N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

They must be relevant, meaningful, in alignment with cultural values, and tied to the right set of metrics. My experience is that bonuses are absolutely effective given this caveat: they must be structured and implemented properly. It is not the bonus that is right or wrong, but the manner in which it is rolled-out.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

In fact, gossip seriously undermines each one of the aforementioned success metrics by propagating inaccurate information. When you take part in gossip you do none of these things. At its core, gossip is the highest form of disloyalty, and it is far from innocent or idle.

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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?

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

These companies have placed themselves far behind the technology curve because tenured managers hire employees with obsolete skill sets and together they create mediocre solutions. I want metrics that mirror experience. Walking into these organizations is often like traveling back in time 20 years. Tenure is too qualitative.

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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.&# Not too surprisingly, people who possess a poor sense of timing usually don’t even understand timing is an issue.

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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.

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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.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 14, 2010

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

We are now in the era of “do-it-yourself” career development. Unfortunately, organizations today are unknowingly leaving employees with skill gaps and blind spots that can derail careers and organizational effectiveness. Here are six things you can do to take control of your own career. Drawn Ideas/Getty Images.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

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!

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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?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

I have been generally well regarded throughout my career for building extremely effective teams, and what I can share with you is that team building is not about equality at all. It is not too difficult to get your crew all oaring together when these characteristics are firmly in place because they now know which direction to row.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2011

But it's important to know the difference between a one-time error in judgment and a decision to pursue a critically flawed strategy — in fact, your future career may depend on knowing the difference. Gather more information and improve your metrics. You can't do much to sugarcoat an outrageously bad decision.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

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. Interesting points about the metrics involved – good feedback for women leaderhsip bloggers. Personally, I am not affronted.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2014

While we are surrounded by a wave of new disruptive technologies and apps, HR still hasn’t improved how it evaluates the prospective workforce. This process is no longer reliable; it has turned income inequality into career opportunity inequality, and recruiters are losing opportunities to tap a wider talent pool.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2018

They were employed in midlevel to upper-midlevel management positions in strategy, finance, marketing, legal, operations, and technology functions. The women in my sample were asked to think back on two defining career moments that best prepared them to advance. How People Get Ahead.

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HR Digest

MAY 6, 2024

This ensures that organizations can stay up-to-date with the latest HR best practices and technologies. These features enable organizations to set goals, track progress, and evaluate employee performance, providing valuable insights for career development, succession planning, and talent management. What is an HRIS?

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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.&#

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2012

A better, value-based approach is to initiate a quarterly review process that looks more like the following: First quarter: review all performance metrics with the customer and continue doing so every three months. It's great career development for them.". Make sure they're being met. If any are not, correct the problems swiftly.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

I wasn’t nearly as dazzled by Jim’s statistics and metrics as I was his outlook on life. Social Media is not about technology – it’s about communication. Where Jim fell short in my opinion was that if you’ve heard Jim before, there wasn’t a lot of new information. What’s the ROI on a handshake?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

Deliverables, benchmarks, deadlines, and success metrics must be incorporated into the plan. This may be the first time in my career that I've been accused of taking a standard management approach.:) Every task should be assigned and managed according to a plan and in the light of day. via n2growth.com [.]

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Criteria for Progression : Outline the factors, such as skills development, experience, or performance metrics, that contribute to an employee moving within the salary band. Emerging Roles and Technologies Stay attuned to emerging roles and technologies within the industry.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2015

For Quest, those metrics were productivity, ability to gauge capacity, prioritization, execution, collaboration and communication. Executives can also clarify the “rules of engagement” related to technology and boundary setting to limit “always-on” burnout.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Promise Zones Initiative , which awarded over $30 million last year to grantees to achieve objectives such as developing a complete continuum of cradle-to-career strategies and breaking down silos between community agencies. Health information and other technology.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

As the senior manager of a large technology firm said to one of my colleagues: "If you work hard and get good results here, you'll be rewarded; and if you don't work hard and get mediocre results, you'll also be rewarded.". The first is the complexity of your organization's structure. Third, appoint process champions.

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