Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

After experimenting with a number of potential behavioral metrics, we settled on using one that approximates average weekly working hours as our primary measure. This gave us two groups: those who work long hours (above the median) relative to their colleagues and those who work shorter hours (below the median).

Productivity 43

Productivity Metrics Culture Data 43

Harvard Business

MARCH 13, 2018

Managers in an up-or-out organization are expected to advance. It’s why companies like Colorcon and Deloitte are giving their performance management systems an overhaul. Doug embraced this idea and, in turn, explained how his company was using metrics and working group meetings to compel tangible advances in each inspection area.

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Operations Exercises Conference System 30

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 3, 2019

Associate Product Manager (APM) positions are well known in Silicon Valley as rotational, mentorship-focused programs designed to accelerate the careers of young aspiring product managers. If you have views on on-boarding, shaping, and training young product managers, you can effectively mold these programs to fit your vision.

Productivity 60

Productivity How To Recruiting Recruitment 60

MishTalk

JANUARY 12, 2015

Iron ore inventories at ports in China fell below 100 million metric tons for the first time since February as the holdings in the world’s largest buyer dropped for a seventh week to post the longest run of declines in two years. Visit [link] to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific.'

Real Estate 28

Real Estate Benchmarking Metrics Report 28

Asamby Consulting

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Marketing consultants help you find and address your target group in the right channels and with the right messaging. They identify potential to improve results by looking at your numbers and comparing it to benchmarks. What makes sense: ROI The other financial metric you have to look at is your return on investment (ROI).

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Small Business Cash Flow Consulting ROI 52

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

While pay transparency may accelerate attention being paid to remedying pay discrimination, managers should consider moves toward transparency with their eyes wide open. Some years ago I asked a group of 700 engineers from two large Silicon Valley companies to assess their performance relative to their peers.

Comparison 28

Comparison Groups Talent Course 28

Harvard Business

MAY 5, 2016

Aggravated and depressed by the decline of their core memory business in the 1980s, Intel’s top management struggled for strategic clarity. Top managers in disrupted industries increasingly find this question less rhetorical than newly fundamental. Does superior UX generate superior returns?

Enterprise 28

Enterprise Metrics Retail Productivity 28

Harvard Business

MAY 8, 2017

Before describing those, let’s look at how we identified the exceptional firms that rose to the top of our ranking, a group we call the Transformation 10. We then narrowed the list to 18 finalists using three sets of metrics: New growth. How successful has the company been at creating new products, services, and business models?

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Methodologies Culture Metrics Company 43

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

But gathering information from the latter group in particular can be tricky. To further protect anonymity, we aggregate reporting to a minimum grouping size so that it’s not possible to drill down to a single person’s data and try to guess who they are. This removes the possibility of even innocent snooping.

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Data Case Interview Study Benchmarking 28

Harvard Business

JULY 3, 2018

We did not see meaningful differences in interpretation across age groups or between native and nonnative English speakers, with one exception: the phrase “slam dunk.” In this way, using an objective benchmark helps pinpoint your subjective probability. (To

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Survey Productivity Examples Analysis 28