Lead Change Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

Sean Glaze of Great Results Team Building shared 3 areas of competitive advantage for you and your team. Sean writes: “ Ultimately, the greatest competitive advantage you can have is the QUALITY OF YOUR INTERNAL TEAM CULTURE. Joel Garfinkle of the Career Advancement Blog shared How Can You Further Develop Your Talent?

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

After all, it’s the nature of a business - going from Point A to Point B as quickly and efficiently as possible, to gain a competitive advantage and secure the market share necessary for success. I experienced this personally in my corporate career. The leadership part HAS to come first. EVERY time.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2024

For example, implementing a digital literacy initiative can accelerate a company’s adoption of new technologies, leading to increased efficiency and competitive advantage. Implementing personalized learning paths, career development programs, and leadership training enhances talent development.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 1, 2023

With candor and depth, Rometty shares milestones from her life and career while redefining power as a way to drive meaningful change in positive ways for ourselves, our organizations, and for the many, not just the few—a concept she calls "good power."

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 5, 2021

The tensions of returning to the office and figuring out the most effective permanent post-pandemic work arrangements are the topic of my newest book, Returning to the Office and Leading Hybrid and Remote Teams: A Manual on Benchmarking to Best Practices for Competitive Advantage. They spent their career surrounded by other people.

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Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

I promise to get to know you, including your career aspirations, and, when possible, place you in a role and give you opportunities to learn and grow in ways that will help you advance toward your career aspirations. 3 Ways Pixar Gains Competitive Advantage from Its Culture. You May Also Enjoy: .

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

An idea is not synonymous with a competitive advantage, an idea is not necessarily a sign of creativity, an idea does not constitute innovation, and as much as some people wish it was so, an idea is certainly not a business. This may be the first time in my career that I've been accused of taking a standard management approach.:)

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Rich Gee Group

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Crazy bosses, mercurial clients, and dumpster-fire management impact your career and business. Focus your development efforts - we grow your career with no obstacles. Gain a competitive advantage - play chess while others play checkers. You need help. Effectively raise product prices across the board AND get more clients.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 1, 2019

Schulze's principles are both versatile and utterly practical to leaders of every age, career stage, and industry. Morey will guide you across 11 concrete and pragmatic steps that unlock and drive day-to-day innovation in your business and help you gain a long-term competitive advantage in your marketplace.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 16, 2010

They all speak of the quality of their talent as a key success metric…in fact, many of them will emphatically state that talent is their single biggest competitive advantage. Rarely do I speak with an executive who hasn’t drunk the talent messaging Kool-Aid.

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In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 4, 2012

I’ve met both over my long career as an executive, a consultant, and a board member. Here are the key differences between the species: Strategists are obsessed with bolstering their company’s competitive advantage. Strategic Planners, at the outset, are disadvantaged by the definition of their role.

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Women on Business

JUNE 2, 2011

I gave a presentation yesterday to the Executive Women’s Roundtable in Northern Virginia titled, “Using The Art of War to Find Your Competitive Advantage.” She looked me squarely in the eyes and said something she either was realizing for the first time, or had just come to terms with: “I think that sums up my entire career.”.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 14, 2019

Your business probably has a business website complete with a career page on it. Many job applicants stumble upon exciting career opportunities in various companies via job listing sites. Meta titles and descriptions are essential elements in SEO that can help your career pages rank better in search results.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 2, 2010

If you’re passionate about something it means you care so much that it hurts…Refusing to surrender, and having the ability to make the tough decision or the needed sacrifice, will allow your company to continue taking ground and will keep the competitive advantage on the side of your enterprise.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Although business leaders are rightfully concerned with competitive advantage and profitability, employees and customers typically have other concerns or priorities. Setting direction well means establishing a compelling vision and ethical strategies. People want to feel proud of both the work they do and the cause(s) they serve.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 15, 2014

Time ticked away and they started to loose their competitive advantage. Beth Armknecht Miller career advice coaching' Yet he could not get his other two partners to commit to making the necessary investment. They were older and had different financial needs.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 3, 2017

Value Sessions – Show you value your core employees by asking them individually questions such as: “How are you?”; “What are your interests outside of work?”; “What are your career goals and how can I help you achieve them?”. 3 Ways Pixar Gains Competitive Advantage from Its Culture.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 27, 2023

Some may want to pursue a career separate from the family enterprise, while some who join the family business may feel an extra level of intensity around performance expectations. It’s normal for young adults to wish to forge their own paths during this stage.

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In the CEO Afterlife

JULY 2, 2012

I’m going to admit at the outset that I was a strong proponent of Herzog’s concept for most of my career. Proponents believe that dominant market share creates competitive advantage because ofmarketplace leverage and economies of scale. But hold on for a moment. This is the mentality of the old economy.

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thoughtLEADERS, LLC

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Our reader poll today asks: What is your organization’s biggest source of competitive advantage? We don’t have a competitive advantage 8.41%. Our people — we have the best team out there 49.54%. Our product/service — no other products/services come close 21.97%. Something else 7.47%. People are our edge.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Through strategic planning and execution, the CPO leads the charge in attracting, developing, and retaining top talent, creating a sustainable competitive advantage for the organization. The CPO ensures that HR drives organizational success by leveraging data analytics, benchmarking, and industry best practices.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JULY 2, 2018

Given our tendency to overlook or downplay these feelings, loneliness is the #1 blind spot that is sabotaging people’s performance and holding them back from achieving their career hopes and dreams. I believe loneliness is a primary reason so many people are struggling today.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JULY 15, 2017

She is an example of a leader who communicates an inspiring vision and lives it, as can be seen throughout her remarkable career. Throughout her career Ms. 3 Ways Pixar Gains Competitive Advantage from Its Culture. Yosko is a source of inspiration to the people she leads. Overcoming Obstacles to Serve Patients Well.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 23, 2019

It’s created a world in which the speed of learning is a competitive advantage, both for individuals and organizations. Learning as a competitive advantage. Of course, learning organizations are not necessarily a new thing, but their nature has changed.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 14, 2019

If we can harness the untapped potential buried deep within the hearts of our people, we can turn engagement from a liability into real, sustainable competitive advantage and usher in gains in productivity unseen since the industrial revolution! Mark started his Chick-fil-A career working as an hourly team member back in 1977.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 15, 2019

Intuitively, yes, entrepreneurship is a risky career path. Losing this is essentially losing one of the company’s most sacred competitive advantages. According to the Small Business Administration, about half of all businesses fail within five years ( PDF ). Some statistics show even higher failure rates.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Therefor by definition it is not unique or likely to generate any competitive advantage. Again a core that keeps customers loyal & provides a competitive advantage. By definition 'best practice' is something codified by someone else. I always appreciate your insights William. Manufacturing, oh yes!

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

It was a pain by then but during the rest of my career that mentality has stuck with me and I found that its always easier comming up with the simple solution in the first place rather than dealing with complex workflows until you have had enough and go back to simplify it.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 24, 2013

It’s also hard to keep a competitive advantage a secret these days, so again, it’s astounding to me that so many companies can’t figure out how to develop leaders by stealing the best practices from those that do or stumbling on proven, tried and true , research-backed leadership development models, tools, and practices.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 21, 2015

More than ever, telling the whole truth has become a competitive advantage. Outsmart the competition by being an explainer. 3 Ways to Outsmart the Competition by Being an Explainer. This is part 2 of 7 ways to outsmart the competition. I’ve made a career of telling bad news well.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Over the course of his career as an entrepreneur, he has directly witnessed many of the benefits that I listed above. Why It’s So Important to Trust and Believe in People My father, who started a business from scratch with my grandfather in Venezuela, taught me a lot about the importance of trusting in your people.

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Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Over my career I’ve seen this scenario several times. Mulcahy spent her career at Xerox and had the credibility to communicate this message. The Competitive Advantage of Connection Cultures. RadioShack logo, courtesy of RadioShack Corporation. RadioShack is on the ropes. What can be done to save it? Xerox comes to mind.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

Great businesses are in constant search of improvement, innovation, change, disruption, knowledge and other strategic leverage points that lead to a competitive advantage or operational enhancement. Don’t fall into the rut of allowing your business to be trapped in a perpetual state of static thinking.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 23, 2012

For most of my career, I operated within intensely competitive arenas where fractions of market share points were worth millions of dollars. From my experience, these six characteristics encapsulate the competitive business culture. This is a tremendous competitive advantage for the smaller player.

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 10, 2021

NOTE: Portions of this article were excerpted from Connection Culture: The Competitive Advantage of Shared Identity, Empathy, and Understanding at Work , 2nd edition. With each effort you and your colleagues make, you gain momentum toward a fully connected culture. Katharine P. Stallard is a co-author of this article.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

He wanted to make a change and ignite a new career fueled by passion. If you’re looking at starting or restarting a career, here are some things to keep in mind: Passion can change. Focus your career on something that will give you a comfortable level of stability or make a difference in the world–or both.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2023

The trajectory toward career advancement materializes by implementing tangible measures that align with your unique and subjective understanding of success. Furthermore, it is imperative to acknowledge that the corporate landscape in which you seek to advance your career holds significance in this endeavor.

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