In the CEO Afterlife

JULY 2, 2013

Many years ago I read Theodore Levitt’s The Marketing Imagination. In the book, the renowned marketing professor said there was no such thing as a commodity, only people who think like commodities. This served me well as a branded coffee marketer. Differentiation is the name of the marketing game.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 1, 2023

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in March 2023 curated just for you. Most important, this book is not just another compilation of case studies. Be sure to check out the other great titles being offered this month. The result: mixed signals.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 21, 2014

In today’s increasingly competitive, global market, it’s understandable why so many leaders are trying to figure out how to foster innovation in their organizations. So how is it that some organizations seem to thrive on the cutting edge while others can barely get their innovative initiatives off the ground?

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 28, 2019

He was the CEO of one of the most innovative service companies on the planet. I asked him to write an endorsement for my new book, and used the encounter to learn more about how he created such an amazing culture. It takes trustful leadership to nurture employees who consistently deliver innovative service.

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Leading Blog

JULY 25, 2019

Their greatest fear is no longer their closest competitor, but the startups which, although they live in metaphorical garages and have hardly taken off, have an innovation power that established organizations can only dream of possessing. The Three Tracks of Innovation. Optimizing innovation: Improving the past.

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Joseph Lalonde

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Young leaders are innovative. Young leaders are innovative. But young leaders can be even more innovative (and influential) with a few tweaks. But even before the light bulb people couldn’t say Edison wasn’t innovative. He was innovative. You better be if you’re wanting to be innovative.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Did you know that the average American only reads one book a year? Contrast this with the fact that CEOs of Fortune 500 companies read an average of four to five books a month. Even more impressive is that some of the most successful leaders throughout history were known to read one book every single day.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 5, 2021

If you’re exploring a new market to enter, data can provide you with potential projections about sales and give you an idea of the type of customers within this market. Innovation needs to be consciously thought through and carried out. Look at Great Britain’s efforts for funding innovation.

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Innovation Excellence

JANUARY 14, 2020

The best strategy & innovation books deliver new insights, examples and tools for reinventing business. I’ve recently written about the disruptive change and innovation upending markets like product packaging, travel and hospitality, management consulting, construction, healthcare, and manufacturing.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2024

He wrote Create the Future + The Innovation Handbook: Tactics for Disruptive Thinking (two books in one) to help us. “We Market leaders consistently miss out on great new ideas because they overestimate their market dominance.” We are more dependent on our past decisions than we like to admit. What to do? What to do?

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Leading Blog

MAY 5, 2023

You must identify those initiatives, innovations, and even behaviors that you may once have thought were temporary or ad hoc to deal with the pandemic but which are, in actuality, permanent advantages if you allow them to be. Moreover, innovation needs to be rather immediate. You can’t look outside only when you’re failing inside!

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In countless cases, leaders have missed opportunities to tap into the enormous potential associated with the development of character to create innovation and excellence. Their new book, with co-author Gerald Seijts, is The Character Compass: Transforming Leadership for the 21st Century (Routledge, Oct. 30, 2023).

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. While Chief Digital/Technology Officers or Chief Marketing Officers are often tagged with the innovator label, it is the CHRO who is the real innovator in 2020.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Moreover, the true litmus test for a thought leader is when their unique ideas are implemented in the marketplace, they tend to create disruptive innovation, and often change the way we view the world. Let me begin by stating that authentic thought leaders, the real deals, are not created via great marketing and PR alone.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

Throw in complex organizations operating in complex markets, and you’ve really got to marvel at how it all comes together every day. It’s that sense of meaning that inspires us to think of new, innovative ways to do the work. These four key behaviors help leaders keep teams engaged, motivated, focused, performing, and innovating.

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Great Results Team Building

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Team members who approach obstacles with a positive, determined mindset are more likely to innovate and persevere under pressure. This mindset is what enables organizations to navigate dynamic markets, seize new opportunities, and thrive over the long term.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? I Think Not. Whos Reading N2growth Twitter Updates mikemyatt: Poor work requries a lot of explanation beca.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Harness the Power of Tradition Lighting candles, sharing meals, giving gifts, hanging stockings, spinning dreidels, fireworks, lanterns, prayers, markets, pageants, poppers, deep cleaning, ritual bathing, putting out shoes, and prayer. 7 Lessons from the Holidays to Help with Navigating Change 1.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Guest post by Kris Oestergaard: Today, every business is looking to find ways to streamline its innovative abilities. Those successful in establishing a culture of innovation have addressed their organization’s “immune systems.” Organizational leaders need to address all three in order to transform into innovation champions.

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Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 13, 2013

The book is a fascinating deep dive into many aspects of Facebook’s meteoric success, but I was particularly interested in her perspectives on the importance of great leadership. They just have to go fix it—often in the face of people who say it’s impossible or are content with the status quo.”.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 11, 2020

Guest post by Chuck Swoboda : As increasing competition, new technologies and evolving customer expectations continue to disrupt nearly every industry, business leaders are turning to innovation as a way to keep their companies relevant. The standard solution is to create teams that focus explicitly on innovation. The problem?

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

There is a lot contained in that last statement and is the subject of this book. This includes marketing, product design, sales, and, yes, customer service.”. There are a lot of great insights in this book. Ben Salzmann, CEO Acuity Insurance: “You can’t innovate in a vacuum. Intentional leadership is effective leadership.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 24, 2010

Jettisoned employees are finding that their hard won knowledge, skills and capabilities earned while being loyal are no longer valuable in the employment market place. What kind of a contract can employers and employees make with each other? The central idea is both simple and powerful: the job or position is a shared situation. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

Tenure Inhibits Change and Cripples Innovation : Organizations that favor tenure also tend to be prone to majoring in the minors. All of these traits preclude the advancement of change initiatives and cripple innovation. often evoke feelings of hatred at the mere mention of their name.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2010

How many times have you witnessed someone holding-out for a higher price, better valuation, evolving markets, technology advances, or any number of other circumstances that either never transpire, or by the time they do, the opportunistic advantage had disappeared? I always appreciate your kind words. pastortom2022 Great post Mike.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2020

But it only intensifies something we were already seeing in the world of work: organizations need to adapt constantly to keep up with market dynamics. They feel motivated to work with others, to innovate, and to strive for extraordinary results.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

This is the definition of presence, and it is only when we operate in the present that real creativity, growth and innovation occur. Is your rubber-band stretched so tight that it’s about to snap? Efficiency and productivity are not found working at or even near capacity. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT @janemyatt Their sacrifice.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2019

We will instead show the market what we’re made of.”. How can you differentiate and elevate your organization to gain advantage and increase market share? Do you have the right people in the right roles, doing the right things to ensure success today and accelerate growth and innovation for a stellar future? Assess the market.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 12, 2021

E VERY NOW AND THEN, a book comes along to give you the insights you need to see and understand the world you live in and how to thrive in it. Rethinking Competitive Advantage: New Rules for the Digital Age by Ram Charan is one of those books. Their decision-making is designed for innovation and speed. Its ecosystem does.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Guest post by Randal Moss : Great leaders consistently talk about the need for their organization to ‘be innovative’ in their thinking. They recognize that innovation is a strategy for growth and that being able to harness that power will drive their organization’s success and their own as well. In some industries that is daunting.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

The best leaders are focused on leading change and innovation to keep their organizations fresh, dynamic and growing. Not Customer Focused : Leaders not attuned to the needs of the market will fail. They find ways to consistently engage them and incorporate them into their innovation and planning initiatives.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 24, 2025

Dilenschneiders new book, Character , are about people who are exceptional exemplars of character. Profiled in the book are individuals in fields as diverse as politics, religion, medicine, business, sports, entertainment, and the military, including: Nelson Mandela Eleanor Roosevelt Susan B. The 29 profiles you will read in Robert L.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 20, 2015

Instead of going about their business as usual, as people at other companies would do, 25,000 employees at Market Basket (they call themselves associates) protested in the streets for six weeks to get Demoulas back. Last year, the board of directors at one of New England’s largest supermarket chains fired CEO Arthur T.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 10, 2024

And he has a framework based on studies in consumer behaviour, behavioural psychology, and marketing analytics that can help any organization become their own version of an experience disruptor. Allen Adamson is an expert in branding, experience creation, and innovation strategy.

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Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 1, 2014

From blue ocean strategy to Michael Porter’s five forces, Vijay Govindarajan’s reverse innovation to Richard D’Aveni’s hypercompetition, great thinkers and their ideas directly effect how companies are run and how business people think about and practice business. Stuart and Des are the authors of more than 15 books available in 20 languages.

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Engaging Leader

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

The new book The Innovator''s Method: Bringing the Lean Start-up into Your Organization, by Nathan Furr and Jeff Dyer, is a leader’s guide to validating new ideas, refining them, and bringing them to market. Maybe you’ve tried to bring the idea to life, only to have it turn out to be an expensive, time-consuming failure.

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Leading Blog

JULY 19, 2019

How true disruptors use innovation, including digital, to grow the market and create new business models. Or else, you took on the hard work of growing the entire market. It can drive new business models, open up adjacent products and help you grow the whole market. I’ve learned this is not always true.

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