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119: Goals Gone Wild: The New Performance Management | with Kris Duggan of BetterWorks

Engaging Leader

Highlights from the Guide to Performance Management Software 2015, published by Bersin by Deloitte experts: Goal-setting and revising, managing and coaching, development planning, and rewarding and recognizing are the ongoing activities that comprise effective performance management. Aspirational. Website: BetterWorks. Twitter: @kduggan.

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

The inaugural version of our Top CHRO List was published on Forbes in 2015. Find HR’s hand (in a good way) in everything as an enabler and contributor to operations flowing all the way through to customer/client satisfaction. Beth is another former operator who really understands the business and their 37,000+ workforce.

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Using Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge to Gain Insight into Data Collection

Deming Institute

The theory of knowledge helps us recognize that someone decides what data to collect and what operational definitions to use. In April 2015, she and Suzanne Anthony published “When Measurement Becomes the Mission, Don’t Trust the Measurement” in The Journal for Quality & Participation.

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Strong Dollar, Weak Thinking

Harvard Business Review

But the strengthening creates a serious challenge for the big American multinationals with large foreign operations. The real problem is that the earnings from their substantial foreign operations are translated back to the home country financials to produce fewer dollars of net profit.

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Why There’s No Such Thing as a Corporate Entrepreneur

Harvard Business Review

In March 2015, Target hired three outsiders as “entrepreneurs-in-residence.” But so is understanding the context in which you’re operating, the partners you need to be effective, and how the risks and rewards are different from entrepreneurship. Finding new ways to fuel growth is essential.

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When Unequal Pay Is Actually Fair

Harvard Business Review

The survey reveals 81% of top performing companies (compared to 74% of average companies) used some form of pay-for-performance practices in 2015. In addition, highly successful companies — those who are leaders in their market and have surpassed revenue expectations — are the most likely to adopt this compensation policy.

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Is Your Supply Chain Ready for the Congestion Crisis?

Harvard Business Review

For instance, the average transit times to move containers from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to Chicago grew from 84 hours at the end of 2004 to 120 hours by early 2015. The Future of Operations. Insight Center. Sponsored by GE Corporate. The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses.