Steve Farber

JANUARY 9, 2017

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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Leading Blog

JANUARY 1, 2022

Win from Within : Build Organizational Culture for Competitive Advantage by James Heskett. There is significant evidence that an effective organizational culture provides a major competitive edge?higher higher levels of employee and customer engagement and loyalty translate into higher growth and profits.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 27, 2013

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

Organizations can gain a competitive advantage by identifying and attracting these innovators, accelerating research and development efforts, and ultimately driving their businesses forward in an increasingly competitive landscape.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 8, 2022

Aware of these key industry trends, Recruiters will create a significant competitive advantage by better targeting the most qualified candidates, creating a compelling employer value proposition, and drastically reducing their time to fill. Why or why not? Agility is key.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

He feels a tremendous sense of loyalty to these people, and they have shown him the same in return. In fact, it’s the most remarkable example of a shared sense of loyalty that I have ever heard. These people have invested practically their entire lives in my dad and his business. My father always keeps that thought top of mind.

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 24, 2017

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 By Dan

JANUARY 23, 2020

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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HR Digest

APRIL 4, 2023

Non-traditional perks can help boost morale and increase employee engagement and loyalty, which can reduce turnover rates and save the company time and money in the long run. Competitive Advantage: Offering non-traditional employee perks can give companies a competitive advantage when it comes to attracting top talent.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 12, 2024

Here you employ “Survive Basics,” or the 4 C’s: Cash, Cost, Customer (retention, loyalty, stickiness), and Communication. The WD-40 Company and The Gorilla Glue Company are also two companies that I profile in the book as a rare example of when your culture can be competitive advantage and provide you a strategic Right to Win.

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Brigette Hyacinth

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

This company has my loyalty till I retire.”. They are your competitive advantage. That was nine years ago and guess what, I still work there. “Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don’t want to.” ” – Richard Branson. They are your best brand ambassadors.

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Brigette Hyacinth

APRIL 9, 2020

You would be losing intellectual resources and at a bigger risk of not maintaining a competitive advantage. Loyalty is a two-way street. Demonstrate that you value people and in return, you will earn their loyalty. Employees are the branches of a tree that makes a company grow. They are your best brand ambassadors.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 3, 2017

Employee loyalty has waned; the relationship between most workers and leaders has eroded. 3 Ways Pixar Gains Competitive Advantage from Its Culture. This creates a win-win for your core employees, for you and for your organization. You May Also Enjoy: World’s Greatest Leaders Tap Power of Connection.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

I have read and reviewed all of Fred Reichheld’s previous books and thus was especially interested in reading his latest, The Ultimate Question 2.0: How Net Promoter Companies Thrive in a Customer Driven World, co-authored with a Bain colleague, Rob Markey.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 3, 2018

Lonely people who work on the front lines directly with customers are not good for customer satisfaction and loyalty. Organizations populated with lonely people experience lower employee engagement, poorer quality of decisions, and a reduced rate of innovation. To Reduce Loneliness and Isolation, Boost Connection.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

This new definition revolves around appreciating employees and, done right, can become your greatest competitive advantage. By following the redefined VUCA “people” competencies, your leaders will build a culture of loyalty and respect. Lorraine is president of the consulting firm Lessons in Loyalty.

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Brigette Hyacinth

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

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. In this volatile global marketplace, happy loyal employees are your biggest competitive advantage.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 19, 2012

History has shown us that the best performers were those who made the right strategic moves to create a future in which their company would enjoy significant competitive advantage. Employers who seize the opportunity to satisfy employees’ needs will re-discover loyalty in the work force. So will a flexible work week.

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Brigette Hyacinth

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

It turns out, humility offers a competitive advantage. They have more influence, they retain top talent, and they earn more respect and loyalty than those who rely upon ego and power. Strong leaders measure success by the difference they made in other people’s lives. Humble leaders get the best from people.

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Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Although she couldn’t pay them more, she found creative ways to reward their loyalty and effort. The Competitive Advantage of Connection Cultures. Caring about employees has to be genuine rather than contrived (it has to be “real sugar, not Saccharine,” as they say in the South).

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Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Loyalty will be gained through learning - not just earning. By enabling professionals to establish strong networks both inside and outside the company, organizations can gain a huge competitive advantage and the loyalty of their workers. Their loyalty to former employees helps lead to loyalty from future customers.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 22, 2018

If you do, you’ll build tremendous loyalty, trust, and engagement, which is priceless. CrisMarie Campbell and Susan Clarke are coaches, business consultants, speakers, and co- authors of The Beauty of Conflict: Harnessing Your Team’s Competitive Advantage. That’s right. People will be the ones implementing the change.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Today, Krissi shares these additional insights leadership from her book: Krissi Barr Question : How can leaders demonstrate and instill loyalty in a fast-changing, ferociously competitive business world and the age of free agents? Unfortunately, most employees don’t feel that same sense of loyalty.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 3, 2020

My favorite chapters are: Know Your People Tell Stories Create a Culture of Advocacy Build Loyalty and Engagement from the Middle Bring People Together Ask “What If?” He believed that it was a privilege to be employed and that we owed our loyalty, dedication and hard work to our employer. In that regard, he taught me a “work ethic.”

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

My favorite chapters are: Know Your People Tell Stories Create a Culture of Advocacy Build Loyalty and Engagement from the Middle Bring People Together Ask “What If?” He believed that it was a privilege to be employed and that we owed our loyalty, dedication and hard work to our employer. In that regard, he taught me a “work ethic.”

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Your competitive advantage is found in ongoing and consistent professional and personal development of the people on your team. Theseus knew to focus on what so many leaders neglect – maintaining employee engagement and loyalty by growing and developing them as individual contributors.

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The Idolbuster

AUGUST 13, 2012

In the previous post , I argued that companies that incorporate elements of people-first values into their culture have a competitive advantage. Reishheld argues that often a loyalty culture, i.e. one that values long term relationships with employees, customers, and investors is a productive business strategy.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 5, 2015

PERSONAL NOTE: When I saw the statistic that 68% of Facebook usage is mobile, I realized the revolution was in full swing and those not playing hard would lose sales, loyalty, goodwill, reputation, and profit. In short, pacesetters use technology for the competitive advantage and the results are more profitable business outcomes.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 5, 2011

Pricing impacts everything from strategy and tactics, to finance, to branding, to marketing and sales, to vendor selection and supply chain management, to recruiting and compensation, and to customer satisfaction and loyalty. Competition : Does your pricing place you at a competitive advantage, or disadvantage in the market?

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Marshall Goldsmith

JANUARY 30, 2017

Leaders who enable people to form strong networks both inside and outside the company will gain a huge competitive advantage along with the loyalty of their workers. Build networks : Today, job security comes from having ability, passion, and a great network.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 5, 2011

As the following list indicates, competition can come in the form of any one or combination of the following potential threats: Existing or potential direct and indirect competitors. Existing clients or end-users that could either become competition or strengthen your competitors if they have a change in loyalty.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 14, 2014

Every organization is looking to create and protect its competitive advantage and those often come in two flavors – resources or capabilities – and talent (your people) help you create, sustain and protect both. the employer-employee contract of loyalty is gone), fluid (e.g. A monthly recurring subscription of $9.95

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Loyalty of customers. A far cry from satisfaction, customer loyalty is at the heart of growing the business and increasing percentages of profit. Loyalty of employees. The secret to loyalty is to hire smart, happy, self-starting people with a history of success. Reprinted with permission from Jeffrey H. About the Author.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 24, 2014

Army: Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless service, Honor, Integrity, and Personal courage. Developing this trust starts with loyalty. Loyalty is subjective, but its basic definition is faithfulness to the commitments you’ve made and remaining true to the obligations at hand. This loyalty I describe is behavioral.

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Brigette Hyacinth

JUNE 3, 2019

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. In this volatile global marketplace, happy loyal employees are your biggest competitive advantage.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 8, 2011

Learn how to utilize social media to increase customer loyalty. Solutions,&# “Harvest Social Knowledge for Customer Service,&# and learn how “Social CRM Turns Customers into Competitive Advantage.&#. Leveraging the Power of Social Media. by Oracle Corporation.

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Eric Jacobson

JUNE 29, 2019

“Brand helps us engage customers and employees, unleash our competitive advantage, and fuel enduring growth,” explains Lindsay Pedersen, author of the new book, Forging An Iron Clad Brand: A Leader’s Guide.” “And And yet, despite this power of brand, it is grossly underused.

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