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13 Things that Make Organizations Extraordinary

Mark Sanborn

Companies must focus on nurturing and developing their human resources. Financial Health and Sustainability Sound financial management, diversification of revenue streams, and long-term financial planning are vital in weathering financial crises and market fluctuations. Operations are the foundation of every company.

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4 Ways to a Better Bottom Line

Lead Change Blog

Even more, we have a moral and ethical business obligation to be savvy in how the world works. Global mindset is truly having the desire, knowledge, and skills to operate effectively in business today. A global mindset is a critical skill parallel to legal, marketing, sales, or strategy. Understand customer behavior.

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Want to Cut Complexity? Kill Your Darlings.

In the CEO Afterlife

A long time ago, this ethic saved a near-bankrupt company that I had a part in restructuring. To rise from the ashes, our young management team made several tough sacrifices to transform a multi-product, multi-brand operation from generalist to specialist. Specialists beat generalists – always have, always will.

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7 Effective Strategies for Managing Customer Data

Strategy Driven

Product development, marketing, and pricing, among others, are all influenced by the data the business has. The main goal of a CDP is to improve marketing decisions by unifying online and offline data. To effectively manage customer data, you need to invest in your human resources. Be Ethical.

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Be Different! The Key to Business and Career Success

Skip Prichard

There is one universal principle that determines the degree of success of all businesses: Be the preferred provider to your markets. So, how does a business build competitive advantage by becoming the preferred provider to the markets it serves? The title of your book is Be Different! Different in what way? ” -Stan Silverman.

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How to Thrive Against Giants

In the CEO Afterlife

There might be elements that are worth emulating, but certainly not the ethic of dominance, because by their very nature, small and medium sized operations have no clout. Qualitative cultures are about the creativity, the ingenuity, and the innovation created by the human resource, not the financial resource.

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20 Reasons Why Companies Should Do Less Better

In the CEO Afterlife

The seemingly more attractive (and logical) option is to do more and more – the theory being the more markets, products, and businesses a company engages in, the better the results. What’s left in apparel and sporting goods is a good strategic fit with Nike’s operations. Yet, do less better isn’t something most leaders embrace.

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