by RussellRay | Feb 2, 2015 | Marketing, Sales, Sourcing
As frugality has become relevant and widespread, consumers are reconsidering the true value of every product. If a brand’s value proposition is unclear or vague and consumers don’t understand the superiority or benefits, it will quickly become a lame duck in today’s...
by Jesse Edelman | Feb 2, 2015 | Branding, Marketing, Strategy & OGSM
When deciding whether the right move is to build a brand from scratch or buy an existing brand, companies have to weigh the pros and cons of different approaches to building their business. They also have to take into account the specifics of their company’s situation...
by ArchPoint | Jan 10, 2015 | Strategy & OGSM, Talent Management
Is your HR department a passive service provider to the organization, or does it play an active and strategic role in achieving your goals? Many HR departments have been mired for so long in the minutia of administrative and legal responsibilities, that they don’t...
by ArchPoint | Jan 9, 2015 | Branding, Leadership, Marketing
Building a brand’s digital footprint with the use of social media requires time, energy and insight that may elude many executives. Branded corporate Facebook pages or Pinterest boards are commonplace these days, but many wonder about the executives behind the brands....
by Richard Spoon & Amy Lazarus | Jan 9, 2015 | Customers
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of articles about ArchPoint’s multi-step Voice of the Customer approach. Last week, a client mentioned they were considering reducing the frequency of an annual customer survey to once every two years. When asked why, their...
by ArchPoint | Dec 10, 2014 | Strategy & OGSM
OGSM is a world-class strategy model that transforms objectives, goals, strategies and measures into actionable and executable plans. The origins of OGSM stretch back to the 1950’s. In the 1980’s, Procter & Gamble popularized OGSM as a means of aligning the...
by Jesse Edelman | Dec 9, 2014 | Sales
Consider the companies, the programs, and teams that consistently win. They are always training. When people don’t train or continually educate themselves, skills dull, routine sets in, and bad habits drive less than desired results. A commitment to training and...
by Richard Spoon | Dec 2, 2014 | Organization Design, Strategy & OGSM
Creating and maintaining a business that lasts requires leaders with a particular vision, awareness and dedication—leaders who can morph and steady their organizations in keeping with the market and technology to the greatest long-term benefit. The previous decade has...
by ArchPoint | Nov 20, 2014 | Marketing
Good advertising should drive the consumer towards an action. In this era of ultimate connectedness and unlimited information about brands, a key role of advertising should also be to ‘advocate advocacy’, driving your supporters to talk about and ultimately to...
by Blaze Petersen | Nov 10, 2014 | Leadership, Organization Design, Strategy & OGSM
Layers in an organization eat speed, muddle messages and draw out decision-making. Like the childhood game, Telephone, when players whisper a message round a circle, layers confuse. What starts out as, “The yellow dog ran toward the hippopotamus,” after seven layers...
