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Bob Donnelly
Bob Donnelly is CMO of Flo-Tite Valves & Controls, a U.S. based supplier of valves and components to the process control industry in North America. A coach, educator, and advisor to founders/CEOs of growing firms, he is a serial entrepreneur, having started, grown and sold several technology based businesses. Previously he held executive positions at IBM, Pfizer and Exxon.
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Marketing Reminder for CEOsBrands only get one opportunity to own a position |
Bob Donnelly | Branding , Marketing , Small Business | September 2 2010 |
CEO SurprisesHow customers and technological advances can shake things up. |
Bob Donnelly | Corporate Finance , Small Business | October 13 2010 |
Books in Review: Customer Centricism ExplainedRobert Bloom, retired U.S. CEO of Publicis Worldwide and author of The Inside Advantage, believes there has been a profound shift in the buyer-seller equation. |
Bob Donnelly | October 19 2010 | |
CEOs’ Balancing ActHow to keep creativity alive in a growing bureaucracy. |
Bob Donnelly | Innovation , Small Business , Strategy | December 3 2010 |
Books in Review: Getting Customers to Talk about YouA review of Empowered: Unleash your employees, energize your customers, transform your business, by Josh Bernoff & Ted Schadler |
Bob Donnelly | January 13 2011 | |
How CEOs Can Keep the Team FocusedCauses of disunity and solutions for leaders. |
Bob Donnelly | February 7 2011 | |
What CEOs Can Learn from Borders’ PredicamentThe cycle repeats itself — again! Bob Donnelly outlines the mistakes that destroyed Borders and offers an interesting solution. |
Bob Donnelly | Branding , Strategy | March 25 2011 |
Do CEOs Read History?A recent analysis of Microsoft tells a familiar tale, one where an aging CEO loses touch with the core integrity of a brand. It seems that leadership style and age perhaps go hand in hand, and it may not be the right decision to put an older CEO in charge of a growing company. |
Bob Donnelly | Branding | June 8 2011 |
Getting Practical About Practicing Innovation: The Innovator’s DNATrue disruptive innovation is difficult to achieve. In their book, The Innovator’s DNA, academics from INSEAD, Harvard and BYU break down the inherent traits that disruptive innovators have in common: associating, questioning, observing, networking, and experimenting. |
Bob Donnelly | Innovation | August 9 2011 |
What CEOs Can Learn From the MailmanNo matter what market your company is in, once your value proposition ages, customers will move on to the next faster, better, or cheaper solution for their changing requirements. Look at the USPS and then examples of how mail is handled in other countries and you’ll see the importance of reinventing your company to keep up with the times. |
Bob Donnelly | Innovation , Leadership & Strategy | August 16 2011 |
