Leading Blog

AUGUST 7, 2017

O FTENTIMES managers and executives push for organizational change and growth, yet their businesses continue to suffer from profit loss, lack of productivity, a decline in employee morale, and frustration. Innovation and creativity are supplanted by overhead creep, loss of productivity, and poor business decisions.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2018

John Wayne and Roy Rogers had Gabby Hayes. There were friendly, familiar places such as Cheers bar, Arnold’s Drive-In on “Happy Days,” the Krusty Krab on “SpongeBob Square Pants,” Dale’s Diner on “The Roy Rogers Show” and other homey places. Therefore, our loyalty to the company rises, and we are more productive.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, productivity, development, engagement, team-building, and more. ” Discover Roger on Twitter at @DoctorDuncan. Productivity. Are you looking to make 2019 your most productive year to date? Communication.

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Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Kenny Rogers does the same thing when he's in town." You wouldn't think that anyone as big in the entertainment field as Jay Leno and Kenny Rogers needs to give away their performances, but they do. Social media has such an impact because it moves word-of-mouth marketing orders-of-magnitude faster than ever before.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 28, 2009

Perhaps the one that comes most naturally is the management myth: product managers rarely manage the people or processes necessary for their products’ success. Michael Reply Stewart Rogers , on January 26, 2010 at 11:34 am said: I love the pioneer myth. As you point out, it’s a key responsibility to navigate both.

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 20, 2009

Filed under: Knowledge , Purpose , Trust « Guest Post: Market Sensing is not Crop Dusting Value comes from work » Like Be the first to like this post. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Planning for the second version of Xbox – a product which needed to reach a larger and broader audience – raised an important question: can a collection of white, male, hard core gamers build an entertainment system for the masses? The short answer is “sort of” which is completely unacceptable.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 16, 2009

One Response Stewart Rogers , on May 19, 2009 at 6:44 pm said: Also worth noting that the player that takes the most shots is not always the most successful. Take inventory of the opportunities you have, decide which ones make sense, and take the shot. But sometimes they are. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 24, 2009

— The Product Management Perspective: The specific duties of product managers may vary from one company to the next. However, the primary responsibility is the same: release successful products for your company. As a product manager you need work effectively with other teams and lead them to create successful products.

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Lead on Purpose

JUNE 12, 2009

— The Product Management Perspective: Dee Hock’s quote nicely defines the product management perspective. As part of my quarterly performance reviews with my employees I insist that they build both their product road maps and their own personal roadmaps. — are the most valuable asset you own. Nice quote!

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2010

In today’s post I’ll take a look at timing as key success metric… As the verse from the old Kenny Rogers song goes “you have to know when to hold em and know when to fold em.&# If a person has a small business with product people might use, it could be a great opportunity to add another client.

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 14, 2009

— The Product Management Perspective: Much has been written about the importance of customer visits to the success of your products. 2 Responses Stewart Rogers , on August 8, 2009 at 6:15 pm said: If travel is not an option there is nothing wrong with spending some time with Customer Visits cousin, Call Report.

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 29, 2009

In only a few short weeks I have come to depend on its functionality for my work in product management and product marketing. You need an iPhone to look at existing (potentially competitive) apps so you can better understand your market(s) and write effective requirements that will move your product line in that direction.

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Lead on Purpose

JUNE 25, 2009

Jim’s passion is enabling product marketing teams. With over 20 years of technology experience, he has a fresh and unique perspective in guiding and managing product teams and has a knack for synthesizing conceptual ideas and turning them into reality. Enjoy the post and don’t hesitate to tweet your comments to Jim directly.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Leaders can be extremely strong in any of the areas above, but if they are not leading effectively or productively, if they are not meeting performance expectations, then they have work to do. Want to find out? If you’re looking to benchmark your leadership ability the following self examination will give you a baseline to build from.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

” This ROI comes from many places, including increasing employee productivity, positive outcomes on employee management, talent management, and retention in an organization because executives who work with coaches are better equipped to lead their teams more effectively. Marc Benioff (Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Salesforce), Brian C.

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LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

I should say we were talking off the air about- Thanks for ruining Everett Rogers’ curve for me. One of the things I think is most interesting is there’s a lot of old models of innovation and of strategy that I won’t say they don’t necessarily apply anymore, but they apply to very, very, almost static markets. DAVID: Yeah.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 13, 2010

Roger Staubach United States Naval Academy graduate, Heisman Trophy winner and legendary Hall of Fame quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys (1969 – 1979) Email This Post | Print Post | Sign up for our Email Newsletter Speak Your Mind Tell us what youre thinking. and oh, if you want a pic to show with your comment, go get a gravatar !

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In the CEO Afterlife

JULY 20, 2011

by John • July 20, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Marketing • 2 Comments. You may want to call yourselves ” Twain, Rogers, Sawyer and Finn, Inc.”…. When you stop building on strong and vital ideas, and start a routine production line. Main menu Home. Leadership. Did you like this? About John.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

The crisis that started in the housing markets has unearthed a series of cascading consequences that few companies were prepared to handle. SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. Productivity increases. sascom Magazine.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2014

When Raja Rajamannar became CMO of MasterCard Worldwide in 2013, he moved quickly to transform how the credit card giant measures marketing. But the real power and full potential of data was not being fully realized by marketing. As an ingredient brand, Intel often struggled to link marketing to P&L impact. Inside Intel.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 21, 2011

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. To learn more about SAS, its products and services, visit www.sas.com. Improve productivity. Remember, recessions make us stronger.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 4, 2015

” Will Rogers. Capitalizing upon change, rather than becoming a by-product of it. The following concepts do not constitute Futurism by themselves: sales, technology, re-engineering, marketing, research, training, operations, administration. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2016

AR has been piquing marketers’ interest in recent years, as it has the potential to change a range of consumer experiences, from how people find new products to how they decide which ones to buy. When I started working on AR as the topic for my PhD, almost no established knowledge about it existed in the marketing field.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Most people are more products of pop culture than they are of training. I emceed concerts with stars like Elvis Presley, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Little Richard, Kenny Rogers, The Beach Boys, Roy Orbison, Simon & Garfunkel, Nelson Riddle, Dionne Warwick and Andre Previn. Being productive and fulfilled.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2015

The discipline of product management is shifting from an external focus on the market, or an internal focus on technology, to an empathetic focus on people. We invite the entire product team to participate; if they have 15 or 30 minutes, they are encouraged to pop in, read some notes, and shift them to places that make sense.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2017

Our products work with apps or without apps. What Customers Actually Did With Smart Products. Our residential products don’t require an app to do their job; instead, they come with a variety of control options, an app among them. So far, most connected products have been solutions in search of problems to solve.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Most businesses wouldn’t survive without driving demand for their products or services, either through marketing and advertising or through involving users so deeply in the design of the product that word of mouth spurs adoption. Develop and fund a sales and marketing capability from the outset.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

.” Observers debated whether this was lazy branding or a very deliberate effort to market the iPad as a sibling to the Mac. Like Apple, most consumer-centric companies deal with the dilemma of how to brand the next- generation of an existing product. That’s why Harvard Business School marketing professors John T.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 7, 2011

It's amazing how much one troubled employee can undermine a department's productivity. Otherwise positive and productive team members begin to dread coming to work, and the group's best thinking gets siphoned off the company's mission as everyone scrambles to stay out of the bully's crosshairs.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2011

By Roger Martin. Roger Martin reveals that the culprit behind the current state of American capitalism is our deep commitment to the idea that the purpose of the firm is to maximize shareholder value. Fixing the Game: Bubbles, Crashes, and What Capitalism Can Learn from the NFL. By Justin Menkes.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

Go… Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Dan Rogers Mike – This is a great post with excellent perspective. Leaders focused on products, profits, processes, and procedures are aiming too LOW. I plan on circulating your information and just ordered your book. Thanks for laying out key success factors. It is about people.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2011

One of the most recent and most trenchant critiques comes from Roger Martin , dean of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, in his book Fixing the Game (Harvard Business Review Press 2011). In other words, we must turn our attention back to the real market and away from the expectations market.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 21, 2011

Dean of the Rotman School of Management, Roger Martin, states in Fixing the Game , "We haven’t looked deeper into blameworthy CEO behavior to understand what really caused it. That theory, says Roger Martin, “had the unfortunate effect of tightly tying together two markets: the real market and the expectations market.”

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2012

Initially, these innovations are adopted only by the least demanding industry consumers or those who couldn't afford to participate in existing markets (like the college students who use Reddit to find entertaining Youtube videos instead of paying for HBO). It was one of the first comprehensive studies of the innovation process.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

In one global consumer products company that I work with, my firm’s organizational assessment revealed an unusually intense degree of aggravation over how much time was consumed by meetings, leaving “only evenings to do our day jobs,” according to one interviewee. Roger Schwarz. You and Your Team Series.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2017

Every leader is hoping for that next great idea, yet many executives still treat creative thinking as antithetical to productivity and control. Indeed, 80% of American and British workers feel pressured into being productive rather than creative. What seems less clear is how to actually cultivate it. Related Video.

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