Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Since founding Co-Creation Partners in 2010, he has designed and led programs and workshops for private, public, and social-sector clients across multiple industries, including financial services, basic materials, manufacturing, healthcare, and technology. Mark Minukas is the managing partner of Co-Creation Partners.

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HR Digest

JULY 2, 2023

In today’s competitive job market, it’s essential to stay ahead of the curve and continuously improve your skills and knowledge. The Importance of Career Advancement for HR Professionals As an HR professional, investing in your career advancement is crucial for staying relevant and competitive in the ever-changing job market.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 9, 2023

From the incorporation of technology to shifts in company culture, HR professionals and thought leaders are keeping a close eye on what the future holds for the industry. From automating mundane tasks to analyzing data to improve decision making, AI has the potential to revolutionize the way HR departments operate.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 12, 2019

Older people are not renowned as being the most innovative, and indeed various biases operate against older people in terms of their creativity and propensity for fresh ways of approaching things. Technological natives. They were using this technology to help facilitate the delivery of their new ideas to market.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 1, 2018

Businesses operate at a pace such that they grab for help wherever it is available. Online marketing firms. Technology consulting firms. Technology consulting firms. Professional service firms, including lawyers, accountants, marketing, public relations, quality management. It is lonely at the top. Researchers.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 28, 2010

And to top it off, they have no technical experience to operate their own machines. Stop hiding behind the old and antiquated belief ‘you’re above all that mundane stuff’ — you’re too important/elevated to have to know/understand your own technology. It’s your business. What are your design pet peeves?

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Authority on new technology and communication. Deepa Prahalad – Focused on design and emerging markets. a holding company that operates seven distinct business. Operations Group Baring Private Equity. Telisa Yancy – Chief Marketing Officer at American Family Insurance. Faculty of Columbia Business School.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Every day too – not just on our best days, or the days we feel good, or the days we had a good breakfast, or right after we went to a great training workshop. It is the walk that people are watching. Remember, you are always walking and others are always watching.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2017

What makes marketing creative? Is a creative marketer more artist or entrepreneur? Historically, the term “marketing creative” has been associated with the words and pictures that go into ad campaigns. But marketing, like other corporate functions, has become more complex and rigorous.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2016

It seemed as though everybody from the best-known software giants to basic industrial parts providers was marketing a “latest technological breakthrough” — even if it amounted to little more than a new sensor attached to an old piece of equipment. Operations in a Connected World. ” Insight Center.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 26, 2014

But after a number of processes are selected with this ‘whoever is interested’ approach, leaders and process Improvement practitioners see that it would make sense to select processes that are underperforming, would provide increases in market share and revenue, or would directly support key strategic initiatives.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2013

The digital marketer who effectively runs Qantas Airlines'' highly regarded — and very successful — loyalty program has an unusual iPad problem. I''ve personally and professionally experienced similar pathologies experiencing "customer support" from credit card companies, financial services firms, airlines and telecoms operators.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Needing a way to capture and document this event, I recruited Dan Evans , our Chief Marketing Officer , to join me on a journey that would span over 42,000 miles on four continents ( 11 countries total, including stops ) to interview and record sessions with experts in the science and art of leadership. Conclusion.

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Sales Wolf Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2010

The Conference Board seeks to drive thought leadership and business results by focusing on four key topical categories: 1) corporate leadership 2) economies, markets, and value creation 3) high-performing organizations, and 4) human capital. Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration (ESA) - U.S.

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Management Craft

JUNE 7, 2012

This can be a life-long lesson, especially in our multi-cultural, multi-technology and multi-generational settings. Staying current keeps us vibrant and marketable. A motorcycle relies on its operator for instruction and direction. Decision Making. Interdependence. Without a rider, the bike just sits there. And without a bike….it’s

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Sales Wolf Blog

AUGUST 30, 2010

 He is struggling to understand why it is that HR is not considered a core function of a an organization like sales, marketing, or operations when it is afforded the opportunity to "direct, deliver, and develop" the employee talent necessary for the company to achieve its goals.  Why?  Why?

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2012

A company must get its sales, marketing, research and development, operations, and even customers and suppliers to work together. Over the last 20 years, I have found the best way to do this is to assemble the key stakeholders of a process in a multi-day workshop. Yet teamwork across organizational boundaries is unnatural.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Most companies are hard at work building technology to better protect themselves and their users or customers. But technology can only get us so far. Hacktober has a number of different elements, from phishing tests and marketing campaigns to contests, workshops, and expert talks. Bring people together. Keep it fun.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Long before "think global, act local" was the conventional wisdom for how corporations should operate in the international interconnected marketplace, we at Children's Television Workshop (CTW), as it was known then, pioneered the development of a flexible global brand. Being Willing To Try New Operating Models.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

. “Personal experience makes me a more effective marketer.” Plug-and-play e-commerce technology, search engine optimization, and other distribution solutions are making it ever easier for products to directly reach consumers. Digital transformation is not just about technology. Help Employees Embrace Agility.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

He started very well, but as soon as his cash flow improved, financial burdens from family systems stifled his operations. When I founded the nonprofit African Institution of Technology , I initially focused on helping African entrepreneurs or artisans, especially those with only primary education, develop new skills and market opportunities.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

An impatient marketing or finance manager would, on the sly, secure some extra budget money and hire a contractor to build a little database that tracked mailing addresses or top-line financials. Slowly but surely, as the little database grew bigger and bigger, the manager would wedge the cost into her operating budget. The result?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

He started very well, but as soon as his cash flow improved, financial burdens from family systems stifled his operations. When I founded the nonprofit African Institution of Technology , I initially focused on helping African entrepreneurs or artisans, especially those with only primary education, develop new skills and market opportunities.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The lack of narrative is particularly a problem in the relationship between sales and marketing. This behavior is a result of the underlying mental models of sales and marketing. Marketers see the world as campaigns, messages, channels, and audiences. To a marketer, sales is a channel for reaching their audience.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Have you have ever attended a workshop or seminar with a diverse group of people that goes deeply into this topic – so deeply that you actually see your own thinking and beliefs through a different lens? In fact, the report points out how “U.S. If not, the rest of this comment is not relevant or worth reading.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 13, 2015

In Africa’s technology start-up scene, one of the most difficult challenges is attracting and retaining talent. Africa has a limited talent pool, particularly in technology fields. He invested in training his staff, but that backfired as those individuals then became more marketable and moved on.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2014

When it is eventually launched in the market, there is an initial flurry of sales to early adopters, but then sales cycles become sluggish. Companies that successfully market and sell innovation are able to shift how people think not only about their product, but about themselves, the market, and the world. Build the program.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

I have been directing high-performance team workshops for nearly 15 years and I am in complete agreement with you Mike. I won’t hold it against you if you agree with Dan (love ya Dan), but I may push back on your logic. Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] John Spence This is a fantastic post!

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

He is rare in the world of coaching and leadership development and I feel honoured that he has chosen to partner with me to deliver our leadership workshops. but you’ll not find that here. He is the most accomplished person I know but makes everyone around his feel special, valued, and appreciates your contribution.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

This seems to be a key question on the minds of not just marketers, but company strategists these days. This intensive customer focus has increased as technology-enabled transparency and online social media accelerate an inexorable flow of market power downstream from suppliers to customers. The Future of Operations.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2015

By now, we have all heard a great deal about marketing to Millennials. population ; they’re a big part of many companies’ market base, and pretty soon they will be the part that counts most. The New Tools of Marketing. But more than anything else, younger consumers like their technology. Where do they shop?

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

New research , funded by the Tony Elumelu Foundation and conducted by my team at the African Institution of Technology , shows that within Africa, innovation is accelerating and the continent is finding better ways of solving local problems, even as it attracts top technology global brands.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

You are confident that your skills and competencies make you valuable and marketable and that you can access opportunities through your network. Using his respected industry knowledge, market insight, and professional network, he developed a proposal to create a solution architect. You enjoy opportunities for learning and development.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2016

It’s not digital technology that defines them; it’s their ability to create exponential value. uses digital technology) but doesn’t actually operate digitally (i.e. My workshops are designed with an exponential mindset to generate new ways of thinking about marketing, culture and strategy.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Establish Benchmarks Make it a point to define industry and market benchmarks to compare your organization’s compensation practices. If our equitable compensation program guide is to be trusted, you need to identify relevant external benchmarks to understand prevailing salary ranges for similar roles in the market.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Bank of America convenes a local committee of bank leaders in each of its 45 Neighborhood Builders markets then uses a short application and lots of on-the-ground research to select two awardees per community per year. And, as a result, we are now able to identify three key reasons why it has been so effective. It is both local and national.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2017

Major organizational changes, covering everything from recruiting and branding to regulatory approvals and marketing, happened in rapid succession, with a hard deadline of 12 months to get it all done for the IPO — and 18 months from the IPO until our full separation from GE. What values drove them? What made them proud?

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