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The Senior Leader’s Checklist for Shaping Company Culture

Next Level Blog

Back in my own days as an executive, I was hugely influenced by a book called The Discipline of Market Leaders. The authors argued that companies had to pick between one of three paths to value creation and success in the market – operational excellence, customer intimacy or product leadership. How do things actually get done?

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Resistance to Change is Cooperation for Improvement

Mike Cardus

Change happens, and the cooperation/resistance is what you learn from and look for to co-construct what makes change work to improve the organization’s and your viability in the market. . This discomfort is Learning Anxiety.” – Schein pp. How do I work with resistance to change? Cooperation Through Change + Learning Anxiety.

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It’s About What You Add to the Interaction

Lead Change Blog

Whether you’re a leader trying to market your product or service or that same leader wanting to effectively lead your team, having good relationships with others is crucial. That same principle applies to leadership: when those being lead trust their leader, they will go that extra mile.

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How Digital Natives Are Changing B2B Purchasing

Harvard Business Review

Digital natives who grew up with the Internet and smartphones have transformed the way B2B buyers research purchases, qualify vendors and make purchases—changing the rules of the game for marketers and product managers. Dental and medical products wholesaler Henry Schein is a good example.

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Benefits of Debriefing

Strategy Driven

market) risk obsolescence or irrelevance. Keep your company fighter-pilot agile in any turbulent or changing market. First, there are the discrete, tangible products that emerge directly from the debrief process. It helps us to continually revise our assumptions about the market, economy, and world. But how is this done?

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3 Questions Executives Should Ask Front-Line Workers

Harvard Business Review

He reversed precipitous declines in market value, employee engagement, financial results, and corporate responsibility. Stanley Bergman, the CEO of Henry Schein, a $10 billion global medical supply company, visits each company office at least once per year in every part of the globe.

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