Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Just as harsh criticisms by exes demoralize and disrupt, their constructive contributions can have as profound an impact on human capital brands as current employees. They signal that diversity of experience outside the firm can be a great thing. Where education has the three Rs, employee exes have these 4 Rs.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Banking Reference Human Capital 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

Moreover, fixed assets are more difficult to leverage across diverse businesses than capabilities, and they tend to expire, become obsolete, or give way to related services. Additional Insights… An Interview with Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi, authors of The Essential Advantage.

Resources 52

Resources Industry System Strategy 52

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2013

When decision-support tools become too powerful and ubiquitous, when continuous monitoring, benchmarking, ranking, and other performance technologies allow governance by numbers to take over, the human faculty of independent judgment takes a backseat. But all must still be interpreted.

Senge 8

Senge Education Rogers Tools 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Comparing your organization to peers – also known as benchmarking – lets you understand how you’re doing, identify performance gaps and opportunities to improve, and highlight peer achievements that you could emulate, or your own achievements to be celebrated. For example, suppose you want to compare the U.S.

Benchmarking 8

Benchmarking Comparison Metrics Bottom-up 8

Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

A professional with proven ability to manage change and work across diverse areas, as required, can be a great asset to an organization. Set career goals and understand salary benchmarks. Be able to receive and give constructive feedback. Continually assess how happy you are in your current role. ​17.

Career 74

Career Advice Succession Learning-by-Doing 74

Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2015

Failure to benchmark results and accomplishments. Walls and filters have been established which insulate top management from criticism (which is viewed as harming the chain of armor, rather than as potentially constructive). The Big Picture of Business – Diversity is Important for Business. Arrogant attitudes.

Self-aware 50

Self-aware System Learning-by-Doing Bottom-up 50

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2012

Some reform measures — such as mandatory disclosure of pay arrangements on an individualized basis and benchmarking pay against "peers" — have actually worsened the problem. Attempts to slow the rapid ascent of executive compensation have made little headway in North America, Western Europe, and Australia. Boards of Directors.

Execution 10

Execution Committee Incentives Hedge 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2014

But judging from what I hear from managers of companies that visit us to benchmark our system, the difference between our approach and theirs does not lie in forms, rankings, tools, or technologies. Individual appraisals are considered enormous opportunities for the candid, constructive conversations that employees deserve.

System 12

System Review Human Resources Human Capital 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2017

To set an aspirational but realistic target, we created a benchmark that combines the best attributes of these advanced digital nations. Second, with the benchmark as a composite, no single nation achieves it and yet each of the five countries’ progress toward the ideal can be assessed in terms of performance against the benchmark.

Benchmarking 10

Benchmarking Globalization Technology Policies 10