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Forget an MBA; You Need a GSD. What’s your brand?
Is it that you’re all about results? That you deliver the goods consistently on time, on budget, with the level of quality expected? Business Lessons From The Hells Angels. The strength of a brand often reflects an organization’s cultural health.
Inside-out, credo-driven brands surpass their outside-in, market-driven peers in category after category—see Apple and Google versus Microsoft; Amazon and Target versus J.C. Penney; Southwest Airlines versus United Airlines. Why raise the minimum wage? Just ask Costco. This is an excerpt from The Responsible Entrepreneur: Four Game-Changing Archetypes for Founders, Leaders, and Impact Investors by Carol Sanford (© copyright 2014.
Reprinted with permission from Wiley/Jossey-Bass. Businesses use social systems, especially economic systems, to influence how society works – usually, though not always, for their own self-interest. Sometimes this influence can be extremely destructive. For example, one socially codified means for determining fair wages is the minimum wage. As a rule, businesses react powerfully and as a group whenever there is any mention of raising the mandatory minimum wage. Ironically, research has consistently shown that businesses that provide wages considered fair by workers experience not only solid returns but active worker participation. Jim Sinegal has actively campaigned for decent wages for workers. Why raise the minimum wage? Just ask Costco. Trust Trumps Everything.
Editor’s note: In this series, we share personal innovation stories from a new book by Luis Solis; Innovation Alchemists: what every CEO needs to know to hire the right Chief Innovation Officer Successful Chief Innovation Officers give their employees room to experiment, providing air cover for them, running interference, and in general respecting, trusting and supporting them.
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He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the quality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.” - General Douglas MacArthur The conversation around must-have, 21st century leadership skills has been in full swing for years. From business to education; classroom to community, the debate on what is a “new skill” or an “always skill” can be both controversial and confusing. Although it’s almost certain we will never all agree to a singular list of skills, strategies, and competencies leaders must embody for success now and in the future, we do know what effectively operating and leading in a fluid, dynamic and every changing 21st Century world requires: These abilities, however, are not developed to their full potential naturally.
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Which makes this the perfect place to be because our experts and journalists are constantly coming up with new methods to hack the conventional ways of working. What is creative intelligence? 15 Traits Of Great Leadership. Are Apple’s New Features Convincing Customers to Buy? - Niraj Dawar. Top Professors on Twitter. Coca Cola’s Content Strategy - Keynote by Jonathan Mildenhall at #CMWorld. There’s no doubt about it: Coca-Cola is one of the, if not THE most recognized brand in the world. 5 Lessons from Coca Cola's New Content Marketing Strategy. Coca Cola has been part of popular culture for over 100 years and has been called a “Vision Brand“. Top Professors on Twitter. Roger Martin. Sharapova To Sugarpova: Why The Name Change Would Have Been A Silly Business Strategy. Fastest Growing Companies Make Huge Investments in Mobile Computing Devices.
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