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Life In A High-Performing Company – An Insider View

Tanveer Naseer

Indeed, these organizations roughly double industry averages on five-year ROA, ROI and ROE. And they leverage their talent both by getting out of the way – giving people broad latitude to employ their skills and abilities in going about their work – and by tapping into their creative ideas. But they also ask for a good bit in return.

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When Entitlement Meets Unemployment

Harvard Business Review

In short, they got to preen and demand a lot because of their demonstrated skills, but preening and demanding are not themselves job-related skills. Offer your employer superior ROE — return on employee. Take every chance offered to you to learn a new skill. Learn to serve, not just to lead.

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Stop Focusing on Profitability and Go for Growth

Harvard Business Review

Equity cash flows, in turn, are a function of a company’s long-term return on equity (ROE), growth, and the value of shareholders’ equity on its books. If a company’s long-term ROE is anticipated to be the value created by improving pre-tax margins will exceed the value created by accelerating growth.

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