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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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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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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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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 Focus on Your Best Customers
Focusing on your best customers is critically important. However, many companies do not do this. There’s a lot of emphasis in marketing and sales to acquire new customers. What businesses often fail to recognize is that the time, effort and … Continue reading
Posted in Brand Marketing, Client Case Studies, Consumer Marketing, Critical Questions, Management Leadership, Sales Management, Team Organizational Development
Tagged airline, business, consumer, databases, Delta, frequency, growth stage, monetary, profitability, recency, revenue, RFM, sales
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Intel Brand Platform Extends Technology Leadership
The Intel Brand platform extends the technology leadership for the company in a way that the technology alone can not. Intel cleverly introduced Intel Inside in the early 90’s as a differentiating communications and co-marketing program. This effectively promoted Intel’s … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Brand Marketing, CEO and C-suite, Client Case Studies, Global Business, Management Leadership, Technology
Tagged Advertising, Android, Apple, brains inside, brand, CEO, Chips, Computer Inside, engineering, globalization, Google, Google Glass, growth stage, Intel, Intel Inside, manufacturer, marketing, microprocessors, mission, MP3, Nexus, smartphones, strategy, tablets, vision
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