Engaging Leader

JULY 17, 2013

I was not one of social media’s early adopters. Aspendale Blog Communication skills Feedback Social media Tactics Technology' I finally got on Facebook in 2009, roughly the same time as your grandmother. Not until 2011. All those hashtags and short URLs confused me.

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Media Early Adopters Tactics Technology 176

Lead Change Blog

JULY 2, 2015

No amount of tactical change management training will substitute for having an entire organization that has a clear vision of goals, shared responsibility, and personal accountability to achieve results. Thus, both types take preparation and skillful execution if they are going to produce positive results. Who are the willing?

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Management Early Adopters Metrics ROI 150

Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 26, 2012

Could you copy this tactic and focus laser-like on one main product? This will appeal to both early adopters (who can spread the word) and customers not being served by current DVD rental businesses. Serve the best pasta in the city? The best burritos, and only burritos? See what happened there?

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Incubator Early Adopters Business Model Quality 238

Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

It does this by allowing them to move on from performing tactical administrative roles and becoming central to the strategic planning of the organisation. Scale things – Once you have both some successful results on a small scale AND emotional buy-in from the key early adopters across your organisation, you can then look to scale things.

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Early Adopters ROI Media Tools 91

Lead from Within

JUNE 10, 2018

Ignore the early adopter critics that never have enough to play with. Ignore your investors that want proven tactics and predictable instant results. You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take. Wayne Gretzky. The media wants overnight successes (so they have someone to tear down). Ignore them.

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Succession Entrepreneur Drucker Learning-by-Doing 120

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2013

They encourage viral marketing through early adopters. These strategies may sound familiar, but implementing them effectively at the BoP requires distinct tactics. The first step to introducing something new is reducing the risk enough to attract early adopters.

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Early Adopters Payback Period NGO Influence 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

Some of their tactics included addressing employee feedback head-on, creating a program of formal career paths, increasing levels of recognition, and over-communicating expectations and goals. Founders should set expectations with their early employees that these changes are a natural part of the firm’s success.

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Morale Attrition Early Adopters Benchmarking 12