LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Culture or Talent Misalignment. Even companies with clear and believable strategies can be thwarted at execution time by misaligned culture or talent. Because strategies must go through culture and people to be successfully implemented. Winning strategies are implementable in your unique culture with your people.

Strategy 34

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Metrics 34

Harvard Business

MARCH 24, 2017

When we think about startup cultures, we imagine ping pong tables, kegerators, and Nerf guns. However, this startup cultural utopia invariably hits a rough patch for about 70% of startups in years three to four, regardless of how happy the team was before. We call this the “cultural chasm.”

Culture 32

Culture Benchmarking Sales Trends 32

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Throughout the research, Korn Ferry used our best-in-class CEO benchmark, which comprises typical scores for CEOs (virtually all male) who are in the 99th percentile of work engagement, as a touchstone to highlight similarities and underscore differences for the women in the study. Some women expressed frustration about the delay.

Interviews 28

Interviews Benchmarking Case Interview Talent 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 9, 2016

These “buy, fix, manage, and then sell” PE firms were essentially umbrella holding companies while the acquired firms would become better managed before returning to the public market. KKR, BlackRock, Blackstone) became publicly traded holding companies exploiting capital markets to expand their reach.

Talent 28

Talent Real Estate Financial Operations 28

1 to 1

MARCH 21, 2023

Source: Qualtrics Yousafzai, speaking on International Women’s Day, called upon business leaders to examine the culture they create to ensure technology career opportunities are available to more women from all backgrounds and that resources needed to flourish at work are accessible to everyone. 1 issue is wage inflation.

Report 26

Report Healthcare Airlines Trends 26

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 3, 2019

There are two key ways to do this: Company culture is a great way to assess the quality and ease of being mentored. If culture precludes more junior product managers from reaching out to more senior product managers, that will manifest in the phone calls and is a big red flag. Are they top-down, bottom-up, or laterally generated?

Productivity 60

Productivity How To Recruiting Recruitment 60

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Yet, when the marketing team suggested that Cabot become a certified B Corporation, I was skeptical. ” Benchmarking and Operational Cost Savings. “It helped us do things we couldn’t do ourselves, like creating benchmarking models and a template for our employee manual.” Attracting and Engaging Employees.

Benchmarking 28

Benchmarking Energy Operations Retail 28

Confessions of a Consultant

FEBRUARY 10, 2019

Secondly, it would be a form of marketing – directly answering the question: “Is that bloke still alive?” It might be a terrible marketing decisions – but who knows until we try it! You benchmark best practices, stealing ideas shamelessly from clients and competitors. I started blogging for 2 reasons.

Engineering 40

Engineering Benchmarking Course Productivity 40

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. This consideration explains why CEO pay has risen much more than worker pay.

Talent 29

Talent Video Industry Study 29

Harvard Business

MAY 5, 2016

This painful decision cost tens of thousands of jobs but proved strategically, organizationally, and culturally essential to the company’s future success. Stagnant growth in its core PC market recently led Intel to announce layoffs of roughly 12% of its workforce. Quality of talent matters far more than quantity of employees.

Enterprise 28

Enterprise Metrics Retail Productivity 28

Epicflow

JANUARY 12, 2024

You should attend the event if you are interested in: Learning lessons and finding inspiration from top business leaders; Receiving tools to strengthen your leadership and transform your business; Connecting with other leaders; Strengthening your team’s culture and creating buy-in, etc.

Industry 52

Industry Automotive Pharmaceuticals Management 52

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 17, 2018

We found that customer satisfaction is directly correlated with customer collaboration time (email and meetings) across all Microsoft roles and teams engaging with customers, including product engineering and marketing teams. Internal and external network size in comparison with benchmarks in their local areas.

Sales 28

Sales Data Enterprise Analysis 28

Harvard Business

JULY 14, 2017

Building a successful platform business is hard enough when you have an original idea, ample capital, no core business to cannibalize, and a team of top talent. A platform connects providers and users in a multisided market. They grow faster, make more money, and are more valued than companies organized around products and services.

Intellectual Property 28

Intellectual Property Strategy Strategy Strategy& 28