Ludovic Gaudé, CEO, intive Oh acquisitions. ‘Tis the time for new partnerships, company growth – and yes, employee stress and uncertainty. Acquisitions often ignite organizational restructuring and the implementation of unfamiliar processes. And in many cases, it’s not uncommon for staff on both sides of the table to feel as if their workplaces have spiraled out control […]
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In September 2017, Ikea, the Swedish home goods retailer, gave their customers what they wanted when they acquired TaskRabbit, a company that sends tool-wielding workers to rescue customers from the frustration of build-it-yourself furniture kits. TaskRabbit continues to operate independently of the acquiring company, using online marketing to connect 60,000 freelance “taskers” with people who
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Kimberly Davis, Author, Brave Leadership: Unleash Your Most Confident, Authentic, and Powerful Self to Get the Results You Need “I’ve been there for almost 17 years,” she whispered, glancing around the room, “I don’t want to leave, but I think I have to.” The Senior Director of Finance looked at me sadly, with the weary awareness
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Barry Kaplan and Jeff Manchester, Authors, The Power of Vulnerability Embracing authenticity is a new paradigm for corporate culture. Authenticity hasn’t been a focus for organizations. Most leaders haven’t known that this is the gateway to unleashing the true power of their organization. Emotional intelligence (EQ) has certainly been embraced over the last decade. Your EQ
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John Asher, CEO, Asher Strategies When most elite salespeople meet a new buyer in person, they will follow a simple three-step process: Build rapport by getting the buyer to talk about what they want to talk about. Perform a robust, disciplined needs analysis to understand the buyer’s needs. Offer a solution that is a perfect
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Mostafa Sayyadi, Author, Transformational Leadership: How To Prosper as a Leader In Today’s Hypercompetitive Environment Today‘s global business environments involve a high level of uncertainty and organizations will increasingly need more and better executives to manage them. Some executives may be more innovative and creative but some type of management is necessary to lead a global organization. Collaboration
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Dr. Kumar Mehta, Author, The Innovation Biome Every business leader wants to bring transformative and world changing innovation to their customers. They want to bring new and novel value to the world, and in doing so reap the vast rewards that come with being a trailblazing innovator. They often have multiple ideas and plans in
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Ashley Welch and Justin Jones, Founders, Somersault Innovation The Pitch—when we present a solution to a client for consideration—is both an exciting and nerve-wracking time. Many of us rehearse for hours, especially for a big deal. And many more of us make the wise choice of incorporating visual aids with which to engage our prospects. And…we
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Brett Richards, Founder & President, Connective Intelligence, Inc. In today’s volatile market, where speed and performance are critical to business success, CEOs face an unprecedented number of challenges to accelerate growth and differentiate themselves from their competitors. Now more than ever before, leaders need to take the guesswork out of driving growth with better metrics to
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Carsten Linz, Günter Müller-Stewens & Alexander Zimmermann 1. Leading Radical Shifts with Transformational Mindset Today’s exponential change, fueled by the two mega trends – digitization and service orientation (‘servitization’) – makes business model transformation a key strategic priority for many leaders. Companies, which are still relying on outdated business models, face the risk of becoming irrelevant.
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