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Clout as Strategy and Why Companies Won't Admit It | In the CEO.

In the CEO Afterlife

Leadership. by John • August 29, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Strategy • 2 Comments. There are all sorts of strategies in today’s business – at the top is corporate strategy, followed by a slew of functional and sub-functional strategies ranging from marketing to waste management. In the CEO Afterlife.

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Clout as Strategy and Why Companies Won’t Admit It

LDRLB

There are all sorts of strategies in today’s business – at the top is corporate strategy, followed by a slew of functional and sub-functional strategies ranging from marketing to waste management. Regulators now worry that declining seed competition may lead to price increases on foods that every American family consumes.

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Clout as Strategy and Why Companies Won’t Admit It

LDRLB

There are all sorts of strategies in today’s business – at the top is corporate strategy, followed by a slew of functional and sub-functional strategies ranging from marketing to waste management. Regulators now worry that declining seed competition may lead to price increases on foods that every American family consumes.

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Best Practices for Leading via Innovation

Harvard Business Review

So it's no surprise that GE, P&G and IBM occupy the top three spots in Hay Group's seventh annual Best Companies for Leadership (BCL) ranking. Our study clearly shows that great leadership is a strong competitive advantage, with the top 20 BCL firms far outperforming the S&P 500 benchmark on shareholder returns.

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Internal Hires Need Just as Much Support as External Ones

Harvard Business Review

But just four months into his new job, as a business unit leader at a large specialty chemicals and plastics manufacturer, he was struggling with the challenges of handling a global business with more than 3000 employees. What to do? The answer is to focus on accelerating everyone taking new roles, not just on onboarding.

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Sears Has Come Back from the Brink Before

Harvard Business Review

But from the average consumer’s point of view, it can be hard to see Sears’ competitive advantage right now. At the hoary age of 128, it had already beat the odds twice over when it lost its place to chemical maker LyondellBasell at close of trading this year on September 4 th. Competition Leadership Retail'

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The Big Picture of Business – Achieving the Best by Preparing for the Worst: Lessons Learned from High-Profile Crises, part 4 of 4

Strategy Driven

My client (a different chemical company) later had a similar explosion. Prevention of leaks in customer information and losses in company market position. Crises can have many liabilities upon companies, including loss of profits and market share. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage.