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Merging Two Global Company Cultures

Harvard Business Review

“I’m pretty convinced that there are superficial differences in culture and communication and how people do things,” said the global human resources officer. By the 2000s, they had developed a methodology for a new class of culture-specific line extensions for specific markets, helping drive growth.

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Five Questions Every Leader Should Ask About Organizational Design

Harvard Business Review

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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5 Tips For Brand Survival In Today's Social Climate

Eric Jacobson

Debbie Laskey developed her brand marketing and communications expertise while working in the high-tech industry, the Consumer Marketing Department at Disneyland Paris in France, the nonprofit arena, and the insurance industry. Guest Post: By Debbie Laskey There is no denying that social media has changed how brands communicate.

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Use a Brand Council to Help Steer Strategy

Harvard Business Review

A brand can’t just be a promise; it must be a promise delivered. And brand stewardship can no longer be under the exclusive purview of marketing departments and brand managers. Brands may drive communications activities, but little else. Smart companies form brand councils to meet this leadership imperative.

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