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Building Blocks for a Customer-Centric Culture

Lead Change Blog

We were meeting with the CEO of a successful chemical company. Price and product quality have, for this industry and many others, become mere table stakes. “We Bell is a senior partner with The Chip Bell Group in Dallas, Texas, a renowned keynote speaker, and the author of several best-selling books including "Managers as Mentors."

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4 Ways To Reduce Workplace Negativity By Increasing Consistency

Tanveer Naseer

In other words the business is growing and changing and there is a need for increased structure to support and manage the change. The brain craves certainty, and when you feel uncertain, the almond shaped structure in the brain called the amygdala releases chemicals into the blood stream that you experience as fear, anxiety and doubt.

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A Survey of 1,700 Companies Reveals Common B2B Pricing Mistakes

Harvard Business Review

Poor pricing practices are insidious — they damage a company’s economics but can go unnoticed for years. It traced much of the cause to a mismatch between its sales incentives and pricing strategy. It traced much of the cause to a mismatch between its sales incentives and pricing strategy.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Thinkers50 – World’s Most Influential Management Thinkers. Called ‘The Academy Awards of Leadership’ by the Economist, Thinkers50 is the world’s most reliable resource for identifying, ranking and sharing the leading management ideas of our age. World authority on project management. Co-author: Predictable Magic.

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What Businesses Need to Know About Sustainable Development Goals

Harvard Business Review

Some companies could get a jumpstart in their industry in organizing partnerships and even positioning themselves as leaders in sustainable development using the goals as a branding anchor. The price tag for accomplishing these global goals is estimated to be up to $3 trillion a year for 15 years. The case is clear.

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Can Index Funds Be a Force for Sustainable Capitalism?

Harvard Business Review

Just look at Uber to understand the importance of diversity and product safety or at car manufacturers scrambling to develop a competitive advantage in electric cars as countries seek to decarbonize their economics and fight pollution. In both cases, social and environmental metrics matter for the business’s financial success.

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How to Know If a Spin-Off Will Succeed

Harvard Business Review

Conversely, the business may be an “unpolished diamond” that was neglected by its former management for too long and whose value is just waiting to be unlocked. Does the business have a complete, balanced, and cohesive management team? Are the management team and owners prepared to abandon business as usual?