Women in the LEAD

AUGUST 11, 2009

I commented on a global survey ranking women in the area of gender equality that was compiled by “The White House Project”. The survey stated that “The United States ranks 22nd out of 115 countries.” As for the report, she states in her blog, “Women are still vastly underrepresented in the halls of power. 

Letter 40

Letter Survey Simon Benchmarking 40

Rajesh Setty

NOVEMBER 23, 2008

Both the maturity concepts and the benchmark have met with incredible success. Over 500 firms are now using the Service Maturity Model to benchmark their organizations and work toward optimization. To date, over 135 firms have participated in this year’s survey.

Maturity 28

Maturity Participative Benchmarking Licensing 28

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

26, many thousands of people around the world will download Warren Buffett's 2010 shareholder letter. To help you see what is different in his 2010 letter — I offer a partial list of Buffett principles from last year's letter. This Saturday, Feb. I will be among the crowd checking to see what is revealed in his newest letter.

Letter 15

Letter P&L Net Present Value Insurance 15

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 27, 2010

Saturday, November 27, 2010 5 Reasons To Do An Employee Survey Business leaders who wonder whether they should conduct an employee survey should think about these five good reasons for conducting surveys, as recommended by John Kador and Katherine J. Kador and Armstrong caution leaders to NOT do employee surveys: 1.

Survey 63

Survey Armstrong Mentor Mission Statement 63

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Today we launch the sixth edition of the annual Legatum Prosperity Index™ , benchmarking 142 countries on measures of wealth and wellbeing. Tunisia has been hardest hit, falling to 122nd out of 142 countries for Social Capital (32 places since 2010), with Syria also dropping 30 places (to 131st position) in the same time period.

Social Capital 17

Social Capital GDP Human Capital Education 17

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

According to our recent benchmarking survey of more than 100 senior executives, 94% of executives sell at least partially through distributors, accounting for about 50% of their revenue in emerging markets. The three main grocery retail chains in Peru grew from 57 stores in 2001 to 155 stores in 2010.

Marketing 8

Marketing GDP Automotive Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

There’s a similar assumption underlying much of the discussion around how to measure the return on marketing investment, where it seems to be tacitly accepted that attitudinal insights are insufficient at senior decision-making levels, and behavioral insights represent today’s benchmarks.

CRM 8

CRM Pharmaceuticals Survey Benchmarking 8