Business Corner
Dan Watson
August 11, 2008
What is happening with the economy? What does it mean? What can we do about it? What does Chemark tell its clients to do?
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Phil Phillips
July 14, 2008
Success in today's business climate requires companies to build foundations differently from the past.
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Phil Phillips
April 4, 2008
A closer look at the role of innovators and early adopters in the product life cycle curve.
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Phil Phillips
March 7, 2008
In companies of all sizes one hears and sees many different types of vision statements. They decorate the halls in prominent places and are placed noticeably in annual reports and in strategic plans and other important documents.
Chemark has witnes…
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Phil Phillips
February 15, 2008
New alkyd emulsions offering near zero VOC could be a revolutionary technology for the paint and coatings industry.
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Ira Miller
January 15, 2008
The Miller Leadership Model discussed in the previous two articles set forth leadership philosophies. Its practical complement is the Miller Leadership Pyramid, a system of processes that provides the leader with the tools to execute when in manageme…
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Ira Miller
December 19, 2007
The previous article in this series (Nov. '07) introduced the Miller Leadership Model. It represents five areas of responsibility a leader must call his or her own. These five core endeavors cannot be delegated. They include:
Understanding the e…
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Ira Miller
November 15, 2007
What is leadership? Most definitions of leadership have only one thing in common-they have nothing in common. Dwight D. Eisenhower defined leadership as the art of getting someone else to do something that you want done. Former English Prime Minister…
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Phil Phillips
September 19, 2007
Do the paint, coatings, adhesives and sealants industries fall into the Adoption Life Cycle? The second of a two-part series.
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Phil Phillips
July 26, 2007
Do the paint, coatings, adhesives and sealants industries fall into the Adoption Life Cycle? The first of a two-part series.
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John Lowry
July 18, 2007
Reaching out to designers in the early stages of the product development cycle will be important for coatings manufacturers in the years ahead.
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Phil Phillips
June 17, 2007
A look at adjacency and core strategies. The last of a three-part series.
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Phil Phillips
May 14, 2007
Analyzing strategic options for products in the mature portion of the product life cycle. Part two of a three part series.
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