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Brand Surgery ? excerpts from my Marketing Magazine article | In.

In the CEO Afterlife

The role has been relegated to middle managers who are brand custodians, not leaders in innovation. Through no fault of their own, they either lack the experience, the clout or the motivation to drive innovation into the brands they manage. It’s only at this stage that today’s customers are prepared to listen.

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The CEO as Chief Brand Custodian | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

by John • October 17, 2011 • Branding , Human Resources , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 3 Comments. CEOs (and to some extent, CMOs) are so preoccupied with Wall Street and/or the management fad of the day that their eye has drifted from the heartbeat of their brands. Human Resources.

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