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Why Great Brands Lose Their Way

In the CEO Afterlife

I remain impressed with the ongoing success of P&G, L’Oreal, Nike, Whole Foods, Pernod Ricard, Apple, and Starbucks. Wouldn’t you expect greater care in stewarding brand presence, personality, positioning, single-mindedness, and strategic consistency? Wouldn’t you expect more innovation? Some companies brand exceedingly well.

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Top 16 Books for Human Resource and Talent Management Executives

Chart Your Course

It is hands-down the most popular leadership book of all time. He demonstrates that the ability to build trust is THE key leadership competency of the new global economy. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable (2002). It is a must-have for every HR and L&D pros’ library and toolkit. By Stephen R.

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Be an Advocate for Yourself :: Women on Business

Women on Business

Companies now understand the impact of diversifying their talent pool, especially in leadership roles. o Make sure your position has P&L responsibility. The recommendation from Harvard Business Review and Catalyst is for organizations to adopt formal sponsorship programs similar to IBM Europe.

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More Evidence For How Company Performance Is Affected By CEO Personality

LDRLB

Our strategy emphasizes versatility and empowerment in allocating human resources. Conscientious folks are “high achievers that feel a strong need to take responsibility for doing things immediately” (p. Sounds like exactly the type of folks we often promote into positions of leadership. Simmons, Ph.D.

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Beauty Marketers: Best in Class | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

Leadership. Notwithstanding the company’s recent ’airbrushing’ misstep in the UK, L’Oreal has negotiated through the test-of-time’s mine fields, successfully setting the brand marketing standard for the entire cosmetics industry. Human Resources. Leadership. In the CEO Afterlife.

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Make Your Company Customer-Centric – and Increase Profitability by a Whopping 75 Percent

Strategy Driven

However, a company’s biggest expense doesn’t show on a P&L, at least not directly. It has to be the responsibility of every single department: human resources, training, marketing, support, sales, IT, finance, operations and, most importantly, leadership.

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Even “bad” cultures get some things right

Surviving Leadership

I also truly appreciated some of the business practices that leadership followed that I have missed in other organizations, including ones highlighted in McCord’s book. It comes down to the people who execute those initiatives and the daily interactions that happen among leadership, employees, and customers.

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