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Rolling right along in the series of posters of brand-building principles from my new book, What Great Brands Do, we have: Great brands don’t chase customers; they attract people to them.  Great brands know that if you stand for something clearly, some people will love you and some will hate you, but the ones that love you will […]

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Ron Johnson’s departure from J.C. Penney last week can be attributed to his low CQ, that is, Customer Quotient. Just as some leaders have been accused of low EQ, emotional quotient (defined as the ability to identify, assess, and control the emotions of oneself and of others), Johnson lacked the ability to identify, assess, and […]