Women on Business

AUGUST 26, 2011

In my industry I see a lot of individuals who were really good at their chosen profession and that skill got them thrust into the management arena. The biggest mistake I see in management is the underutilization of staff. If you have a chatty person in an office role, they may be better utilized in your sales or PR staff.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 11, 2011

Have you realized,” a friend pointed out to me, “that yours may be the first novel in the history of fiction to have a PR person as a hero?” So I started thinking: Why shouldn’t a PR guy be the hero of a novel? In the real world, sadly, some organizations use PR as a smokescreen. Well … no, actually.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Many owners have a five or ten-year plan that gives them a chance to set up an organization that is a fine-tuned machine, and they can let managers run it while the owner does whatever they want. At this point, the owner is just going through the motions of everyday business operations and isn’t as passionate about their venture.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 22, 2021

Things move fast in the corporate world, but the government operates a little differently. In some cases, you might also be asked to participate in PR efforts, giving press interviews or meeting with government officials. Expect the process of applying for and being awarded funding to take at least 6 months.

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Venture Capitalist Exit Strategy PR Self-aware 123

HR Digest

DECEMBER 10, 2021

We are huge advocates of hiring a diverse set of candidates, most of whom do not have a traditional background in PR or within the industries we work in. We have managed to identify strong potential in young professionals across a variety of diverse professional backgrounds. .

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

It is crucial that you learn to manage your money and be frugal if you want to see your money experience steady growth financially. These fees can eat out of your finances if they aren’t carefully managed. DIY Marketing and PR : Aside from the mentioned, you should also make the most of the cost-effectiveness of digital marketing.

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How To PR Entrepreneur Budgeting 65

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

Great businesses are in constant search of improvement, innovation, change, disruption, knowledge and other strategic leverage points that lead to a competitive advantage or operational enhancement. Well actually, no it’s not. Don’t fall into the rut of allowing your business to be trapped in a perpetual state of static thinking.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 5, 2011

A leader’s view on competition will not only reveal a lot about their beliefs on current and future market trends, but also on innovation, branding, talent management, supply chain issues, constituency management, capital markets, and customer facing. Strong changes in brand perception via news, PR, branding, litigation etc.

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Leadership PR Disintermediation Supply Chain 302

Strategy Driven

APRIL 2, 2019

It is crucial that you learn to manage your money and be frugal if you want to see your money experience steady growth financially. These fees can eat out of your finances if they aren’t carefully managed. DIY Marketing and PR : Aside from the mentioned, you should also make the most of the cost-effectiveness of digital marketing.

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PR How To Entrepreneur Budgeting 57

Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Ann also met with Titania Woo of The Hong Kong Management Association to discuss partnership opportunities in the region. Furthermore, Ann was delighted to be able to personally present a number of Chartered Managers and Fellows with their certificates. Learn more here.

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Eric Jacobson

JUNE 21, 2023

I am known to say, “I would rather pay for a meal than getting it free, because if it were free, someone provided such horrible service or the meal was wrong, and a manager believed that by not paying, everything was made better. If I paid, then nothing was wrong.” Consider Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter late last year.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

BullDog Reporter’s Daily Dog Media, News and Intelligence for PR Pros. ** N2′s Top pick for the latest information from the PR world. magazine’s offering of information, products, services, and online tools for business or management. Inc.com Inc.

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Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 26, 2013

Like this doctor, leaders all too often believe that their organizations operate with strict down-the-chain-of-command efficiency. The manager never has to follow up — because he said it — it was done. But by the pained expression on his face, I could see he was serious and (if only in this one area of management) clueless.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2010

In today’s post I’ll examine how managing appearances can have a substantial impact on your personal brand and your success. You should manage appearances on creating a feeling of comfort and engendering confidence…not on trying to impress.

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Blog Gordon Brand Media 318

Strategy Driven

APRIL 2, 2019

They are perhaps the most valid and unique tool you can use to help you out of your personal situation, be that a PR nightmare you’re experiencing as a small firm or when struggling with how best to structure your departments. Past Employment & Operational Results. Did you see many of the moves made by those who managed you?

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

Time is something we either manage well or have no sense of. If we are lacking in time-management skills it could take away from the time and love we get to share with our families. How great would it be if everyone would operate with the ultimate goal being love? It’s that simple of an equation. Interesting thoughts.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The choice to stay in a very black and white world of facts and figures is important for keeping the trust of all team members—and is particularly relevant when you’re operating at one remove. Can you give me data about what’s been going on?” He said/she said is excruciating anytime.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 25, 2016

Clearly and powerfully define your company's contribution to society -- which must be at the heart of the company's purpose, not a side operation. Apply world-class management to traditionally "soft" societal topics. Engage radically -- a completely open, proactive and constructive approach to the outside world.

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In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 29, 2011

There are all sorts of strategies in today’s business – at the top is corporate strategy, followed by a slew of functional and sub-functional strategies ranging from marketing to waste management. billion in sales) provides huge economies of scale throughout the operation, especially in production, fixed overheads, distribution and marketing.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

Let me be very clear here - as the CEO or entrepreneur, YOU and not your legal counsel, marketing director, ad agency or PR firm must make this choice. I forget who it was, but some researcher determined that a person can really only manage relationships with about 150 people.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Yet, in recent years technology startups have embraced a new role, Growth Manager — alternatively Growth Hacker, Growth PM, or Head of Growth — that focuses on it exclusively. Yet, the Growth Manager role remains poorly understood, especially outside Silicon Valley. Insight Center. Entrepreneurship for the Long Term.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JULY 13, 2009

In other words we operate on the principle that equity means treating everyone in the same way. I wonder what we might we invent if we threw out the whole idea of a PR Process as “the&# answer? What has to be present for a PR system to actually work? My coaching to one client this year was to declare a do-over!

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

He went on to say that the insatiable demands of today’s operational turbulence were robbing him and his organization of ability to invest in the future. We reflected on this, and on the broader context we’ve seen in our work, and created four high-level buckets into which resources and money can be poured: Daily Operations.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2011

By parallel, managers themselves might similarly benefit from "reverse-engineering" the criticism of not only outsiders but of their own colleagues: considering both parties as their benefactors on the road to greater performance. Most PR firms only offer cosmetic remedies to firefight reputation threats as they arise. Walmart v.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

For example, as a designer/writer, my skills are not well applied to bookkeeping or financial management. Exhaust resources that don’t cost first and at least come up to “Dummy&# level on each initiative that you manage. But the advertiser or the promoter can’t know in advance which fifty-percent! Mine your backyard.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2012

Indeed, Gates' Internet play, including the bundling of Internet Explorer with its operating system, was so successful the Justice Department freaked out about antitrust violations. And from a PR perspective, Yahoo handled the hiring of Mayer flawlessly. Is it just a PR move — or will she be able to turn Yahoo around?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2012

Indeed, Gates' Internet play, including the bundling of Internet Explorer with its operating system, was so successful the Justice Department freaked out about antitrust violations. And from a PR perspective, Yahoo handled the hiring of Mayer flawlessly. Is it just a PR move — or will she be able to turn Yahoo around?

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Stage-Gate PR CEO Brand 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2017

This doesn’t mean that “All press is good press,” but that press is a good sign your company is successful enough to attract newsworthy, skeptical coverage that goes beyond PR puff pieces. The ones who can really help you are too expensive, and those offering free or reduced-price PR should be avoided.

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Media PR Press Release Storytelling 9

Leading Blog

AUGUST 19, 2013

Lead by example and let people know that you don''t operate in silos. Manage collaboration with the proper tools. Try customer relationship software, project management programs, or whatever captures your ideas and helps transform them into action. Share information appropriately.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2012

Royal Dutch Shell, for example, has committed to having at least 20% women in top management in the long term. Companies proudly tout women's successes in areas such as HR or communications, where women can sometimes account for 85% of positions, while keeping quiet about the fact that there are only 10-15% women employees in operations.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2014

For example, we have seen marketing organizations take command of sales, public relations/communications, product development, and major parts of information technology management – and many have advocated for more expansions of marketing’s scope. The CMO’s power to succeed isn’t only a product of firm-level decisions, of course.

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Power PR Marketing Public Relations 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2012

While managers can pull any number of levers to accomplish this, the one they most often choose reads: "Reduce Costs!" This is why we are so familiar with this PR-fueled refrain in business news: "[Company X] today announced that it will be [reorganizing/consolidating/streamlining] in order to better serve its customers.

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Cost PR Short-term Long-term 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

From there, they set an order of battle, an operations plan, and timetable with responsibilities delineated. With less than six months of operating cash, we could not hire for those positions immediately. They get buy-in from the chain of command and when orders are given, they execute and react as things unfold.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

OCTOBER 26, 2021

With the advent of social media, the operative word “fast” doesn’t do justice to the speed at which bad news travels today. The second common reaction is to launch a high-profile PR stunt to repair the damage. There’s an old saying that bad news travels fast. As Doug Larson, the columnist, said, “Bad news travels fast.

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Reputation How To Travel PR 125

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2018

In my experience leading and managing teams over two decades, I’ve found that job personalization — that is, fitting jobs to employees rather than fitting employees to jobs — is one of the best ways to maximize engagement. Establish Clear Goals for the Big Thinkers. We customize without catering to prima donnas.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 6, 2012

in operating income, while companies with lower levels declined 32.7% (Towers Watson). According to a PRWeek/Barkely PR Cause Survey in 2010, two-thirds of brands now engage in cause marketing, up from 58% in 2009. According to Gallup, 86% of engaged employees say they very often feel happy at work, compared to 11% of the disengaged.

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Supply Chain Company Strategic Planning Bottom-up 16

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2017

In a fragmented media and social landscape, marketers can no longer reach their goals for awareness and reputation just through paid media and PR. This gives marketing an opportunity to measure and manage itself in new ways. Zscaler, a cloud-based security platform for businesses, created a Value Management Office.

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