Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

That core consists of working through and with other people to create value while using financial concepts and metrics to maximize the value created for all company stakeholders. As we process new ideas -- including from management books! -- we're always looking for social validation. "I

Skills 116

Skills Cooper Books Benchmarking 116

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Accounting is a measurement and communication process that supplies critical financial data to various users, including investors. Profitability is a critical metric in business as it allows a company to determine its success and future growth. Expenses can include salaries, utilities, rent, and other items a business needs.

Intangible Assets 94

Intangible Assets Short-term Incentives Metrics 94

Talent Anarchy 1

AUGUST 15, 2017

Sure, larger, more complex organizations may have larger, more complex financial management systems and processes in place, but we all accept that financial management is a requirement for successful organizations of all shapes and sizes. Let’s be as disciplined and focused with culture as we have been with finance.

Management 106

Management Finance Bottom-up System 106

HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

In an exclusive interview with HR Digest, Trent Henry, EY’s Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), shares key strategies driving EY’s commitment to diversity, innovation, employee well-being, and leadership development. We track progress through standardized metrics and measurement. EY is known for its focus on innovation.

Diversity 52

Diversity Career Globalization Learning-by-Doing 52

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. Value: The Four Cornerstones of Corporate Finance by Tim Koller. Discusses the four foundational principles of corporate finance.

ROIC 62

ROIC Balanced Scorecard Metrics McKinsey 62

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 14, 2010

Don’t be quick to hire based upon gut feel, but rather take time in the interviewing process to let the prospective new hire get a feel for your culture and your company. that can be administered as part of the hiring process.

Blog 326

Blog Survey Talent Management Brand 326

N2Growth Blog

MAY 5, 2011

Moreover, of those that actually go through some form of disciplined process, many of them seem to believe that once they have set the initial pricing their job is finished – nothing could be further from the truth.

Price 371

Price Discount Brand Supply Chain 371

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Making sound decisions is a skill set that needs to be developed like any other. Put simply…not all inputs should weigh equally in one’s decisioning process. By developing a qualitative and quantitative filtering mechanism for your decisioning process you can make better decisions in a shorter period of time.

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Blog Analysis CEO Brand 416

The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 30, 2020

Corporate financing should be of a form and duration that allows companies to fund more engaged and long-term investment in their purposes. Kaplan herself outlines a four-step process for the purpose-driven business to follow: Know what your trade-offs are. Some of these have considerably more merit than others.

Kaplan 76

Kaplan Report Metrics Loyalty 76

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Reinvesting in improvements like equipment, infrastructure, product development, and improving customer service are all valuable ways to build your business. Finding ways to streamline business processes is another good investment to make into your company. Invest in yourself.

Succession 66

Succession Asset Management Software Outsourcing 66

RapidStart Leadership

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

As a friend of mine in the finance industry pointed out, successful teamwork under these conditions is all about finding creative ways to shrink the distance between you and the team. If you are leading, that means that you are closely involved with the process of goal-setting, providing feedback and evaluating performance.

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Team Power Bond Conference 156

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

In order for your enterprise to turn an idea into a monetizing and/or value creating event you should develop a strategic plan that attempts to measure the idea against the following 15 elements: 1. It should be developed as a solution to a problem or to exploit an opportunity. The initiative should have a beginning, middle and end.

Blog 413

Blog Innovation Strategic Planning Brand 413

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2014

Rajamannar involved finance early. To spearhead analytic efforts, he assigned a finance person – who was already embedded in marketing – to create an ROI evaluation framework and integrated her deeper into the marketing function. MasterCard had always been a data-driven organization. Inside Intel. The result has been transformational.

Finance 13

Finance Marketing P&L ROI 13

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

Not recognizing, developing, and rewarding talent is the fastest way I know of to drive talent out of your organization and directly into the hands of your competition. The mandates for compliance along with the accompanying maze of bureaucratic processes and procedures, will often take precedence over doing the right thing.

Loyalty 419

Loyalty Blog Brand Follow-up 419

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 29, 2016

Transforming a sales organization to consistently deliver insights requires new value propositions, case studies and collateral from Marketing, new competencies, skill development, recruiting profiles from HR, and alignment with Operations to refine products and services.

Metrics 50

Metrics Marketing Strategy Case Study 50

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

It’s my belief that culture does not happen organically, especially in today’s world of hybrid or remote work , but that companies have it in their power to develop and foster environments that respect issues of S&B. At Audible, we continue to focus on S&B education.

Diversity 52

Diversity Katz Learning-by-Doing Globalization 52

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

It’s my belief that culture does not happen organically, especially in today’s world of hybrid or remote work , but that companies have it in their power to develop and foster environments that respect issues of S&B. At Audible, we continue to focus on S&B education.

Diversity 52

Diversity Katz Learning-by-Doing Globalization 52

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. How the new job of process owner can tie together the separate silos that characterize the traditional organization to change the way work is done and how people relate to one another.

Hammer 50

Hammer Chief Executive Officer Metrics Process 50

Mike Cardus

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

You are team leader on a cross-functional team project that includes; Sue from finance, Jack from engineering, Brian from Quality Assurance, Stephanie from human resources, Terri is the customer representative, Tony from production and Mike (me) is the team coach…. Ferdinand Fournies. You: “Brian do you know why I called you here today?”.

Team 143

Team Management Project Quality 143

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

Team building, group dynamics, talent management, leadership development, and any number of other functional areas are much more about clarity, focus, aligning expectations, and defining roles than creating equality. ” Great post Mike – it is obvious you have spent a lot of time thing about and work with top teams!

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Consensus Team Building Blog Team 388

HR Digest

OCTOBER 17, 2020

According to a recent survey in USA Today, Americans are far more worried about their finances than their health amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Create a team of leaders across the organization to develop the benefits framework while also keeping in mind the cost of labor. Review the organization’s performance and reward strategy.

Short-term 59

Short-term Committee Incentives Long-term 59

HR Digest

OCTOBER 17, 2020

According to a recent survey in USA Today, Americans are far more worried about their finances than their health amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Create a team of leaders across the organization to develop the benefits framework while also keeping in mind the cost of labor. Review the organization’s performance and reward strategy.

Short-term 52

Short-term Committee Incentives Long-term 52

Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

” The bottom line is that most people don’t want to be “sold” by an ad anymore; they want to develop a relationship where a business earns their purchase by offering invaluable content. Krypton IT Services Unlike other agencies, they don’t complicate the process.

Marketing 105

Marketing Content Audience Brand 105

Strategy Driven

APRIL 3, 2014

Use this prime real estate on your resume to outline how your skill set and achievements can benefit the prospective employer, by not only keeping the product pipeline full but demonstrating success moving products through the process with external regulatory agencies and internal departments on a global and local scale.

Tactics 51

Tactics Execution Pharmaceuticals Human Capital 51

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Any standing meeting, whether it’s of a departmental leadership team, a cross-functional group owning a process like innovation or talent management, or a task force managing a six-month transition to a new technology, should be designed and linked to a broader governance plan. The right composition and metrics.

P&L 13

P&L How To Finance Metrics 13

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

This is a leadership issue in which diversity, and the awareness of it, will play a key role in the development of future leaders. 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.

Diversity 350

Diversity Blog Leadership Learning-by-Doing 350

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Every step of the process was measured, and real-time metrics were easily accessible. Workers were carefully trained to follow processes exactly as they were laid out. But Bernstein and his team observed that when managers were not watching, employees secretly developed and shared better ways of doing the work.

Organization 12

Organization Tactics Call Center Metrics 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2018

” In today’s tightening labor market, HR leaders must work relentlessly to develop and recruit people who advance digital transformation across their organizations. HR leaders can start by upskilling their teams in areas that impact two critical business outcomes: building bench strength and tying HR metrics to financial success.

Skills 13

Skills Survey Technology Strategic Planning 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

This lack of an analytical approach has traditionally formed a barrier between marketing and finance. In our work with clients across dozens of sectors over more than five years, we have found that the strongest CMO/CFO partnerships develop when both parties undertake five actions: 1. Focus on the metrics that matter.

CFO 8

CFO Short-term Long-term Benchmarking 8

HR Digest

MAY 6, 2024

An HRIS (Human Resources Information System) is a software solution that helps organizations manage and automate core HR processes like payroll, time tracking, and employee benefits administration. Process Automation HRIS systems automate repetitive HR tasks such as onboarding, approvals, and reimbursements. What is an HRIS?

Human Resources 52

Human Resources System Information Resources 52

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Customers are integral to this process because they provide feedback, and every member of your team should be answering support requests, meeting with customers, and thinking about how to build a product that suits the needs of the market. Don’t obsess over metrics like inquiry volume or time to close tickets. What not to do.

Metrics 13

Metrics Engineering Efficiency Learning-by-Doing 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

Digital companies, however, consider scientists’ and software workers’ and product development teams’ time to be the company’s most valuable resource. This notion, that risk is a desirable feature, can seem like sacrilege to anyone who’s taken an introductory finance course.

Report 8

Report GAAP Net Present Value CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

More and more companies are tying incentive pay to customer metrics. Pep Boys, a US auto parts store chain, reports in its proxy statement that customer metrics are now an important part of its executive compensation system. Truly reliable feedback and metrics. Your CFO and finance team can take a leadership role here.

Incentives 10

Incentives Sample Customer Loyalty Metrics 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2017

You can see vast wind farms along ridgelines, of course, but I use one shorthand metric to gauge progress: how covered are the rooftops? This quick measure of the clean economy is of course superficial, but it’s in the spirit of indicators like the so-called “Waffle House” metric : the U.S. Photo by Andrew Winston.

Energy 8

Energy Finance Metrics Definition 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2018

Truth is, you can have the right portfolio of investments, the right metrics and governance, the right stage-gate development process, and the right talent on the right teams — but if you don’t design the right handoffs between your teams, all of that planning falls apart.

Project 8

Project Innovation Team Stage-Gate 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2018

Recently, a financial services organization found $5 million in opportunities to optimize its finance processes. The company found that using robotic process automation alone could free up to 75 full-time equivalent staff. No longer will all developers be assigned to project work. Shift 1: Automate with a product mindset.

Strategy 8

Strategy Content Enterprise Architecture Agility 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

He became an early adopter of social computing tools to communicate with employees, and in the process became a role model for adoption among his senior executive team, as well as the employee population. Communications: Develop a communications plan. Unisys CEO Ed Coleman addressed this through leading by example.

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Media Productivity Products Company 15