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How are you doing on price? :: Women on Business

Women on Business

Since then, I have had more and more discussions with my clients about their pricing strategies and being squeezed in this market. In a lean economy, many sales and business development people feel obligated to discount their prices; at least, the discussion of price and where it fits in the sales strategy becomes more important than ever.

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Full-Spectrum Thinking

Leading Blog

Think especially beyond commodity products where competition is based only on price.”. In an interesting chapter on Human-Machine symbiosis , he reimagines the human resources function. Perhaps we need to refer to it as Human-Computing Resources because humans are increasingly augmented by digital resources.

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Why Uncontrollable Factors are Norm to Great CEOs

In the CEO Afterlife

Over my 17-year career in the North American coffee business, I must have dealt with three or four Brazilian frosts that pushed the price of coffee futures through the roof. You do not throw your hands in the air and tell the shareholders to wait for prices to stabilize. Human Resources Leadership Strategy'

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The ?M? Word: A Company's Most Underrated Intangible | In the CEO.

In the CEO Afterlife

by John • November 30, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Life , Marketing , Strategy • 0 Comments. But unlike finite measurements such as sales, market share, profit, stock price or market cap, momentum remains an intangible – a powerful one. Human Resources. In the CEO Afterlife. Main menu Home.

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The Essence of Strategy (Part 2) | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

by John • October 30, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 4 Comments. Over the long haul, the specialty/expert image is critical to high prices and high margins. Human Resources. In the CEO Afterlife. Main menu Home. Leadership. The Essence of Strategy (Part 2). Greg Waddell.

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Why HR Needs to Be a Marketer

In the CEO Afterlife

HR’s product is the corporation’s human resource , the people required to build the product, produce it, sell it, ship it, invoice it and service it. Wal-Mart promises low prices, every day. For the sake of brevity, I’ll list just five similarities between HR and brand marketing. Within every successful brand is a core promise.

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The Best Things in Business are Free

In the CEO Afterlife

Negotiating for a lower price or something extra is the modus operandi of every antique retailer, real estate broker, flea market merchant and automobile dealer. Human Resources Leadership Life Strategy Apple Business Chanel Coco Chanel Culture Google In-N-Out Burger Innovation Patagonia Red Bull Steve Jobs Zappos' But, beware.