Michael Lee Stallard

MARCH 24, 2016

“It isn’t what we don’t know that gives us trouble, it’s what we know that ain’t so.” – Will Rogers. Vaneet Nayar, CEO of HCL Technologies (HCLT), jettisoned the “customer first” mindset and replaced it with “employees first, customers second.” John Mackey of Whole Food Market has described this mindset as a virtuous circle.

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Performance Review Management Review Rogers 150

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2018

The CEO is made stronger with a good C-suite team. John Wayne and Roy Rogers had Gabby Hayes. There were friendly, familiar places such as Cheers bar, Arnold’s Drive-In on “Happy Days,” the Krusty Krab on “SpongeBob Square Pants,” Dale’s Diner on “The Roy Rogers Show” and other homey places. Gene Autry had Pat Buttram.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Even a cursory review of current events shows it doesn’t really matter whether you’re a politician, investment banker, CEO, or just an average citizen, when it comes to making a simple decision, managing a crisis, or attempting to capture an opportunity, timing is everything – timing is leadership.

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Due Diligence Metrics Competitive Advantage Rogers 167

Leading Blog

AUGUST 7, 2017

In my experience, many companies view “growth” as increased top-line revenue or sales, additional product lines, or entry into new markets, for example. As the CEO of Paradyne Consulting Works , she shares her last twelve years of consulting and research for numerous Fortune 500 companies, large government entities, and the US military.

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Bottom-up Rogers Creativity Guidelines 173

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Anyone paying attention to current events has recently witnessed that it doesn’t really matter whether you’re a politician, investment banker, CEO, or just an average citizen, when it comes to making a simple decision, managing a crisis, or attempting to exploit an opportunity, timing is everything. pastortom2022 Great post Mike.

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LDRLB

DECEMBER 5, 2011

But unlike finite measurements such as sales, market share, profit, stock price or market cap, momentum remains an intangible – a powerful one. Market share was responding but not profit. John Bell is a strategy consultant and former CEO of Jacobs Suchard (Kraft, Nabob). Business isn’t all that different. Let me tell you.

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Rogers Short-term Sports Long-term 101

Deming Institute

JANUARY 15, 2018

Bob is the former CEO of the Great Plains Coca Cola Bottling Company. by Will Rogers, or somebody else. Guest post by John Hunter. This webcast shows Bob Browne ’s presentation, Profound Knowledge of the Real Thing, at the 2012 Annual Deming Conference. Whoever said it, it is certainly true.

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Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Kenny Rogers does the same thing when he's in town." You wouldn't think that anyone as big in the entertainment field as Jay Leno and Kenny Rogers needs to give away their performances, but they do. Social media has such an impact because it moves word-of-mouth marketing orders-of-magnitude faster than ever before.

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Media Word of Mouth Marketing Rogers Advertising 90

In the CEO Afterlife

JULY 20, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. by John • July 20, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Marketing • 2 Comments. You may want to call yourselves ” Twain, Rogers, Sawyer and Finn, Inc.”…. Formerlife: CEO of Jacobs Suchard (Nabob, Kraft), Strategy/Branding Consultant. © 2011 In the CEO Afterlife.

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Advertising Human Resources Brand Rogers 155

Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

” Discover Roger on Twitter at @DoctorDuncan. Anne writes: “Henry and Ben are both CEOs. Julie summarizes: “In today’s tight labor market, it’s absolutely clear that HR and Recruiting can’t produce results all by themselves. To explore the concept of WIIFM, I talked with several experts.”

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Team Building 241

Lead on Purpose

JUNE 12, 2009

Reply Stewart Rogers , on June 16, 2009 at 5:59 am said: “50% of your time in leading yourself—your own purpose, ethics, principles, motivation, conduct. If you seek to lead, invest at least 50% of your time in leading yourself—your own purpose, ethics, principles, motivation, conduct. Nice quote!

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Ethics Rogers Taylorism Taylor 100

LDRLB

DECEMBER 5, 2011

But unlike finite measurements such as sales, market share, profit, stock price or market cap, momentum remains an intangible – a powerful one. Market share was responding but not profit. John Bell is a strategy consultant and former CEO of Jacobs Suchard (Kraft, Nabob). Business isn’t all that different.

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Rogers Short-term Sports Long-term 60

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

I love the way you have clearly differentiated between strategy and tactics – so many people get them confused and end up playing checkers instead of chess… Thanks, Landon Creasy [link] [link] Roger Martin Mike: This is an excellent tool. Section IV: Tactics. Thank you for sharing this freely. link] davidburkus Great exam.

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Blog Leadership Benchmarking Tactics 310

Steve Farber

MAY 24, 2017

It seems like everyone wants to be known as a thought leader, but there are no real criteria for who can stick that label on their marketing materials. Brené Brown , Founder and CEO of The Daring Way and COURAGEworks . Elise Mitchell , CEO of Dentsu Aegis PR Network and Mitchell Communications .

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LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

I should say we were talking off the air about- Thanks for ruining Everett Rogers’ curve for me. One of the things I think is most interesting is there’s a lot of old models of innovation and of strategy that I won’t say they don’t necessarily apply anymore, but they apply to very, very, almost static markets. DAVID: Yeah.

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Early Adopters Rogers Disruptive Innovation Innovation 60

Steve Farber

MAY 24, 2017

It seems like everyone wants to be known as a thought leader, but there are no real criteria for who can stick that label on their marketing materials. Brené Brown , Founder and CEO of The Daring Way and COURAGEworks . Elise Mitchell , CEO of Dentsu Aegis PR Network and Mitchell Communications .

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Rogers PR Open-book Core Competence 40

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 21, 2011

SAS – Providing organizations with THE POWER TO KNOW ® SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. Consider these 11 ideas from the Radical Times Webcast series by SAS Marketing Director Jonathan Hornby: 1. We want to come out strong.”

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Real Estate Magazine Rogers Long-term 66

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2011

He believes that CEOs and the top management should not be bean counters but rather should be a "product guys.". The poster child for his view was Roger Smith who was an MBA-trained accounting and finance specialist. During his ten year tenure as GE's CEO during the 80s, Smith made breathtaking strategic and operating blunders.

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CEO Finance Rogers Short-term 15

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

The crisis that started in the housing markets has unearthed a series of cascading consequences that few companies were prepared to handle. SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. How to survive and thrive in a down economy.

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Tools Black-Scholes Magazine Rogers 56

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2015

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has faced intense criticism for asking his baristas to engage customers in a discussion about race in America. But this kind of “CEO activism” is actually a step forward for corporate involvement in the public square. But CEO activism is a different animal. The results have been varied.

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CEO Policies Politics Rogers 8

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

I listened to esteemed business school professors, two Nobel laureates, bestselling authors, and some of the world’s most successful CEOs. Go… Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Dan Rogers Mike – This is a great post with excellent perspective. I plan on circulating your information and just ordered your book.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2011

By Roger Martin. Roger Martin reveals that the culprit behind the current state of American capitalism is our deep commitment to the idea that the purpose of the firm is to maximize shareholder value. Fixing the Game: Bubbles, Crashes, and What Capitalism Can Learn from the NFL. By Justin Menkes. It doesn't have to be that way.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 21, 2011

Dean of the Rotman School of Management, Roger Martin, states in Fixing the Game , "We haven’t looked deeper into blameworthy CEO behavior to understand what really caused it. In 1970, in stark contrast to today, stock-based incentives accounted for less than 1 percent of CEO remuneration. WHAT THE NFL DID.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2011

Roger Martin , author of Fixing the Game and dean of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, explains why linking CEO compensation to share price performance is like letting quarterbacks bet on their own teams.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2017

CEOs in a recent poll agreed that creativity is the most important skill a leader can have. Tom Stillwell , CEO of the Clio Award–winning marketing agency Midnight Oil , explains: “Creativity can be very expensive if you aren’t careful. What seems less clear is how to actually cultivate it. Related Video.

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Creativity How To Brainstorming Video 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

Roger Schwarz. I dubbed it “contact marketing,” and found it to be a surprisingly effective marketing technique. What exactly is contact marketing? It’s a fusion of marketing and selling, employing specific campaigns to connect with specific C-level executives and top decision makers.

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White Paper Marketing Competitive Advantage Rogers 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

Roger Schwarz. For example, when your boss excitedly outlines idea after idea for a product launch, you might note in the margin, “Ask about budget” or “Remind about CEO memo.” For example, Ari is chief of staff to Brenda, the CEO of a 200-person scientific organization that was struggling.

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Budgeting Project Follow-up Rogers 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2013

One key reason for shareholders'' positive tone is that the stock market has been doing well. Driving these changes is a widespread belief that more needs to be done to hold CEOs and boards accountable. The idea was to get away from paying CEOs "like bureaucrats," as Michael C. That''s up from 69% in 2012 and 2011.

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Hedge Asset Management Incentives Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Last year, Jeff Smisek, the former CEO of United Airlines, received a separation payment of $4.875 million in cash along with additional equity awards and other benefits for a total of close to $37 million after being ousted from his company. Golden parachutes can’t seem to stay out of the news.

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Golden Parachute Hostile Takeover Airlines Execution 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Just ask Hewlett-Packard's CEO Meg Whitman, who has already declared that she couldn't accomplish much in a year and needs more time. You've got to know when to hold them, and know when to fold them," Kenny Rogers sang in a famous song about playing poker. Persistence doesn't mean being pig-headed.

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Guidelines Real Estate Rogers Trends 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

It has become an axiom that “strategy is about making hard choices,” as we have been advised for over 20 years by leading thinkers including Michael Porter and Roger Martin. Social media evangelists tell CEOs they need to stop focusing so much on driving sales and “connect instead of promote.”

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Chief Operating Officer Apparel Marketing Porter 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2011

It's okay for you if asset prices stop rising, but if they fall dramatically — or if the market for them simply stops functioning — you're in big trouble. Market sentiment shifted (possibly because of the Barron's article), the prices of Internet stocks tanked, and within a year or two most of the 51 were no longer with us.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2011

We sat down with Rotman Dean Roger Martin, author of Fixing the Game , to talk about the skewed incentives of CEO compensation. Audio podcast Keeping Employees Engaged in Tough Times We talked with Doug Conant, the outgoing CEO of Campbell's Soup, about keeping morale high when you're leading a turnaround. Video interview.

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Video Porter Charisma Customer Loyalty 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

Capital markets, as a whole, are also moving in this direction. ” When we talk with corporate executives around the country, they almost always ask the same question: Can managers and CEOs really accomplish their business goals while also advancing society’s goals? We believe the answer is yes.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2014

Despite conceptually understanding that this change mandates fresh strategic approaches, Roger Martin (among others) has highlighted the mistakes companies continue to make by relying on processes and tools honed in a differently paced era. Another, arguably simpler, technique is to change the way you measure market share.

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Disruptive Innovation Advertising Gilbert Market Segmentation 9

Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

Examples could come from art, comics, film, music, architecture, economics (weird black markets), music, media, etc… Creating opportunities for team members to communicate and share both creatively and intellectually improves team communications and fosters innovation. Nash Equilibrium, Pareto Principle). 5) Operational Transparency -.

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Team How To Knowledge Management Self-aware 52

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2015

Many of us are familiar with the concept of Getting to Yes , an iconic negotiation strategy developed by Harvard professor Roger Fisher and others. Once she arrived, a dozen different leaders, from marketing to IT to R&D, invited her to meet with their teams.

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