Coaching Tip

JULY 13, 2015

Through mindfulness , we reconnect to what author Christine Horner of "Awakening Leadership" calls the "Unified Field of Creation," opening the door to our infinite nature and our life's purpose. Source: Christine Horner: Awakening Leadership: Embracing Mindfulness, Your Life's Purpose, and the Leader You Were Born to Be .

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 28, 2012

To most of us, mentors are people of experience and knowledge who help the less experienced advance their careers and/or their education. In the early days of my 40 year business career, I was lucky to work under two gentlemen who instilled several critical success factors that guided me from Brand Manager to CEO.

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In the CEO Afterlife

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

My business career is characterized with a bunch of David versus Goliath encounters. As a 23 year-old Macleans Toothpaste Brand Manager in 1970, my colleagues and I competed against powerhouses P&G, Colgate and Unilever. Wherever I went, the major competitor was 20 times larger.

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Creativity Brand Management Marketing Resistance 240

Coaching Tip

JUNE 15, 2015

The Korn Ferry Institute analyzed a total of 6,977 self-assessments from professionals at 486 publicly traded companies to identify the “blind spots” in individuals’ leadership characteristics. Building Your Leadership Brand. Managing a Successful Career. Related articles. Guide to a Balanced Life.

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In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 31, 2011

I began blogging about leadership, strategy, marketing and life last February. You’re Not a Real Marketer until You Create a Brand [link]. Brand Managers inherit brands and manage existing franchises. It is not the same as creating a new brand, launching it and watching it grow.

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Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Do you consider your personal brand ? Do you manage your company’s reputation? Why is it important to manage your reputation? Lida Citroen , an expert in the field of reputation management, has a resource to anyone who wants tips to build a reputation that can withstand negative influences and becomes stronger over time.

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Eric Jacobson

JUNE 29, 2019

Any leadership devise meant to inspire and connect – whether a public speech, an investor pitch, a motto, or an advertising message—is effective when it tells a story. Read this insightful and practical guide to learn Pedersen’s eight-step approach for building a great and enduring brand. Tell stories. We humans love stories.

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In the CEO Afterlife

JULY 26, 2016

Early in my career, when I worked for a couple of big companies in brand management, I joined my colleagues in nodding to the notion of taking a step back. Many were already in leadership positions or on a fast track to a higher rung on the corporate ladder. I’ve witnessed this scenario far too often.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 20, 2010

The preceding description paints the perfect illustration of why branding is one of my favorite topics…It is complex. Unless you are a very large enterprise it is unlikely that you have the time, money, staffing, or external professional relationships to execute a brand management strategy such as the one outlined above.

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Coaching Tip

JUNE 30, 2015

When author Barretta was promoted to director at a large software company, she was looking forward to attending her first leadership retreat. . Leadership Development Investments. Building Your Leadership Brand. Managing a Successful Career. Related articles.

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Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Over the past 27 years of my career in marketing, brand management and executive search + coaching, I’ve found time and again that organizations have blind-spots when hiring talent. How do you influence hiring managers to slow down and find unicorns? Leadership Tip: slow down hiring. Slow Down the Hiring Process.

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LDRLB

MARCH 12, 2012

My business career is characterized with many David versus Goliath encounters. As a 23 year-old Macleans Toothpaste Brand Manager in 1970, my colleagues and I competed against powerhouses P&G, Colgate and Unilever. Wherever I went, the major competitor was 20 times larger. They are slow. You be fast. They are bureaucratic.

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How To Brand Management CEO Resistance 111

LDRLB

MARCH 12, 2012

My business career is characterized with many David versus Goliath encounters. As a 23 year-old Macleans Toothpaste Brand Manager in 1970, my colleagues and I competed against powerhouses P&G, Colgate and Unilever. Wherever I went, the major competitor was 20 times larger. They are slow. You be fast. They are bureaucratic.

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How To Brand Management CEO Strategy 95

In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 1, 2011

Leadership. Old Brands. by John • August 1, 2011 • Branding , Marketing • 0 Comments. I realize I’ve been around a long time whenever I reminisce about the brands I was associated with in my early career. Formerlife: CEO of Jacobs Suchard (Nabob, Kraft), Strategy/Branding Consultant.

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Brand CEO Stage-Gate Marketing 170

Roundtable Talk

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Roundtable Mentor, Krista Mclay, Senior Brand Manager at Nando’s Canada, shared her tips for overcoming feelings of self-doubt as a leader. “Self-awareness is a beautiful thing. It allows us to be better leaders, show off our strengths but it also comes with great awareness of our gaps.” ” READ MORE.

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Mentor Self-aware Brand Management Brand 28

In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 1, 2011

Leadership. Old Brands. by John • August 1, 2011 • Branding , Marketing • 0 Comments. I realize I’ve been around a long time whenever I reminisce about the brands I was associated with in my early career. Formerlife: CEO of Jacobs Suchard (Nabob, Kraft), Strategy/Branding Consultant.

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Brand CEO Stage-Gate Marketing 131

The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Are you engaging and retaining frontline team members through effective employer brand management ? Are you living your brand from the inside out? Is career development fostering engagement ? Simon’s inspiring keynote will get to the very heart of leadership.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

In this condensed and edited interview, Lazarus shares her thoughts on what “brand” really means in a career context, and why simply being yourself may be the best strategy of all—for women or for men. What can a personal brand do for your career, and what’s the best way to start building one? That’s not just a metaphor.

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Brand CEO Mission Statement Career 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

It’s true that many of the best ways to establish your brand in the professional world are still weighted toward extroverts: taking leadership positions in professional associations, starting your own conference or networking group, or — indeed — embracing public speaking (all of which frequently entail extended social contact).

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

Good luck [link] mikemyatt Hi Robbie: Well said…with leadership that has a world view like yours there is little doubt as to why you've achieved such success. I created a successful language school in the 70s, the old way, of course, literally, physically knocking on corporate doors and asking to speak to the training manager.

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Media Influence Blog Real Estate 407

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2014

A few years ago Dave Ulrich, a management thought leader from the University of Michigan, made a comment I found both insightful and profound: “ Every leader needs to have a model of organization design.” An effective organization design model guides a manager in answering five fundamental questions in a thoughtful and well-integrated way.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2017

Turning down an international posting can have negative consequences, especially early in one’s career, when family considerations are assumed to be less of an issue. While we are just beginning to collect hard data on career outcomes, research shows that employees often feel pressured into saying yes. Career Transitions.

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Career Globalization Constraint Follow-up 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

We asked them to assess their workforce and to describe their people management practices, all with an eye toward understanding the drivers of workforce productivity. In other industries brand management matters more, so the A players tend to be clustered there. Know where your A players are (and could be) deployed.

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Company Sample Software Brand Management 8

In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 10, 2011

Leadership. To ‘entrepreneurs in waiting’ who want to begin their careers in a corporation, I suggest the following: 1. The leaders of these companies aren’t ‘managing the store’; they’re building new stores. To Scully he said, “Do you want to sell sugared water for the rest of your career or change the world?”

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CEO Advice Company Competitive Advantage 170

In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 8, 2016

Speciality coffee shops are competing with retail brands for consumers’ attention in the grocery aisle, new coffee formats are being introduced (such as single-cup brewing systems), and U.S. The change in management, which included Bell and Powell, meant a big change in how the company would operate in the following decades.

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Roundtable Talk

DECEMBER 17, 2010

In today’s free agent talent economy, crafting your personal brand (a la Oprah, Trump and Ellen) is not only a smart career strategy, it’s a necessary one. Whether we realize it or not, every action we take contributes to our “personal brand”… or how others perceive us. Give it a try. (If Happy leading!

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Roundtable Talk

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Ever since Tom Peters wrote Brand You for Fast Company in 1997, there has been a steady stream of advice on how mission-critical it is for us to build and manage our personal brands. From JFK to Trudeau to Harper and even to our own Rob Ford, political campaigns are essentially run on brand power. Happy leading!

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