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Loyalty vs. Tenure | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

If your organization confuses loyalty and tenure there is trouble on the horizon…If your business rates tenure higher than performance as a measure for employee evaluation, it is time for you to consider updating your talent management practices and procedures. I’ve also attempted to distinguish between loyalty and tenure.

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Why Accounting in Business is Important

Strategy Driven

Profitability is a critical metric in business as it allows a company to determine its success and future growth. It’s a financial metric that accountants and investors look at when deciding whether to lend you money or invest in your business. This boosts employee loyalty and makes them want to continue working for the company.

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What’s Your Time Worth? Why Pricing Matters

N2Growth Blog

It has definitely caused its fair share of angst, frustration, and vigorous debate among executives and professional advisors simply for the reason that it is one of the few metrics that touches virtually every aspect of a business.

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Creating A Purpose-Driven Corporation

The Horizons Tracker

Regulation should expect particularly high duties of engagement, loyalty and care on the part of directors of companies to public interests where they perform important public functions. Corporate financing should be of a form and duration that allows companies to fund more engaged and long-term investment in their purposes.

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Bonus or No Bonus? | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

They must be relevant, meaningful, in alignment with cultural values, and tied to the right set of metrics. Some employers believe in providing a little something extra to all employees during the Holiday Season as an expression of gratitude for their loyalty and contributions during the year without regard to performance.

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Track Customer Experience, but Don’t Forget the Financials

Harvard Business Review

Many rely on metrics such as the Net Promoter Score to track how customers feel about them. Company after company learned to use new metrics and to address the root causes of problems. But there’s likely to be a payoff in greater customer loyalty — meaning less churn and reduced customer-acquisition costs.

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Why Do Corporations Need A Single Purpose?

Harvard Business Review

The idea that corporations need a single purpose is based not in law, but in economists' arguments that unless we have a single, objective, easily-observed metric to judge how well directors and executives are running firms, corporate "agents" will run amok. There are few human activities whose success is measured by a single metric.