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Maybe You’re an Entrepreneur After All

Lead Change Blog

Vans is way more than just another shoe company; it’s a worldwide influencer that’s still striking a chord with up-and-coming generations. Fortunately, leadership is all about influencing people and the future toward a greater good, and that has entrepreneurship written all over it. The best part?

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The Pistol Maker Who Saved American Industry

Lead Change Blog

It was the sidearm of choice for Wyatt Earp, Billy the Kid, Jesse James, Buffalo Bill Coty, “Bat” Masterson and Wild Bill Hickok. Sam Colt was a marketing genius. Colt pistols were advertised with the revolver being used on wild animal hunts or against bandits. Wild West performers sported Colt pistols.

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Candidate Management During a Crisis

N2Growth Blog

General expectation setting and maintenance is paramount to any recruitment process and especially so in a tumultuous market environment. Social psychologist, Philip Zimbardo said, “Situational variables can exert powerful influences over human behavior, more so that we recognize or acknowledge.”

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9 Lessons from Henry Ford’s $5 Day Decision

Leading Blog

He simplified the design and construction of the automobile, narrowed the choices available (“any color you want, so long as it’s black”) and marketed it toward what we would today call the “down market.” I MAGINE that this is your situation: Your young company is a raging success.

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Is It Fun Being Led by You?

Lead Change Blog

He hunted wild animals in Africa and, as a naturalist, started the U.S. Squeezing another penny out of costs, getting product to market a few weeks earlier, responding to customers’ inquiries a little bit faster, ratcheting quality up one more notch, capturing another point of market share–those are the obsessions of managers today.

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The Leader as a Venture Capitalist

Kevin Eikenberry

They consider the idea itself, the team, the market and more. Consider what venture capitalists do. They look for good ideas – they look through lots of ideas to find ones they think have a real chance for success. And as smart as they are, they know they won’t always guess right.

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Brand Exposure

N2Growth Blog

It is simply a more intelligent approach to consistently manage brand exposure than it is to let your brand run wild and then attempt to triage overexposure. Once a brand’s appeal begins to erode, it will require significant time and expense to recover. link] mikemyatt Thanks for sharing your insights Joe – spot-on as usual.

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