THE job market of today couldn’t be more different to that of just one generation ago. Heck, it’s shifting so fast, just a couple of years can render some positions obsolete and new positions, previously unheard of, the new in-demand profession.
When we think of strategists, we tend to think of men (C-level folks are still mostly men) with giant foreheads seeing things the rest of us cannot. But strategy is often more prosaic, more mechanical. For example, when it comes to supply chain strategy, there is a playbook that can be followed.
It sometimes seems like everything these days is political. During this week, election week, perhaps it should be. But in a deeply divided (and pretty evenly by the looks of it) country, how smart it is for corporate leaders to wade into the political morass or the cultural wars that accompany politics?
They can help you learn valuable insights from existing customers — and increase sales.
Most employees are disengaged with their work and skeptical of their company leadership.
Targeting right channel to market is the biggest challenge when you take your business online.
Having a dedicated team with a captain leading the way is all well and good, but the foundation of gainful entrepreneurship has to be an idea.
One nice feature of a job is knowing that for every week you work, there will be a paycheck coming your way. When you work full time, you get a steady paycheck. That’s not the case with entrepreneurship. Only you have the power to make your goals a reality.
In the face of so much evidence that humble leaders do, in fact, outperform arrogant leaders, why is it so hard for leaders at every level to check their egos at the office door?
CIOs driving digital business strategy must master their companies’ customer experience. That means working with marketing on the critical customer journey map.
