N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

This is so much the case that some CEOs will avoid restructuring initiatives at all costs. My question is this…since when have fear and avoidance become prerequisites for success as a CEO? What do great CEOs do when the business model, the strategic plan, and the revenue hurdles don’t seem to be in alignment?

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Restructuring Blog CEO Brand 288

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2011

Great leaders understand the power, influence, and leverage created by relevant messaging. Perhaps more importantly, no relevance erodes influence (real or perceived). I have witnessed on numerous occasions CEOs with average, or even sub-par performance histories fare well because they possessed great messaging skills.

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Audience Chief Executive Officer Media Content 291

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Remember that great CEOs see themselves not as masters of the universe, but as inspirational servants, catalysts, teachers, and team builders…Again, I would strongly encourage you to think “leader&# and not “dictator.&# Reflect back to your time as a student…which educators brought out the best in you?

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Loyalty Blog Leadership Brand 399

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

As the Chairman and CEO of Mzinga, a company that provides social software to businesses. Social media and community collaboration bring many benefits, including brand-building, customer loyalty and retention, cost reductions, improved productivity, and revenue growth. Quite literally, it’s my job to be social media savvy.

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Media Follow-up Software Newsletter 50

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

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.

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P&L Banking Marketing Call Center 11

Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

Mark Timm, CEO of Ziglar Family. Michael Levitt, CEO of BreakfastLeadership.com. 3) Mental – My role as host of The Ziglar Show requires me to study the messages of today’s top world influencers, and it’s a dramatic gift. Alinka Rutkowska, CEO of Leaders Press. Tom Ziglar, Ziglar Inc. The habit of the right input.

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Succession Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Follow-up 316

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2015

Many of the companies inserting politics into their user experience operate popular social platforms themselves. We’re being introduced to a new lever of corporate influence on democracy. In going directly to their users, technology companies are participating in the very direct-to-customer media channels they’ve created.

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Politics Real Estate Morale Business Model 8