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APRIL 20, 2010

Unless you are a very large enterprise it is unlikely that you have the time, money, staffing, or external professional relationships to execute a brand management strategy such as the one outlined above. The preceding description paints the perfect illustration of why branding is one of my favorite topics…It is complex.

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JUNE 14, 2010

Don’t allow your enterprise to adopt an attitude of complacency, because the simple truth is that complacency kills companies. Don’t allow your enterprise to adopt an attitude of complacency, because the simple truth is that complacency kills companies. or my personal favorite, “We need to focus on our core business.&#

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JANUARY 21, 2011

To achieve maximum success I believe it is incumbent upon an entrepreneur to take an honest inventory of his/her skill sets and competencies, and contrast them with the needs of the enterprise as it relates to what is required to efficiently and effectively lead the company forward.

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JULY 6, 2010

Great CEOs possess the ability to refine their thinking and leadership skills to reflect the evolving needs of the enterprise and the changing global business climate. Stating that a CEO of a start-up should operate with the same term limit constraints of a CEO of a Fortune 500 company is very unrealistic and dangerous thinking.

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JANUARY 13, 2011

In order for your enterprise to turn an idea into a monetizing and/or value creating event you should develop a strategic plan that attempts to measure the idea against the following 15 elements: 1. The idea should be in alignment with the overall vision and mission of the enterprise.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

They understand how to effectively deploy these highly productive and valuable team members to create tremendous leverage and velocity across the enterprise. As a CEO you can either pit your executives against one another, or have them collaboratively engage in supporting one another for the overall good of the enterprise.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2010

One would hope that the employees would understand and put the needs of the enterprise ahead of their expectation that this year’s bonus should eclipse that of the previous year, but would they? How do the employees feel about this?

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OCTOBER 18, 2010

Is the input being provided for the benefit of the source or the benefit of the enterprise? Bias : Are there any hidden and/or competing agendas that are coloring the input being received?

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APRIL 5, 2010

Furthermore, in well run organizations you can determine which initiatives are most important to the enterprise by examining which leaders are tasked to what initiatives. Great organizations assign their best leaders to the most significant opportunities and/or to correct key shortcomings (see previous post: Resourcing 101 for CEOs ).

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MARCH 23, 2010

Oh, and by the way…if you’re a CEO you better have a very clear understanding of what your customers are experiencing at every level of interaction across your enterprise. Great CEOs personally experience their business as a consistent consumer of its services. Richard Branson is a frequent passenger on Virgin flights.

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MAY 26, 2010

Refusing to surrender, having the ability to make the tough decision, the needed sacrifice, and the focus to place fiduciary obligations above your self interest will allow your company to continue taking ground and will keep the competitive advantage on the side of your enterprise.

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OCTOBER 25, 2010

Deloitte member firms help enterprises create and protect value… Welcome to Baker & McKenzie Baker & McKenzie is the world’s leading global law firm.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

I have personally witnessed companies that embarked upon an enterprise-wide initiative because they were sold on “best practices&# and after two years into a seven-figure implementation without any meaningful benefit woke-up to the fact that purchasing a product as a solution absolutely does not constitute best practices.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Rebel Brown : I began to realize that regardless of my client’s size or market focus, from early stage to small business to enterprise, I was constantly having to deal with the same challenges in thinking and planning, before we could focus on the project objectives.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

It is more critical than ever in today’ economic climate that leadership development be a top priority for CEOs who want to build a thriving enterprise moving forward. When an organization stops learning they begin dying. Remember that leadership is not a spectator sport.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2010

The enterprise sales folks and key accounts reps sit atop the food chain, followed by inside sales reps, and at the bottom of the latter you’ll find the customer service reps. So, my first suggestion is that you change nomenclature. The hunters are revered and the farmers are tolerated.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Back in the dot.com days I watched many a young enterprise suffer from placing culture ahead of strategy, or worse, even focusing on culture in lieu of strategy. When a bond of trust is established across the enterprise it makes achieving alignment between the values & vision and the strategy & tactics easier to achieve.

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DECEMBER 5, 2010

If all enterprises had socially acceptable values and based all behavior on those values, how would that have changed the outcomes of things like, for example, Enron Corporation, Bernard L. Think about that.

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AUGUST 5, 2010

link] mikemyatt Hi Dave – Diversity of thought is critical to the success of any enterprise presupposing one requisite – that it is honest thought. link] mikemyatt Leave it to Michael McKinney to get right at the heart of the issue by addressing root-level motivation – "it benefits the labeler more than the label-ee."

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NOVEMBER 23, 2010

I care about your contribution to the enterprise at every level…not just culturally. As a CEO when you start to lower the chinning bar by allowing for the hiring of someone based more on their diversity segment than their talent you are enabling the demise of your enterprise.

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