Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Make-good efforts cost more on the back end than doing things right on the front end. Research shows the by-product costs of poor quality are high for any business, up to 40 percent. Lack of attentiveness to quality has cost the United States its global marketplace dominance. Benchmark measurements of accomplishments.

Quality 50

Quality Metrics Strategic Planning TQM 50

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

And despite the many laws against corruption, and increases in enforcement of those laws, bribery in particular continues to thrive and the costs to business and to society continue to escalate. Since having laws on the books isn’t enough, anti-corruption and anti-bribery efforts need further traction from the private sector.

Company 8

Company Compliance Ethics Globalization 8

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

Rather they should benchmark their decisions against the question of “is it the right thing to do?” I don’t know about you, but it’s almost as if we have raised a generation of leaders who feel they have a moral and ethical obligation to be politically correct – WRONG. How sad is this? Are these extreme statements?

Politics 375

Politics Blog Leadership Diversity 375

Leading with Trust

MARCH 20, 2022

I’m sure you’ll enjoy his wisdom about the intersection of character, trust, and ethics. We are prone to make bad, and sometimes unethical judgements when there is greater pressure to “get’er done,” versus to get things done ethically, safely, or legally. Doing the right thing can be seen as too broad.

Ethics 95

Ethics Servant Leader Execution Survey 95

HR Digest

JUNE 24, 2023

This type of analytics is commonly used for reporting, benchmarking, and monitoring HR metrics. HR analytics enables organizations to align their workforce with business objectives, minimize recruitment costs, and optimize resource allocation.

Metrics 98

Metrics Trends Compliance Analysis 98

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

We selected 15 people from that group who demonstrated strong work ethic, grit, and excitement for the program. We believe that investing in our local community is the moral thing to do, but what’s the cost and ROI of program like this? However, if you invest in creating talent, these same costs would only amount to $723k.

Company 9

Company Diversity ROI Mentor 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2015

But certain organizations, such as PepsiCo and Starwood Hotels and Resorts, are also analyzing employee data to create profiles of their most successful people — this gives them valuable benchmarks for outsiders. Talent recruiters and managers will also want to consider factors such as costs, ethics, and user experience.

Ethics 8

Ethics Emotional Intelligence Benchmarking Hotels 8

HR Digest

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

This employment background checks guide will help you understand the importance of candidate background checks and avoid the costs associated with a wrong hire. . One has to be aware of the likely pitfalls, including being compliant with the equal opportunity acts and ethical standards. Here are a few pointers—.

Pre-Employment Screening 105

Pre-Employment Screening Guidelines How To Reference 105

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2017

Both women helped uncover massive frauds inside their organizations that ultimately cost investors billions of dollars. For example, look at Sherron Watkins, formerly of Enron, and Cynthia Cooper, formerly of WorldCom. Research suggests that employees are often in a position to discover and expose wrongdoing in organizations.

Commitment 8

Commitment Sample Incentives Benchmarking 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2015

He was a highly ethical, performance-driven manager, and assumed everyone else was (or should be) too. Rabbits are busy chasing some internal mission, vision, or benchmark. But once a rabbit “gets it,” it costs them very little to adapt their behavior to be more inclusive and supportive of a guinea pig.

Rogers 8

Rogers Benchmarking Loyalty Learning-by-Doing 8

Strategy Driven

JUNE 3, 2011

Apply Big Picture thinking toward all facets of the organization… to reduce costs of companies responding to problems with small-picture treatments. Values, customs, beliefs, goals, objectives, benchmarking. Organizational purpose, vision, quality of life, ethics, longterm growth. The 10 most common benchmarking mistakes.

Strategic Planning 68

Strategic Planning Benchmarking Long-term Consultative 68

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Goal attainment leads to ethical behavior. Cost containment. Programs must be competent, effective and benchmarked. You have and regularly update-benchmark a strategy for the future, shared company Vision, ethics, Big Picture thinking and ‘walk the talk’ About the Author. Portfolio analysis.

Strategic Planning 56

Strategic Planning Goal Planning Budgeting 56

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 6, 2012

Calculating Each Organization’s High Costs. This approach costs six times that of doing things correctly on the front end… meaning planning, sequential execution and benchmarking progress. 7 Categories of High Costs. Repairing ethically wrong actions. Opportunity Costs. Cleaning Up Problems.

Planning 50

Planning Consultative Learning-by-Doing Cost 50

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2014

If you notice that the casualness means there could be a risk to governance, or ethics — for example, the online security systems aren’t as good as the ones at your old workplace — it’s a great opportunity to suggest changes,” she says. Don’t: Use your old company as a benchmark of how things ought to get done.

Process 8

Process P&L Case Study Software 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Can the benchmarking information be accessed regularly? Walking the Talk: ethics, values, quality, vision. Cost the benefits of the improved cash flows and diagram the improved work flows that contribute to them. Base Budgets on Value, Not on Cost. Inventory costs. Are budgeting measures used to manage performance?

Strategic Planning 66

Strategic Planning Budgeting Planning Competitive Advantage 66

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 7, 2011

New year projections are the best time to benchmark progress and adjust sights for the coming term. Goal attainment leads to ethical behavior. Cost containment. Programs must be competent, effective and benchmarked. Businesses should review their Strategic Plan annually. How to Find Goals: Examine problems.

Goal 50

Goal Strategic Planning Benchmarking Budgeting 50

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Position your request as an investment, not a cost. Base Budgets on Value… Not on Cost. Readily measurable values: Time and cost of product development-service delivery cycles. Inventory costs. Cost the benefits of the improved cash flows and diagram the improved work flows that contribute to them.

Budgeting 50

Budgeting Planning Strategic Planning Competitive Advantage 50

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2016

Remember the public shaming – and heavy sentences — heaped on Enron and Worldcom for their accounting (and more importantly, ethical) failures? I’m not against benchmarking and norming. While benchmarks are useful inputs for compensation decisions, they shouldn’t be a straitjacket. Let’s take pay.

Benchmarking 9

Benchmarking Company Short-term Long-term 9

Strategy Driven

JULY 17, 2015

At all costs, fight change.in Failure to benchmark results and accomplishments. Addictive organizations show frozen feelings and ethical deterioration. Neither attends to details nor to pursue a Big Picture. Perpetuate co-dependencies. Selectively forgets the good that occurs. Find three wrongs for every right. Stubbornness.

Self-aware 50

Self-aware System Open-book Learning-by-Doing 50

Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2015

At all costs, fight change… in every shape, form or concept. Failure to benchmark results and accomplishments. Addictive organizations show frozen feelings and ethical deterioration. Neither attends to details nor to pursue a Big Picture. Perpetuate co-dependencies. Selectively forgets the good that occurs. Stubbornness.

Self-aware 50

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

Strategy Driven

MARCH 4, 2011

At all costs, fight change… in every shape, form or concept. Failure to benchmark results and accomplishments. Addictive organizations show frozen feelings and ethical deterioration. Neither attends to details nor to pursue a Big Picture. Perpetuate co-dependencies. Selectively forgets the good that occurs. Stubbornness.

Bottom-up 58

Bottom-up System Learning-by-Doing Execution 58

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Today, we see growing interest in new business benchmarks and in potential breakthrough materials and forms of energy. Challenges of this frame: Be wary of pricing everything that moves in the environment and focusing too much on costs. Expand the focus from today’s business case for action to tomorrow’s business models.

Morale 8

Morale EPS Supply Chain Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Compared to investing millions (or billions) of dollars into more social programs or police, the cost of statistically analyzing administrative datasets that already exist is next-to-nothing. But even before we reach that stage, we need to make sure the tool is promising enough to ethically justify testing it in the field.

Policies 8

Policies Tools Learning-by-Doing Travel 8