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There Are Two Types of Performance — but Most Organizations Only Focus on One

Harvard Business

In 2007 Harvard Business School professor Ethan S. Every step of the process was measured, and real-time metrics were easily accessible. Metrics emphasized speed. We asked the management team if we could eliminate the narrow metrics and bonuses, which rewarded only tactical performance, and focus more on the adaptive.

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How Nokia Embraced the Emotional Side of Strategy

Harvard Business

We investigated this topic when we studied how Nokia executives dealt with the company’s severe strategic challenges between 2007 and 2013. Recall that Nokia dominated the mobile and smartphone markets in 2007-2008 when Apple launched the iPhone and Google the Android operating system.

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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

Harvard Business

Whereas most business lists analyze companies by traditional metrics such as revenue or by subjective assessments such as “innovativeness,” our ranking evaluates the ability of leaders to strategically reposition the firm. We then narrowed the list to 18 finalists using three sets of metrics: New growth.

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Putting the 'Customer' in 'Service Optimization' - Think customers.

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Meet the Editors. Sales Effectiveness. Sales Effectiveness. Sales & Marketing Effectiveness. Though many companies approach service and support as just another metric to be maximized, those that emphasize quality over call times differentiate themselves from the competition and excel in customer satisfaction.

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Facebook's Influence on Interactive Loyalty - Think customers: The.

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Meet the Editors. Sales Effectiveness. Sales Effectiveness. Sales & Marketing Effectiveness. Meet the Editors. Sales Effectiveness. Search. ); 1to1 Magazine. Weekly Digest. Infographics. Gartner | 1to1 Awards. Customer Champions. Customer Experience. Customer Loyalty. Customer Service. Customer Strategy.

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We Don’t Need Political Solutions for Global Trade — We Need Practical Ones

Harvard Business

What if we could track every component in a supply chain, automatically verifying their compliance with regulations and laws as they cross borders and are processed and combined with others to create a final product for sale? These capabilities might seem like nice things to have, the metrics useful to measure. Insight Center.

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