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How to Hold onto Your Customers in a Crisis

Leading Blog

I’ve observed companies panicking and doing anything they can to manage short-term cash—and destroying hard-earned relationships at lightning speed. They are letting short-term financial objectives become the North Star in an effort to keep the lights on. If you don’t have a forever promise, you’re sunk.

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New to AI? Here Are 19 Powerful Beginner AI Prompts for Business & Servant Leaders

Modern Servant Leader

Document Review & Research: Quickly review and summarize long documents or reports for easy understanding. Innovation and Strategic Planning Exploring AI-driven innovation strategies, trend analysis, and long-term planning to keep the organization ahead of the curve. Brainstorming New Product Ideas Example 4.2.

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The Ultimate Guide to Starting Your Own Small Business

Strategy Driven

While naming your business and creating a logo is important, ever wondered how determining your business structure or crafting a detailed marketing strategy might affect your business? If you’re thinking of starting your own small business, you’re likely to have an idea of what you wish to sell or at least what your target market is.

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Layoffs Rarely Pay Off: Here are 15 Alternatives

The Practical Leader

Leaders who care about people and building long-term trust, treat layoffs as the very last, desperate step. Only about a third of downsizing companies increased productivity and profits in the next 3 to 5 years, and underperformed in stock markets. Great leaders have long practiced: we’re all in this together.

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Ambidextrous Innovation:

Great Leadership By Dan

With the market realities of the current economy, it appears that new players need to continually break through the ranks in order to survive. Yet such a rapid and competitive approach to innovation may not be sustainable over the long term. It’s exciting to tap into the innate competitive drive.

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7 Soft Skills You Need At Work

HR Digest

Many problems require brainstorming. Leadership is a broad term encompassing hard and soft skills. Self-control is the ability to put aside external desires long enough to achieve internal goals. Or ask someone you know well to give feedback on your performances. Problem-Solving Skills. Leadership Skills (or Influence Skills).

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Why Mission Statements Fail

LDRLB

Consider a few examples: “The company’s primary objective is to maximize long-term shareholder value while adhering to the laws of the jurisdictions in which it operates and at all times observing the highest ethical standard.” ” You probably got bored right at the phase “long-term shareholder value.”