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Leading by Cause

Lead Change Blog

He opened the dialogue, saying he and his leadership team had put a lot of thought into where they want to take their bank, and the vision they committed to was to deliver top decile ROE, ROA and topline revenue growth: a quintessential example of focusing on effect, not cause. What was their reaction to what we have to offer?

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Not All Metrics Are Created Equal

N2Growth Blog

While analyzing these drivers will give you some basic operating information, they are also somewhat myopic. Qualitative Return Drivers: A great example of qualitative return analysis would be contribution margin (CM), which is a qualitative measure of individual performance on profit.

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End the Religion of ROE

Harvard Business Review

corporation than "what's the ROE on that?" ROE justifies the means. To an extent not widely recognized, it was an equation in the first place that gave ROE the power to dominate not just investment decisions, but an entire business culture. There is no more powerful question in a U.S. Social media spending? Wellness checkups?

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Stop Focusing on Profitability and Go for Growth

Harvard Business Review

Equity cash flows, in turn, are a function of a company’s long-term return on equity (ROE), growth, and the value of shareholders’ equity on its books. If a company’s long-term ROE is anticipated to be the value created by improving pre-tax margins will exceed the value created by accelerating growth.

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Don't Confuse Engagement with User Experience

Harvard Business Review

The Android operating system has been outselling Apple's iOS by nearly a 5:1 ratio. For example, Twitter (or LinkedIn) may represent a less enjoyable user experience than, say, Facebook but the nature of the engagement they facilitate might mean users spend more time, thought and care with them. The numbers don't lie.

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