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Pros and Cons of OKRs

Johanna Rothman

Now, you create 3-5 Key Results: Create and publish benchmarks to prove Product X leads the category in the next quarter. The product development and marketing teams might either collaborate as a program or create teams to work on this.). Would need collaboration from product development, marketing, sales, maybe support.).

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How to Evaluate, Accept, Reject, or Negotiate a Job Offer

Harvard Business

“Think about the offer in terms of your development, your quality of life, and the variety of the work you want to do.” “Also, look at what you will be doing, what success looks like, and what benchmarks you’ll be judged against,” he says. Neglect to consider your walkaway alternatives. Ignore red flags.

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7 Practical Ways to Reduce Bias in Your Hiring Process

Harvard Business

Case Study #1: Work to understand biases and set diversity goals. Her goal is for all team members — many of whom are also hiring managers — to develop an understanding of what these prejudices are and why are they are insidious. Case Study #2: Use software to simplify and standardize the vetting process.

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Five Ways to Spur Lean in the Office

Markovitz Consulting

If meeting takt time is not an issue—for example, in closing the books at the end of the month— then measure and benchmark the time it takes to perform those tasks and challenge the team to figure out how to do them faster. Do product developers every transpose style codes or prices in a product spec sheet? Obsess over quality.

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2024 Events for Project Managers, Business Leaders, and Industry Professionals

Epicflow

Check out our selection of events for project/resource managers, business leaders, and industry professionals, which will provide you with valuable insights into recent trends and challenges, networking opportunities, and contribute to your professional development.

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The “Smart Society” of the Future Doesn’t Look Like Science Fiction

Harvard Business

To set an aspirational but realistic target, we created a benchmark that combines the best attributes of these advanced digital nations. Second, with the benchmark as a composite, no single nation achieves it and yet each of the five countries’ progress toward the ideal can be assessed in terms of performance against the benchmark.