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3 Ways to Tap Into the Power of Community

Michael Lee Stallard

Smart leaders are developing a competitive advantage by creating a sense of connection and community among employees and customers. Envious of SoulCycle’s growth and avid customer loyalty, jealous competitors describe it as a cult. Engaged employees create engaged customers. Engagement = connection.

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Give Your Business a Competitive Advantage with this 4-Letter Word

Steve Farber

A recent study by Korn Ferry found that 63 percent of the 800 leaders they interviewed said technology will be their firm’s greatest source of competitive advantage within five years. Love is the real competitive advantage. What does it look like when it’s a competitive advantage? Technology.

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Give Your Business a Competitive Advantage with this 4-Letter Word

Steve Farber

A recent study by Korn Ferry found that 63 percent of the 800 leaders they interviewed said technology will be their firm’s greatest source of competitive advantage within five years. Love is the real competitive advantage. What does it look like when it’s a competitive advantage? Technology.

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Transforming Commerce: Chief Commercial Officer Search

N2Growth Blog

In today’s business environment, competitive advantage often rests on the effectiveness of the commercial strategy, and the individual at the helm of this function plays a critical role. As a result, Starbucks saw increased customer loyalty and substantial growth in its global operations.

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How to Harness the Power of Empathy for Effective Leadership

Great Leadership By Dan

Imagine: a leader who knows how to gain efficiencies, decrease costs, increase employee retention, and inspire customer loyalty based on taking another’s point of view? Will you join me in rewriting the script about what gives businesses a competitive advantage? But what about compassion, kindness, and empathy?

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3 Factors That Make Costco America’s Best Employer

Michael Lee Stallard

In early August I traveled to Seattle to attend a portion of Costco’s Annual Managers Meeting where I gave a keynote speech based on my book Connection Culture: The Competitive Advantage of Shared Identity, Empathy and Understanding at Work. (In Vision + Value + Voice = Connection). Costco’s Connection Culture. Value People.

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Great Leadership isn’t about control. It’s about Empowering people.

Brigette Hyacinth

A Gallup study concluded that companies with higher-than-average employee engagement also had 27% higher profits, 50% higher sales and 50% higher customer loyalty. Empowered employees are more confident, more willing to go the extra mile for employers, and more willing do whatever it takes to care for customers.