leadership: What is our personal definition of success? They love to build killer products and butt-kicking companies.

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Miles Anthony Smith

MARCH 3, 2018

Or maybe you don’t buy into content marketing and its efficacy due to the overwhelming amount of content out there. This piece from Marketo is a great example of evergreen content on the topic of content marketing. So why should we even invest in evergreen content marketing for SEO?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

The gist of the argument seems to be that for teams to be productive, employees have to feel “empowered&# by having an equal voice. And as odd as it may sound, one of the greatest impediments to building productive teams is practicing management by consensus. I can sum-up my feeling on this in one word… ridiculous.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

I discussed creating a ‘learning – thinking’ organization in the first article and a trusting organization in the following two. This final article examines creating a respected organization. Community Marketing becomes strategic to a respected organization. People are the core of this leadership style.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

Put simply; the most productive teams have the best leadership. To further my point, you can examine any organization and you’ll consistently find that the the best performing units have the best leadership, and the worst performing units have leadership challenges to overcome. What say you???

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Understanding and implementing the concept of “ actionable leadership &# is a major key to success in becoming a great CEO. Much has been written about leadership theory, leadership concepts, leadership style, leadership dynamics, what leaders are, or are not, and a plethora of other leadership-centric content.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 29, 2010

This article will examine the last five Building Blocks of Trust. Companies that score high in the Trust Index will see lower turnover and greater productivity. The book will expose you to the principles of relational leadership and show you how the principles when applied in tandem, can produce substantial results.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 8, 2010

This book will show you, as an employee, customer or partner, how to use new social technologies, make yourself heard, and produce better products and services. Whether you’re a man or a woman, it’s time to start embracing your feminine side (and yes, many women have squelched their natural leadership style for far too long).

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2017

The most common departments for CEOs to meet with are production (35% of time spent with others), marketing (22%), and finance (17%). We looked at before and after data for firms where a new CEO was appointed, and we found that the appointment of a leader CEO was followed by higher productivity. Is One CEO Type Always Better?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2017

One of the most interesting findings of a recent HBR article on team chemistry is that the types of people who become leaders within organizations are about 30% less likely than their coworkers to feel stressed out. In a classic article, Frederick Herzberg called these kinds of things “hygiene factors.”

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2016

Network businesses have always been around, from matchmakers to real estate brokers, but it’s the move to digital platforms that has led to market-shaking effects. Organizations that manage digital networks (we call them network orchestrators) are different from traditional product and service providers. Sponsored by Accenture.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2018

and scale up after its recent declines in sales and market share. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who is known to expect unwavering discipline from his workers, personifies this leadership style. Behavior is even more tightly regulated at Amazon’s warehouses, where target goals and surveillance keep production on schedule.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2016

The new role required the former CEO of Sodexo India On-Site Services to work with a team of 15 executives from different nationalities and cultures, demanding a shift to a more inclusive leadership style. CTI’s 11-market study (of Brazil, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Turkey, the U.S.,

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Online articles are also ways to shape your expectations from a field and organize where and how you want to begin working. For example, a marketing professional might benefit from courses in psychology 2. Assess what leadership means to you and look at career goal examples that fit you best.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2015

There were also branding benefits to the change, as Kevin Lane Keller explained in another article. It also allows Google to employ different leadership styles and develop different cultural variations for each. Many have already built maturing, multi-billion dollar core businesses, however.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2016

Many startup CEOs adopt this “visionary entrepreneur” leadership style. For example, a digital marketing director at Daniel’s company wanted to gain greater visibility and impact beyond her area of focus. That’s not what I had in mind. Don’t get me wrong — Daniel’s intentions are good.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2016

For example, increasing your marketing spend for digital channels or upgrading internal communication systems. Working with these external groups requires new, co-creative leadership styles, but also can allow organizations to tap into enormous pools of capabilities and under-utilized resources. You manage what you measure.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Mike Myatt : Has your leadership style changed over the years, and if so, how? Mike Myatt : How has your faith impacted your leadership style? I have learned so much about leadership from reading the Gospels. Truly a blessing to read this article. I took initiative. Michael Hyatt : Very much so.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 20, 2016

Develop and evolve your company’s product brands through your customer’s eyes. Continuously improve your company’s products and technologies by focusing on the few truly strategic core platforms. Hire smart, ambitious, get-it-done employees and lead them with emotionally intelligent innovation leadership skills.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

They must launch new products, for instance, at shorter intervals. In the 1970s, the automobile industry introduced new models roughly every eight years; by the 1990s, the product lifecycle had fallen to three years, and, as we know, car brands now need a facelift every two years to stay in the race. Leading teams Managing people'

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2015

That’s certainly true, but in a world where everyone has an opinion (whether it’s about Hillary Clinton’s wardrobe or Ellen Pao’s leadership style ), who should you actually listen to? Make delivery–and implementation–more productive. If we never listen to feedback, we’ll never improve.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2016

While his intentions were admirable at first glance, his leadership style was ultimately hurting his team, his investors, and himself. Over time, however, productivity and results both suffer as a result of too many shifting priorities. The company, unsurprisingly, was underperforming.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2016

” Often, the root of the insecurity involves your personal leadership style , says Herminia Ibarra , a professor at INSEAD and the author of Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader. “I was still selling a product and selling a concept to people,” he says. ” Here are some ways to go about it. .”

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

They must launch new products, for instance, at shorter intervals. In the 1970s, the automobile industry introduced new models roughly every eight years; by the 1990s, the product lifecycle had fallen to three years, and, as we know, car brands now need a facelift every two years to stay in the race. Leading teams Managing people'

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 10, 2011

The Benevolent Dictator : Empower Your Employees, Build Your Business, and Outwit the Competition by Michael Feuer What does it require to take a concept rapidly and effectively from mind to market? ’ in order to improve your products, processes, or procedures. And when they’re more comfortable, they’ll speak more freely.

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