N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

This in turn leads to a very focused, coordinated, and ultimately a very passionate work environment. It sounds like a supportive, mature environment you are describing; where ego isn't the main thing but doing the right thing is. link] mikemyatt Thanks for your comment and kind words John. That's consensus."

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

The simple truth is that lowering standards is never a good thing in any environment. While my list had more "diversity" it was a larger list based upon specific metrics as the standard for qualification – diversity was not one of these metrics. In fact, the report points out how “U.S.

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Diversity Blog Leadership Learning-by-Doing 350

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2014

As usual, we try to broaden the focus from the current buzz around corporate boards to the more relevant metric of the gender balance of executive committees. Only 35% are in line or operational roles – and there has been no significant change in these percentages over the last three years. However, this is better than the 20% in 2011.

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Execution Committee Balanced Scorecard Globalization 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2015

For example, before performing every operation the surgical team should conduct a “time-out” 100% of the time to ensure that everyone agrees that they are operating on the correct patient and are performing the correct procedure on the right site and that any questions or concerns that any team member might have are addressed.

Health Care 8

Health Care Benchmarking Process Operations 8

CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

It is very important for leaders wanting to create Self-Starters to articulate a clear vision, values and set of goals for their teams, as this type operates by seeking forgiveness rather than permission. Brown-Nosers constantly check in with their leaders and operate by seeking permission, rather than forgiveness.

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Executive Coaching Execution Blog Self-aware 129

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

In 2011, when I came to Centura Health in Colorado as President of its largest operating group (Mountains and North Denver Operating Group or MNDOG) and CEO of its flagship health organization, Saint Anthony Hospital, I saw a clear mandate for change. Innovating for Value in Health Care. Sponsored by Medtronic.

Health Care 8

Health Care How To Operations Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2012

Many people in traditional marketing roles and organizations may not realize they're operating within a dead paradigm. Third, in today's increasingly social media-infused environment, traditional marketing and sales not only doesn't work so well, it doesn't make sense. But they are. The evidence is clear.

Marketing 22

Marketing Social Capital Media Influence 22

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

Whereas most business lists analyze companies by traditional metrics such as revenue or by subjective assessments such as “innovativeness,” our ranking evaluates the ability of leaders to strategically reposition the firm. We then narrowed the list to 18 finalists using three sets of metrics: New growth.

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Franchising CEO Business Model Strategy 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2013

If you ask venture capitalists in Silicon Valley how they measure the success of business entrepreneurs, they would no doubt list off metrics having to do with fast growth: funding raised, people hired, customers acquired, revenue produced. The assumption is that company growth is good. Some organizations have already adopted this approach.

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Venture Capitalist Mentor Microfinance NGO 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. Of the respondents, 72% said that climate change presents risks that could significantly impact their operations, revenue, or expenditures. ” Improving risk management.

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Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2010

How do you optimize resources in poorly defined decision-making environments – or in cases where scenarios are well-defined or ineffective? Within this framework the purpose is to maximize or minimize, as appropriate, the performance metric in the objective by assigning values to the decision variables that satisfy the constraints.

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Resources Process Constraint Objective 50

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2017

To measure human capital, you can deploy metrics such as our productive power index , which looks at the cost of organizational drag and the benefits of effective talent and energy management on your overall productive power. As the adage goes, you can’t manage what you can’t measure.

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Human Capital Management Company ROCE 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2013

One of the dilemmas of firms in rapidly transforming environments is that their ownership structure may get in the way of making tough decisions. The pressure on the company by the investing community (among others) was so severe that it eventually split into two, Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions in January of 2011.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Restructuring Competitive Advantage Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2015

Decades of operating losses and rampant turnover in both the employee base and ownership group had cemented a fearful culture. The nascent e-commerce effort, viewed suspiciously by most in the company, operated independently on an antiquated platform. I did not want the company to liquidate. Those who could adapt, thrived.

Fashion 8

Fashion Operations Brand Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

One-year contracts hold our doctors accountable, with yearly performance reviews that include each doctor’s quality metrics, clinical outcomes, and research. To remain viable in today’s rapidly evolving environment, health care systems must reduce costs while continuing to improve quality and outcomes. Health Operations'

Health Care 9

Health Care Supply Chain Cost Quality 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2017

“I think we have a shot at building the best office building in the world” were the words Steve Jobs used to describe Apple’s new headquarters in 2011. New young tech companies — Airbnb, Twitter, Instagram, Snap, and WeWork, among others — operate differently than Silicon Valley giants.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Technology Hedge Project 8

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Many people do not typically think of metrics and accounting as roadblocks to innovation, yet you call these out as potential problem areas. Many conventional metrics we use to estimate value are based on faulty assumptions. Companies that will eventually be wrecked by others’ innovations are operating on autopilot.

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Innovation NPV Business Model Constraint 50