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Performance Measurement

Strategy Driven

Addresses how to ensure your company has the right governance, performance measurement, and internal discussions to encourage value-creating decisions. Operating-cost productivity metrics might include the component costs for building an automobile or delivering a package, the rates of rework, and so forth.

ROIC 62
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Effective Meeting Models

CO2

This annual strategic review and planning meeting may take as long as a week (because you will be pre-deciding how to act should certain key assumptions come to pass), but when done well it leads to a more purposeful and energized commitment to the future. Weekly Operational Meetings. Monthly Staff Meetings.

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How to Help Process Owners Succeed

Harvard Business Review

Nevertheless, companies that live and die on operational excellence — such as Amazon.com, FedEx, Southwest Airlines, and Wal-Mart — must continually improve their key processes. Incorporate these measures into the company's "balanced scorecard" or dashboard.

Process 15
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With Change Agents, One Size Does Not Fit All

Harvard Business Review

They understand the big picture, but also sense the truth about what’s possible today, balancing facts and firsthand experience. They are pragmatic and opportunistic, and know how to create a sense of urgency amongst their teams. Ever since, he has been very conscious of costs and comparisons of leaders and laggards.

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The Right CEO Personality for Process Improvement

Harvard Business Review

People : Recognizes interpersonal difficulties; intuitively understands how others feel; picks up non-verbal cues; empathetic; persuades, teaches, influences. Few CEOs I know have operations-focused thinking styles or backgrounds. But they have very little interest in how to get the ideas put into operation.

Process 15
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Your Employees Are Not Mind Readers

Harvard Business Review

Here are a few thoughts on how you can more effectively address these issues and reach your goals in an authentic and enduring way. Collaboratively Develop The "What" And The "How". Before anything else, you engage stakeholders in a conversation about where you are, where you want to go, and how to get there. Respect Autonomy.

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Help Your Team Measure Customer Experience Data More Accurately

Harvard Business Review

The balanced scorecard was initially popularized in the early 1990s as a way for companies to look at varying aspects of the business, from customer satisfaction, to financial well-being to operational outcomes, all in one simple read-out.