The question, “Who sets you apart?” seems too obvious. Your people, of course. But what sets your people apart? We know great companies have people, average companies have people, and companies teetering on the brink of abject failure have people. So what gives?

Know that consistently successful companies have strong branded cultures—cultures that reflect the company’s differentiating point of view. A branded culture is a company’s in-plain-sight secret weapon—secret because most company leaders think culture is what makes yogurt. Too many companies confuse culture with personnel pacifiers. They lose sight of the big motivator—culture itself—altogether.

We’ve defined culture as “who we are and how we do things.” Every company has a culture, but does that culture work for it or against it? Who we are and how we do things is not necessarily a positive. The sad fact is in most companies, culture turns out to be a negative. And its “who we are” offers little support for “who we want to be” in the marketplace. Brand promise? What brand promise?

Brand Rules^SM starts with the leadership team to assess if they have the expertise, energy enthusiasm and alignment to out run the herd. To beat you competitors, we help you develop a branded culture that lives to deliver your brand’s promise to the customer.  A culture whose focus is on the marketplace, not the office, as the place to fight for success. We also guide you through enlisting the entire extended enterprise of suppliers, retailers, etc. to join you in a conspiracy to beat your competition.

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