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Turnarounds and the Big Play | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

The means to that end is quickly slashing sku’s and product lines to reduce inventories. Familiar examples are spending more on advertising, introducing new products or line extensions, expanding distribution. Secondly, he innovated with blockbuster products iMac and iPod. Human Resources. Damn right it will.

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A Culture of Excellence: An Interview with Melissa Strait

HR Digest

As one of the world’s largest employers with workforce all across the globe, what’s Inspire Brands’ best practices during crisis to ensure productivity and transparency? Our recognition culture is a fundamental part of the way we operate and something that truly differentiates Inspire as a company. .

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My Best Blogs of 2011

In the CEO Afterlife

My fascination isn’t my productivity; rather, it is the source of the idea. There has to be a break from day-to-day operations in the process. Brand Managers inherit brands and manage existing franchises. Frankly, I wasn’t sure whether I could maintain the pace of one blog per week.

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5 Critical Factors For Building The Right Team

Tanveer Naseer

Great execution can elevate a flawed plan; at the same time, poor operational capabilities can easily sink a great set of ideas. The real magic for me as a leader was understanding how to shape our strategy and operational plans by integrating ideas from others and empowering them to bring those concepts to life.

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The Global Rise of Female Entrepreneurs

Harvard Business Review

While aggregated data is often challenging to find, the recent Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) found 126 million women starting or running businesses, and 98 million operating established (over three and a half years) businesses. Similarly, I recently met with Sanergy and Copia Global, Kenyan social enterprises using franchise models.

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What Connects Coca-Cola, Lego, In-N-Out, Intuit, and Nike? Focus.

In the CEO Afterlife

This can mean expanding product lines, entering new markets and geographies, line extending brands, acquiring new businesses, creating projects, and adding layers of management to manage the self-created complexity. With 60% of annual sales coming from innovative new products, it is clear that LEGO has not been idle. In-N-Out Burger.

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How to Take a Social Venture to Scale

Harvard Business Review

For a social entrepreneur with an innovative solution, the holy grail is scaling it —that is, taking it to a level where the new approach operates efficiently and effectively to achieve significant mitigation of a social problem. Increasing numbers of social programs grow with revenue generated by their own operations.

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