Living the Brand

Nicholas Ind is a partner in Equilibrium Consulting. He has worked on projects for Manpower, British Council, Ford of Europe, The Economist Group, TNS, Telenor and Unicef. He is on the advisory board of Corporate Reputation Review, the editorial board of the Journal of Brand Management, and is an Industrial Fellow at Kingston University, UK. He teaches on branding and communication at Stockholm University, the Nordic Brand Academy and BI-Oslo. He is the editor of Beyond Branding (also Kogan Page).

• Chapter - 00: Introduction;Chapter - 01: I’m genuinely feeling groovy;Chapter - 02: Living brands;Chapter - 03: Why people need vision and values;Chapter - 04: Why organizations need purpose and values;Chapter - 05: Defining the brand;Chapter - 06: Bringing the brand to life;Chapter - 07: Sustaining the brand: stories and myths;Chapter - 08: Measuring success;Chapter - 09: Managing the brand;Chapter - 10: Conclusion

"Essential reading...contains some powerful insights." Call Centre Focus "A bible of the 'employee-centric' approach... Fascinating stuff." Infomatics "This is a timely book because the issue of how to define brands and bring them to life is at the heart of our age. As this readable book argues, if organizations are to maximize the full intellectual capital at their disposal and deliver excellent service, they need to engage employees with their ideals." Marketing "Includes the most memorable case to date on living the brand." Chris Macrae, Author of The Brand Chartering Handbook "Living the Brand offers some exciting reading." Brand News "Living the Brand is a useful guide to help you achieve this objective, to create a business 'brand' which people will feel more proud of, more committed to and therefore want to be associated with" Marketing (Ireland) Jan 2008