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Become a Brand Renegade

Leading Blog

We prioritized how to move the industry forward as a more mainstream, P&L-focused business. Our end goal was to hire not only the artist and body piercer with the most talent but someone who understood and could adapt to our company culture. Instead, we focused on our brand and how to flip the script on growing a business.

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Leadership That Gets Results

Great Leadership By Dan

P eople aren''t wondering if they are going to be fired. L et them know what the board of directors is saying. L et them kno w about your financial goals. P rior to becomi ng a CE O myself, the title of chief executive officer hel d some form of mystical power. A nd when trust exists, busines s accelerates.

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What we need in incubators

Women on Business

The goal is admirable, small businesses stimulate economies and create more jobs. Technology dominates incubators and while the focus on tech has a great roll off effect on business, not everyone is a tech company and we still need advice. How do we interpret P &L L’s and why are they important?

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Be an Advocate for Yourself :: Women on Business

Women on Business

o Make sure your position has P&L responsibility. Develop your web of influence (key stakeholders, decision makers, influencers, connectors) to assist you in reaching your goal. Create visibility and credibility for yourself in the organization. o Take on high profile projects. Identify your value proposition.

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The Three Decisions You Need to Own

Harvard Business Review

While the obvious decisions that CEOs need to get right involve strategy and competitive advantage, too many executives delegate away three critical decisions that they need to own: decisions about goals, resource allocation, and people. Goal setting : As a rule, CEOs don’t give enough attention to setting goals.

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The Big Picture of Business – The Book of Acronyms

Strategy Driven

From our viewpoint, if business is conducted honorably and professionally, then profitability and success flow from doing the right things… not from pursuing false goals. Technology cannot take the place of human communication… only may add to it. Too often, one hears about what goes wrong in business relationships.

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You Can’t Do Strategy Without Input from Sales

Harvard Business Review

But the disconnect between sales and strategy (in this case, a lack of strategy to deal with a technology that is redefining the market and customer behavior) is the hidden subtext of the book. And appropriate incentives are a necessary but not sufficient cause of getting field behaviors to align with company goals.