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Turnarounds and the Big Play | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

So now you’ve cut costs and freed up some cash. Nabob Coffee’s market share accelerated to 25% and national leadership as arch rival Maxwell House worked to catch up. While they played catch-up, we were already working on the next innovation. link] #branding #marketing #advertising #design Follow Me on Twitter.

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Why HR and the CEO should be joined at the Hip | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

The advice proved excellent, and for the rest of my days in the corner office I was joined at the hip with an outstanding finance executive who is now the CFO of Lindt & Sprüngli , the world’s leading chocolatier. After all, I had come up through the marketing ranks. Follow me here. There’s no doubt.

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Scan for the 3 key ingredients of trends to survive in the Expectation Economy

Strategy Driven

If you work for a small firm or a giant organization, in fashion or finance, in Texas or Tanzania, you are competing in a ruthless, globe-spanning Expectation Economy. It’s built around several key stages that professionals can follow to continually delight continually-demanding customers. Innovations.

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Saving Face: How to Preserve Dignity and Build Trust

Skip Prichard

It speaks to a deeper human need for dignity and acceptance, and the ways we grant dignity to one another. There is an old saying I remember hearing when I was growing up in Taiwan: Spilled water is hard to regain. Face represents one’s self esteem, self-worth, identity, reputation, status, pride, and dignity.

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If You Want to Be Happy at Work, Have a Life Outside of It

Harvard Business Review

With more of us wanting and expecting our jobs to provide not just a paycheck but also human needs like learning, community, and a sense of purpose, we wanted to know what specifically makes people happy at work. Is it fair pay and benefits? Having a great boss? A clear career path?

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