In the CEO Afterlife

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

The very best strategies aren’t generated by outside strategic planning consultants who bill thousands of dollars a day. Monsanto , for example, enjoys the competitive advantage that emanates from a culture of clout. That doesn’t meant they can’t be strategically powerful. The same argument can be made for strategies.

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Competitive Advantage How To Human Resources Strategy 100

The Practical Leader

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Last week was an especially clear example of a values disconnect. I facilitated a strategic planning session for senior executives. One of the core strategic imperatives they felt vital to their success in the coming year was a “People Strategy.” And they have a lot more choice in today’s job market.

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Policies Morale Report Survey 59

LDRLB

DECEMBER 21, 2012

” He has used boldly used non-obvious insights to launch major strategic initiatives. In his words, “I don’t bore myself with market research” because “all they do is use the past to predict the future.” But that’s about the ethics of the people using the tools of strategy.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Understanding the Concept of Governance Excellence Governance excellence refers to the strategic oversight conducted by a company’s board of directors that ensures ethical, sustainable, and profitable organizational operations. On the other hand, high performance is often a manifestation of excellent corporate governance.

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Compliance Ethics Efficiency Metrics 244

Chart Your Course

AUGUST 14, 2012

3) Manage your managers and make them lead by example. Leaders in the organization serve as role models through their ethical behavior and personal involvement in planning, communicating and developing others. 9) Customer and market focus. People don’t quit their company, they quit their managers. For more information.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 6, 2018

Philosophy : purpose, vision, quality of life, ethics, long-term growth. What they were doing five years ago has no relationship to what they’re now marketing. Never were too busy to set good examples, share ideas with others and help build the teams on which they played. Firms which package and market services.

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Advice Strategy Company Bureaucracy 57

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

He has more than 30 years of experience in corporate sales and marketing, including years in book publishing business, working for IDG Books, publishers of the … For Dummies computer and general reference books. He has a marketing communications degree from Bradley University.

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Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Mozilla, for example, seeks to deepen its connections to customers, who have an open invitation to shape the company’s Internet browser and other product offerings, by publishing its financial results (something it does not need to do as a private company), opening its business meetings to the public and posting its strategic plans online.

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How To Airlines Media Innovation 110

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Santander, which made its debut on this year’s list, is a best-case example of a brand that stayed true to its brand promise and saw it pay off. While so much expansion can be tough on a brand, Santander is moving quickly to rebrand all of its acquisitions under the Santander name and launched substantial marketing campaigns in the U.K.,

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Brand Globalization Banking Long-term 60

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

gives you the tools to take an eclectic approach to your marketing, and pick the best, most wildly successful marketing methods – traditional, online, or both — to win at achieving your marketing goals. Combine social media with traditional marketing techniques for breakthrough results! And the Clients Went Wild!

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Wilde Newsletter Marketing Motivation 50

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 29, 2010

This book will explore how our institutional leaders can make claim once again to ethical, fair, and purposeful practices that underscore the value of human beings as the linchpins of our society. For example, Discover Bank held monthly meetings of all staff by location and shift. It is possible to be hard-nosed and caring.

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Leadership Newsletter Learning-by-Doing Belief Systems 50

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 1, 2014

Ethics and standards… those are for chumps. Examples: This company reflects the character of its CEO. In reality, no single market shift speaks completely for itself. We’re too worried about __ (some item in the news… the latest source of gossip). Interest rates are too high. Many companies are ego-driven.

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Budgeting Risk Management Quality Strategic Planning 72

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

How much further should we extend ethics? Sadly, many of the perpetrators did not see lapses in ethics… it was legal and just business to them. By maintaining an awareness of further changing environments, there are further opportunities to be successful, ethical and move ahead of the competition.

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Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 58

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2011

The longer they network, the better they get at niche marketing. Inevitably, when high-level forums are organized, the juniors, mid-managers and self-marketers infiltrate and take over… which chases us away. Some commercial programs cater to this market but are usually populated by entrepreneurs on the way up.

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Committee Learning-by-Doing Consultative Budgeting 51

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

This client was a prime example of a leading CEO who served his community, profession and firm well. These are my considered opinions, having conducted Performance Reviews, Strategic Planning and Visioning for other companies over 35+ years. Without Strategic Planning, there is no benchmarking of specific tactics.

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