Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

We talked extensively in this book about how accounting profits or profit growth as a sole performance metric doesn’t lead to value creation. Value: The Four Cornerstones of Corporate Finance by Tim Koller. Discusses the four foundational principles of corporate finance.

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ROIC Balanced Scorecard Metrics McKinsey 62

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

I think many in leadership get to choose the metric they use to measure, and they seem to always choose the one that makes them look good. These tenets are discussed at length by Vineet Nayar of HCL Technologies, in his book ‘employees first, customers second’ [link] mikemyatt Hi Kavita: Thanks for your comment.

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Blog Leadership Benchmarking Tactics 366

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

A lesson in the power of brevity from Mr. Weiss… [link] Dan Rockwell Hi John, I like what you said in your book about team decision making. Note: your book isn't handy so I hope I haven't botched the idea I took away. Consensus means unless someone has a burning reason against the decision they are ALL IN.

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Consensus Team Building Blog Team 388

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Thanks for your reply and for opening this topic up for discussion. 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. link] mikemyatt I published my own list of top leadership blogs earlier this year.

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Diversity Blog Leadership Learning-by-Doing 350

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2018

Since the mandate of the board is to represent shareholders’ interests, shareholder votes stand out as a natural performance metric. We address this issue by constructing a pool of potential directors for each board opening from those who, around that time, accept a directorship at a smaller nearby company.

Company 8

Company Kahneman Learning-by-Doing CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

That thought kept coming back to me as I read John Taft's new book Stewardship: Lessons Learned from the Lost Culture of Wall Street. the brokerage firm formerly known as Dain Rauscher) and spent 2011 as chairman of the main securities-industry trade group, SIFMA. Taft is CEO of RBC Wealth Management-U.S. Got all that?

Metrics 12

Metrics Open-book Long-term Comparison 12