Marketing Excellence

The Role of Marketing

by Heather Hughes on May 31, 2012

How Thinking Like an Owner Sets You Free “The role of marketing is ambiguous.” Say what? How could this be so! The statement is one of three explanations for why CMOs struggle to measure marketing’s impact in this Forrester white paper. Shouldn’t it be clear by now, especially after the dot-com bust and the 2008 […]

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Who Says Your First True Love Can’t be Your Last? I recently noticed one of those presumptuous Tiffany ads, “When Love is True”, telling the soon to be betrothed that if their love is genuine then they’d better have a Tiffany ring to prove it. Part of me finds this brilliant; part of me gets […]

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How I Learned to Achieve Excellence with Agility

by Heather Hughes on May 1, 2012

“Perfect is the enemy of good” never sat well with me. I know it is intended to get people to act, to move forward, to make progress. And believe me I am all for action, just not if it is willy-nilly. From the start of my career, I considered myself a perfectionist. Everything I did […]

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All Things Excellent

April 24, 2012
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One Inspiring Night: The Miles Davis Experience This is the first post in a series that will present all things excellent, as derived from dedication, passion and focused discipline. Last fall my husband and I had the distinct pleasure of experiencing “The Miles Davis Experience: 1949-1959”. Man, did that night exceed our expectations! It was […]

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Opportunity Costs on the Road to Greatness

April 19, 2012
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What Business Leaders Can Learn from Three Simple Questions and Friedrich von Weiser Perhaps the most successful brand transformations I’ve worked on over the years started with three simple questions: Where are we today? Where do we want to go? How are we going to get there? Answering these questions decisively is a necessary challenge. […]

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