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How Leaders Make Business Metrics Meaningful

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Meaningful Business Metrics Aren’t About the Number When it comes to business metrics, there’s a secret that top-performing leaders understand, but might not tell you aloud: “Your customer doesn’t care about your internal scorecard.” Not to mention that no one can concentrate on twenty-seven metrics at a time.

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Good Comes First with Chris Edmonds and Mark Babbitt

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As a business leader, how do you create a purposeful, positive, and productive work environment for you employees and customers while improving your bottom line? Look at the metrics you’re using to assess success. In short, “good” comes first. Your culture is imperative. Action is everything. Action is everything.

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Ten Common Mistakes New Managers Make

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When you equip your managers with the essential skills to avoid these mistakes, you’ll achieve results more quickly, have more nimble teams, reduce turnover, build a strong culture, and be able to focus everyone’s energy on serving your customers with better products and services, rather than constantly dealing with internal friction.

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Matrix Organization: Powerful Questions to Reduce Angst and Build Trust

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Each department has its own agenda and strategic goals. Each department must consider the overall customer relationship, not just for its product or performance metric. Success for the overall customer relationship might mean sacrifice for any given product or department. They can see all the offerings in one place.

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Help I Have a REALLY LAZY Coworker! How Do I Stay Motivated?

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. “I’ve noticed we’ve had a few missed deliverables lately (or late work, or poor performance metrics). My plate is already full, but I also want to ensure our team meets our goals. Workplace gossip will tank productivity and then your manager has to deal with the lazy coworker AND the distraction it’s causing.

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Helping Your Team To Prioritize When Everything Is Important

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Windshield Watchers look deceptively productive. Urgent always trumps important in such team members, so although they’re getting a lot done, but not necessarily making progress toward bigger goals. Sure customer service metrics improve, but financials suffer. Common Prioritization Traps. Here’s how you can help.

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Frontline Festival April 2016: Leaders share what Winning Well means to them

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That guides the metric I want to use. ” where she shares that when venting is handled correctly, it can be a healthy and productive part of creating an effective team environment, and how to vent effectively. This determines where your team is headed and serves as a guide for achieving your goals. Follow Beth.