• The Need for Speed—How to Get Great Ideas to Market Faster

    July 12, 2021

    A year ago, we would have told you that speed is the key for success in today’s marketing world. Given the realities that we have had to manage over the past year, being able to react in real time is now too slow.

    Covid has accelerated the need for brands and in-house agencies, in particular, to …

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  • Is Your Approach to Leadership Instinctive or Deliberate?

    December 16, 2013

    As a manager, I never gave much conscious thought to the principles of leading. I simply dealt with daily issues as they arose without considering how to implement a particular approach to leadership. With my career in transition, I’ve been meeting with people to discuss new opportunities and I’ve …

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  • Four Keys to Effective Leadership

    December 04, 2013

    Nothing serves an organization better…than leadership that knows what it wants, communicates those intentions, positions itself correctly, and empowers its workforce. —Warren Bennis, Author

    I came across this quote early in my study of leadership. In one form or another it has guided my work as a …

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  • Valentine vs. Farrell: Leadership Lessons from the Boston Red Sox

    November 25, 2013

    This month at IHAF, we’re focusing on Leadership. And if you can forgive this Bostonian for drawing on the recent World Series victory for a lesson in leadership, I think even those who don’t follow baseball will be intrigued at how a dramatic change in managerial style enabled the Red Sox to make …

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