Women on Business

DECEMBER 8, 2010

What do you your customers believe and understand about your brand? Using “Buddy the Elf” as an example for the four steps to brand building, this week we’ll discuss steps three and four: developing brand identification and meaning, and developing relationships with customers. What would you think then? Post by Jane K.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 8, 2019

But, the desire for instant gratification is also forcing logistics and transportation businesses to provide delivery options that are faster, more cost-effective, and convenient as well as offer increased flexibility to the customer. This means that logistics companies need to rethink their fulfillment processes. Conclusion.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 2, 2010

But let’s assume that Buddy is indeed an elf, developed and created by the North Pole to fill a need…to make toys. What is your company most skilled in providing your customers? How often does your company go the extra mile? Do you make it easy for your customer to do business with you? Does it fill a need?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2015

This latest frequent flyer reboot is an example of how the meaning, measure, and management of “customer loyalty” are changing. Unlike Tesco, which pioneered data-driven customer loyalty programs, Walmart has never sought to discriminate between best and typical customers. Customers Marketing'

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

The good news is that there is a cure for all four of the preceding problems: Items one through three can be solved with an emphasis on leadership development and talent management, and item four can be solved by holding the board of directors accountable for CEO performance and firing an apathetic CEO. This was a good read and better advice.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2012

Companies spend countless hours tracking financials: assets, liabilities, revenue, expenses, and cash flow. Many devote almost no serious time to assessing the customer relationships that ultimately create economic value. The surveys provide a steady stream of data on customer attitudes and probable behaviors. The result?

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Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

The companies that thrive and win as social enterprises will be those that do the most with their social connections. Winning in this environment requires more than new technology ; here are ten ways to become truly social in a world that is not just connected, but interconnected and interdependent: 1) Do away with one-way conversations.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Lack of Feedback : If as a leader you don’t subject yourself to a 360 review process, then you are not earnestly looking for personal growth and development opportunities. Perhaps one reason loyalty is rare is it can mean putting others before ourselves. The boss will never go for that.&#

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 5, 2015

Here are a few questions to get your social sales juices flowing : Why are big companies interested in big data? Why are formerly non-social companies suddenly scouring and analyzing social data? In short, pacesetters use technology for the competitive advantage and the results are more profitable business outcomes.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2018

In 2001, a new approach to technology development was created by a daring group of developers. Called Agile, the process put customers at the center of product development, encouraged rapid prototyping, and dramatically increased corporate speed and agility. How to make your company more nimble and responsive.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

The ultimate goal of most businesses is to develop and increase revenue potential. While scaling your business can be challenging, there are plenty of ways to improve business operations, increase sales, and boost profits within your company. Create a customer loyalty program. Utilize an inventory management system.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Those companies who are committed to a strong workplace culture tend to perform well, and now they are featured prominently in a new ranking recently released by Great Place to Work Institute. The survey garnered responses from 20 of the top 25 companies in the global workplace ranking. They're upgrading. They know their audience.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2018

As a result, the company says it will be focusing more on promoting posts from friends rather than from media outlets, thereby leading to more-meaningful social interactions. Purpose-driven companies have been shown to outperform their peers over the long term. But purpose-driven companies are also hard to come by. Why is that?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

When most of the great companies of the industrial era were founded, even the most brilliant economists believed deeply in the law of diminishing marginal returns. In the world of technology: the more of something you make, the more valuable it can become. Nicholas Blechman for HBR. Consider a business like Amazon Web Services.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 20, 2014

They’re independent businesspeople who are now marketing their sales and personal development services using my intellectual property, both online and in the classroom. LESSON: Don’t stay attached to old technology or products even though they have brought success and profit in the past. Instant success. Gitomer and Buy Gitomer.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

How do banks switch customer relationships from branch offices to mobile phone screens? Why is one multinational consumer goods company organized by category, while another organizes by region? Why is one insurance company deep into an agile transformation while another is experimenting with it only at the edges of its business?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 24, 2013

Another place where intuition is found in analytical companies is in the choice of the business area where analytical initiatives are undertaken. Few companies undertake a rigorous analytical study of what areas need analytics the most! Decision making Information & technology Knowledge management' But how about with big data?

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Technology has provided us with unprecedented advances, information, knowledge, instant access and entertainment. In the business world, focusing strictly on a digital experience will eliminate customer loyalty and emotional connection to a brand. Use these strategies to make your company customer-centric: 1.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2016

Conventional wisdom would seem to suggest that companies have no incentive to lengthen the life cycle of their products and reduce the revenue they would get from selling new goods. The technologies and processes that are transforming companies. Yet, more and more businesses are thinking about how to reduce consumer waste.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

How much does your company need to invest in innovation? Identifying this so-called “growth gap” is critical, because the bigger the gap, the more a company needs to look beyond its current offerings, markets, and business models to find growth opportunities. Calculating organic growth. That’s straightforward enough.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Small startup firms are already developing proprietary technologies — such as machine vision, deep learning, and other innovations —– that could help large investors evaluate opportunities and risks with far greater accuracy and efficiency than was previously possible. But right now that’s not happening.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2016

How should companies rethink the value of a job, in terms of increased performance through machine intelligence? What set of skills should companies invest in? Which jobs should remain within the company, and which should be accessed via talent platforms, or perhaps shared with peers, or even competitors? Insight Center.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. However, thousands of companies are rushing headlong into the profile-creating, news-tweeting, blog-posting frenzy…only to find that their valiant efforts are not getting the results they had hoped.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2017

Sponsored by DXC Technology. How the best companies get up to speed. Patagonia secures customer loyalty through its “Worn Wear” website, where environmentally-conscious consumers can purchase secondhand clothing at a discount and trade their own used duds for gift certificates. Make room for new technologies.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2016

CEOs should actively manage five specific tensions in today’s complex global business environment: Disruptive innovation versus leveraging the company’s core strengths. When confronted with disruptive technologies, many companies fail to align digital strategies with their core strategies.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Do you believe that sustainability is important for your company, but that it’s “someone else’s problem?” Unsurprisingly, carbon emissions by the world’s largest companies are increasing and only one third of the 600 largest companies in the U.S. TOSHINORI TARUI/Getty Images.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 28, 2021

An explosion of game-changing new technologies, data and cultural shifts will render traditional marketing frameworks and strategies ineffective, and turn the function upside down.” However, the marketing world has evolved since the early days to now be significantly data-driven and technology enabled.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

An explosion of game-changing new technologies, data and cultural shifts will render traditional marketing frameworks and strategies ineffective, and turn the function upside down.” However, the marketing world has evolved since the early days to now be significantly data-driven and technology enabled.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2011

But now the company faces renewed competition for the title of green auto leader. In the last couple of years, every auto giant has launched alternative vehicles, which they've been touting aggressively at the current Detroit Auto Show (see my newsletter on the different strategies the big companies are pursuing).

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2014

With a technology focus, you might manage to launch a successful breakthrough, but your success will be short-lived because sustaining a technological advantage today is so difficult. The problem with the areas of focus above is that none of them actually define what your company is and what it stands for. McDonald’s, the $27.5

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 22, 2020

Fortunately, with a bit of careful planning, any company has the potential to become successful! Some simple ways to achieve this include offering rewards and incentives, holding regular career development meetings, and maintaining a welcoming, supportive atmosphere in the workplace. Provide quality customer service.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

In 2013, the company released a service called Virtual Technician to help existing drivers while also enabling new business models and revenue streams. By capturing information that formerly was available only from an in-person diagnostic test, Daimler Trucks North America creates customer loyalty and reduces risk for commercial drivers.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

In 2013, the company released a service called Virtual Technician to help existing drivers while also enabling new business models and revenue streams. By capturing information that formerly was available only from an in-person diagnostic test, Daimler Trucks North America creates customer loyalty and reduces risk for commercial drivers.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2015

At the top of the News Feed, users located in India saw a company-issued request to promote Internet.org, the company’s controversial global connectivity effort, to their elected leaders. Many of the companies inserting politics into their user experience operate popular social platforms themselves.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2015

The idea of “co-creating” with customers has been circulating for years, but until recently few companies effectively exploited its power or understood its contribution to the bottom line. We call these companies Network Orchestrators. By leveraging customer networks and their tangible (e.g. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2013

The biggest changes, not surprisingly, are in the marketing function, itself — the source of these new, more detailed customer insights. The biggest changes, not surprisingly, are in the marketing function, itself — the source of these new, more detailed customer insights. When done well, it feels like a service.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 10, 2019

The business world is one which is highly competitive, which means that a company must always be looking for ways to grown order to stay ahead of the competition. Here are a few different ways that even a big company can grow. It is impossible to grow a company without the right people powering the operation.

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