This is a guest post by Steve Blue. Lesson 1: Don’t fix what’s not broken Coca-Cola learned not to tamper with a beloved brand in 1985 when it decided to re-stage its iconic brand with “New Coke.” The public was outraged and let Coca-Cola know they didn’t want a “new” Coke. They wanted their old Coke, literally a quintessential icon in American popular culture. Coke responded within a few months and brought back “Classic Coke.” […]
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Are Your Meetings a Waste of Time?
In survey after survey, meetings get knocked by everyone from employees to senior executives as being among the biggest waste of work hours. In one poll, by Office Team, 45 percent of senior executives said their firms would be more productive if they banned all meetings at least one day a week! “The problem that often occurs – beyond the obvious, like lacking a clear agenda – is the underlying current of competition that each […]
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