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People is the Business
By: Peter Klinge, Jr. Growth Executive People is the business. Without people there is no developed economic society. People are what create, innovate, and drive business. Sounds pretty simple, perhaps to many not particularly interesting. This article presents three ideas … Continue reading
Posted in CEO and C-suite, Client Case Studies, communications, Critical Thinking, Interpersonal, Management Leadership, Team Organizational Development, Technology, Uncategorized
Tagged compensation, diversity, engagement, productivity, purpose, teamwork
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The Greatness of the Valiant Heart- Seabiscuit and Humanity
Over the recent holiday break our family enjoyed viewing and reading the story of Seabiscuit. The subject book by Laura Hillenbrand is an inspiring story with its central character being an underestimated, troublesome, feisty, and unappreciated horse. The main characters … Continue reading
Posted in Biography, Interpersonal, Management Leadership, Team Organizational Development, Uncategorized
Tagged mission, people, revenue, teamwork
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Small Goes Big with the Right Product Idea… Be Intrapreneurial
By Peter Klinge, Jr. The right product idea(s) can transform any company, even in a mature one, into new exciting directions and possibilities. To be intrapreneurial is to reinvent and leverage your own ideas and to align an organization’s people … Continue reading
Posted in Brand Marketing, Client Case Studies, Consumer Marketing, Critical Thinking, Decision making, Management Leadership, Retail
Tagged branding, business, C-suite, CEO, consumer, critical questions, critical thinking, growth stage, planning, Retail, revenue, sales, strategy, teamwork
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Entrepreneurs it’s Time to Grow Up… Scaling Up the Business
Building a business from scratch is tough. But how do you grow from a start up to scale a business to grow? The Life is Good company is a great example. Now a $100MM/year sales business. The Jacob brothers of … Continue reading
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Tagged accountability, C-suite, CEO, growth stage, leadership, management, teamwork
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How to Collaborate with Rivals
How to Collaborate with Rivals is one of the greatest of challenges for any of us with an ounce of ego, by Peter Klinge, Jr. I finished reading Team of Rivals the Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln from Doris Kearns … Continue reading
Posted in CEO and C-suite, Management Leadership, Team Organizational Development
Tagged abraham lincoln, accountability, critical questions, critical thinking, genius, leadership, politics, president, questions, rival, team, teamwork
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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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Effective Leaders Know Communication- the GM story- Here’s How to Do Better
Effective Leaders Know How to Tell a Good Story- GM could not. Here’s How to be a Better Leader Through Communication Skills Reading a Fortune review of Ed Whitacre’s new book, American Turnaround, I was intrigued by the story of … Continue reading
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Tagged accountability, C-suite, CEO, critical success factors, leadership, management, mission, planning, revenue, teamwork, vision
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How to Align ‘Why’ to Growth Outcomes
By Peter Klinge, Jr. of KLINGE associates The following outlines principles for how to Align the Why of your business to Growth Outcomes. Informed by experience this shows how to develop strategy and a plan that is aligned with a … Continue reading
Posted in CEO and C-suite, Interpersonal, Management Leadership, Sales Management, Team Organizational Development
Tagged accountability, C-suite, CEO, critical success factors, growth stage, leadership, management, planning, pragmatism, revenue, sales, strategy, teamwork, value proposition, vision
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What 6 things Small Business Fears Most…?
6 Things Small Business Fears Most Keeping employees motivated and satisfied: Man, if you’re a business owner you might think people should just be happy to have the job your company affords in this uncertain economy. Well, I hear the point… … Continue reading
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Tagged bosses, C-suite, China, competition, employees, government, healthcare, human resource, international, management, marketing, mission, regulation, revenue, sales, strategy, teamwork
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