Leading Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2015

In my new book, Endless Encores , a veteran CEO named Daphne spends an evening talking with an up-and-coming executive named Paul, helping him come to terms with the potential first failure he could be facing following a huge initial success. By the end of the story, he has embraced that and reset his sights on the long game.

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HR Digest

MARCH 6, 2020

Instead of long celebratory lunches, have an internal session with a cake or something similar. Team outings can be combined with training and bonding sessions. Use technology to do the tasks— online marketing, cutting client interactions, face to face meetings through teleconference and email.

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Women on Business

OCTOBER 1, 2012

This gives you an instant marketing presence in front of potential clients. Develop a bond with your new alliance partners. Decide how marketing activities will be initiated between partners such as handing out marketing material at various networking functions, exchanging banners and links on websites or share a big marketing project.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

But cooking in teams allows for communication, camaraderie, and corporate bonding. Several consultancy firms are beginning to seriously consider this activity for its innovative approach to effective team-building – especially in this age of YouTube marketing and social media. Flash Mobbing. Build a House.

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Coaching Tip

MAY 7, 2012

Business and government leaders have been talking for decades about advancing more women to top leadership and professional roles. Almost nine in 10 CEOs agree that tapping female talent is important to "getting the best brains" and competing in markets where women now make most of the purchasing decisions, the McKinsey study says.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

Even Castle, my favorite guilty pleasure television series, addressed this issue when Alexis, the adolescent daughter of the eponymous hero, became obsessed about getting into a good college, and roundly criticized her previously prized box full of participation trophies, which she realized do not a strong resume make in a competitive market.

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RapidStart Leadership

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

It was a simple foot race, but what I witnessed in the final minutes taught me a life-lesson about leadership and culture. In the first mile of the race, you dropped like a stone down a mile-long hill from Vassault Park to the water line of Puget Sound. Actually, I think it’s in their culture and in their leadership.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

If you want to be a long-term survivor in business I would suggest that you not participate in gossip and get rid of those that do. Let me cut right to the chase – real leaders don’t participate in gossip, and likewise they don’t tolerate gossip from others. When you take part in gossip you do none of these things.

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 24, 2017

From time to time through the years, I’ve written on the difference between leadership and management. I am revisiting the subject now because it’s not enough to understand that leadership and management are two different things. 4. Leaders take a long-range perspective while managers take a short-term view.

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LDRLB

MARCH 30, 2010

A few weeks ago, Hay Group , a global management consulting firm, and Bloomberg BusinessWeek.com released the Best Companies for Leadership Study and Top 20 list. John is National Practice Leader for the Leadership and Talent practice of Hay Group. He has a particular interest in international executive leadership.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 6, 2014

I support cause related marketing and have advised many corporations on setting up such programs. I say it is not, and I’m an expert on cause-related marketing. He was simply rationalizing a corporate marketing initiative. Do not run your “foundation” out of a corporate marketing department. He was not listening.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

In fact, in most cases I actually prefer to have my thinking challenged – this doesn’t threaten me as a leader, it improves my leadership ability. Anyone who has ever been in a leadership position has had to deal with the inevitable tough relationship that causes more than its fair share of brain damage.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 17, 2018

Whether it’s embracing differing cultural backgrounds or bringing in workers from abroad, modern businesses are becoming more diverse than ever in terms of talent. Beyond data that supports that more diverse companies reap higher profits, casting a wider net in terms of backgrounds and culture means dipping into a deeper pool of talent.

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Tanveer Naseer

JULY 12, 2016

Only those interested in leadership as more than mere ego gratification have a chance to build something that outlasts them. In “ Good to Great ”, Jim Collins lamented the trend of boards that become “enamored with charismatic CEOs,” a tendency that, he concluded, was “most damaging” for “the long-term health of companies.”

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

I agree that a corporate culture not built upon a foundation of solid corporate values will not thrive over the long-haul. However, Cultural marketing simply makes sense. Look anywhere and marketing is found: taxis, bathrooms, buses, subways, and, of course, all the typical places. Thanks again for stopping by.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2016

I have had many excellent ones in my long career and have in turn mentored hundreds of others. This is a bonded collaboration toward each other’s success. You must establish your own identity, which is a long, exacting process. Long-term success must be earned. I heartily endorse that find a great mentor.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

Become a part of them as opposed to a vendor to them …This is a difficult concept for old-school marketers to get their arms around, but a critical one nonetheless. Don’t breach trust - you work far too hard to create a trust bond with your followers, so don’t blow it by not following through on your commitments.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Define long term ‘something we can focus on once the basics are in place.’ Learn to identify other tourists and bond as hard as you can. Long lunches are ideal: they are effective and enjoyable. Strategic Planning execution innovation leadership strategy' This buys you at least a year. Inflate budgets.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Companies have long struggled to generate sustained profitable growth – and few have succeeded. With Discovery-Driven Growth , Rita and Ian offer managers everywhere a time-tested blueprint for planning and executing a strategic growth agenda with confidence – in any market. But they do it very consciously.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 13, 2016

Whether we like it or not, markets are reshaping our lives. Here’s how leaders can manage these tensions and set up their micromarkets for long-term success. Make it a market, not just a marketplace. Market places are platforms where buyers can display and list their offerings, much like a bazaar.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2018

Global teams have the potential to help organizations reach new markets and provide a seamless brand experience for customers across the world. Ensure that one team member (or group of members) isn’t carrying most of the burden in terms of distance, time, and convenience. Catherine MacBride/Getty Images. Level the playing field.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2016

News of the United Kingdom’s vote to Leave the European Union shook financial markets Friday, and signalled the start of potentially years of economic uncertainty for Europe. How much control do policymakers have over what the economic fallout is — short- and medium-term? But long term, this is a very big deal.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2012

The connection between leadership and art has been made many times over, usually as a way to single out certain properties of the arts that carry over to leadership, such as a jazz musician's ability to create through improvisation. Leadership and art both animate social encounters. Human significance.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2013

Or at least the market''s. Then there''s JC Penney, where Ackman''s push to remake the retailer under the leadership of former Apple Stores chief Ron Johnson has ended in red ink and recriminations. It is of course a bit disturbing to see that five years is now considered the "long term." But he''s doing God''s work.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

But she also realized that the company needed to develop greater marketing muscle to drive a commercial transformation. As she put it, “Our markets are going through dynamic change. It must be marketing. And she put marketing in charge of an organization-wide growth program. Who should lead our transformation?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Market Position: Contracts, licenses, legal monopolies, customer lists. The top two elements, market position and brand — with items like goodwill, customer lists, reputation and contracts — are largely a measure of how well companies are building trust with consumers and the wider community.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2018

” Whether in marketing or sales, it often feels like jobs are contingent on external circumstances, the whims of executives, strategic pivots, and shareholder demands. What happened to being rewarded for consistent, quality work over the long-term? There is perhaps one place where this paradigm still exists: the gym.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2017

To drive home the urgency, the coalition’s website, CEOAction.com , directs visitors to research showing that diverse teams and inclusive leaders unleash innovation, eradicate groupthink, and spur market growth. But as Tim Ryan, U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

In this letter, I’d like to explain more fully why I view the $51 billion already spent by Apple on open market (including accelerated) share repurchases under your leadership as a major misallocation of resources for both the company and the U.S. Apple is a case in point, and it represents the rule, not the exception.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

This is promising for a market formerly dubbed the “breadbasket of Africa.” ” Once one of Africa’s most developed markets – with a solid education system, good infrastructure, and a relatively large middle class – decades of mismanagement have cost Zimbabwe. Years of economic mismanagement.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2013

The economic crisis of the 1970s, however, left in its wake a stock market filled with undervalued companies. This, along with the widespread depressed stock market prices, created a fertile environment for acquisitions. A form of low-grade debt known as "junk bonds" provided a new source of funds.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2016

Perhaps he’s a sales whiz, a brilliant marketing strategist, or has great technical chops. That’s why it’s smart to treat even short-term bosses as part of your growing professional network. Alex also got to know Pam on a personal level—they both had daughters the same age so they bonded over toddler tantrums.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2017

Joe Bower and Lynn Paine “had me at hello” (to quote Jerry Maguire ) with their new HBR article, “ The Error at the Heart of Corporate Leadership.” ” Laying out their data, they find that long-term oriented companies create more financial value and more jobs. One capital form is debt: a bond.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Too many companies still follow a “Plan-then-Do” approach to strategy: The organization works tirelessly to create its best forecasts about the future market and competitive landscape. Leadership then specifies a plan that it believes will position the company to win in this predicted future. Value flexibility.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2017

It is a promise of transformation — that a stint at the organization will change your substance and value, not just your leadership style, in ways that will outlast your tenure in it. Talented people flock to institutions that make it, regarding costs such as tuition fees, long hours, or foregone earnings as investments in their future.

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