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Leadership Lessons from Pfizer-BioNTech’s Vaccine Development

The Practical Leader

One of the biggest success stories to emerge from the COVID-19 crisis is the incredibly quick development of life-saving vaccines. An especially exciting medical breakthrough is the development of messenger RNA (mRNA) technology now used in Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines. It’s a compelling and insightful read.

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9 Awesome Things You Can Learn From Drinking Coffee With Entrepreneurs

Terry Starbucker

The Need of the BHAG – Speaking of millions, entrepreneurs nurture the BHAG – the big hairy audacious goal – like a mother hen looking after her chicks. . “we’re going to sell MILLIONS of “em!). .

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How to Develop a Radical Product Thinking Mindset

Skip Prichard

For years, we had learned that a good vision is a BHAG (a Big Hairy Audacious Goal) and that it should be a short, memorable slogan. In reality, before you start marketing, you need clarity on whom you’re targeting, what your positioning is, i.e. what their pain is, what current solutions exist, and what you’re doing that’s world-changing.

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Creating Customer Focused Teams, Part 2

Strategy Driven

To create customer-focused teams, employees must understand that they win when the customers win; there is more to this positioning than meets the eye. Front Line Heroes : Battling the business Tsunami by developing high performance organizations (Volume 1) by Bruce Hodes. A Normal Process for Team Development. This is normal.

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Creating Customer Focused Teams, Part 1

Strategy Driven

Front Line Heroes : Battling the business Tsunami by developing high performance organizations (Volume 1) by Bruce Hodes. It is possible to develop and grow powerful organizations in challenging times-it just takes courage, determination, and actionable techniques that work. This is the ultimate positioning from a business perspective.

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Every Little Thing: Step Small for the Long Haul

The Practical Leader

Develop “walls of fame,” “alcoves of excellence,” or posting pictures, awards, performance/achievement charts, appreciative letters, and success stories. Terry Fox certainly set a Big Hairy Audacious Goal ( BHAG ) to run across Canada on an artificial leg.

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