by Minter Dial | Nov 25, 2013 | Leadership
It’s a tough world out there capturing new clients. Managers around the world will talk about business in warlike terms: killing the competition, grabbing market share, digging up reserves… It is no surprise that, after years of...
by Minter Dial | Nov 20, 2013 | Leadership
If Internet has opened up many new opportunities and opened the way for Zuck-style leadership and Googlesque game rooms (see right), the competitive pressures for many senior management teams in “traditional business” seem to encourage a pavlovian return...
by Minter Dial | Oct 29, 2013 | Leadership, Responsibility
Before evaluating the new shiny object of big data and social CRM, it seems that many top executives would do better just to manage their own inbox and contact list properly. It is my observation that many executives have a very difficult time managing their email...
by Minter Dial | Jul 31, 2013 | Leadership, Responsibility
In driving digital transformation, I have long called for executive leadership to be the change they are wishing to see happen within the organization and to up the executive digital IQ. In a short cut, this would mean that the top executive should not just sponsor,...
by Minter Dial | Jul 16, 2013 | Leadership
During my 20th year reunion at INSEAD, I attended a lecture by Professor Peter Zemsky, now interim Dean of INSEAD. It was a fascinating 1h15 “lecture” on the future of learning and the strategic future of the school. And, I came away believing in a new...
by Minter Dial | Jun 27, 2013 | Leadership, Social Media
An article I wrote was just published by Business Insider: “5 Rules for the Future of Sales.” Through my operational experience at L’Oreal, having had among other posts, Managing Director of the Salon Division in Canada, I retained a very strong...