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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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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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Why Can’t People Get Along?
People getting along and aligned to execute against business objectives is key to a successful enterprise. Today we have technology that enable information systems and modes of communication that make it easier for people in organizations to link, even remotely. … Continue reading
Posted in CEO and C-suite, Critical Thinking, Family business, Generational Succession, Interpersonal
Tagged business, C-suite, critical thinking, planning, vision
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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
Posted in CEO and C-suite, Client Case Studies, communications, Global Business, Management Leadership, Team Organizational Development
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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Do You Still Read? Holiday Reading List Review…
Have you heard that people don’t read much beyond what they snack on digitally with various feeds on their smart phone? I don’t have the readership facts on hand. It appears difficult to find time to read thoughtfully and critically. … Continue reading
Posted in Biography, CEO and C-suite, Global Business, Interpersonal, Management Leadership, Team Organizational Development
Tagged business, C-suite, CEO, globalization, international, leadership, management, marketing, mission, planning, strategy, teamwork, vision
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How to Effectively Transition Leadership for Growth
Leadership transition of the CEO is hard and messy, but it’s possible to effect transition in meaningful, gratifying ways that build legacy companies for generations to come. The central issue appears to stem from alignment of the company’s products and … Continue reading
Posted in CEO and C-suite, Client Case Studies, Global Business, Management Leadership, Team Organizational Development
Tagged C-suite, CEO, Gerstner, growth stage, IBM, leadership, management, planning, strategy, vision
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6 steps to International? Experience and history is informative…
By Peter Klinge, Jr. To help you understand the context for these 6 listed below let’s share perspective on what we can expect in the world. Let’s start with what we know….In a global economy any company is exposed to … Continue reading
Posted in Brand Marketing, Global Business, Management Leadership
Tagged globalization, leadership, management, marketing, mission, planning, strategy, vision
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Did you check the International resources listed previously? Perhaps a start to int’l… BUT
You need to know the What and Why to go international… What do you mean you ask? It’s a simple way to ask about your company’s strategy… By Peter Klinge, Jr. Consider a strategic exercise. This area is often overlooked by small … Continue reading
Posted in Global Business, Management Leadership
Tagged international, management, marketing, planning, revenue, strategy
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