N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Understanding the Role of a Chief Commercial Officer In the complex world of corporate leadership, a Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) holds a pivotal role. This position is often seen as the linchpin of a company’s commercial strategy, controlling marketing, sales, and customer service efforts to achieve optimal success.

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In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 6, 2013

Wouldn’t you expect more innovation? Trouble often starts with the brand management itself – the loss of direction, the inability to inject innovation, the failure to recognize customer evolution, the lack of understanding of what the brand is and what it is not. Some companies brand exceedingly well. That’s an understatement.

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In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 18, 2014

It starts with the corporate strategy, and includes marketing strategy, and the all-important human resource strategy. Unlike PepsiCo , Coca-Cola’s corporate strategy is to resist diversification and focus on non-alcoholic beverages. You focus on that 20% to generate a high ROE (return on effort).

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 24, 2024

Distinguishing the Traits of Successful Revenue Leaders In a competitive market, revenue leaders play vital roles, often exerting influence across the entire organizational hierarchy. One of the most important qualities is a profound understanding of market dynamics and customer needs.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 31, 2024

Harnessing the Power of Data-Driven Strategies Data-driven strategies play a crucial role in transforming the marketing industry. They enable today’s CMOs to gain consumer insights and form the basis for all marketing decisions. Today, this is mainly done through digital channels mixed with offline experiences.

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In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Leadership. by John • November 30, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Life , Marketing , Strategy • 0 Comments. For example, if it was innovation and creativity that brought revival, chances are high that innovation and creativity will remain a cornerstone of their corporate culture.

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In the CEO Afterlife

OCTOBER 30, 2011

Leadership. The Essence of Strategy (Part 2). by John • October 30, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 4 Comments. In a strategy seminar I asked the leadership team to tell me what business they were in. Leadership , Marketing , Strategy.

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Mills Scofield

JANUARY 6, 2013

By Tim Kippley: Jeff Bezos, one of the planet’s greatest innovators, once said that: “You need a culture that high-fives small and innovative ideas and senior executives [that] encourage ideas.” ” The Value of Innovation at Geneca. I have long felt that companies can’t survive without innovating.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Guest post from regular Great Leadership contributor Rich Wellins: About a decade ago, I heard the words for the first time: “ I don’t necessarily disagree with you ”. In a world where innovation is crucial, leaders need to do a better job of listening and building on the ideas of others. It’s usually followed by a single word.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

As disruptors in the organization, they hold the onus to align the company’s brand mission with a creative yet commercially viable business strategy. It is now expected that a CMO strikes a harmony between pioneering innovation and maintaining commercial acumen, a balance intrinsic to the realization of substantial business growth.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 8, 2022

Many brands focus their marketing strategies on out-of-home consumption, socializing with friends and family, and humor to generate engagement. Today’s consumers distrust some traditional brands that do not demonstrate a clear value proposition, labeling, innovativeness, and commitment to the environment.

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LDRLB

JANUARY 30, 2013

Innovative. Whether you’re CEO of a company, a team manager or a hard-working employee, adopting and possessing leadership qualities can enhance your professional trajectory and even personal life. Labeling yourself as a leader and possessing leadership qualities personally executed can be seen as different entities.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 27, 2024

In a global marketplace where customer preferences, market trends, and competitive dynamics continuously evolve, a skilled CRO can serve as an organization’s guiding light, steering the ship toward new and unexplored growth areas. While leadership skills are important, they are not sufficient on their own.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 16, 2011

Leadership. Tough-Minded Ways to Innovate. by John • May 16, 2011 • Leadership , Strategy • 3 Comments. Articles on strategy and culture were my favorites, many of which I scribed in pencil on a piece of paper that my secretary typed for posterity – oh my, that sounds archaic. Leadership.

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Chart Your Course

APRIL 29, 2013

Innovation has always been what makes good businesses great. And innovation does not happen without change and risk. Armed with ready ideas, the lead team can decide who will post what and when, creating a consistent, time-efficient social marketing strategy. Part of being a leader is managing change. Manage perceptions.

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In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 11, 2011

Leadership. by John • December 11, 2011 • Branding , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 1 Comment. In the case of struggling Nabob Foods, two significant innovations facilitated the turnaround. While they played catch-up, we were already working on the next innovation. Leadership.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 14, 2020

That challenge brings into sharp focus the impact of your people strategy. Significant job losses announced yesterday in two major High Street brands are an indicator of what leadership challenges lie ahead, in organisations, local or global. Measuring leadership effectiveness. Six essential leadership qualities.

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In the CEO Afterlife

OCTOBER 23, 2011

Leadership. The Essence of Strategy (Part 1). by John • October 23, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 4 Comments. I’ve always loved strategy. People worry that strategy slows a company down and limits growth opportunities. Innovative. Leadership.

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In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

Leadership. by John • November 13, 2011 • Branding , Life , Marketing • 5 Comments. I’ve never thought of the homeless as innovative or entrepreneurial. My pattern is posting every Monday, on leadership, strategy, marketing and life. Leadership. In the CEO Afterlife. Main menu Home.

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In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 29, 2013

Marketers determine how to bring the brand promise to life. In the high tech world, innovation is critical to survival. With this in mind, HR constructs the recruiting strategy, implements, and nurtures a culture conducive to innovation. HR brings human capital to life. Every brand has a personality.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

For instance, they’d suggest an innovative marketing strategy to promote their new product without much regard for anything else. Given these characteristics, naturally, the pessimists would tear the optimistic marketing strategy and other ideas to pieces. Sometimes they would even see problems that weren’t there.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 1, 2012

Magic can’t happen in cultures that don’t worship innovation. Innovation starts with leadership. Most big company cultures are not innovative. Oh yes, they talk about innovation in their annual reports and their mission statements. But this isn’t the Apple, Google or Amazon type of innovation.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 6, 2012

So much has been written about business innovation this past year. Those walking the talk are on Fast Company’s list of the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies. Are we to deduce that innovation is the domain of new economy and early-stage life cycle businesses? These innovators love playing rocket man.

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Lead from Within

JULY 2, 2024

In my role as an executive leadership coach, I’ve observed that teams with a clear and comprehensive charter exhibit enhanced clarity, collaboration, and accountability. Example: “Our purpose is to innovate sustainable solutions for urban living, and our vision is to become the leading provider of eco-friendly city infrastructure.”

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In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 7, 2014

The essence of sacrifice in her mind was giving up something of value for another consideration; when people are together they are more collaborative and innovative. Branding Human Resources Leadership Life Marketing Strategy Bob Olodort CEO Complexity Culture Focus Jacobs Suchard Nabob Sacrifice Samsung Vision'

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

This includes sales , marketing, customer support, pricing, and revenue management, distinctly mapping out the path to sustainable, profitable growth. Under their stewardship, the CRO implements innovative revenue generation techniques and ensures effective business model operations.

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Innovation Excellence

DECEMBER 20, 2022

GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton If you heard it once, you heard it a thousand times: Big companies can’t innovate We need to innovate before we get too big and slow Startups are innovative. They can’t innovate. And yet you persevere because you know the truth: Big companies CAN innovate. Big companies are dinosaurs.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Rebel Brown : I’ve been a consultant for over 20 years now, focused on helping international clients in areas of business and market strategy, positioning and market launches. Mike Myatt: What’s been most rewarding to you in your work in the leadership field? Without integrity – there is no leadership.

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Innovation Excellence

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Drum roll please… At the beginning of each month we will profile the twenty posts from the previous month that generated the most traffic to Innovation Excellence. We also publish a weekly Top 8 as part of our FREE email newsletter. Did your favorite make the cut? But enough delay, here are January’s twenty most.

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In the CEO Afterlife

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Leadership. by John • October 17, 2011 • Branding , Human Resources , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 3 Comments. Never in the history of marketing has there been so much talk about branding. Wouldn’t you expect more innovation? Leadership. In the CEO Afterlife. Main menu Home.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 12, 2024

Having a deep understanding of market trends, customer behaviors, and competitive landscapes, the CCO can ensure that the company’s market positioning and communication strategies are effective and resonate with the intended audience. Moreover, a CCO plays an instrumental role in driving marketing innovations.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Perhaps it is some combination of them, some attainable format for effective leadership that requires work, certainly, but that also works. Bill George – He has taught leadership since 2004 and is a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School, where. He is the top ranked leadership blogger by Huffington Post.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

But a problem that’s becoming ever more visible is that some organisations have made authenticity their marketing strategy, rather than a business one. This approach very much links to social innovation and indeed conspicuous altruism. As a result, they come across as manufactured i.e. the very opposite of authentic.

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In the CEO Afterlife

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

You be obsessed with innovation. Achieving the right culture is possible, but it seldom happens unless the organization is blessed with a strong and tenacious CEO who passionately practices the tenets of entrepreneurial leadership. You grow by doing less, better. They are conventional and reactive. You be distinctive and farsighted.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

In this TED video , Sinek explains what he believes to be the reason for Apple’s constant innovations and their repeated successes. Red Zone Marketing’s “Why”: We focus our efforts on finding simple, common sense and inexpensive alternatives to creating growth in a business. Sinek makes a case that it’s all about the messaging.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 13, 2012

Like most bloggers, I write about what I know; that’s strategy, leadership and branding. And although I am no longer engaged in commercial business, I am once again “thinking business” and enjoying the rush of discovering the ideas and innovations of today’s entrepreneurs. When I retired, I thought I was through with business.

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Innovation Excellence

JANUARY 2, 2020

Drum roll please… At the beginning of each month we will profile the twenty posts from the previous month that generated the most traffic to Innovation Excellence. We also publish a weekly Top 8 as part of our FREE email newsletter. Did your favorite make the cut? But enough delay, here are December’s twenty most.

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