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.

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Benchmarking Government Policies Case Study 30

Harvard Business

JUNE 20, 2016

My guess is that while a poor balance sheet might cause restless sleep, it’s the thought of an incorrectly reported balance sheet that brings on night terrors. I’m not against benchmarking and norming. While benchmarks are useful inputs for compensation decisions, they shouldn’t be a straitjacket.

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Benchmarking Company Balance Sheet Intellectual Property 30

LSA Global

MAY 29, 2020

This is not surprising as most managers’ report being overwhelmed, under-resourced, and under enormous short-term pressure to deliver. Treat each one as an individual with individual needs, talents, and aspirations. For years, companies have asked managers to rate their own managerial skills across more than 60 categories.

Development 36

Development Benchmarking Training Training 36

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

In a 2015 report, the Boston Consulting Group labeled the occurrence “ leapfrog successions.” This trend has key implications for talent management. Their ability to act with limited information in a complex environment is perhaps their greatest asset.

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Boston Consulting Group Case Interview Leadership Talent 28

Harvard Business

MARCH 26, 2018

Moreover, studies are finding no consistent gender differences in self-reported self-confidence. Moreover, women’s self-reported confidence did not correlate with how confident these women appeared to others. While self-confidence is gender neutral, the consequences of appearing self-confident are not.

Talent 31

Talent Benchmarking Research Training 31

Management Consulted

JUNE 1, 2009

Originally reported in ConsultingMag.com. In corporate strategy, you’ll have a thinner talent pool. This depends on the company and the particulars of your position, but corporate strategy folks are often responsible for both project-based and recurring work (eg, setting benchmarks and doing performance analytics).

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Consulting Management Recruiting Recruitment 113

Harvard Business

JANUARY 4, 2018

The ABU was set up as a centralized profit center with ambitious targets and with direct reporting to the chief operations officer; most often, similar units are organized as cost centers with no specific targets. An annual report that summarizes every profit-generating analytics project is compiled and distributed to the C-suite.

Company 28

Company Recruiting Recruitment Financial 28

Harvard Business

MARCH 24, 2017

One cohort reports 0%–20% year-over-year annual revenue growth rates; the second is a faster-growing group experiencing 20%–200% year-over-year growth. This time, the firm ranked in the top quartile of all companies and handily beat our benchmark. Two distinct sets emerged.

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Culture Benchmarking Sales Trends 32

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 6, 2016

” 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.” B Corps can attract top talent, especially among younger employees who seek meaning in their careers.

Benchmarking 28

Benchmarking Energy Operations Retail 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 30, 2016

His direct report, Susan , was enormously productive. What happened to Susan is something I see all too often among talented people (usually women) with clear leadership ability and passion for their professions, and it results in part from a lack of understanding between them and their (usually male) bosses. Tony was baffled.

Talent 29

Talent Leadership Benchmarking Research 29

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

As an analogy, baseball player Alex Rodriguez was not clearly more talented than Babe Ruth, but he was paid far more because baseball had become a much bigger, more global industry by the time he was playing. Firms should report the CEO’s gain or loss from her equity holdings. Large-scale studies in both the U.S.

Talent 29

Talent Video Industry Study 29

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Leila Kamal, vice president for design and expertise, not only reports to the CEO but also is a member of the board. How talent management is changing. Generating new knowledge by conducting research, benchmarking, or bringing in “resident” artists or scientists whose interactions with employees can spark creativity.

Development 28

Development Education Engineering Benchmarking 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. Or it could be indirectly, as Opower does in giving people benchmarking data on energy usage to foster conservation and efficiency. So what’s a legacy company to do?

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