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Ten Years After Ford’s Spectacular Turnaround, What Alan Mulally Reveals About Brand-Inspired Cultural Revolution

Great Leadership By Dan

With One Ford, he put the purpose and values of the Ford brand at the center of the organization and unified the company’s people, plans, operations, and products to restore the brand to automotive leadership. But one angle that hasn't yet been covered is the brand-inspired cultural revolution he led inside the organization.

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Marketing for the Extremely Shy

Harvard Business Review

It's easy to imagine, as some of these executives and business owners do, that you can just "hire a marketing person" to take care of it. So here is my advice to the shy and recalcitrant: Recognize the difference between marketing and sales. There's often a lot of confusion about marketing and sales. Which means.

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Generation to Generation: How to Save the Family Business

Harvard Business Review

Consider this: In the United States alone, family-owned businesses (FOBs) are responsible for 60% of total US employment and generate 78% of all new jobs. A similar percentage held advanced degrees: 75% of FOB directors and 77% of non-FOB directors. Furthermore, less than a quarter of FOB directors (vs. Director Profiles.

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