Brand Champions Ho Superheroes bring Brands to Life [Hardcover]

A case-study based guide which showcases the individuals within organizations who nurture and sustain brands and bring them to life through their everyday performance. Critical enough to remain credible yet overwhelmingly positive, it is a charismatic illustration of how to achieve true brand engagement.List of Tables and Figures Part 1  What's a Champion Brand? Part 2  What's Employee Engagement? Part 3  Brand Superheroes Uncovered Part 4  Equipping Brand Champions Part 5  Reinforcing a Brand Champion Culture Closing thoughts Acknowledgements Bibliography Index

'I found this book excellent (and I've read quite a few books on the same subject). Ian Buckingham manages to clearly explain the importance of brand engagement & employee engagement... Engaging employees to love your brand, talk about your brand and stay with your brand, is as critically important now as it ever was - particularly during these economically dynamic times...Brand Champion is well worth the read' Stephanie Lunn, international HR executive

'What makes Brand Champions a recommended read is the richness of material on 'how' to build brand enthusiasm. Original cases (from Barbour to British Gas) make a refreshing change from the usual 'cool brand' suspects. There's a treasure trove of tools for you to raid from 'brand superheroes' to 'brand eisteddfods' anything that links individual contribution to bigger brand purpose is to be warmly welcomed.' B2B Marketing Website

'Buckingham is one of the few business writers to span the territories of HR as well as the more external facing disciplines like Advertising and Marketing, consistently arguing the case for a joined-up approach to brand management. His style is always provocative but enjoyable and ultimately thought provoking in a Handy-esque way. His examples are often drawn from the UK, which makes a welcome change from many US-centric commentators, and the conclusions he points the reader towarlC%