Skip Prichard

AUGUST 16, 2021

Legacy companies, we hear, are all doomed to fail unless they double down on the latest digital innovations, and disruptors are ordained to take over the world. Digital innovation is the answer to everything. And, yet, great customer service keeps customers coming back. and it’s never the only answer. Rob Siegel.

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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 3, 2022

They make sure to embed their purpose in the very operating system of their organizations. Deep purpose leaders understand that this way of operating will inevitably lead to short-term trade-offs among stakeholders, including customers, employees, suppliers, investors and society at large. ” -Ranjay Gulati.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

If change and innovation weren’t key contributors to sustainable success, and the enterprise could just run on auto-pilot, you could replace the CEO with a General Manager. That is the question that many a business is forced to ask at some point during their life cycle. The fact is that business is not a static endeavor.

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Restructuring Blog CEO Brand 305

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 18, 2019

So strongly did the company believe in the power of cycling to transform their business however, that they bought the team rather than simply sponsor it. The researchers examine four key performance indicators to assess the impact of wellbeing investment: customer loyalty, employee productivity, profitability, and employee turnover.

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Customer Loyalty Education Loyalty ROI 72

Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Mozilla, for example, seeks to deepen its connections to customers, who have an open invitation to shape the company’s Internet browser and other product offerings, by publishing its financial results (something it does not need to do as a private company), opening its business meetings to the public and posting its strategic plans online.

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How To Airlines Media Innovation 110

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Fear based motivations don’t instill loyalty, create trust, build morale, inspire creativity, attract talent, or drive innovation. when things get tough, or other opportunities present themselves, your employees will cut-and-run at the first option that comes their way because you have failed to earn their loyalty.

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Loyalty Blog Leadership Brand 417

Chart Your Course

AUGUST 14, 2012

The Zappos vision statement is, “Delivering happiness to our customers, vendors and employees.” Happiness has created unparalleled customer loyalty to the extent 80% of their customers return to purchase again. The amazing thing is there are lots of innovative employees who have great ideas, but most of them go untapped.

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Newsletter Insurance Class Workshop 165

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Innovation has the potential to transform the investment industry. Yet the world’s largest funds are closed off from these innovations. Research we have collected in recent months shows that pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, and endowments expect imminent breakthrough innovations in investment technology.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Given the unrelenting pace of change surrounding organizations in virtually every industry, companies are looking for executives who know how to innovate and introduce change, not simply caretakers who can manage the status quo. Senior management doesn't really encourage innovation, you'll hear. They won't let me take risks."

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

How much does your company need to invest in innovation? To assess such risks to your business, consider the following six questions: Is customer loyalty decreasing? This often signifies that a company has overshot the market by introducing improvements that customers increasingly consider irrelevant and will not pay for.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 10, 2019

Even if you are the most successful brand in your industry, you can be sure that the competition will be looking for innovative ways to grow and knock you off of your perch. It is impossible to grow a company without the right people powering the operation. Promote Customer Loyalty. Attracting New Customers.

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Industry Customer Loyalty How To Loyalty 51

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Regardless, Tesco’s collective failures feel operational, organizational and cultural. More than any other retailer of scale, Tesco had committed to customer research, analytics, and loyalty as its marketing and operational edge. Knowledge goes from power to impotence. This isn’t simply bad luck.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2014

Many modern businesses take stock in the reality of disruptive innovation and try to react accordingly. In car rentals, firms like Hertz and Enterprise are making bets on car-sharing operations. As disrupters emerge on the scene, we simply trudge along expecting the same listening and prioritization tools to guide our operations.

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Disruptive Innovation Airlines Tactics Tools 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2015

Facebook’s proven power to affect voting turnout alarmed some, but that concern was largely hypothetical. Many of the companies inserting politics into their user experience operate popular social platforms themselves. Rinse and repeat, over and over.

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Politics Real Estate Morale Business Model 8

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. To drive co-creation, you must invite your customers into the value equation. Operate your new co-creative digital business.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2016

The linked system allowed for more insight into customers, and managers could use the information to coach employees, to assess whether they had the right tools and resources, and to identify people with innovative ideas and leadership potential. Insight Center. Measuring Marketing Insights. Sponsored by Google Analytics 360 Suite.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

McKinsey’s DataMatics 2013 survey shows that companies that use customer analytics extensively are more than twice as likely to generate above-average profits as those that don’t. Data-driven customer insights give the CMO the power to do all that. That bottom line sensibility is crucial.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2017

Loyalty programs are ripe for some kind of disruptive innovation that would make them easier to use. The Explainer: Disruptive Innovation. See More Videos > See More Videos > All loyalty programs are vulnerable to a blockchain revolution, but the travel industry is perhaps the most at risk. Distributed Database.

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Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

Which leads me to this conclusion; one of the healthiest habits you can operate in is healthy thinking! This has been the biggest contributor to how I operate now. The most powerful habit I have that helps make me a better leader and a better person is exercise. Bell, Customer Loyalty Consultant and author at [link].

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Succession Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Follow-up 316

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2016

.” And yet the lean startup methodology, born in Silicon Valley as a way for startups to tune in to customer needs with limited resources, has been gaining major momentum inside big companies like General Electric, Alaska Airlines, Telefonica, 3M, and W.L. ’ Sometimes you need to be reminded of that.”

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

The article shocked the sensibilities of many who worried about rising corporate power in the world, but for many executives struggling to chart courses through the chaos of newly globalized and deregulated markets, it offered an irresistible clarity: one need only focus on owners’ interests. Raised customers’ expectations.

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Supply Chain Bureaucracy Short-term Agility 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2017

Each of these companies has aligned and integrated its culture and brand to create a powerful engine of competitive advantage and growth. When you think and operate in unique ways internally, you can produce the unique identity and image you desire externally. Just as brands differ, there is no single right culture.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2012

That means providing them with detailed training programs and customer-response guidelines that are based on an array of scenarios. Tie your metrics to their impact on behaviors such as customer loyalty and increased sales that drive value. Are You Giving up Power? The Social Solution to Innovation Challenges.

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