N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

Tenure Inhibits Change and Cripples Innovation : Organizations that favor tenure also tend to be prone to majoring in the minors. All of these traits preclude the advancement of change initiatives and cripple innovation. I want metrics that mirror experience. often evoke feelings of hatred at the mere mention of their name.

Loyalty 419

Loyalty Blog Brand Follow-up 419

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

They must be relevant, meaningful, in alignment with cultural values, and tied to the right set of metrics. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? I Think Not.

Blog 325

Blog Metrics Brand CEO 325

Mike Cardus

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Wednesday, February 02nd, 2011 Posted by: mike In Leadership Coaching and when I am trying to work out solutions and success of my own, I use a scaling method learned from Solutions Focused Coaching. It works amazingly well and can create metrics and small task steps to achieve awesomeness. All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress.

Team Building 102

Team Building Blog Team Leadership 102

Mike Cardus

JANUARY 25, 2011

Design by 12GrainStudio Team Building & Leadership: Case Study; Increased Trust=Faster Implementation of Decisions & Problems Solved Cheaper Tuesday, January 25th, 2011 Posted by: mike The following is a true story, of value added results that come from Create-Learning’s Team Building & Leadership Processes. Jan 2011 Guy.

Case Study 110

Case Study Team Building Team Leadership 110

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 16, 2011

While a brand without exposure is not much of a brand, I consistently find that brand exposure is an aspect of brand management that is all too often overlooked as a success metric. I Think Not. Whos Reading N2growth Twitter Updates mikemyatt: Poor work requries a lot of explanation beca. mikemyatt: RT @janemyatt Their sacrifice.

Brand 325

Brand Brand Management Blog Media 325

Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 28, 2010

So as I write these blog posts and create program content and talk with people about the objectives, outcomes, profit creation, ideation, metrics, etc… FUN is an acceptable criteria that can be evaluated and placed into the mix. All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress. Design by 12GrainStudio Planning, Delegation, Accountability + FUN!

Delegation 107

Delegation Planning Team Building Follow-up 107

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. That said, your observation about the need to measure the "right" metrics is an astute one. Thank you for sharing this freely. link] davidburkus Great exam. Kavita Great article.

Blog 310

Blog Leadership Benchmarking Tactics 310

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. This is what we call a business’s health , and related metrics explain how financial results were achieved and provide causal insights into future performance potential.

ROIC 62

ROIC Balanced Scorecard Metrics McKinsey 62

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2010

In today’s post I’ll take a look at timing as key success metric… As the verse from the old Kenny Rogers song goes “you have to know when to hold em and know when to fold em.&# I Think Not. Whos Reading N2growth Twitter Updates mikemyatt: Poor work requries a lot of explanation beca.

Blog 403

Blog Leadership Self-aware Crisis 403

N2Growth Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

In today’s post I’ll address a key metric that all companies should be focused on – Customer Experience Management (CEM)… Before I go any further let’s get the semantical arguments out of the way…Some will claim that a well conceived CRM initiative includes CEM as a subset. I Think Not.

Blog 273

Blog CRM Management Brand 273

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Is the pursuit of success or significance driving your quest in 2011? It's one of my great drivers to achieve significance in what I do – even if that doesn't necessarily mean success as defined by any metric you care to choose… Thanks for an interesting read! Best Neil Ron Inspiring post! Success is temporal.

Blog 396

Blog Succession Influence Brand 396

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 14, 2010

Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? I Think Not. Whos Reading N2growth Twitter Updates mikemyatt: Poor work requries a lot of explanation beca.

Blog 286

Blog Survey Talent Management Brand 286

Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 8, 2016

greater employee participation in efforts to innovate. billion in 2011. greater revenue growth, 21% greater productivity, 22% greater profitability, 10% higher customer service metrics, 41% lower quality defects, and 37% lower absenteeism. Certain collective beliefs and behaviors promote this bond of connection among people.

Stress 150

Stress Bond Absenteeism System 150

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

As a result of our conversation, I decided to dust-off an old post, give it a few updates, and pass along my thoughts, which can be best summarized as “ Ideas Don’t Equal Innovation. “ It is my hope to help dispel the myth that ideas are inherently good things.

Blog 384

Blog Innovation Strategic Planning Brand 384

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Even if you don’t find yourself having to frequently deal with extreme situations, it is often nothing more than normal dealings in the ordinary course of business that can place you at a nexus…Do you make your decision based upon the facts at hand and sound decisioning metrics, or do you let your emotions drive your decisions?

Blog 409

Blog Leadership Emotional Intelligence CEO 409

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

If you incorporate the following metrics into your decisioning framework you will minimize the chances of making a bad decision: Perform a Situation Analysis : What is motivating the need for a decision? What would happen if no decision is made? I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

Blog 396

Blog Analysis CEO Brand 396

QAspire

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

My Writing at QAspire Blog Excellence: Lessons From Anupam Kher The ‘Invisibles’ in Business Performance Engagement, Leadership and Power of Storytelling Metrics: Are They Mapped With Your Business Objectives?

PPM 109

PPM Directory Storytelling Blog 109

Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 27, 2010

And the ability to place quantitative metrics on a qualitative skill. All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress. Hard Skill, Soft Skill – provides people with the opportunity to recognize and be recognized in their skill sets and talents.

Team Building 119

Team Building Skills Team Open-book 119

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

Great leaders intrinsically understand that team building catalyzes collaboration, creates both disruptive and incremental innovation, facilitates a certainty of execution, and is one of the key foundational elements associated with creating a dynamic corporate culture. link] mikemyatt Thanks for your comment and kind words John. I Think Not.

Consensus 333

Consensus Team Building Blog Team 333

Strategy Driven

MARCH 21, 2011

How to start measuring the factors that are most critical to the success of the business and identify the metrics that express them. Most companies get metrics all wrong. She is a seasoned business professional and author, who brings a wealth of real-world experience and an innovative style to her position at Hammer and Company.

Hammer 50

Hammer Chief Executive Officer Metrics Process 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2016

In 2011 Avaya had a major likability problem, and the according market performance you would expect. Avaya’s 2011 Net Promoter Score (NPS) was in the 20s (on a scale of -100 to +100), suggesting that it would have a hard time keeping the customers it had, let alone grow on word of mouth.

Agility 8

Agility Innovation Metrics Middle Management 8

Strategy Driven

JUNE 17, 2011

Innovate and build products and services customers love to use. Mahesh has received numerous corporate, client, and industry accolades for coaching senior executives at Fortune 100 companies to become successful transformation leaders and organizational innovators. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. All rights reserved.

Learning-by-Doing 62

Learning-by-Doing Industry Follow-up Skills 62

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

I saw literally millions and millions of dollars flow into projects that had no real metrics and timeline in place. ’ Before becoming an entrepreneur, he was a skilled executive and market innovator in the corporate world. In other words, these projects had no guardrails. Consider leaving a comment! All rights reserved.

Project 50

Project Wilde Entrepreneur Goal 50

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2017

It’s proven hard to solve these problems partly because of metrics: It’s hard to identify and measure the factors that lead to high-quality information or connection. Technologists often discuss the problem of “ vanity metrics.” In journalism, for example, the pageview is a much-maligned metric.

Media 10

Media Quality Metrics Long-term 10

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

link] Anna Smith “Let the attacks begin” – The number one source for innovation/change is pissed-off people (Tom Peters). 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. LeRoyD Amen!

Diversity 296

Diversity Blog Leadership Learning-by-Doing 296

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Technology advocates argue that the nature of technology, which has often made things either significantly cheaper, or free entirely, provide benefits that are not easily captured by traditional economic metrics of productivity. Innovation dissemination , which is the movement of these ideas and technologies into mainstream usage.

Innovation 101

Innovation Productivity Products Technology 101

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2011

And Apple's share performance skyrocketed between the time we compiled the data and when he stepped down on August 24, 2011. In our CEO ranking, we used three metrics to score a CEO ( see the January 2010 article for the methodology ). Steve Jobs combined creativity with discipline, and innovation with scale.

CEO 13

CEO Collins Long-term Analysis 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2016

in 2011 to 2.9% For a new digital technology to deliver a disruptive innovation, a new technology must leverage two things: A new route to market. All disruptive innovators in business have capitalized on a channel of commercialization where the leading firms are not present. A new business model.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Disruptive Innovation Venture Capitalist Business Model 8

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. However, this is better than the 20% in 2011. Less than a third (29%) of European companies have at least two women on their Executive Committees. None have a female CEO.

Execution 12

Execution Committee Balanced Scorecard Globalization 12

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.

Franchising 15

Franchising CEO Business Model Strategy 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

The 114-year-old outfit, based in Orville, Ohio, now sits at #2 on this year's Barron's 500 , which ranks publicly traded companies purely according to growth metrics — not revenue itself but changes in sales, profits, and return on investment. For 2011, it all added up to $4.8 Smucker Company. billion in sales.

Brand 13

Brand Strategic Fit Retail McKinsey 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2011

I have long believed that innovation is not just about creating new products or services; it's also about rethinking the very nature of an organization's relationships. The most innovative brands have dramatically changed the way they connect with customers by supplementing traditional marketing and advertising with social and digital media.

Health Care 15

Health Care Innovation Crisis Brainstorming 15

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 16, 2010

They all speak of the quality of their talent as a key success metric…in fact, many of them will emphatically state that talent is their single biggest competitive advantage. In today’s post I’ll examine one of the most frequent offenders; “ Talent is our biggest asset.&# I Think Not.

Blog 310

Blog Politics Mission Statement Brand 310

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Between April 2011 and February 2012, our preliminary data suggest that patients cared for by a team with a PN (matched for age, case-mix group, and resource intensity level) experienced shorter actual length-of-stay (LOS)/expected LOS ratios compared to those not exposed to a PN. Leading Health Care Innovation. The Evidence.

Health Care 8

Health Care Constraint Follow-up Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

First, I examined the social media networks of a sample of social entrepreneurs who applied to participate in the 2010 or 2011 summer accelerator programs run by the Unreasonable Institute. And these results are consistent across three different datasets. Instead, we are seeing just as many good things from inexperienced social entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Sample Follow-up Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2018

Advances in machine learning have led to innovations ranging from facial recognition software to self-driving cars. Since the mandate of the board is to represent shareholders’ interests, shareholder votes stand out as a natural performance metric. corporations between 2000 and 2011. Could technology help?

Company 9

Company Kahneman Learning-by-Doing CEO 9

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. This innovation has impact. The assumption is that company growth is good. Conclusion?

Venture Capitalist 9

Venture Capitalist Mentor Microfinance NGO 9