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Unexpected Leadership Lessons that Mobsters Can Teach Lawful Leaders

Leading Blog

L EADERSHIP is a broad term, and it applies to those who you might not have a positive perception of — including mobsters. Finally, leaders must develop a culture that communicates the organization’s vision and strategy. Forrester is the co-author of Relentless: The Forensics of Mobsters; Business Practices. These include: 1.

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Leadership Lessons from the Navy

Skip Prichard

Leadership is about showing common courtesies, caring and encouraging the growth and development of those whom you lead. We were all in Newport, Rhode Island, to attend the Navy’s prestigious leadership development course known as Command Leadership School. The term “paradigm shift” is a well-worn term.

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New Research: You're Doing Customer Experience Innovation Wrong

Harvard Business Review

In a recent Forrester survey of 100 customer experience professionals, nearly half of respondents said that their executive team''s strategy for customer experience is market differentiation. Why haven''t we seen more and more companies earning excellent scores in Forrester''s Customer Experience Index ? Customer service Innovation'

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How Big Data Brings Marketing and Finance Together

Harvard Business Review

Likewise, marketing wants to clearly quantify the impact of its long-term branding efforts while finance is more focused on macro-economic drivers of marketing performance, such as interest rates, employment levels, inflation and retail sales. This has spurred re-thinks that include changes to key executive relationships.

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Distinguish Yourself from the Market, Not Just Other Applicants

Harvard Business Review

She was a training manager for a large corporation, advising middle and senior managers on career development. Located at the home office, she developed long-term relationship with her clients. John McCarthy of Forrester Research predicts that at least 3.3 to low-cost countries by 2015. Find a market niche.

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Psychology Is the Key to Detecting Internal Cyberthreats

Harvard Business Review

In behavioral science research , certain negative emotions, stressors, and conflicts have long been associated with incidents of workplace aggression, employee turnover, absenteeism, accidents, fraud, sabotage, and espionage. As Forrester’s July 2016 Hunting Insider Threats report states, “Insiders are people, not computers.

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Finding Your Next Big (Adjacent) Idea

Harvard Business Review

These ideas are better than your more linear, long-term product ideas, and they're easier to bring to market. We've blogged elsewhere on the topic ; let me share some more details with those who aren't reading Forrester's research. Because we think we're on to something, we're trying to get the word out.