CEO Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

But as I always say Leadership(Direction/Work on the right thing) before Management(efficiency). That is the thesis behind my Time Management book. Schussler is the founder of the highly successful Rainforest Cafe (hence the jungle theme). He shares a list of 5 Ps of breakthrough success: Personality (Schussler has it.

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Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

I asked each of these leaders a single question about healthy leadership: What healthy habits do you attribute to your success as a leader? These 3 areas of health are critical to your success and I’m glad to see a recurring theme among the answers. Healthy Habits Of Successful Leaders. Michael Hyatt.

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Mark Sanborn

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

” Theodore Levitt said, “The future belongs to those who see opportunities before they become obvious.” A successful entrepreneur, Bill credits much of his success to his 15/15 program: He read 15 hours a week for 15 years. In the process, he became an expert in areas outside his specialty of management.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2014

In 1960, marketing legend Ted Levitt provided perhaps his seminal contribution to the Harvard Business Review : “ Marketing Myopia.” To avoid that, Levitt exhorted leaders to ask themselves the seemingly obvious question – “What business are you really in?” It’s time to make business human again. Embrace your organization’s humanity.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

As Ted Levitt pointed out 55 years ago, companies develop significant myopia over time, only seeing things that are squarely in the mainstream of their market. The taxi market is fragmented, and customers in many markets report significant frustration around reliability, cab cleanliness, and more, giving Uber a great chance of success.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

Sales was traditionally seen as a form of service work, with an emphasis primarily on developing moral character. Many salespeople (typically a majority in our experience) now cite navigating their own organizations as a bigger challenge than managing customers and clients. Each group has its own operating procedures.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2015

Strategic success required pleasing Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin. With apologies to Ted Levitt , a new “Marketing Myopia 2.0” ” That’s not cynicism; that’s savvy risk management. What successful companies are doing right. The answer, he declared, was now obvious. The room went quiet.

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