In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 27, 2014

The operative word in the question is “YOU.” For more on the 80/20 rule, complexity, and the power of strategic focus, download a free introductory chapter of my new book Do Less Better: The Power of Strategic Sacrifice in a Complex World. Plan your work, work your plan, and enjoy the ride.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 23, 2012

For most of my career, I operated within intensely competitive arenas where fractions of market share points were worth millions of dollars. It’s not as if RIM were operating in a non-competitive environment. The late French author Andre Maurois once said, “Business is a combination of sport and war.”

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 24, 2017

What’s left in apparel and sporting goods is a good strategic fit with Nike’s operations. Strategy tells you what not to do. The power of the do less better strategy is its capacity to keep thinks a simple and uncluttered from production and distribution all the way to sales, marketing, and service. 1 Big Idea .

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In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

Leadership. by John • November 20, 2011 • Branding , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 4 Comments. However, it woke up Coke who were forced to look beyond their advertising and instead at their operational strategy. Leadership. In the CEO Afterlife. Main menu Home. Search My Site.

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

You should also know that this year brings with it new taxation and new regulations that may add expenses and affect the way you operate your business. Evaluate your leadership If you don’t improve your leadership skills, there is little chance your business can improve. People need what they need, when they need it.

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In the CEO Afterlife

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

I’ll start with leadership. The same argument can be made for strategies. The path upon which I am walking is the one paved by powerful corporate cultures and shared employee values. The power they exert from impregnable patents and scale economies is providing unprecedented sales and earnings growth.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 21, 2016

Success comes from the ability to satisfy America’s powerful retail chains with flexibility, service, pre-defined quality, all at the lowest price. Companies who thrive on a fast culture are obsessed with reducing costs and improving operations. Pedal to the Metal Mentality.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 19, 2012

At this point I will gaze into my crystal ball and prophesize the environments in which 21 st century CEOs will operate, a decade from now. I know from my marketing background that the human brain can absorb only so much. Some of the changes I am prophesizing may initially appear to be challenging; yet, they offer opportunity.

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In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 31, 2011

I began blogging about leadership, strategy, marketing and life last February. There has to be a break from day-to-day operations in the process. In this post, I compare the ineptitude of BP against the leadership of Rudy Giuliani during a much bigger crisis. ” Self-assessment is never easy.

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In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 29, 2011

Leadership. Clout as Strategy and Why Companies Won’t Admit It. by John • August 29, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Strategy • 2 Comments. What is the definition of strategy? Strategy is a plan of action designed to achieve a defined goal. Leadership. In the CEO Afterlife.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Jim Kim (President of the World Bank), Peter Drucker (founder of modern management), Paul Hersey (noted author, teacher, and personal mentor of mine), and Warren Bennis (one of the world’s greatest leadership thinkers of his time). Has been recognized as the World’s #1 Leadership Thinker. Author of two best-selling leadership books.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 26, 2015

Nonetheless, sheer size provides huge economies of scale throughout their operation, especially in production, overheads, distribution and marketing. As an ex-Kraft executive you can expect more about Kraft and giant-slaying in my book, Do Less Better: The Power of Strategic Sacrifice in a Complex World. Focus or Scale?

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In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 10, 2012

That’s not important; their interesting and inspirational stories are what matters to those of us who value the power of creativity. The former head of Apple’s retail operations believes the ability to change is the key to success. To be honest, I’d never heard of the vast majority on these people. 2 Rebecca Van Dyck – CMO Facebook.

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In the CEO Afterlife

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Jacobs Suchard Directors expected me to run their North American operation as an entrepreneurial enterprise, and as long as the returns were favorable, they assumed I was doing just that. During my tenure as a CEO, my Board of Directors never posed questions pertaining to corporate culture. I wasn’t surprised in the least.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2013

You probably didn’t answer, “How to implement effective marketing.” ” Marketing can sometimes slip through the cracks given the constant and pressing demands of sales, client service, and internal operations. This comprehensive, powerful program leads to better sales techniques and increased close rates.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2018

For the former, we examined the presence and market penetration of disruptor companies; we also considered incumbents’ financial performance. For the latter, we measured incumbents’ operational efficiency, commitment to innovation, and defenses against attack. Supermarkets are a case in point.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2014

To understand the power of mental models, consider Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis, an Austrian physician working in the 1840s. Shifts in mental models go deeper than traditional thought leadership. Most thought leadership tries to establish a company as an expert within the existing mental model.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

The widely accepted view that strategy and execution are separable activities sets companies up for failure in a fast-paced world. One of us (Paul) is a strategy scholar and economist; the other (Amy) studies organizational behavior and operations management.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2015

Their concerns fell into three broad categories: talent, operating in a global marketplace, and regulation and legislation. Operating in a Global Marketplace. Eight of the CEOs pointed to the challenges of operating in a fast-paced global marketplace. As David Thodey put it, “Leadership was pretty important.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2018

These relationships can create efficient new sales channels and powerful feedback mechanisms or unlock entirely new business models. Alternatively, the company can operate in stealth mode by targeting customer segments that have been poorly served or ignored by traditional distributors. The auto industry is a case in point.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Adding a chief marketing officer (CMO) became crucial as new channels and media raised the complexity of brand building, while Chief strategy officers (CSOs) joined top teams to help grapple with complex and fast-changing global markets. The possibility of failure is high when companies don’t commit senior leadership.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

The changes in healthcare – consolidation, restructuring, regulation, spending pressures – that are necessitating a transformation at Philips Healthcare are a subset of a series of powerful forces in the business world that have catapulted marketing from an often-isolated support function to a critical capability for driving above-average growth.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2015

When and how do we shift our businesses from legacy operating models to ones that better reflect the future? National Public Radio and Upworthy are just two media organizations using CrowdTangle to power fast-moving social media trend analysis and news curation. Marketing strategies.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Rebel Brown : I’ve been a consultant for over 20 years now, focused on helping international clients in areas of business and market strategy, positioning and market launches. Mike Myatt: What’s been most rewarding to you in your work in the leadership field? Rebel Brown : Ah – when the light goes on!

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2016

Describing your accomplishments in two- to three-line bullet points that start with powerful action verbs and end with quantifiable results. He noted his accomplishments in several areas: strategy development and execution, branding and marketing, sales, partnerships, and IP. You’re searching for a new job.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 18, 2015

Companies that appreciate the power of sacrifice also appreciate that ‘do less better’ is a winning strategy at both the corporate and functional level. Although Coca-Cola sales lag those of their food and beverage arch rival, Coke’s profit and market cap significantly outpaces Pepsi. That’s the secret to their brand power.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2010

SAS – Providing organizations with THE POWER TO KNOW ® SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. Since 1976, SAS has been giving customers around the world THE POWER TO KNOW ®.

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In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

This human powered b t filter was a handy and powerful tool. The creative industry operates largely by holding ‘creative’ people ransom to their own self-image, precarious sense of self-worth, and fragile – if occasionally out of control ego. Power down. That was always a good feeling. Not much slipped through the net.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2016

More than half of the vital perspectives we heard expressing dire concerns about company practices, leadership behavior, confusion over strategy, resentment over unfairness, or fear about the future had never been voiced to leaders who had the power to act upon them. This has real costs. This wreaked havoc in the trenches.”

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In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 3, 2014

Caution is the operative word. But, in no way should this discount the power of boldness. Let me give you an example of this in business leadership. Bold and Virtuous Leadership. Human Resources Leadership Marketing Strategy BP Culture Donald Trump Entrepreneurship Howard Schultz Life Mentoring Starbucks Vision'

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In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 10, 2015

When one considers the power of culture at such notables as Google, Zappos, Amazon, and Twitter, there is good reason. Pundits are making the case that culture is the new means to the same end, using strategy as the foil. For example, we know that a great strategy without great execution isn’t worth the paper it’s written on.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

This means that many emerging market risks get cut from the senior leadership agenda. At Frontier Strategy Group, we observed that in 2017, executives and boards paid the most attention to risks that dominated global headlines: Brexit, the Trump administration’s trade policy, cybersecurity, and, more recently, North Korea.

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