Having a meaningful purpose or being a “purpose-driven” company has become a popular notion in business today. Most leaders know they need to “start with why.” And now, nearly 200 CEOs of leading American firms have signed the “Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation” with the Business Roundtable, stating that the purpose of a corporation […]
In today’s cluttered, uber-competitive, over-retailed, choice-overload world, your brand must have an clear, meaningful reason for being. You need to play an invaluable, irreplaceable role in people’s lives. Hope you enjoy is a collection of my resources on brand purpose and purposeful leadership. What Is the Purpose of Business? Denise explains that, at its core, a […]
This installment in my blog post series on how to scale-up your brand introduces two brand tools. Use them in your process of developing or refining the strategic platform of your brand. They will help you identify and clearly articulate your brand purpose, values, and attributes. […]
In case you missed it, here’s some of my best content from the last few weeks: Know When To Kill Your Brand — my latest HBR article on the role of purpose in keeping or killing your brand 7-Eleven Serves Solutions Alongside Slurpees — my new Forbes column on how 7-11 is evolving […]
Pivoting can be a start-up’s smartest move or the last nail in its coffin. For every Twitter (which started as a podcast subscription network before its founders realized that iTunes would quickly overtake them, so they turned their attention to microblogging), there’s a Color (a photo-sharing cellphone application whose founders tried unsuccessfully to pivot into […]
From What Great Brands Do: A company’s purpose and values mean nothing if they are not aligned and integrated with how the company engages and inspires its customers. Learn more about What Great Brands Do in this interview of me by Bob Morris. other quotes: with great brands, company culture and customer experience are inextricably linked […]