Strategy Driven

JANUARY 4, 2016

Throughout a sales career, it’s all about the small things. As in any career, getting the basics right, first time and every time, is crucial to land that new dream job. As a base minimum you should have an understanding of the market they service, the products they sell and who they sell to? Following up on time, every time.

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Positioning SWOT Mission Statement Sharpe 50

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

A leading thinker on strategy and breakthrough innovation. Deepa Prahalad – Focused on design and emerging markets. Top-rated Clinical Professor of Management and Strategy, Northwestern Kellogg School of Management. Bill began his career with Hyatt Hotels Corporation. World authority on project management.

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Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

HR Digest

MAY 8, 2023

And if you’re an employee, don’t underestimate the value of leadership skills in your career. Develops and implements strategies for continuous improvement. They train hard and practice relentlessly to hone their skills and stay sharp. Effectively communicates problem-solving strategies to others.

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Review Performance Review Ethics Teamwork 105

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Being sharp means being succinct. Evaluate organizations online: their mission, major products/markets, history, and biographies of key participants. If you rely on searches for your background research, so will those you work with (if they are sharp). Additionally know what you have to trade. Rehearse your pitch.

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Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 26, 2011

The Benevolent Dictator : Empower Your Employees, Build Your Business, and Outwit the Competition by Michael Feuer and Dustin Klein What does it require to take a concept rapidly and effectively from mind to market? Also, create a longer-term plan with a seventeen- to eighteen-month strategy. Why have two plans instead of one?

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Bottom-up Sharpe Follow-up Retail 50

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

By projecting his key principles of decision making and his strategy out to the front line Nelson created a faster and more adaptable Royal Navy that regularly overwhelmed far larger enemies. It was led people by who have devoted their career to this topic and included Daniel Goleman, coiner of the term "emotional intelligence."

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Self-aware Goleman Emotional Intelligence Competitive Advantage 15

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Let me be blunt – you won’t earn anyone’s respect, at least not the respect of anyone who matters if your concern for career success overshadows your concern for the well-being of your family. Think About Your Legacy: Create a legacy that transcends your career.

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Blog Career Learning-by-Doing Advice 414

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Three attributes stood out: 1) authenticity and sharp clarity of purpose, 2) empathy (EQ) and the ability to relate to people at the "front line" levels, and 3) self-awareness and humility to constantly question and adapt. Today, complexity has become the silent killer of profitable growth in business, and sometimes of CEO careers.

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Competitive Advantage Porter Goleman Emotional Intelligence 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2011

In the decades since Deng Xiaoping instituted market reform, millions of women have profitably followed Deng's dictate that "to get rich is glorious." New research from the Center for Work-Life Policy (CWLP) explores and analyzes the complicated career dynamics of this rich talent pool. This post was co-authored with Ripa Rashid.

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Survey Policies Globalization CFO 14

Strategy Driven

APRIL 30, 2019

Ultimately, you can’t easily switch career unless you can be confident that your skills are transferable – or that you don’t need them to build a successful presence. In reality, building and maintaining your market presence is the most critical operation. Reason for failing: Ignoring the international competition.

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Audience Open-book Entrepreneur Proposal 58

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2011

It includes stock markets, economic cycles, wars, company fortunes, and career paths. Being an effective human being, never mind leader, requires an understanding of the enormous role of emotion in our thinking, as well as a proactive employment of Goleman's emotion-management strategies. The Halo Effect , by Phil Rosenzweig.

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Senge Goleman Emotional Intelligence Politics 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2013

How Interactive Media Can Scramble Your Brain Strategy + Business You’re sitting at a meeting checking your e-mail on your iPad or your texts on your phone. UK e-cig advocate Clive Bates hopes so: "The market is producing, at no cost to the taxpayer, an emerging triumph of public health." Managerial Omelet Anyone?

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Management Health Care Insurance Sharpe 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

Sometimes, it seems they've always loomed large: for decades, Michael Porter has been synonymous with strategy, and John Kotter with change management. Broad public exposure won't do you much good if your ideas and skills aren't sharp. It's often hard to deduce how someone becomes known as a leader in their field.

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Reputation Case Study Ries Kotter 8

Strategy Driven

APRIL 28, 2018

Even the most dynamic and driven entrepreneurs and professionals can find themselves falling into something of a professional slump at some point in their career. When people feel comfortable sharing whatever’s on their mind, you can begin gathering novel thoughts and refining them with some work into viable and applicable strategies.

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How To Sharpe Constraint Brainstorming 50

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Therefore the art you speak of sculpts with a very sharp blade – the tongue. If everyone always agreed with me conversation wouldn’t be very stimulating, and acquiring new knowledge and insight would certainly be more difficult. Unfortunately, the wildcard is PEOPLE. I appreciate you stopping by Susan.

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Blog Gordon Learning-by-Doing Open-book 419

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2015

Marketers tend to like big, bold actions that grab attention and spew off metrics. To market a product or an idea, you have to change minds, and that takes time and a lot of careful work. The arc of history is long—the length of a career, rather than a marketing campaign. You have changed me. Now I understand.”

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Brand Marketing Sharpe Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Free fall is a crisis of obsolescence and decline that can happen at any point in a company’s life cycle, but most often it affects maturing incumbents whose business model has come under competitive attack from insurgents or is no longer viable in a changing market. Nothing about free fall is easy.

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Company How To Business Model Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Rather, we suggest a different approach: carving out a career path for younger physicians with leadership potential and creating a well-designed development pipeline so doctors emerge able to effectively lead large organizations of medical providers. These leaders learn to oversee and delegate work, and develop and coach others.

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Training Health Care Management 360-Degree Feedback 14