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Want to improve your firm’s position in the market? Start with your relative performance, write Michael Raynor and Derek Pankratz for Harvard Business Review. Knowing…
A customer is delighted to discover a new grocery delivery startup. He sends in suggestions he hopes will improve the service. In return he receives…
Innovation isn’t just for startups – established companies can attack new markets too. Incumbent firms operating in mature, saturated markets should use the power of…
Marketing executives often fail to capture the hearts and minds of stakeholders, writes Lisa Nirell for Fast Company. CMOs might be well versed in social…
If you struggle to secure buy-in for your proposals, then it might be time to change your strategy. There are a number of “issue-selling” tactics…
By 2020, over 40% of our workforce will be freelancers – that’s according to a recent study by Intuit. How can you get the best…
“The old geopolitical model is breaking down, but the only thing emerging in its place is crisis,” Ian Bremmer writes in Strategy+Business. Unstable geopolitics and…
As the pace of business gets ever faster, leaders must learn to combine speed with effectiveness, say Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman, writing for Harvard…
Become a great boss by thinking about the kind of boss you would hate to be, advises Avery Augustine, writing for Inc.com, via The Muse.…
Leadership is not all about you, write Sucheta Nadkarni and Andreas Richter on the University of Cambridge Judge Business School blog. A strong team makes…
It’s hard to see the point of HR when business is bad, Peter Cappelli writes for Harvard Business Review. We tend to appreciate what HR…
Amazon is revolutionising publishing, bookselling and retail; Uber’s smartphone-integrated taxi service threatens established taxi firms in cities around the world; and Airbnb is blindsiding the…
The best way to grow a B2B business is to handpick your ideal customers and call them up, writes Aman Naimat for Entrepreneur.com. Don’t wait…
Imagine an algorithm that could tell you when your company needs a new business model or when it should enter a new market. The bad…
Under pressure you don’t rise to the occasion – you sink to the level of your training. That’s just one of the lessons business coaches…
Have you got what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur? Drew Hendricks, writing for Inc.com, gives the lowdown on ten habits you need if…
No strategy is ever perfect, says Ken Favaro, writing for Strategy+Business. But it takes great leadership and confidence to recognise this. The author poses two…
All leaders make poor decisions from time to time. Usually, they are relatively small and insignificant. However, writing for CEO.com, Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman…
The most successful people in business rely on others to do their jobs better, insists Camille Preston, writing for the Fortune website. Far from being…
Professionals who collaborate with their colleagues on cross-disciplinary work generate more revenue, inspire greater client loyalty and give their firms competitive edge, says Heidi Gardner…
We know a great deal about what strategy is, but very little about how to make strategy work, write Donald Sull, Rebecca Homkes and Charles…
For some entrepreneurs, things seem to fall into place on their rise to financial success, observes Jayson Demers, writing for Entrepreneur.com. However, in spite of…
Wish there were more hours in a day? Jayson De Mers, writing for Inc.com, reveals fifteen easy ways to boost productivity right now. 1) Go…
Competitive advantage is shifting, say Thomas N. Hubbard, Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi, writing for Strategy+Business. The new industry leaders are leaner and more focused…
The perfect board is diverse, well-trained and highly skilled, says Dr Roger Barker of the Institute of Directors. Writing in Management Today, Barker describes how…