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Stop Selling And Start Leading

Eric Jacobson

They also recommend using storytelling , because “ people are twenty-two times more likely to remember a fact when it has been wrapped in a story.” The authors explain that, “in selling, the central task is inspiring a shared vision, not selling your personal ideas and preferred future state.”

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Do Customers Even Care about Your Core Competence?

Harvard Business Review

Prahalad , the guru of “ core competence ,” doing a strategy audit for a huge Indian conglomerate. The company, Prahalad tells the CEO, is simply too complex and diverse. Disney’s core competencies of characters and creative storytelling shape virtually everything it does.