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Critical Business Trends the Stock Market is Showing Us… Even IF we don’t Invest
The stock market or capital markets (banks, finance companies) at times show indications of where business and economic trends are heading. They make investments, some say bets, in types of businesses they believe will provide a good return on their … Continue reading
Posted in CEO and C-suite, Critical Thinking, Decision making, Global Business, Technology
Tagged business, C-suite, capital, CEO, critical questions, critical thinking, decision making, Facebook, Google, investors, Microsoft, stock market
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Purpose and Profit: Conscious Capitalism
After a previous LI post I published, Why Whole Foods is in a Pickle, I learned about Whole Foods interest in Conscious Capitalism. Most business people I’ve ever worked with or for are fairly conscious of balancing the welfare of … Continue reading
Posted in CEO and C-suite, Client Case Studies, communications, Consumer Marketing, Critical Questions, Decision making, Management Leadership, Retail, Team Organizational Development, Uncategorized
Tagged accountability, conscious accountability, decision making, leadership, management, mission, planning, profit, value proposition
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Why Whole Foods is in a Pickle
Why Whole Foods is in a Pickle… Whole Foods finds itself in a situation common to businesses across wide ranging categories. The dilemma or pickle for Whole Foods in grocery speak isn’t unusual for large companies. Category leaders as they … Continue reading
Posted in Brand Marketing, CEO and C-suite, Client Case Studies, Consumer Marketing, Critical Thinking, Retail, Sales Management
Tagged brand, branding, business, C-suite, CEO, consumer, decision making, growth stage, marketing, mission, planning, Retail, revenue, sales, strategy, vision
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How to extend a Brand into new outlets…
Extending a brand into new outlets is highly rewarding but also fraught with challenges and potential disaster. This post is about how to extend a brand successfully. Fortune wrote a story about Starbucks’ Grocery Gambit in December. Not too many … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Brand Marketing, Client Case Studies, Consumer Marketing, Critical Questions, Critical Thinking, Decision making, Retail, Sales Management
Tagged brand, branding, business, critical thinking, decision making, grocery, marketing, packaged goods, Retail, revenue, sales, strategy, supermarket, value proposition
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Greatest Business Rivalries & Why They Are Important to Innovation…
By Peter Klinge, Jr. Greatest Business Rivalries & Why They are Important to Innovation… Inspired by the March, 2013 Fortune story here’s why competitive rivalries are important. Focus the mission of the organization on the highest priorities; Highlight weaknesses and … Continue reading
Posted in Brand Marketing, CEO and C-suite, Client Case Studies, Management Leadership, Team Organizational Development
Tagged Advertising, brand, branding, C-suite, celebrity, CEO, critical questions, critical success factors, critical thinking, decision making, Google, HP, IBM, Intel, leadership, Microsoft, mission, Pepsi, revenue, sales, teamwork, vision, warfare
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Why is the Sky Blue? Critical Questions that Lead to Better Decisions… Here’s how…
Why is the sky blue? Critical Questions lead to Better Decisions- here’s how to ask them… Remember the Why is the Sky Blue question? A common childhood question. There are books on Why to help teach and explain to us … Continue reading
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Tagged C-suite, CEO, critical questions, critical success factors, critical thinking, decision making, leadership, management, teamwork
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