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AUGUST 9, 2011

Market(ing) Meltdown: Don’t Worry, Be Happy. by John • August 9, 2011 • Life , Marketing • 0 Comments. I’m going to admit at the outset that I’m not a stock market expert. In fact, I pay little attention to the daily moves of the market or the individual stocks in my portfolio. Human Resources.

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JANUARY 17, 2011

The same principles apply to e-marketing: before rolling out a campaign to a large audience, test it on a small one. How does their e-marketing supplement their traditional marketing? Create a Benchmark Traditional direct marketing always uses a control piece as the benchmark, generally with an A/B split test.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

by John • September 26, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership • 3 Comments. September 28, 2011 at 8:40 am. October 1, 2011 at 10:15 am. Human Resources. December 2011. November 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011. August 2011.

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OCTOBER 17, 2011

by John • October 17, 2011 • Branding , Human Resources , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 3 Comments. Never in the history of marketing has there been so much talk about branding. With the exception of niche, specialty, and technology markets, I see little evidence of this. December 2011.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2011

Brand Surgery – excerpts from my Marketing Magazine article. by John • February 5, 2011 • Branding , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 1 Comment. The blemish is the abdication of strategic attention by the organization’s most senior marketing executives to the enhancement of brand equity.

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OCTOBER 3, 2011

by John • October 3, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Life • 0 Comments. Human Resources. December 2011. November 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011. August 2011. April 2011. March 2011. February 2011. Main menu Home.

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OCTOBER 23, 2011

by John • October 23, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 4 Comments. Steve Jobs managed to harness the resources of 49,000 employees to introduce and successfully market a slew of breakthroughs. October 24, 2011 at 12:57 am. October 24, 2011 at 7:28 am.

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MAY 1, 2011

by John • May 2, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership • 1 Comment. October 9, 2011 at 6:50 am. When I teach my leadership and collaboration class to middle managers at the Canadain Marketing Association I say to them that the sociopath boss or colleague is a reality. Human Resources.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2011

by John • November 7, 2011 • Branding , Marketing • 2 Comments. Because I had a few of the old cans in the refrigerator I conducted a side-by-side comparison through the eye of a marketer. Surely, I’m not the only marketer to see it this way. November 10, 2011 at 4:48 am. Human Resources.

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JUNE 13, 2011

by John • June 13, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Strategy • 1 Comment. June 22, 2011 at 2:28 am. Human Resources. December 2011. November 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011. August 2011. April 2011. March 2011.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

by John • September 6, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership • 1 Comment. My regret is that I did not free up my other hip for Human Resources, a group of eager young managers at the rear of the functional pecking order. After all, I had come up through the marketing ranks. Human Resources.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

by John • September 12, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Strategy • 4 Comments. September 13, 2011 at 3:27 am. September 13, 2011 at 10:30 pm. September 14, 2011 at 4:10 am. September 14, 2011 at 7:37 am. Human Resources. December 2011. November 2011.

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MAY 23, 2011

by John • May 23, 2011 • Branding , Marketing • 3 Comments. Ironically, a great slogan’s constraint to longevity can be the boredom of the marketer. Marketers like change, but often they make change for change’s sake. I suggest the slogan has become generic to the market. May 23, 2011 at 4:50 pm.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2011

by John • November 13, 2011 • Branding , Life , Marketing • 5 Comments. They probably haven’t figured him for a good marketer. He’s making a living by following the 4 P’s of Marketing. November 14, 2011 at 8:59 am. November 15, 2011 at 7:47 am. November 19, 2011 at 11:09 am. Leadership.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2011

by John • November 20, 2011 • Branding , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 4 Comments. Michael Jackson , the theme to “Billie Jean” and a phenomenal blend of marketing and entertainment drove the Pepsi brand to the pinnacle of contemporary culture. So, what are Pepsi’s marketers doing to revitalize it?

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

by John • September 19, 2011 • Branding , Marketing , Strategy • 2 Comments. I retired from the CEO’s office in 1994 and from strategy and marketing consulting in 2008. Other than a casual Facebook page with a couple of dozen friends, I knew little of social media until I discovered Twitter in February, 2011.

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AUGUST 1, 2011

by John • August 1, 2011 • Branding , Marketing • 0 Comments. At that time, Bristol-Myers also marketed a slew of also-rans such as Ipana and Fact Toothpaste, Vitalis Hair Tonic, Softique Bath Oil and Mum and Trig Deodorant. In the CEO Afterlife. Main menu Home. Leadership. Old Brands. Last Stands. Combe in 1949.

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DECEMBER 4, 2011

by John • December 4, 2011 • Leadership , Life • 2 Comments. Their marketing teams research everything to death. December 4, 2011 at 12:54 pm. December 4, 2011 at 3:20 pm. Human Resources. December 2011. November 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011.

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MARCH 27, 2011

‘Doing Right Things’ or ‘Doing Things Right’ by John • March 28, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Strategy • 0 Comments. The key to competitive advantage is setting the strategic game rules of the marketplace and shattering market paradigms with entrepreneurial leadership.

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DECEMBER 11, 2011

by John • December 11, 2011 • Branding , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 1 Comment. I was Nabob’s VP of Marketing, a 32 year-old disciple of an excellent turnaround CEO – a fellow by the name of Hugo Powell who eventually moved on to Interbrew (now Anheuser-Busch InBev ) as CEO. Human Resources.

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AUGUST 29, 2011

by John • August 29, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Strategy • 2 Comments. 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. October 8, 2011 at 5:19 am.

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Chart Your Course

AUGUST 21, 2013

3) The market rewards your stock: According to the Parnassus prospectus for its Workplace Fund (a portfolio of stocks of companies with outstanding workplaces) – as quoted in Fast Company, the average annual return on the Workplace Fund over the past 5 years (a recessionary period) was 10.81%.

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AUGUST 1, 2011

by John • August 1, 2011 • Branding , Marketing • 0 Comments. At that time, Bristol-Myers also marketed a slew of also-rans such as Ipana and Fact Toothpaste, Vitalis Hair Tonic, Softique Bath Oil and Mum and Trig Deodorant. In the CEO Afterlife. Main menu Home. Leadership. Old Brands. Last Stands. Combe in 1949.

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JULY 20, 2011

by John • July 20, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Marketing • 2 Comments. October 25, 2011 at 8:46 pm. October 26, 2011 at 7:44 am. Human Resources. December 2011. November 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011. August 2011.

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JULY 26, 2011

by John • July 26, 2011 • Life • 0 Comments. Human Resources. December 2011. November 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011. August 2011. April 2011. March 2011. February 2011. © 2011 In the CEO Afterlife. In the CEO Afterlife.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2011

by John • November 27, 2011 • Leadership , Life • 2 Comments. November 28, 2011 at 12:29 pm. November 28, 2011 at 1:15 pm. Human Resources. December 2011. November 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011. August 2011. April 2011. March 2011.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 5, 2015

During most of the 20th century Kodak held a dominant position in photographic film, and in 1976, had an 89% market share of photographic film sales in the United States. In 2011, Kodak made the list of Top 10 Fortune 500 Employers With Older Workers, called out for employing a disproportionately high percentage of mature workers.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2012

You have to watch your competitors and seek to always adapt to changes in the market, and innovate for solutions. According to The Society for Human Resource Management, only 33 percent of businesses track employee turnover, which means 67 percent of businesses are missing out on a huge source of savings and growth.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2013

sought to humanize medicine and was portrayed by Robin Williams in a 1998. engineers, pilots, sales managers, marketers, teachers, and bankers. DDI’s own Global Leadership Forecast 2011 reported that only about 38 percent of. For example, in the human resources. Guest post from DDI's Richard S. Wellins, Ph.D.

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APRIL 4, 2011

by John • April 4, 2011 • Leadership , Strategy • 0 Comments. The giants dominated markets and gobbled up competitors; they also failed to cope with rapid change. The change-makers are small to medium size enterprises that either lead niche categories or are keen to knock the big guy from the top rung of a mass market.

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MAY 30, 2011

by John • May 30, 2011 • Human Resources , Life • 1 Comment. November 11, 2011 at 9:28 pm. Human Resources. December 2011. November 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011. August 2011. April 2011. March 2011. February 2011.

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AUGUST 7, 2011

by John • August 7, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Life • 0 Comments. I’ve also written a historical novel, although I’m still trying to find a publisher who isn’t afraid to invest in a newbie, grey-haired writer in a market going through drastic change. Human Resources. December 2011.

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JANUARY 4, 2011

By Maribeth Kuzmeski Are you looking to add new individuals to your team in 2011? Studies show that hiring guilt-prone employees is smart business! Keep in mind, there is a big difference between guilt-prone and guilty) Guilt-ridden people make better employees, tend to work hard, perform better and are less likely to call in sick.

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JULY 17, 2011

by John • July 17, 2011 • Leadership , Strategy • 2 Comments. A company with differentiated branded consumables would likely measure market share, brand awareness, brand image, and margin development. July 18, 2011 at 11:32 am. July 25, 2011 at 3:35 pm. Human Resources. December 2011.

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JANUARY 17, 2011

1 Comments 1 Women Entrepreneurs January 18th, 2011 at 5:42 pm Thanks for this post. Categories : Contests , Equality , Female Executives , Leadership Contact Sylvia Lafair, author of Dont Bring It To Work: Breaking the Family Patterns that Limit Success at sylvia@ceoptions.com.

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MARCH 7, 2011

by John • March 7, 2011 • Life , Marketing • 0 Comments. One of my marketing managers recommended the company join Rick’s sponsorship group. The result: for the Man in Motion World Tour, $122,247 from Nabob Coffee; for Nabob Coffee, a staggering three-share point growth in national market share. April 2011.

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JULY 10, 2011

by John • July 10, 2011 • Leadership , Strategy • 0 Comments. Human Resources. December 2011. November 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011. August 2011. April 2011. March 2011. February 2011. © 2011 In the CEO Afterlife.

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