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- One Family Business over 3 centuries- The Story of Klotzli Knives
- How to Align ‘Why’ to Growth Outcomes
- 6 Keys to Revenue Growth: Building a Foundation and Consistent Execution to Create Sustainability
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Once the Monarchs of Mobile- Demise of Nokia and Motorola
They were the undisputed leaders of all cellular handset communications. But how did Motorola and Nokia get dethroned in such stunning fashion? The introduction of the iPhone in 2007, followed closely by the emergence of Samsung rapidly inflicted mortal wounds … Continue reading
Posted in Brand Marketing, CEO and C-suite, Client Case Studies, Consumer Marketing, Decision making, Global Business, Management Leadership, Technology
Tagged brand, branding, business, CEO, consumer, globalization, management, marketing, revenue
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Club of Super Rich, Super Vote Public Companies
Tech companies generate much excitement around their potential to “change the world” and the riches the investors hope to gain from the promise of an IPO. Facebook, Google, Twitter, and now the buzz of Snapchat or Snap Inc. as it … Continue reading
Posted in CEO and C-suite, Critical Questions, Critical Thinking, Decision making, Family business, Management Leadership
Tagged accountability, business, C-suite, investing, IPO, management
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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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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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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 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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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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6 Keys to Revenue Growth: Building a Foundation and Consistent Execution to Create Sustainability
By Peter Klinge, Jr. The great recession led to cost cutting, layoffs, retrenchment, and a good deal of fear. Today with an improved outlook, more companies are turning their attention to the question of how to build profitable top line … Continue reading
Posted in Critical Questions, Critical Thinking, Decision making, Management Leadership, Sales Management, Team Organizational Development
Tagged accountability, critical success factors, metrics, revenue, sales, testing, value proposition
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