The founder of Marketing Lighthouse has experience running companies or entities.
Typical initiatives related to General Management are;
Implementing balanced score cards and driving the cascading process
Articulating Vision and Values and making them come to life
Driving and facilitating collaboration between functions
Revitalizing marketing and sales and developing the company's image
Examples of achievements
Turn around of the French subsidiary of a global Software company (One year assignment before an acquisition).
Strengthening of a PR Agency subsidiary in Poland (Interim Management); improvement of efficiencies, refocus on marketing and sales, management of crisis situations with clients, team skills development.
A messaging workshop with board members as an eye-opener on a fundamental positioning challenge. As part of a branding program for a global supplier of highly sophisticated air-conditioning systems, we invited the executive board towork on the key messages for their company. The workshop turned into an eye-opening exercise on the challenge of balancing the specific aspects of each division’s business with the need for a global branding and positioning.
See also examples of achievements related to very complex business situations presented at the beginning of the Areas of Expertise section.