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Zappos | Creating a Great Place to Work

Chart Your Course

Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos and author of Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion and Purpose has created a great place to work. According to their human resource department, it is harder to get a job at Zappos than to be accepted at Harvard Business School. 2) Deploy a leadership strategy. No excuses.

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Navigator Newsletter #180

Chart Your Course

Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos and author of Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion and Purpose has created a great place to work. According to their human resource department, it is harder to get a job at Zappos than to be accepted at Harvard Business School. 2) Deploy a leadership strategy. Instant download.

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Out of touch or out of their minds? Maybe both!

Strategy Driven

In a survey conducted by a BIG benefits management company (a management and human resource consulting firm), they asked 365 CEO’s and sales management executives, “What are the three key factors that separate high performing sales professionals from moderate to low performing sales professionals?”.

Loyalty 50
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How to Innovate When You're Not the Big Boss

Harvard Business Review

A few years ago, Brad Anderson , then CEO of Best Buy, told me something both provocative and profound. Usually, if you search, there are opportunities in your current job and at your current level to display your ability to drive change, even if you are in a support function like finance or human resources.

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Listen to Your Employees, Not Just Your Customers

Harvard Business Review

The linked system allowed for more insight into customers, and managers could use the information to coach employees, to assess whether they had the right tools and resources, and to identify people with innovative ideas and leadership potential. The only person who could drive a linked system was the CEO.

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The Rebirth of the CMO

Harvard Business Review

McKinsey’s DataMatics 2013 survey shows that companies that use customer analytics extensively are more than twice as likely to generate above-average profits as those that don’t. To have the influence to help set business strategy for the company, CMOs need to translate customer insights into terms meaningful to senior leadership.

P&L 11