Harvard Business

OCTOBER 5, 2017

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.

Benchmarking 30

Benchmarking Government Policies Case Study 30

Harvard Business

JANUARY 31, 2017

Of course, not all organizations have responded to it in the same way. While some have invested significantly in technology, operational, and cultural changes, others are lagging behind. Other financial and operating indicators showed similar disparities. for leaders and 3.2% for laggards. What Digital Leaders Do Differently.

Company 28

Company Operations Data Benchmarking 28

Confessions of a Consultant

OCTOBER 21, 2018

Benchmarking. Spend time (phone/net/in person) benchmarking the best in class sites in Ireland and internationally. Making a significant performance contribution to an organization requires a detailed understanding of the specific operating environment. As the doors opened in Hell she stepped out onto a beautiful golf course.

Benchmarking 40

Benchmarking Development Case Interview Sports 40

Management Consulted

JUNE 1, 2009

From Steve Shu’s blog – a crash course reading list for new consultants. You may be lucky to work with a strong strategy team, but you can bet that the operating/finance/administrative folks you interface with will be much more variable along the capability scale. Original source here. Rain Making is on my reading list.

Consulting 113

Consulting Management Recruiting Recruitment 113

LSA Global

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Operational Approach – from low to high process variation. This involves conducting an organization-wide survey to benchmark key organizational health and culture dimensions to see where you stand and how to best fill the top cultural gaps. As a CEO you must chart the course for what matters most and how work should get done.

Culture 28

Culture Benchmarking Research Strategy 28

Henman Performance Executive

OCTOBER 1, 2014

When I assess top sales people, I usually find that they don’t demonstrate the ease with numbers that those in accounting possess, evidence the ability to solve abstract problems as those in R & D do, or show the patience for manufacturing procedures that those in operations have.

Sales 31

Sales Benchmarking Talent Productivity 31

Harvard Business

MARCH 13, 2018

Of course, this approach has its flaws: it can cause people to self-promote, burn out, focus on individual performance at the expense of unit performance, and even deliberately undermine their peers. Dan helped improve this design, sharing a concept that his operations center used to secure other types of equipment for easy movement.

Operations 30

Operations Exercises Conference System 30

Harvard Business

JANUARY 4, 2018

The results significantly exceeded expectations: In its first year the ABU yielded profits 46X its costs, in the second year 106X (equivalent to $275 million of net income), and during its third year it is on course to produce 200X. Targets and accountability. Communicating with strategic goals in mind.

Company 28

Company Recruiting Recruitment Financial 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 9, 2016

a condo development, apartment building, or golf course). In phase three, PE firms are not simply holding companies waiting to dispose of the property, nor are they operating companies seeking to integrate their acquisitions into an existing business. In this phase, the acquired property is not just managed, but transformed.

Talent 28

Talent Real Estate Financial Operations 28

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Today, companies must correct course fast, fend off insurgent competitors, and have an intense customer focus. The result blends qualitative and benchmarked data on other C-suite executives to give us a solid indication of each individual’s abilities, mindset, and development needs. In other words, he had the right mindset.

Boston Consulting Group 28

Boston Consulting Group Case Interview Leadership Talent 28

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

The pay ratio is also a misleading statistic because CEOs and workers operate in very different markets, so there is no reason for their pay to be linked — just as a solo singer’s pay bears no relation to a bassist’s pay. Of course, not all of that $1 billion will be due to the CEO.

Talent 29

Talent Video Industry Study 29

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Our recent benchmarking of nearly 900 B2B companies underscores the importance of these tools. Commercial operations groups tend to be early targets for cuts in a recession. We’ll focus here on what the sales organization should be doing now to prepare for the next recession, with an eye toward using new digital tools.

Sales 31

Sales B2B Tools Software 31

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

The educational concepts developed in that program have since evolved into a larger learning program called EYP University, which provides an average of 20 courses a year for architects, engineers, and a combination of the two.

Development 28

Development Education Engineering Benchmarking 28

MishTalk

DECEMBER 21, 2013

When these protected companies and industries cave in to unions, these new wages and working conditions become the benchmark and these wages flow onto every other sector. Of course the ECB wants a lower euro, and the Fed wants a lower US dollar. Looking for madness? Baggage handlers for QANTAS earn up to $85k per annum.

Enterprise 66

Enterprise Government Industry Automotive 66

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

As a result, some of these Harvard employees earned in excess of $30 million in yearly pay, due to performance that was truly exceptional against industry benchmarks. The other group consisted of production employees operating in a factory setting. The performance of these Harvard employees was quite remarkable during the early 2000s.

Comparison 28

Comparison Groups Talent Course 28

MishTalk

JANUARY 26, 2015

The ATRI study, “ Analysis of the Operational Costs of Trucking ,” has been tracking truckers’ costs annually since 2008. It is derived directly from carriers’ financial and operational data and provides a vital benchmarking tool for both carriers and shippers. Plus, we’re hit with rising health care costs for our people.”

Hotels 28

Hotels Education Transportation Industry 28

Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2017

I’ll fast-forward through the next decade, when Garvin, trained in operations, helped to answer the question much of America was obsessed with at the time: How Japanese automakers could make higher-quality, more-reliable cars than Americans, while charging less for them.

Management 29

Management Turnaround Engineering Benchmarking 29

MishTalk

MAY 4, 2015

That is 285 basis points higher than Municipal Market Data's benchmark triple-A scale. Illinois' fiscal woes are significantly deeper and more serious than generally realized, with the state facing a $9 billion operating deficit in the fiscal year that begins July 1." On April 21, a $295.7 The Yield Hit 5.63%.

Financial 28

Financial Benchmarking Government Engineering 28

MishTalk

JULY 11, 2014

This has been labelled the “second phase of global liquidity”, to differentiate it from the pre-crisis phase, which was largely centred on banks expanding their cross-border operations. Of course no Fed chair of recent memory has displayed even the slightest ability to recognize bubbles or to realize that they might pose a danger.

Balance Sheet 74

Balance Sheet Financial Banking Policies 74