What It Takes to Really Win Globally†
A Global Brand CEO Looks Beyond Typical Focus on Insights, Innovation and Communication
Advertising Age, May 19, 2008 — If they aren't already losing sleep over this question, global brand marketers have more than enough right to: How must we leverage our global brands?
Studying more than 50 global brands over the last five years, among them global superstars Starbucks and Unilever's Dove, it's clear that the winning leadership mind-set is one that looks beyond typical focus on insights, innovation and communication. Those are a start, but focusing on them won't get you far enough in today's highly competitive global economy. Rather, the leaders I call true global brand CEOs forcefully build long-term global marketing capability by driving a single global strategy, forcing organizational alignment, improving speed-to-market and building brand expertise across geographies.


