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The Essence of Strategy (Part 2) | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

by John • October 30, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 4 Comments. Here’s how the Fortis B2B team define themselves: Natural gas is our business. I’m going to assume they’ve identified their competitive advantage and the secrets of success in the business they’ve defined.

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Confidence, Respect, Trust and Professionalism #cipd12

Rapid BI

To do this front line employees need to be trusted with the resources required. Managers and leaders need to realise that the data they can get from front line staff and customers can be a real competitive advantage. For those of us in b2b and thing this analogy is irrelevant – think again.

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Moving Beyond Company Organization Silos: Lessons from the Aviation Industry

Leading Blog

Even worse, functional processes — finance, human resources, sales, etc. A study by McKinsey specific to the business-to-business (B2B) area suggests that businesses that optimize QTC for end-to-end accountability significantly outperform peers that don’t. They result in information hoarding and lack of communication.

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