3/16/2023 11:12:05 AM Why Pure-play Retail Needs To 'Think Outside The Box'. By Stephen Sumner Let's be honest with ourselves, physical retail adopted the homogenisation and the blandness of 'corporate multiple retailing' long...
1/31/2023 11:00:03 AM In the midst of all this commercial disruption, are you a growth leader or are you slow to action..? By Digital Leadership Associates Last week I was presenting in person to a group of professionals on Digital Influence. This was an interesting group as the ‘win’ for...
1/9/2023 11:30:21 AM Questions from the client base #12: “I’m not a creative person, will this be a problem for me in Social Selling...?” By Digital Leadership Associates “I’m not a creative person, will this be a problem for me in Social Selling...?” One of the most rewarding aspects of working with CRUX...
11/28/2022 4:33:39 PM What matters most? Holding onto an old-fashioned idea and hoping you are right or the success of your company? By Digital Leadership Associates Every week we meet management teams from across sectors and across the globe. Every single one of them tell us that they have great...
11/28/2022 4:12:16 PM Lessons learned from training and coaching clients in Social Selling & Influence over the last 3 years… By Digital Leadership Associates I started out professional life in Electrical engineering. I worked in Offshore Drilling for 16 years and then moved into Health, Safety...
10/25/2022 9:38:25 AM "I don’t want to post personal content on Social Media…" By Digital Leadership Associates I don’t want to post personal content on Social Media… We hear this a lot, but it’s a distraction and you’ve missed the point. An...
10/10/2022 3:54:57 PM Proposal to profit - and everything in between… By Digital Leadership Associates When we started Crux, we tended to focus on the industries we knew but our processes deliver results for businesses across all B2B...
9/5/2022 12:18:53 PM "Formality to Community" - How these 3 words will improve your business… By Digital Leadership Associates In 2018 I was the Managing Director of an Energy Service company. I had a selection of ‘tools and techniques’ that I used to grow...
8/22/2022 11:35:32 AM Questions from the client base #9: “What if we train our people in Social Selling, they become ‘famous’ and are poached by a competitor?”. By Digital Leadership Associates "An employer once said, "What if I train my people and they leave?" I say, what if you don't train them... and they stay..." -- Evan...
8/3/2022 7:54:43 AM Where is the Digital centre of your industry….if it doesn’t exist, claim it..! By Digital Leadership Associates We just finished series 4 of Stranger Things last night, the amazing show where there is an alternative ‘here’, the same buildings and...
8/2/2022 10:54:59 AM Consumer's Don't Think in Tech Silo's, They Also Don't Think in Channels. By Stephen Sumner We are all consumers of someone else's business, every day we make an unconscious bias in our decision to shop with one company/brand...
7/26/2022 11:13:51 AM How to beat 'the algorithm' once and for all...a step by step breakdown for modern businesses. By Digital Leadership Associates A friend of mine posted a piece of content last week about their frustration with Social Media algorithms. They wrote about how the...
7/11/2022 10:16:03 AM Is The Traditional 'Marketing Director' Role Now Outdated? By Stephen Sumner A "CMO Collaborator" is defined as a CMO who encourages teams to work across the company, fostering a culture of collaboration and...
7/11/2022 9:18:10 AM Research: Is Retail Waking Up To The Reality Of Online Returns?. By Stephen Sumner Return rates for many retailers can make or break a company, particularly those in fast fashion. Across the UK retail sector, return...
7/11/2022 8:14:24 AM The battle lines for order intake, revenue and ebitda in your sector are drawn, and they are online…are your team ready? By Digital Leadership Associates The battle lines for order intake, revenue and ebitda in your sector are drawn, and they are online…are your team ready? We meet Sales...
6/27/2022 2:21:15 PM How to cut through the online noise in your sector and why it will change your business for the better... By Digital Leadership Associates One of the most important and powerful documents I read last year came out in September and it’s been within arm’s reach ever since. I’ve...