Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Digital marketing is slowly, but surely growing from a “nice to have” to a necessity. To be successful in advertising in the online marketing space , you will need to connect all the dots and deal with the complexity (and maybe even ambiguity) of the online marketing world. No Buyers, Only Specialists Here. Measure Everything.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 5, 2015

A good friend gave me a book about building your business through referrals. The author believes, “The best marketing strategy is to be referable.” According to the author, your referability depends upon four habits: Show up on time. Could being referable be that simple? Referable value. He is correct.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 28, 2023

Lack of Perceived Alternatives I (Karin) can recall countless times in my corporate job when someone would call me for an internal reference for a poor performer they were about to hire. When the labor market is tight or you have a limited set of choices, the answer isn’t to lower your standards.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Greg McKeown most famously wrote about priority in his book Essentialism. Patrick Lencioni refers to this top priority as a “Thematic Goal” in his books Silos, Politics and Turf Wars and The Advantage, and in practice, often refers to it as a “rallying cry” for a team or organization. It was singular. 1 priority.

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Great Results Team Building

OCTOBER 12, 2023

It’s an honor when clients or friends refer me for a speaking engagement. Sean is also an author, and each of his books, Rapid Teamwork , The 10 Commandments of Winning Teammates , and Staying Coachable , are entertaining parables with powerful take-aways for team growth and leadership!

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 5, 2022

This results in a growing amount of market power being concentrated in a small number of incumbents. It’s a famous example of what Stephan Haeckel famously refers to as “make and sell” in his book The Adaptive Enterprise. They then create this idea and attempt to sell it on the market.

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Joseph Lalonde

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

You need these documents and rules and guidelines that you can refer to, especially in sticky or unclear situations. Use Straightforward Marketing. Avoid marketing and messages to consumers that may stretch the truth. Establish Policies & Procedures. Know What’s Going on at Your Workplace. Collect Reviews & Testimonials.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 8, 2020

For example, they might refer in new customers, or speak at your events, or provide feedback on product direction. Once you know who they are, you can optimize not just your products, but your whole business—how you market, how you onboard, and how you support these people. They are not disproportionally more expensive to serve.

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CEO Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

So of course I turned to a book. I was surprised there was a big enough market for CEO Branding but it really is about leadership branding in general so the potential audience is much larger. The book cites many examples of great CEO Brands. The book is scattered throughout with great business quotes which of course I love.

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Lead on Purpose

JANUARY 26, 2010

In his book The Right Leader: Selecting Executives Who Fit , author Nat Stoddard (with help from Claire Wyckoff) investigates the complex topic of assuring smooth executive transitions, with their primary focus at the CEO level. The first section of the book focuses on finding executives who “fit&# the organization.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 26, 2011

One of the new features I will be adding to my blog this year is what I’m calling the “Coffee House Book Review”, which will feature reviews on books from the fields of leadership, management, marketing, and other areas of interest to those who are running or managing a business or organization.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 21, 2021

Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne published their hugely influential book Blue Ocean Strategy, in which they popularize the concept of seeking unknown market spaces that are untainted by competition. Back in 2004 INSEAD’s W. Deviating from industry norms.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 14, 2020

In the context of my new book, Influencers & Revolutionaries , the issues concerned have been epitomised by Greta Thunberg’s call for systematic change in her speeches at the UN, and via the global protests organised by the Extinction Rebellion movement.

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Six of My Favorite Books of the Year by Kevin Eikenberry on December 27, 2010 in Leadership , Learning , Reading As long time newsletter readers know I read a lot. Of all the books I read this year, these six stand out.

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Skip Prichard

MARCH 24, 2021

In this interview, we talk about his book, ICONIC: How Organizations and Leaders Attain, Sustain and Regain the Highest Level of Distinction , which is a follow-up to his book Create Distinction: What to Do When ‘GREAT’ Isn’t Good Enough to Grow Your Business. Order from Books-a-Million. ” – Skip Prichard.

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

including digital marketing success. The digital marketing promise has always included the ability to measure the impact of your online marketing dollars. Delivering on this promise has been a challenging activity that many leaders grapple with when measuring digital marketing benchmarks for success.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 21, 2023

Expanding your own business involves looking for new markets. New VAT Registration Numbers From 2020 The VAT number in Netherlands is also referred to as a BTW number. The reduced rate can be applied to products such as medicines, food, books and magazines. In the Netherlands, certain products are also exempt from VAT.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 9, 2017

Moore asserts that diversity does not just refer to racial, gender or international differences but also includes introvert and extrovert personality types. Moore sees a slow movement by companies to provide areas where introverts can retreat – Cain’s book refers to them as “restorative niches” – during the day to work thoughtfully.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Although millions of traders try their hand at shuffling within the financial market casino each year, only a few are likely to reach the optimal potential. If you are willing to go through the necessary activities that can allow you to rightly handle the financial market, then continue reading. What is trading?

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 30, 2019

IMD Business School’s Mark Greeven and Imperial College London’s George Yip suggest that the engine of this growth is in what they refer to as China’s hidden champions. One clear advantage for both Chinese and American digital startups is the huge domestic market they have to build within. Scaling challenges.

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Mark Sanborn

MARCH 30, 2021

Being so good, so well-known and so often referred to, he doesn’t need one. If you couldn’t have your website–or social media or mastermind or whatever now powers your marketing–how successful would you be? Marketing is important, but mastery is more important. What about you?

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

As Greg Berman and Aubrey Fox remind us in their recent book Gradual , however, change seldom happens rapidly and almost never happens in such a linear fashion. While founders and marketers often trumpet their ideas in revolutionary terms, they are encouraged to constantly experiment and pivot based on incremental insights.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 27, 2020

AI need not be indistinguishable from human behavior, or capable of stimulating human reasoning—what is sometimes referred to as strong AI. We need only a computer system to perform tasks that were traditionally performed by human beings, in what is traditionally referred to as weak AI.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 7, 2011

I’ve had issues with some of the concepts contained in Jim Collins book Good To Great since it was first released. But when theories are marketed as fact, I begin to lose patience rather quickly. Being a commercial best seller is about buzz, hype, and branding…it is about book sales rather than the root value of the content.

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General Leadership

MARCH 5, 2014

Whether she is addressing an auditorium full of educators or sitting on the floor helping first graders find their way into the pages of a great book, Angela Maiers’ message is the same. She has a cooking show in development & has recently written a children’s book. Twitter: @AngelaMaiers. Education changes lives.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 10, 2018

In my new book with Ronnie Chatterji, Can Business Save the Earth? Markets are where the value of innovations are articulated. Business, and markets more broadly, are often the catalyst for innovation and are thus a critical players in our innovation challenge. Innovation is more than invention.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 14, 2016

It refers to preparing to compete using familiar techniques, against competitors you’ve faced before, in the same markets or industries, only to discover that the rules have changed. In these market battles everyone eventually loses, because quality, customer service and margins fall. It doesn’t any longer.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

As you think about what business books you want to read next year, how about adding to the list at least one book from the list below. Perhaps a book that will help you improve your leadership skills. They responded to a group discussion question, "Best Leadership Books -- What''s Your Favorite?"

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Leading Blog

MAY 6, 2019

A BRAND properly conceived is more than a marketing activity. Creating an ironclad brand is not just the function of the marketing department. What is your asymmetrical, lopsided, disproportionate strength that far exceeds the rest of the market? It’s more than a logo. It’s more than a great ad. It must be big. Step 1: Orient.

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LDRLB

MAY 11, 2010

At first glance, it may seem odd to post a review of The Referral Engine , a marketing book on a leadership website. Jantsch lays down a step-by-step method that is less of a marketing plan and more of a business plan for building a business that is optimally positioned to generate referrals. Leadership book review'

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Rather, business leaders need to take a longer term approach, which means no longer being driven by the 90-day reporting cycles of the world’s stock markets.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 26, 2021

The book chronicles the ongoing developments in AI and examines how society can function when AI and human intelligence begin to collaborate more closely together. . “Ironically, as AI is becoming more able to think, human intelligence is deemphasizing thinking in favor of feeling and interpersonal relationships,” he argues.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

But a problem that’s becoming ever more visible is that some organisations have made authenticity their marketing strategy, rather than a business one. This isn’t a marketing issue, this is a business-wide issue, involving every facet of the organisation. This will also enable the truism that ‘good business is good business’.

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Eric Jacobson

JUNE 28, 2020

“I wrote this book as a roadmap to help you find success, purpose, and happiness,” explains Tom Lewis , author of the new book, Solid Ground. In his highly personable book, Lewis uses his life story to connect the dots between his challenges and accomplishments to demonstrate the five foundational building blocks of success.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 1, 2012

I wouldn’t have REFERRED them. HERE’S YOUR LESSON: You can invest in some marketing program to reach new people – or you can invest in giving your existing customers the best service possible, and let THEM find new people for you. In fact, I doubt this type of outreach is even on a marketing team’s mindset. Yes, often.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 28, 2019

I asked him to write an endorsement for my new book, and used the encounter to learn more about how he created such an amazing culture. ” These words of Harvard professor and marketing guru Ted Levitt were written about customers. We commonly use the word “natural” to refer to things that are pure or organic, no bad stuff added.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 2, 2020

“I wrote this book as a roadmap to help you find success, purpose, and happiness,” explains Tom Lewis , author of the new book, Solid Ground, (available starting March 16, 2020). And, as someone who overcame difficult markets, tough competition, and a life-threatening illness. Add this book to your reading list.

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