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Listening to customers improves understanding
Jack Welch, longtime CEO of General Electric, was known for his wise counsel on all manner of business matters.
Competitive Business Strategy: Find your playground
Does your business have a clear and well-articulated statement of strategy?
Find your business’ marketing Holy Grail
In the Christian tradition, the vessel Jesus and his disciples used to drink wine at the Last Supper is called the Holy Grail.
Brand a place like Canton: We can score big if we go all in
Canton and the National Football League have been the perfect pair for nearly 100 years, the peanut butter and jelly of the sports world.
How to build durable competitive advantage
Warren Buffet, the “Oracle of Omaha” and arguably one of the greatest investors of all time, is a man whose perspective is widely respected across a variety of business disciplines.
Diebold thrives on nearly 160 years of brand reinvention
Diebold Nixdorf, as Diebold is known today following the acquisition of its major German rival, is the embodiment of a company that has responded well when the time came to...
Focus key to our Stark County economy
Whether local leaders who are mustering up an initiative to reverse our community’s economy will succeed depends largely on the resources at their disposal, the degree to which true collaboration...
Businesses, markets ride pendulum of brand change
Americans elected Barack Obama, then eight years later elected Donald Trump. The pendulum swung and, by virtue of the differences between Obama and Trump, it is reasonable to deduce that...
Business Strategy: After finding your ‘why,’ it’s time to execute
Vision without execution is hallucination.
Company Focus: Know your ‘why’ to focus on ‘where’ and ‘how’
In last week’s column, we discussed the importance of finding your “why” — the reason your company does what it does beyond making money. It’s wrapped around a higher purpose.
