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Empathy is not a single concept. Psychology distinguishes between several different forms of empathy. Today, we will focus on one of them - cognitive empathy. This type of empathy is among the most important tools leaders have when working with people, teams, and their results.
Cognitive empathy is a tool that everyone who wants to be a successful leader, mentor, and influential person should have in their repertoire.
Not every effort to achieve quality results in high-quality work. Some work methods improve the outcome. Others merely serve to protect the ego of the person doing the work.
This article is about the pitfalls of perfectionism and detail fixation, and about other, better ways of working.
How do new ideas spread? How do you bring a new product to market? Can your product target an entire market segment?
In 1962, E. M. Rogers proposed a theory on the diffusion of new ideas and its application across cultures. This theory became the foundation of modern marketing and new product launches.
If you understand which groups are available to you and how you can reach them, you can target the market in a way that enables natural growth.
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We discussed what customers say and how to ask them better questions, followed by how customers perceive price, and finally we will look at what customers need.
It's one thing for a customer to say they want something. It's another thing for a customer to need something so much that they are willing to pay for it, feel satisfied that they bought your product because it really helped them, and even thank you for it.
There is no universal list of "things" that all customers need, let alone their order of importance. Today's article is for those who want to start somewhere and see how to think about added value.
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I don't need to explain to anyone that there is a difference between the price tag of a product and the value that the customer attributes to it. I probably don't need to explain to anyone that if you don't need a hammer, you won't buy one even if it's 50% off. But let's look at it a little more systematically - how customers perceive price.
We will show you what factors play a role, what role they play, and what impact they can have.