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How to Stop Micro-Managing Your Team

Organizational Talent Consulting

It is a high ROI investment into your success and business growth. This leadership style often stems from believing that the leader knows best and the stakes are high. This style of leadership is described as laissez-faire. The "your way or the highway" leadership style does not work to build or restore trust in relationships.

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How One CMO Revamped Her Role

Harvard Business

” The email contained a link to a 2017 article one of us wrote for HBR, and suggested the CMO read it before their meeting. ” Like many of the CMOs described in the 2017 article, she was initially hired to focus on downstream commercialization roles, such as overseeing advertising.

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Why CRM Projects Fail and How to Make Them More Successful

Harvard Business

In 2017, CIO magazine reported that around one-third of all customer relationship management (CRM) projects fail. Broadcast this message loud and clear from the CEO and sales leadership. Implement your CRM with that in mind and you’ll be pleased with your ROI. PM Images/Getty Images. The numbers ranged from 18% to 69%.

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How Vineyard Vines Uses Analytics to Win Over Customers

Harvard Business

This principle has always been a priority for the leadership team at Vineyard Vines and it is still top of mind today. The Vineyard Vines team increased the reach for their annual St Patrick’s Day email campaign from 3,000 recipients in 2017 to more than 239,000 in 2018, while maintaining a highly personalized approach.

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What Creativity in Marketing Looks Like Today

Harvard Business

Each outbound communication is measured individually for immediate ROI. The leadership team conducts a weekly evaluation to assess, “Is what we’re doing working?” These members are 2.6 times more likely to stay with Kaiser Permanente two years later.

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Inside the Minds of Your Prospects: 37 Critical Digital Marketing Statistics for Consultants

Tsavo Neal

Source: Hinge Research 2017 High Growth Study. Thought-leadership and demonstrating expertise are how you build trust and attract new clients. An unresponsive website is useless in 2017. Email marketing has an average ROI of 3800%. Your website and online presence is no exception. Downloadable, Educational Content.

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64 Proven Ways Consultants Can Generate Leads Online (Consulting Lead Generation)

Tsavo Neal

ROI calculator. You’re sharing your thought-leadership (content marketing) with your exact audience (senior people and decision makers) in a publication that already has the social proof and brand to establish trust. –Cal Friesen, Thought Leadership Resources. Examples: What CEOs are reading in 2017 .