Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 14, 2015

I spent the next decade keeping my HR and Finance partners as close as possible. Disconnected Metrics. If the most important HR metrics are anything other than tangible business results, you’ll never be a serious strategic partner. I spent the first decade of my career in HR. 4 Reasons HR Gets a Bad Rap.

P&L 180

P&L Metrics Compliance Advice 180

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

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Much like the process of human development, a business venture requires a significant amount of time to progress from its conceptual stage to official incorporation. In recent times, gestation speed has garnered increasing attention as a proximate performance metric.

Development 59

Development Entrepreneur Long-term Planning 59

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

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Although it’s much easier to start a business online, however, when it comes to growing your business, maintaining, and sustaining it, the processes that it takes are much similar to that of a traditional business. The good thing is, this is not a complicated process. Consider your success metrics and funding. Lean planning.

How To 139

How To Analysis SWOT Audience 139

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.

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Management Finance Bottom-up System 106

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 26, 2021

The first is price, and the second is the complexity of the sales process. The complexity of the sales process reflects the difficulty in selling to customers, which directly affects customer acquisition costs. If you want to sell something, it is best if the sign-up process is easy. Product Complexity.

Strategy 94

Strategy Price Self-aware Software 94

Strategy Driven

APRIL 10, 2020

So after spending much of my 20s working in finance and real estate, and then going to business school, the right opportunity sat in front of me. For a few years, this process worked well for us, and I took it on my own shoulders to grow in my knowledge first and then my role and leadership to include more.

Real Estate 88

Real Estate Productivity Products Company 88

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Once KPIs (key performance indicators) have been identified and constructed, they will help to determine the direction and focus of your business in its finance, operational and strategic objectives,” says Leonard Johnson, a writer at Last Minute Writing and Writinity. Tailor Measures To Objectives. Define Targets.

Development 65

Development Document KPI Objective 65

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

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.

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Price Discount Brand Supply Chain 371

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 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. Identify problems upstream and spare the organization a lot of stress and expense.

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Blog Survey Talent Management Brand 326

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.

Team 156

Team Power Bond Conference 156

HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

We track progress through standardized metrics and measurement. We also offer expanded coverage and support for mental health and provide employees with proactive financial wellbeing tools to improve management and finances and reduce financial stressors, including budgets, property and family planning.

Diversity 52

Diversity Career Globalization Learning-by-Doing 52

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

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. Another aspect that needs to be factored into the decisioning process is the source of the input.

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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

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

Deliverables, benchmarks, deadlines, and success metrics must be incorporated into the plan. Properly implemented, capitalizing on process driven creativity can keep business from stagnating and cause growth and evolution. Every task should be assigned and managed according to a plan and in the light of day.

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Blog Innovation Strategic Planning Brand 413

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 29, 2016

Support : Enlist support from other functional areas within the organization, such as marketing, HR, finance and operations, as well as the external support from partners and customers. Both process and result metrics are essential for communicating progress and early-wins and helping to build momentum for the effort.

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Metrics Marketing Strategy Case Study 50

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Finding ways to streamline business processes is another good investment to make into your company. It can be a low-cost endeavor if you know how to strategize and plan properly, and there’s no downside to investing in performance metrics. Invest in yourself.

Succession 66

Succession Asset Management Software Outsourcing 66

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

The mandates for compliance along with the accompanying maze of bureaucratic processes and procedures, will often take precedence over doing the right thing. I want metrics that mirror experience. Tenured organizations also tend to embrace comfort zones and are often built upon the “DITWLY&# (Did It That Way Last Year) principle.

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Loyalty Blog Brand Follow-up 419

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

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

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2013

It is the skillful combination of emotion and logic, people and process, free-thinking and organization. Below, you will find twelve of these key sales metrics that benchmark sales organization performance, structure, and effectiveness. Sales is both an art and a science. Percent of Organization Achieving Quota. SMB Specialization.

Metrics 11

Metrics Telecommunications Telemarketing Software 11

Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 17, 2012

In most cases, when we define success, we tend to rely on market-based metrics such as profits earned, market share and so forth. Unless they work in the C-suite or the finance department of their organization, it’s unlikely that they’ll be using these as their own measurements of success.

Goal 189

Goal Short-term Long-term Marketing 189

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

We also hire talent from non-traditional sources and customize the interview process to meet these candidates where they are. To build truly meaningful and relevant S&B goals, each of our CEO’s direct reports is held accountable for setting KPIs and success metrics for their teams.

Diversity 52

Diversity Katz Learning-by-Doing Globalization 52

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

We also hire talent from non-traditional sources and customize the interview process to meet these candidates where they are. To build truly meaningful and relevant S&B goals, each of our CEO’s direct reports is held accountable for setting KPIs and success metrics for their teams.

Diversity 52

Diversity Katz Learning-by-Doing Globalization 52

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

Tim, Mark, Hans and perhaps others correctly offered alternatives to a team decision making process based exclusively on consensus. The ultimate unity required for effective implementation may well have been been made stronger, because it was achieved without unanimity in the decision-making process. There are no conditions.

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Consensus Team Building Blog Team 388

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 19, 2019

During the process, you need to make sure that you’re not setting goals that are out of reach. These thoughts should be consistent throughout the process to ensure that you’re following the right path. At the start of the process, you should sit down with your employees and map out what your objectives should be.

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Objective SWOT Benchmarking Analysis 13

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. Widening incentive plan payout curves (the shape/slope of threshold to target, or target to maximum), particularly below target levels, to manage the uncertainty of incentive plan metrics results.

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. Widening incentive plan payout curves (the shape/slope of threshold to target, or target to maximum), particularly below target levels, to manage the uncertainty of incentive plan metrics results.

Short-term 52

Short-term Committee Incentives Long-term 52

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2018

CRMs today also serve a lot of masters, from executives in the C-suite, technology, marketing, finance, and, oh yeah, sales. The EVP of sales liked the easy-access dashboard to report on metrics and the forecast. Overcoming these interdepartmental squabbles requires a collaborative effort by both teams throughout the sales process.

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CRM Project Succession CIO 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2013

So getting to the next level is well within their capacity, and the role an incubator ought to play is to guide them in that process. Most incubators use funding as a success metric, which is a somewhat flawed criterion. For them the goal is to achieve customer validation, not financing. And more often than not, they will fail.

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Incubator Business Incubator Real Estate Venture Capitalist 16

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

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

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. A great salesperson will operate much more efficiently with a defined process for reaching out to prospects. Metrics emphasized speed.

Organization 12

Organization Tactics Call Center Metrics 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

This lack of an analytical approach has traditionally formed a barrier between marketing and finance. Focus on the metrics that matter. It’s the CMO’s job to make sure that metrics reflecting the health and value of the customer base –net present value, lifetime value, return on loyalty, cost per acquisition – get on the balance sheet.

CFO 8

CFO Short-term Long-term Benchmarking 8