Missing the first step in strategy development can take your company 45 degrees off course. Learn how to proactively avoid this.

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The news that one third of Google's acquisitions had failed was interesting. But probably not for the reason that many observers think. The good news, of course, is that this means two thirds succeeded. However one chooses to...

McLean, Virgnia: Babak Hafezi was a featured speaker at the annual Vienna Tyson’s Chamber of Commerce’s “Opportunity 2012.” He spoke on the importance of Competitive Advantage and how small and medium business can maximize...

This article explores what it takes to build a company around processes that drive agility instead of hindering it, and boost innovative capacity instead of suppressing it.

The first two of your 7 Key Numbers have to do with marketing and sales. The third gets pretty personal to you and your business. Number 3 is your Customer Retention Rate – how many current customers will continue to do...

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HP is the victim of a failed industrial era strategy implemented 10 years ago, which will not be fixed with more cost cutting. Meg Whitman is not the innovator desperately needed at HP.

I was late for my meeting with the CEO of a technology company and I was emailing him from my iPhone as I walked onto the elevator in his company's office building. I stayed focused on the screen as I rode to the sixth floor.

The command-and-control approach to management has in recent years become less and less viable. Globalization, new technologies, and changes in how companies create value and interact with customers have sharply reduced the...

Peak Performance Training & Development A Leader in Sales & Sales Management Training Free 2012 CEO Sales Strategy Seminar Converting Lackluster Sales People/Hiring Top Producers. A Comprehensive Seminar for Business Owners...

In one sense, perhaps the most important sense, a brand is a promise. Think of some top brands and you immediately know what they promise: McDonald’s, Coca Cola, Budweiser, Ford, Apple, MetLife. You know what you’re going to get with a well-branded product or service. In another sense, a brand is a [...]