Lead on Purpose

JULY 6, 2009

Are you taking advantage of the many Product Camps or “Un-Conferences” offered this year? Product camps are a great place for product management professionals and leaders to step away from the day-to-day and engage in a day of learning and networking. Mike; “What are Product Camps and why should I attend?”

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Productivity Products Conference Participative 154

Michael Lee Stallard

DECEMBER 8, 2013

Examples include healthcare services, food and beverage products, lawn care, construction, clothing, lodging, entertainment and travel services, utilities and police protection. When Chuck Schwab started The Charles Schwab Corporation, his vision was to provide “the most useful and ethical financial services in the world.”

Motivation 326

Motivation Supply Chain Workshop Learning-by-Doing 326

Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Even more, we have a moral and ethical business obligation to be savvy in how the world works. One needs to know how to negotiate with vendors, sell to customers, and lead productive teamwork across regions – often in multiple countries at the same time. The fact is, global business is the new norm. Play memory. Share your experiences.

Globalization 150

Globalization Long-term Social Capital Travel 150

HR Digest

JANUARY 8, 2024

Of those who featured in the employee burnout statistics, 38 percent felt their enthusiasm for the work was dampened by the burnout while for 33 percent of the employees, productivity only extended to getting done with their duties leaving no energy left for additional tasks.

Trends 52

Trends Participative Report Policies 52

In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 7, 2014

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.

Human Resources 183

Human Resources Restructuring Competitive Advantage Marketing Strategy 183

Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 5, 2011

A new product or service is introduced. I’m regularly on the road to travel, meet new people, network, and bump into friends and colleagues. Their products are consistent from store to store, so I always get my Venti Zen Green Tea (with only one teabag) for $2.07 (a deal). It’s the typical hype cycle. Smile or Die!

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USP Licensing Media Industry 297

HR Digest

APRIL 8, 2024

Even customers exert the power of choice and determine what products sell or what kind of preferences they want to showcase to guide businesses into prioritizing them. Yet power in the workplace does not travel only from the top down—many forms of power at work travel from the bottom up as well.

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Power Influence Reference Travel 52

Women on Business

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Green is here to stay , and if you want your business to succeed in the 21st century, I believe that you must take steps to encourage your company to become more socially responsible, more ethical, more sustainably-minded (measurably so), and more focused on reducing, reusing, and recycling. Customers speak and big companies listen.

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White Paper Retail Ethics Transportation 178

HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Skipping on travel costs and time, spending breaks talking to your loved ones, working at your own pace away from overly-regulted work environments, living away from the city life at a destination of your choice—the remote work impact has considerably soothed the wounds of hustle culture that used to tower over everything else . employees.

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Attrition Trends McKinsey Survey 97

Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 14, 2016

Next month’s Frontline Festival is all about productivity-enhancing workspaces. The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. Eileen McDargh of The Energizer reminds us that the American work ethic may not be ethical. This month’s festival gives tips about taking a break from work. Follow Paul.

How To 180

How To Follow-up Ethics Wilde 180

Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

It’s a provider that a customer or client favors in the purchase of a product or service versus its competition. Whether a business sells autos, groceries, clothing, computers, bicycles, or raw materials to a manufacturer of industrial products, it wants to be the preferred provider of those products. ” -Stan Silverman.

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Silverman Career Succession Ethics 108

Lead on Purpose

JULY 14, 2009

Travel budgets are typically flush with cash, optimism abounds and your desire to discuss company direction is high. A lot of suppliers are spending time internally focused, curtailing travel expenses. However, in difficult times one of the first things to drop off in many companies is customer interaction.

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Travel Budgeting Rogers Taylorism 100

Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 10, 2010

I commute every day on I-95, the most travelled highway in Connecticut. How To Be More Productive When You Work From Home. And this employee/object will remain at rest (no movement – no raises, no promotions, no new projects, no GROWTH) until “a sum of physical forces” are acted upon it. I Just Saw An Accident This Morning.

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Waterman Licensing Covey Objective 286

Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 8, 2010

I buffer adequate amounts of travel time between appointments. How To Be More Productive When You Work From Home. Here are some techniques I use to be on time: I leave early. So when I get to my destination early, I get to do a little work. Like writing this blog post. Next post: Visualizing Mortality And Wealth. Smile or Die!

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Licensing Ethics Politics Tips 261

Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Standing up and speaking on a topic commands respect — for you and your product. You can guide them to other products you offer. And most of the speakers’ circuits don’t pay you a penny, nor do they pick up travel expenses. But the money’s in the production of the events. You move people with your words.

Succession 171

Succession Library Licensing Ethics 171

Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 6, 2012

I once heard Tom Peters saying that if you are a business traveler, you learn the most not from the corporate executives but from the cab drivers. How can we help leaders deal with complexity and respond to it with ethical behavior? Linda Fisher Thornton , from Leading in Context offers Leading Ethically Through Complexity.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Blog 244

Lead on Purpose

MAY 5, 2009

Jim’s passion is product management and product marketing. With over 20 years of technology industry experience, he has a fresh and current perspective in leading product management teams and has a gift for taking conceptual ideas and turning them into strategic reality using methods based on market sensing best practices.

Marketing 113

Marketing Productivity Products Ethics 113

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

Walking into these organizations is often like traveling back in time 20 years. You see tenure is not synonymous with loyalty, but rather is more often a measure of compliance and survival. When an organization promotes based upon tenure, and not based upon recognition of talent, merit, performance, etc.,

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Loyalty Blog Brand Follow-up 419

Chart Your Course

AUGUST 14, 2012

When your customer service team loses their drive, it’s detrimental to productivity, profits and personnel. Join us for this 60-minute webinar where you and your colleagues will discover: Strategies to Boost Morale and Work Ethic Among the Front-Line Staff. Classes are conducted in three, 90 minutes sessions. More information.

Webinar 154

Webinar Library Motivation Video 154

Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 13, 2010

It can tell you a lot about that person and give you speaking trajectories to ask more questions — “I see you have an office in Hong Kong, do you travel there often?&# “I see that your company is a subsidiary of Pixar, what is it like to work with them?&# How To Be More Productive When You Work From Home. Smile or Die!

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Licensing Bottom-up Ethics Creativity 335

Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 17, 2010

You connect with people in a mutually productive and pleasurable way. You plant the seed of your capabilities, service, or product but you don’t overtly go for the kill. &# Huge leather work glove – What do you do? Bi-plane - Do you travel for business? How To Be More Productive When You Work From Home.

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Follow-up Licensing Ryan Learning-by-Doing 225

Mills Scofield

APRIL 20, 2013

Weddings are a $50 billion industry in the US and green weddings are growing rapidly (about half of all brides choose at least one “eco” product or service at their wedding) but there are few options for eco or socially-responsible wedding dresses. Supply chain and product development go hand in hand.

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Supply Chain Fashion Proposal Learning Curve 159

Skip Prichard

AUGUST 31, 2020

My 10 years as an Air Force Officer and F-15 pilot put me on the front lines during the Cold War, and dealing with constant vigilance and preparation drove the work ethic I use today. Companies, products, and services come and go. After reading the book, I reached out to talk to the authors about their views of leadership today.

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Team Succession Learning-by-Doing Goal 138

Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 16, 2011

Say ‘Yes’, but change their request around so it better suits you and the direction you’re traveling in. It’s hard when we run into those who try to manufacture their own ethics and then press them on their colleagues. How To Be More Productive When You Work From Home. Rich Gee 01.17.11 Bravo for you.

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How To Ethics Licensing Project 211

Chart Your Course

AUGUST 14, 2012

When your customer service team loses their drive, it’s detrimental to productivity, profits and personnel. Join us for this 60-minute webinar where you and your colleagues will discover: Strategies to Boost Morale and Work Ethic Among the Front-Line Staff. Classes are conducted in three, 90 minutes sessions. More information.

Webinar 133

Webinar Library Motivation Video 133

Lead on Purpose

JULY 29, 2009

In only a few short weeks I have come to depend on its functionality for my work in product management and product marketing. You need an iPhone to look at existing (potentially competitive) apps so you can better understand your market(s) and write effective requirements that will move your product line in that direction.

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Early Adopters Productivity Products Marketing 154

Women on Business

JANUARY 14, 2011

Both Katie and I had, and still have, a great love for travel, and in our travels we had developed an appreciation of the brands of both established and emerging designers from around the world.

Fashion 124

Fashion Press Release Discount PR 124

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

And socially focused companies like Toms, which appeal to consumers with their “buy one, give one” promise, also praise consumers’ purchasing behavior with their altruistic tag (e.g., “With every product you purchase, TOMS will help a person in need”). But do such messages truly promote altruism?

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Ethics Licensing Self-aware Morale 9

CO2

AUGUST 14, 2010

What is equally amazing is that is where much of the stuff is made too (so if their is pollution or a stretch in ethics of how something is made we might be able to turn a blind eye)! Read about what Starbucks is doing to recycle their coffee grounds, paper cups and other waste by product. Technology and its role in travel 2.0

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Freedman Executive Coaching Strategic Planning Taylorism 87

Building Personal Strength

AUGUST 31, 2011

The articles inspire my wife Kathleen (a travel writer) and me to discover the diverse natural wonders of our state, which are many. For starters, he is a product of both. I subscribe to Texas Parks and Wildlife magazine, which I read every month. In the September 2011 issue, executive director Carter P.

Mentor 88

Mentor Participative Travel Learning-by-Doing 88

Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 5, 2010

In the summer of 2003, the ninety-two year-old Wooden traveled to the White House, where he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America’s highest civilian honor. All of his players were to be respectful toward flight attendants, waitresses and waiters, and hotel workers they encountered while traveling with the team.

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Follow-up Open-book Learning-by-Doing Hotels 360

Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 9, 2010

posted at Utpal Writes where he shares a great story about a leader beyond his title who chose the road less traveled by assuming responsibility and making a difference. Charles Chua C K presents 10 Instant Productive Working Habits posted at All About Living with Life. Military Gamification in Everything? why is everyone smiling?

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Leadership McCarthy Blog Motivation 170

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

I’m traveling to Warsaw, Poland, next month to deliver two public seminars. Once I connect, I ask for an informal meeting (usually coffee) to see if we have anything in common, or if there’s a need for my product or service. The biggest mistake salespeople make is thinking it’s all about ‘product’ and ‘price.’

Globalization 50

Globalization Mission Statement Human Capital Seminar 50

Strategy Driven

JUNE 17, 2011

Innovate and build products and services customers love to use. How well do you know your employees’ skills, work ethic, and willingness to embrace change? How well does your product accommodate the customers’ needs? What can you learn by observing their use of your products or services? Nurture leaders at all levels.

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Learning-by-Doing Industry Follow-up Skills 62

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 15, 2011

When we are positive, our brains become more engaged, creative, motivated, energetic, resilient, and productive at work. When I left Waco, I had been out of Texas four times and never out of the country (though Texans consider anything out of Texas foreign travel). This isn’t just an empty mantra. So I went to Harvard, and I stayed.

Bottom-up 56

Bottom-up Stress Case Study Newsletter 56

Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 23, 2010

These sobering statistics represent a drain on productivity that leaders can no longer afford to ignore. Research from the Corporate Executive Board shows that engaged employees are 20 percent more productive than the average employee. Organizations with aligned and engaged employees clearly have a competitive edge.

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Long-term Consensus Class Follow-up 207

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 13, 2014

For me, it’s traveling to The Great Wall of China. My list of things to do between now and the New Year should keep you busy, productive, and inspired to achieve more this year than you did last year. Solidify one big idea. My big idea for 2014 is the continuation and solidification of the Gitomer Certified Advisor Program.

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Customer Loyalty Document Competitive Advantage Seminar 50