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Is Your Leadership Creating an Energy Crisis?

The Practical Leader

One morning, I asked a group of very quiet participants a series of questions about their organization’s climate and leadership effectiveness. His observation points to a big leadership problem, “The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. Some managers will complain about a declining work ethic.

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Research Explores How Companies Can Do CSR Well

The Horizons Tracker

On the other hand, downplaying CSR initiatives, a phenomenon known as “greenhushing,” can create the false impression that a company is indifferent to its impact on society and the environment, ultimately harming its brand. The path to becoming a conscientious company is not an easy one.

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Poor Customer Service: The Writing is on the Wall

The Practical Leader

The company featured service in their marketing with convincing and clever branding, they had a customer service department, and they provided extensive service training to frontline staff. A deep ethic of “If you’re not serving customers directly, you need to serve those who are” must pervade the organization.

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Shane's Teen Journey Story, Part Two - Amazing Luck and Hard Work

Building Personal Strength

In addition, all these jobs kept him in top physical condition, reinforced his work ethic, and made him a better athlete on the baseball team. The heroes of these stories usually demonstrated strong leadership. He could be counted on to get things done, so he was quickly promoted into management. He stood out among his peers.

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Why Great Brands Lose Their Way

In the CEO Afterlife

The new economy has accelerated the need for change in the branding process. I am not suggesting restructuring the entire brand management system. I am making the case for CMOs and CEOs to recognize the necessity of their own direct and passionate involvement as chief brand custodians. That’s an understatement.

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How Marketing Can Lead Process Improvement

Harvard Business Review

To keep their companies in shape, managers must explain to employees what customers experience and expect. They don't create an ethic of being truly customer-driven. leadership team realized that to get every employee to connect with customers, they had to find a way to give "the customer" a name and a face. The company's U.S.

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Good Brands Gone Bad | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

Leadership. Good Brands Gone Bad. by John • March 21, 2011 • Branding , Leadership , Marketing • 1 Comment. Call it a hiccup or a long-term slump; every brand faces a crisis. PS: I was the Canadian Brand Manager of Brylcreem during the demise. Leadership. In the CEO Afterlife.

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