Leading Blog

JUNE 15, 2020

To do that, you have to show how your market is big enough (a multi-billion dollar market) to support that kind of valuation. Like Mark Zuckerberg, who built a site only for college students, we are looking for a small, protected market that you as an entrepreneur, can dominate. Why does it need to be a small market?

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LDRLB

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Bob Lieberman is a business leadership consultant based in the Pacific Northwest. More than one marketing powerhouse that I’m acquainted with has internal systems and procedures that would amaze you with their ineptness, diseconomy, and resistance to truly fundamental improvement. This is guest post from Bob Lieberman.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 1, 2012

In my blog of last week, entitled A Monster of an Idea , I gave kudos to the Monster Beverage Corporation for becoming a ridiculously -profitable, high-growth $2 billion dollar enterprise despite ignoring the Holy Grail of marketing commandments. A market did not exist for his brainchild; Mateschitz believed he could create one.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Eric Koester, Zaarly’s co-founder and chief marketing officer, provides great tips to any new start-ups in the early stages. Buffalo Wild Wings Grill and Bar. Women tend to have the feminine leadership qualities. We are successful with team-building, thoughtful management, partnership building, and market savvy.

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Lead on Purpose

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

The leadership principles that surface in the story make the book worth reading. The foundation principle is self-leadership. Each of these individuals works in a position that — based on conventional wisdom — would not be considered a leadership position. This is the wrong approach according to Sharma.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 2, 2010

home about rich our team news our fans services executive coach business coach speaking inspire media knowledge books affiliates contact Rich Gee Group 203.500.2421 10 Tips For Holiday Party Etiquette. It’s the most wonderful time of the year. And you have to go to your office holiday party. Wear that snazzy tie or that elegant scarf.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 15, 2024

00:29) Leadership & Future Insights : David introduces the essence of “ Leadership without Losing Your Soul ,” promising future explorations into workplace harmony. Understand your core values and long-term vision to navigate the job market effectively and avoid the allure of superficial attractions.

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Poor leadership and poor execution can sink even the greatest ideas. No new idea comes formed ready for delivery to the market. Nobody has ever shown they have infallible, let alone reliable, instincts for anticipating how customers and markets receive new ideas. In fact, this is almost never the case. Well, think about this.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 16, 2011

It is simply a more intelligent approach to consistently manage brand exposure than it is to let your brand run wild and then attempt to triage overexposure. Once a brand’s appeal begins to erode, it will require significant time and expense to recover. link] mikemyatt Thanks for sharing your insights Joe – spot-on as usual.

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 31, 2013

Oscar Wilde. Leadership Product Management / Marketing customer service optimism reputation' “Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.” Warren Bennis. Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.” Second: always stand behind a pompous ass whenever possible.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 22, 2018

In the dynamic environment in which business now operates a symphonic C-suite makes a great deal of sense, as it allows leadership teams to tackle issues that no single function can adequately explain. It enables the leadership to be shared which is a common theme that we see in nature.

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Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 5, 2010

They consider the idea itself, the team, the market and more. … If this idea is intriguing, just think how many ideas and how much growth you would get as a member of the Remarkable Leadership Learning System. But of all of the things he shared, one thing struck me in such a way that I am still thinking about over 24 hours later.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MAY 12, 2015

It certainly might look like that, especially in the wild San Francisco Bay real estate market where housing prices are at an all time high and competition is fierce. The post Relationship Currency Transforms a Transactional World appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 23, 2018

But in the world of leadership, humor has typically been typecast as a manifestation of individual personalities and thereby a spontaneous and non-replicable activity. Social humor is practiced as part of the IDEO design thinking process that “encourages wild ideas” to take root.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 27, 2010

We often study the principles of leadership in order to become leaders ourselves. However, as helpful as reading about leadership from a conceptual angle can be, the most effective way to learn is by example. Another leadership quality that Ford emphasized was life-long learning. By Anna Miller. Steve Jobs.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2019

He simplified the design and construction of the automobile, narrowed the choices available (“any color you want, so long as it’s black”) and marketed it toward what we would today call the “down market.” I MAGINE that this is your situation: Your young company is a raging success.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 24, 2017

The seemingly more attractive (and logical) option is to do more and more – the theory being the more markets, products, and businesses a company engages in, the better the results. Farsightedness is essential to effective leadership. The glue that binds leadership, strategy, and execution is people—at every level of the organization.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 18, 2021

Fortunately, leadership is all about influencing people and the future toward a greater good, and that has entrepreneurship written all over it. Cooking might not be your thing, but maybe you’re incredible at leading strategic meetings, designing marketing plans, building teams, or keeping finances well above board.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

Rob Sher is founding principal of CEO to CEO, a consulting firm of former chief executives that improves the leadership infrastructure of midsized companies seeking to accelerate their performance. He has published extensively on the successful leadership traits of CEOs of mid-market companies.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Happy clients that go wild about you because of the surprising way you serve their needs. Yes, I will talk to my manager and see if we can do that for you.” How about, “YES, I can do some hard work for you even though it would be easier for me to just say no.” The result? Related posts: Are Your Client Delight Efforts Misplaced?

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 24, 2020

General expectation setting and maintenance is paramount to any recruitment process and especially so in a tumultuous market environment. The first step to great candidate management is thinking about what he/she is going through psychologically and emotionally at any point in the interview process.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 27, 2016

A survey of leadership and workplace articles today will inevitably find people encouraging each other to find their passion in their work. One of the best examples of this is the world-famous Pike Place Fish Market in Seattle.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

He hunted wild animals in Africa and, as a naturalist, started the U.S. Squeezing another penny out of costs, getting product to market a few weeks earlier, responding to customers’ inquiries a little bit faster, ratcheting quality up one more notch, capturing another point of market share–those are the obsessions of managers today.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Missing the turn or making it too late can cause a company to stagnate or implode or can spell the death of the idea; or worse, the idea becomes someone else’s to bring to market without you. There are warning signs you may be stuck in founder-mode and not making the turn to leadership. Leadership is uncomfortable sometimes.

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Coaching Tip

SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

Persuasion is pulling the rope and positional leadership is pushing the rope. Passion is not yelling or being wild; it is simply caring deeply. That means that leadership is a means to an end--the mission it serves is the end. Your Leadership Checklist. Seven Principles of Marketing. Add to Cart.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 19, 2014

Rob Sher is founding principal of CEO to CEO, a consulting firm of former chief executives that improves the leadership infrastructure of midsized companies seeking to accelerate their performance. He has published extensively on the successful leadership traits of CEOs of mid-market companies.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 11, 2013

She has an MBA in Marketing from the Ivey Business School and an undergraduate degree in Economics from Western University. Karen Wright is an executive coach, author, speaker and consultant.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Reviews: “This wild, wicked show is not just a screamfest; it’s a good piece of theater!” - The New York Times “Funny, furious and wholly enthralling!” - Wall Street Journal “Teller has filled Play Dead with elaborate illusions and effects including a slam-bang finale!”

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Six Disciplines

OCTOBER 4, 2013

One of the primary functions of business strategy is choosing the dimensions of excellence in which the company will pursue leadership. For example, some businesses may focus their efforts on price leadership, some on full service, or some on convenience. The franchising concept has been wildly successful over the past 40 years.

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Six Disciplines

MARCH 29, 2013

One of the primary functions of business strategy is choosing the dimensions of excellence in which the company will pursue leadership. For example, some businesses may focus their efforts on price leadership, some on full service, or some on convenience. The franchising concept has been wildly successful over the past 40 years.

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Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

I asked each of these leaders a single question about healthy leadership: What healthy habits do you attribute to your success as a leader? Discover a healthy leadership habit of @MichaelHyatt at Click To Tweet. Check out these healthy habits of #leadership experts @MichaelHyatt, @MarkTimm, and @48DaysTeam Click To Tweet.

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We continue the servant leadership interview series with a real treat. I was honored to have Jim Hunter sit down for an interview on Servant Leadership. Jim has over 30 years of experience teaching and consulting on servant leadership principles. Steve: It’s Leadership 291, it’s called, “Becoming an Influential Leader”.

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We continue the servant leadership interview series with a real treat. I was honored to have Jim Hunter sit down for an interview on Servant Leadership. Jim has over 30 years of experience teaching and consulting on servant leadership principles. Steve: It’s Leadership 291, it’s called, “Becoming an Influential Leader”.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 23, 2019

What was your leadership epiphany that can help clearly articulate your passion and vision? Marketing is no longer about the stuff that you make, but about the stories you tell.” – Seth Godin. Your Story. What does it take to be a serial, successful entrepreneur in a highly competitive industry? What’s your “milkshake story?”

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2015

When it came time to drive cows to market, the hot tattoo was a convenient way to identify a particular cow. Branding in the Wild West was more than a tool for identification; it was also a means to determine ownership. And, it is the dream of every brand manager. Cattle shared open grazing range. Brand as Identity.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

If you’re using the same old marketing strategies today because they brought in business in years past, you’re in danger of being pummeled by your competition. you have to get their attention, and that means your typical tried-and-true marketing tactics aren’t going to cut it anymore. …And the Clients Went Wild! :

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

What types of ‘wild goose chases’ have you pursued in your networking career? Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets. Are there networking situations which are beneficial for all parties?

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