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Performance Measurement

Strategy Driven

It turned out that the unit was driving profits by raising prices and cutting marketing and advertising expenditures. Higher prices and reduced advertising created an opening for competitors to take away market share, which they did. So while profits were rising and ROIC was high, market share was declining.

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The Big Picture of Business – Becoming a Legend

Strategy Driven

Professional innovation. However, recognition programs are a balanced scorecard that involves the scrutiny of the company and its leaders by credible outside sources. As an integrated process of life skills, career has its place. These are the ingredients that make a legend: Significant business contributions.

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Artisans Must Balance the Books

Harvard Business Review

When I founded the nonprofit African Institution of Technology , I initially focused on helping African entrepreneurs or artisans, especially those with only primary education, develop new skills and market opportunities. Rather, they were abandoning their businesses because of bad bookkeeping.

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Making Room for Reflection Is a Strategic Imperative

Harvard Business Review

The most disruptive, unforeseen, and just plain awesome breakthroughs, that reimagine, reinvent, and reconceive a product, a company, a market, an industry, or perhaps even an entire economy rarely come from the single-minded pursuit of the busier and busier busywork of "business." So throw Frederick W. After "what", ask "which."

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Making Hospital Partnerships Work

Harvard Business Review

Our partnering skills were maturing, so we became more precise in our evaluation process and expectations. Take Silver Cross’s joint operating committee with RIC, which convenes on a quarterly basis to review Balanced Scorecard metrics on quality of care, patient experience, volume, and efficiency.

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The Right CEO Personality for Process Improvement

Harvard Business Review

For example, marketing optimizes its activities for its own benefit and the sales and customer service functions do likewise. The end-to-end process of customer acquisition and retention — getting rid of duplicate activities and information across marketing, sales and customer service — isnt touched.

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Three Diversity "Best Practices" That Hurt Women

Harvard Business Review

It's about learning enough about the differences between men and women to be able to effectively access and connect with the majority of today's talent and markets. For instance, make sure targets are gender neutral and focused on balance, not women, e.g., a minimum of 35% (or 50%) of either gender at all levels across all functions.