In the CEO Afterlife

JULY 2, 2012

As for sport, the game of market share was an easy way to track success. With only 100% available to the players of the market share game, you knew whether your play(s) made you a winner or a loser. The delusion is that market share is the “be all and end all” of business success. Be forewarned, this tactic destroys profits.

Sports 228

Sports Tactics Competitive Advantage Short-term 228

In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 20, 2013

The “steel” in strategy is its capacity to set the stage for an organization to achieve ironclad competitive advantage. Too often they mistake tactics for strategy. Tactics are the ever-important short term decisions and activities that win battles and contribute to winning the war. That’s tactical decision-making.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2022

There is nothing worse than creating a product only to discover better and high-quality products in the market. Faster Marketing Time. You are left with more time to market when you can draft and design your product quickly. You are left with more time to market when you can draft and design your product quickly.

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Leading Blog

MAY 6, 2019

A BRAND properly conceived is more than a marketing activity. An Ironclad brand is one that unleashes your competitive advantage. Creating an ironclad brand is not just the function of the marketing department. What is your asymmetrical, lopsided, disproportionate strength that far exceeds the rest of the market?

Brand 209

Brand Competitive Advantage Sharpe Strategy 209

LDRLB

JULY 15, 2013

The “steel” in strategy is its capacity to set the stage for an organization to achieve ironclad competitive advantage. Too often they mistake tactics for strategy. Tactics are the ever-important short term decisions and activities that win battles and contribute to winning the war. That’s tactical decision-making.

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Strategy Tactics Retail Strategic Planning 158

In the CEO Afterlife

OCTOBER 30, 2011

by John • October 30, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 4 Comments. I’m going to assume they’ve identified their competitive advantage and the secrets of success in the business they’ve defined. Competitive advantage is strategy’s ultimate purpose. In the CEO Afterlife.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 3, 2014

The best Healthcare Executive Resumes outline human capital management, profitability successes, market share increases in addition to their impressive academic and association credentials that will generate the most calls for interviews. The following six healthcare resume and job search tactics will help you obtain the results you seek: 1.

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Tactics Execution Pharmaceuticals Human Capital 52

Coaching Tip

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

"It's sad that something as important to the economy as sales shows up as a footnote in the principles of marketing course at most graduate business schools," says Andy Zoltners, a professor at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. What is Your Competitive Advantage?

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Competitive Advantage Welch Tactics CEO 84

CEO Blog

JULY 31, 2011

Some businesses have such barriers to entry and such competitive advantage that they can still thrive even with poor execution. Companies that have patents, government regulation, rocket science(very tough intellectual property to copy) , massive development costs to get into the business, high capital cost, high market share etc.

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Execution Competitive Advantage Entrepreneur Cost 157

LDRLB

JULY 23, 2012

As for sport, the game of market share was an easy way to track success. With only 100% available to the players of the market share game, you knew whether your play(s) made you a winner or a loser. The delusion is that market share is the “be all and end all” of business success. Be forewarned, this tactic destroys profits.

Sports 121

Sports Tactics Competitive Advantage Short-term 121

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 5, 2011

If you really want to understand a leader’s perspective on the market, ask them about their competition. Whether you want to admit it or not, competition is part of your world, and likely a bigger part than you’d care to admit. Now it’s your turn – how well do you know your competition?

Leadership 353

Leadership PR Disintermediation Supply Chain 353

In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

High on the list is weak marketing, weak management, and weak strategic discipline. Along the way, the leaders of these organizations turned their backs on the tenets of great branding, defined as carving out unique brand positions and adding to that strategic advantage with innovations that thrill customers. I could add a dozen more.

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Brand Competitive Advantage Fashion Price 100

Strategy Driven

MAY 9, 2014

Learning how to use lead-generation marketing to your advantage requires planning and forethought. By setting goals, creating a plan to adopt new tactics, and testing the results, you can measure how the company’s investment of budget and time helps increase the number of leads and sales. Adopting New Tactics.

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Goal Planning Strategy Tactics 65

N2Growth Blog

MARCH 10, 2011

An Overview on the Importance of Change : While there is little debate that the successful implementation of change can create an extreme competitive advantage, it is not well understood that the lack of doing so can send a company (or an individual’s career) into a death spiral. Senior leadership must champion any new initiative.

Leadership 397

Leadership Competitive Advantage Due Diligence Short-term 397

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2014

Strong supplier relationships can provide a competitive advantage but are often not cultivated effectively. In today’s competitive environment, that is no longer sufficient. Strong supplier relationships can provide a key competitive advantage. Complimentary Resource – 8 Content Marketing Mistakes to Avoid.

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Supply Chain Resources eBook Competitive Advantage 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

For investors to succeed in the foreclosure (FCL) market, they should study over time the strategies and tactics adopted by other successful investors. They allocate their time and resources into making appropriate market contacts in order to create a competitive advantage over the myriad of other market participants.

Exit Strategy 51

Exit Strategy Discount Real Estate Competitive Advantage 51

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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Price Discount Brand Supply Chain 371

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Technology is a tool, which feeds into tactics. Sales is a tactic, one of dozens of tactics which an organization must pursue. Tactics feed into objectives, which feed into goals, which feed into strategy, which feeds into Vision. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage.

Mission Statement 81

Mission Statement Benchmarking Tactics Strategic Planning 81

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Going through the four decision cycles effectively expresses upon and supports the key drivers for creating a needed strategic advantage that ultimately sustains a more robust and rigorous competitive advantage.

Crisis 334

Crisis System Process Leadership 334

In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 29, 2011

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. Tactics are often misconstrued as strategies. This is a tremendous competitive advantage. So are goals. Ever heard this?

Strategy 131

Strategy CEO Company Competitive Advantage 131

HR Digest

MAY 17, 2024

Transformational change, on the other hand, encompasses larger-scale, complex initiatives that fundamentally alter the way the organization operates, like expanding into new international markets or launching a new business arm.

Management 64

Management Agility Training Policies 64

LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

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. Tactics are often misconstrued as strategies. This is a tremendous competitive advantage. So are goals. Ever heard this?

Strategy 97

Strategy Company Competitive Advantage Chemicals 97

N2Growth Blog

JULY 2, 2010

While not all great business leaders have served in the military, those of you who possess the heart of a warrior understand the advantages you derive from your military bearing and state of mind. I’ve rarely come across students of military history that don’t have a great command of both strategic thinking and tactical implementation.

Brand 353

Brand Depreciation Blog Politics 353

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

We are facing a new world – one that calls for new approaches to generating consistent competitive advantage. The near-universal rush to cut costs and headcount is more likely distracting us from, rather than enabling, the real work of retooling our enterprises to be competitive in this new world.

Ohno 50

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LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

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. Tactics are often misconstrued as strategies. This is a tremendous competitive advantage. So are goals. Ever heard this?

Strategy 74

Strategy Company Competitive Advantage Chemicals 74

Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

There is one universal principle that determines the degree of success of all businesses: Be the preferred provider to your markets. It’s a provider that a customer or client favors in the purchase of a product or service versus its competition. You share some tactics for dealing with a toxic boss. ” -Stan Silverman.

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Silverman Career Succession Ethics 113

Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 3, 2020

He has presided over a dramatic turnaround, catapulting Scripps from near bankruptcy to a dominant market position. Today, Van Gorder is the President and CEO at Scripps Health , one of America’s foremost health systems with 14,000 employees and 2,600 affiliated physicians.

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Books Leadership Ethics Morale 65

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

He has presided over a dramatic turnaround, catapulting Scripps from near bankruptcy to a dominant market position. Today, Van Gorder is the President and CEO at Scripps Health , one of America’s foremost health systems with 14,000 employees and 2,600 affiliated physicians.

Books 65

Books Leadership Ethics Morale 65

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

This is a frequently-used tactic by Asians themselves. Where Westerners normally are looking for commitment, Asians see no advantage in premature engagement. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. Smart Marketing for Small Businesses. Be ambiguous, so as to leave options open.

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Open-book Competitive Advantage Marketing Content 60

Skip Prichard

JUNE 12, 2023

Building a Growth Advantage enhances profit which, in turn, allows these companies to invest more in their competitive and brand advantage. They understand competition is always after market share and realize they need to constantly innovate and invest in their Company Advantage.

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Power Goal Objective Planning 102

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Koreans and Chinese may use it tactically, but not in their general comportment. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. Relate Articles: Smart Marketing for Small Businesses. Dead”-On Business Rules: Ten Tie-Dyed and True Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead, part 1 of 2.

Open-book 59

Open-book Competitive Advantage Marketing Content 59

Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Unfortunately, the popularity of debating the merits of one tactic over the other has recently given rise to a whole new set of either/or scenarios where leaders are encouraged to adopt one approach at the expense of the other.

Power 269

Power Strategy Agility Innovation 269

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 19, 2013

We should be encouraging our teams to approach every area of the business innovatively – including customer service, processes, organizational design, marketing, and leadership. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. FREE COPY of a StrategyDriven Expert Contributor book †.

Six Sigma 50

Six Sigma Productivity Products Bureaucracy 50

Strategy Driven

APRIL 16, 2014

Sheila Hura is Vice President of Marketing and Advertising at Turning Technologies, the leading provider of instructional, assessment delivery and data collection solutions for learning environments. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. About the Author. A monthly recurring subscription of $9.95

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Audience Technology Competitive Advantage Survey 58

Strategy Driven

JUNE 18, 2015

These disparities are also among the biggest misperceptions that both online and offline marketers hold. This overwhelming demand for consumer attention and dollars has created a market filled with cynics, whose defenses are on full alert.”. Companies that do this effectively will most certainly amass market share.”.

Crisis 50

Crisis Strategy Brand Telemarketing 50

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 19, 2015

SECOND FAILURE: The sales process is at odds with you AND the market. THIRD FAILURE: The sales leader who bought it isn’t convinced it’s going to work, he’s just using it as a CYA tactic. No proof that the system or process actually works in your market. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage.

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System Process Open-book Customer Loyalty 50

Strategy Driven

MARCH 19, 2014

But keep in mind that there are many types of paperless office systems on the market, and check the features carefully before you pick the one that’s right for your business. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. StrategyDriven Tactical Execution Forum. A monthly recurring subscription of $9.95

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