The Enduring Strategic Brand: How Brand-Led Organisations Over-Perform Sustainably

Despite its transformational power, the Brand is rarely at the very core of an organization's strategy. Meanwhile, disruption is the new normal—and business leaders are faced with spiraling challenges and complexity to grow and sustain their brands in the brave, new world. Through candid and unique interviews with over 40 C-suite leaders—as well as ground-breaking forensic analysis of 20 Brands from BMW to BP and Airbnb to TATA—this book shows that the best performing organizations are built on Strategic Brands. Luc Bardin investigates precisely what it takes to build and grow a Strategic Brand, and provides an effective system of 13 vital Brand imperatives that empower the enterprise to outperform competitors and sustainably deliver the best shareholder returns. This is a strategy book, not an overview of theory or tactics. It is written from the frontline by C-suite practitioners, for their peers, board members, CEOs, and CMOs, who all share the highs and lows of driving value creation, day in, day out.